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Eris and the Centaurs:
The Tucson Shootings
When a major world event happens,
I cast the chart and look for which minor
planets are prominent. I use the basic
tests for prominence — for example, if
the point is angular or if it’s making a
conjunction, square, or opposition to
the Sun, Moon, or a planet that thematically factors into the situation. When
the Tucson shootings happened in early
2011, the exact time of the incident was
released by authorities, and I cast the
chart. (See Chart 3, facing page.
At the moment of the shootings
(which happened rapidly), Pholus
was conjunct the Midheaven within less
than one degree. Pholus, the second discovered Centaur, has among its
themes the runaway reaction or the
uncontrolled release of energy. It is a
powerful precipitator. Where Pholus
is involved, things proceed rapidly —
unlike with his cousin Chiron. German
minor planet specialist Robert von
Heeren described Pholus as the “small
cause with the big effect.” Pholus is currently a long-term visitor to Sagittarius,
a fiery, reactive sign.
Jared Lee Loughner’s walking up to
a crowd of peaceful people and opening
fire with a semi-automatic handgun had
the mark of Pholus in the worst sense
of the concept. The crowd included a
prominent congresswoman, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, with whom
he was obsessed; one theme of Pholus is how we deal with famous people
when we encounter them personally.
Pholus was on the cusp of the 10th, a
house associated with government and
authority.
KING CHARLES ILL - Sun-Pholus in JU station
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Borasisi is a small planet with a big
message, particularly in our world that
is in many ways run by the public relations industry. You might put this planet
to work any time you’re studying a person or a situation where deceiving the
public, and moreover the moral questions associated with that deception,
are themes. Check Borasisi any time
belief seems to trump the known facts or
where self-delusion is an issue, whether
the larger topic is religion, politics, corporate deception, or something novel
that you’ve never thought of.
The Tucson Shootings
When a major world event happens,
I cast the chart and look for which minor
planets are prominent. I use the basic
tests for prominence — for example, if
the point is angular or if it’s making a
conjunction, square, or opposition to
the Sun, Moon, or a planet that thematically factors into the situation. When
the Tucson shootings happened in early
2011, the exact time of the incident was
released by authorities, and I cast the
chart. (See Chart 3, facing page.
At the moment of the shootings
(which happened rapidly), Pholus
was conjunct the Midheaven within less
than one degree. Pholus, the second discovered Centaur, has among its
themes the runaway reaction or the
uncontrolled release of energy. It is a
powerful precipitator. Where Pholus
is involved, things proceed rapidly —
unlike with his cousin Chiron. German
minor planet specialist Robert von
Heeren described Pholus as the “small
cause with the big effect.” Pholus is currently a long-term visitor to Sagittarius,
a fiery, reactive sign.
Jared Lee Loughner’s walking up to
a crowd of peaceful people and opening
fire with a semi-automatic handgun had
the mark of Pholus in the worst sense
of the concept. The crowd included a
prominent congresswoman, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, with whom
he was obsessed; one theme of Pholus is how we deal with famous people
when we encounter them personally.
Pholus was on the cusp of the 10th, a
house associated with government and
authority.
KING CHARLES ILL - Sun-Pholus in JU station
-------------------------------------------------
Borasisi is a small planet with a big
message, particularly in our world that
is in many ways run by the public relations industry. You might put this planet
to work any time you’re studying a person or a situation where deceiving the
public, and moreover the moral questions associated with that deception,
are themes. Check Borasisi any time
belief seems to trump the known facts or
where self-delusion is an issue, whether
the larger topic is religion, politics, corporate deception, or something novel
that you’ve never thought of.
