Yesterday, I was surfing on the Internet when I found
an interview with an astrologer who said to fear the Grand Cross of April, and
particularly on April 15 and in the USA. I was confused. There is no Grand
Cross in April.
Then I realized that it was about the Grand Cross of April
2014. On April 15 the Grand Cross wasn't exact. I think that 'April 15' was mentioned because of the lunar eclipse (visible in the America's and Australia/New Zeeland only). Well, on April 15, 2014 there was no catastrophe in the USA (not a natural one and neither
in politics) but there is always one somewhere. This time, in Africa, Boko Haram abducted hundreds of
girls and ruined their and their family's lives. The day after there was a disaster with a cruise ship in Korea. But nothing that changed the world in the USA.
Now I learned that major earth quakes have rather mediocre charts for the day of the event (see about catastrophic
eruptions: http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2011/02/mediocre-chart-positions-of.html Those were the kind of eruptions that caused hunger all over the world for years!). So, given these historical facts, I don’t expect a catastrophe when there is a
Grand Cross, because I ask myself:
How many catastrophes happened with a tight Grand Cross? (And how many without?)**)
The aspect reflects tension, but not necessarily an event of Grand
Importance on the specific day. However, here is some nuance: big events have a long shadow ahead.
Charts
of Astrological New Year and the First New Moon of the year, carry information
about the months ahead. So it was in 2014.
2014 was the year when the conflict in Ukrain turned into civil
war and the nations with nuclear power choose their sides. On June 29 ISIS renamed itself Islamic State and we know what happened next. And on July 17 hundreds
of innocent civilians lost their lives when a rocket hit their plane above
Ukraine. Nobody could have predicted these events in details. But there is a danger of conflicts
in the important charts of 2014. Here are some posts on Astropost, published ahead of that danger:
1. The New Moon chart (Mars opposition Eris and Eris
inconjunct Saturn)
In March 2014, I wrote about the New Moon with Mars
and Eris prominently placed in the 1st New Moon of the Astro New
Year’s chart: http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2014_03_01_archive.html
The chart had Mars opposition Eris and Eris inconjunct
Saturn. It is not a pleasant chart.
In ‘Cycles
repeated, history repeated?’ http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2014/03/cycles-repeated-history-repeated.html
in March 2014 I asked myself the question if there would be conflicts again in
July. Because (quote):
‘Around the 10th of July Mars will be opposite Uranus
and square Pluto again. And later that month Mars will again be opposite Eris.
Does that promise conflicts again in July? I hope not.’
2. Putin and the Grand Cross
In April of 2014, I wrote about the Grand Square (or
Grand Cross) hitting the chart of Vladimir Putin in 2014. He is still around,
and there is still the danger of a growing conflict in Europe as his troops and
the troops of NATO keep testing at the edge of dangerous borders. In 2014 he
conquered Crimia.
3. The sad day: Mars afflicted in July 2014
On July 17, 2014 I wrote about ‘Mars fighting’ a few
hours before the tragic plane incident in Ukraine happened. http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2014/07/mars-fighting-chart-of-today-july-17.html
Grand Crosses may not directly ‘inflict’ or ‘cause’
international catastrophes, but there is tension and that shows. So don’t
expect the catastrophe to start at the very moment of the aspect, but be aware
of what happens next, especially in regions of tension and (more personal) when you are in a stressful situation.
HOW ABOUT 2015?
In the light of what is been written above, it’s not a good sign that Mars is
conjunct Eris in the chart of Astrological New Year 2015, either*) But maybe I should explain that there are
conjunctions of Mars and Eris every (about)
2 year and that doesn’t start a World War. There are military conflicts going
on all the time. Conflicts don’t need a Mars conjunct Eris to begin.
I added the picture of the balloon catastrophe by Henry de Montauk, Petit (19th Century) because of the square shape, the catastrophe and because balloons are in the sky, like Grand Crosses.
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NOTE
*)
Did you know that Mars and Eris were on the angles of the chart of Pearl Harbor?
Quote:
Mars is opposition Midheaven (on IC, conjunct Varuna, the god of the waters). Eris is exactly square the Ascendant. And in 1941, no one even had heard of Eris...
Now that doesn’t mean that war had to begin that way or that it had to be war. Quote:
One of the charts of the USA in Astrodatabank is the chart of July 4 at 17:10. The USA chart for July 4, 1776 at 17:08:15 (105 seconds earlier) has progressed Mars conjunct natal Midheaven on December 7, 1941 and transit Eris at 4d13 Aries would be square the progressed Ascendant at 4d25 Cancer. A conjunction means a start. MC (Midheaven) is the symbol of a position/condition/status. And Mars means war (sometimes).
**) Maybe a good idea for a joint study, anyone?
***) http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=121720 April 23, 2015 seems to be an important date for India politics. I am not into India politics, but I like to mention this article that links astrology and offerings to politics.
***) http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=121720 April 23, 2015 seems to be an important date for India politics. I am not into India politics, but I like to mention this article that links astrology and offerings to politics.
