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Eclipse reveals mysteries of Spider Silk Strength



Mysteries of Spider Silk Strength Unraveled
Jan. 27, 2013 — Scientists at ASU are celebrating their recent success on the path to understanding what makes the fiber that spiders spin -- weight for weight -- at least five times as strong as piano wire. They have found a way to obtain a wide variety of elastic properties of the silk of several intact spiders' webs using a sophisticated but non-invasive laser light scattering technique [1].



As in the previous post [2], we begin by looking at the 13th November 2012 solar eclipse at 21sc57 conjunct Unukalhai, of the poisonous serpent ruling poisons and all manner of poisonous creatures. A spider would fit in perfectly here. To home in on the arachnid  we look at the chart of the Total Solar eclipse at Phoenix, the location of Arizona State University to which the above news item relates.


Regular readers would be aware that an eclipse is significant for a place if planets occupy the angles and especially if the angles (horizon or meridian axes) align with several planets in aspect as in this case. Notice  the T-square of Pluto-Uranus-Hades-Kronos on the angles with each leg forming a hard aspect to the eclipse [..the poisonous creature].  The star alpha Reticulum [7ar37]  is placed on the Ascendant  conjoining Uranus [4ar59] and forming a sharp square to  Pluto [7cp45] and sesquiquadrate to the eclipse [21sc57]. Pluto-Uranus is associated with technological breakthroughs, amongst other things. 


Reticulum means a netlike formation or structure; a network. A reticle was a scientific instrument used to measure star positions, a grid of fine lines in the focus of an optical instrument, used for determining the scale or position of what is being looked at. The grid lines of meridians and parallels lines on a map is sometimes referred to as a net.
"In Ancient Rome a class of gladiator, the retiarius, was armed with a net which he used to immobilize his opponent by entangling him in the meshes, thus placing him at his mercy", "Nets may also be compared with the web in which spiders lurk for prey" [Penguin Dictionary of Symbols] [3]

Eclipse charts give their results when by progression the angles go over significant points. Shown below is the progression of the chart for 27th January, the date of the news item. Notice that the elements of the T-square once again occupy the angles!




[1] Arizona State University https://asunews.asu.edu/node/26549
[2] Unukalhai and the poisoned Borneo elephants http://bit.ly/Xd34Wb




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