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The eclipse occurs at 5:55 PM August 5th PDT, with the Moon and Earth conjunct at 13 AQ 43; technically, the eclipse itself starts a few minutes after exactitude, but I think it’s reasonable to look at the moment of first contact, so here we are. And what do we see? No contact, using our strict two degree orb rule, except for a puzzling semi-square to the Ascendant (a ‘So what?’ position), and a sesquiquadrate to the Part of Fortune. But, if we stretch our rule just a hair (and what are rules for, if not to stretch hairs over), we finda Fist of God, with sesquiquadrates to the Part of Fortune and Ceres (aka Mother Nature). Ah! Now a picture is forming.
Am I reaching, using the Part of Fortune? Depends on how you feel about the use of the Arabic Parts in general, I guess, but for an ‘occasion’ (or an event, as I’m guessing this will be) it seems appropriate. Using it allows us to have some fun (or to frighten the bejezus out of ourselves, depending!)
So, the chart I’ve drawn is for Seattle, my current hometown, and eclipse time puts Pluto at 00 Cap–what’s built is destroyed, disruption to the status quo–just inside the 1st at a late Sagittarius Ascendant, which makes a tight quincunx to the South Node–what’s happened before will happen again? or is it what’s been destroyed before, etc?–with Part of Fortune exact on the Descendant. Hmmm. Add the Nodes in crisis at 29 degrees, the aforementioned Fist of God, with component Ceres spanking new in Libra–nature, balance, out of balance, at 00–and Ceres square to Pluto–stability lost, Mother Nature disrupted–are we looking at an earthquake chart?
Now, I don’t like to make predictions, because I believe that nothing, absolutely nothing, is set in stone, nor do I want to whip my readers into a frenzy, or earn the epithet ‘Crazy Julie’; but this is an intriguing pattern, worth noting–and if nothing happens, all the better, or the earthquakes are personal or symbolic–I’d be glad to be wrong.
I don’t want to expect a disaster, but with these measurements I might anticipate one, and my own research has matched contact to the angles with earthquake activity–but of course, there are zillions of contacts to the angles all day long–it just seems that when an earthquake does occur, there’s significant, precise contact–so stay safe, West Coasters! And no matter how flamingly wrong I am about this, the post will stay up–just so we can all laugh about it on the 6th. (Typically, I feel eclipse possibilities last through to the following set of eclipses–so perhaps we’ll just have more activity than usual, through New Year’s Eve/January 2010)
Also see Jude Cowell’s excellent take here http://2hrsyulnvrgetbck.blogspot.com/2009/08/mystic-rectangle-lunar-eclipse-in-aq.html
Earthquake activity http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html
william said:
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES !!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES !!!
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lucywatchthesky said:
Um… can I call you Crazy Julie anyway? I kind of love it.
😦 My reaction tells me I’m much too invested in believing I’m sane–but for you Lucy, okay–just as long as you promise me I won’t end up like the crazy cat lady on ‘The Simpsons’
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lucywatchthesky said:
Actually, I was more thinking along the lines of Crazy Harry from The Muppets- you know, the one who blows things up. It’s not because I really think you’re crazy, far from it- it’s more for the way it sounds than anything.
A muppet! Sounds like a promotion from cartoon! Thanks, Lucy–
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TaurusGirl said:
The crazy cat lady thing reminded me of this, lol –
Thank you so much for your report. 🙂
Love that inexplicably scary video–thank you, and you’re welcome!
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Eliza said:
A very dear site to me, oddly enough,you have seen an earthquake for West Coast instead it was in Black Sea,near coast between Romania end Bulgaria this morning 10,55,Wednesday 05,08,09 in Constanta,20km below the sea,5,5 Richter scale.Nothing damage but kind of worry.Has bin one back in 1901 in the same spot but d`not now what happen then.
Thank you very much for sharing all you know with all of as.We are lucky living in time like this.God bless you,Julie.
Thank you, Eliza, blessings to you.
The symbolism of the angles in the eclipse chart set for Seattle suggested a quake of some sort, but I would associate earthquake, symbolic or literal, with eclipse, rather than any particular place–though I’m not skilled enough in mundane astrology to know with any certainty–thank you for sharing, and I hope you’ll visit often 🙂
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hitchhiker72 said:
Hey the Clinton-N Korea news is pretty earth-shattering, isn’t it? As long as we’re thinking in metaphors…
I feel like a wound spring.
Definitely–a wound spring is the perfect symbol for all this–uncoil gently!
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Danielle Cotton said:
So looking forward to watching this tonight!
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judecowell said:
If this is crazy, then i like crazy! (You probably knew that already. )
With Ceres 00Lib+ conjunct US natal Mc in the Sibly chart, the Fist of God pattern may take on a governmental hue esp with Ceres’ association with security, food supply, etc. Hmm…now i’m scaring myself here on the east coast where Russian subs are patrolling, as i read this morning…
Anyway, thanks a bunch for the link shout-out, JD, and keep up the crazy! jc
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leighanne said:
i was very upset, i didnt think the eclipse was SO early, i thought it would be very late at night, it didnt get dark or anything when it happened, unless we were int he wronge area or timezone on the earth, well i hope to see one again. i adore the sky,its a beautiful thing. i love it especcailly at the beach when its the sunset, or the clouds covering the moonlighted sky. ~leigh-anne (13)
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william said:
sunrise at the beach is a thing to behold leighanne forget sunset…
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aello said:
Phew I am so glad *that’s* over.
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stargates54 said:
Julie, could Ceres square Pluto have something to do with changing the diet? I know I’ve been bored with mine lately, so I have been changing it up. It’s caused some instability for me.
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juliedemboski said:
Hi Tara,
Unless it hooks into the natal chart, I would tend to see this aspect as signalling actual issues with the food supply, or perhaps a mass impetus to make changes to agricultural practices, something like that. Ceres in my mind is associated more with actual grains, and all that grows, than with a modern diet (sad to say!)–but if you feel it’s appropriate, by all means, watch it and see how it inspires your behavior–certainly a valid way to figure out its effects.
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Shekinah said:
Reports of a 7.1/6.9 earthquake near Tokyo was just reported.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/09/japan.earthquake/index.html
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