Violence in Egypt on Full Moon

The second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution on Friday was an unhappy affair but the violence that accompanied it was merely a precursor to the greater bloodshed that came on Saturday. Together, the two days of turmoil brought the precarious state of modern Egypt into full display—with dual sources of unrest and potential mayhem. At 10. a.m. on Saturday, the first batch of verdicts were delivered in Egypt’s worst-ever instance of soccer violence *. After announcing the death sentence for 21 civilian soccer fans for a Port Said team, the judge practically ran out of the courtroom.

[*On February 1, 2012, after a match between Cairo’s Ahly Club and Port Said’s Masry Club, fans of Masry stormed the field and attacked their rivals. Police on the scene largely stood aside and in the ensuing violence and stampede, 72 people–mostly Ahly fans–were killed.]

Here is the chart for  Jan 26; 10 am at Cairo. Notice Pluto-Uranus on the angles.

Pluto-Uranus: Power struggles within groups; unexpected reactions based on resentments or threats to control. [1]

The Full Moon occurs on January 27 in mid-sidereal Cancer [ tropical 7le24]. In China this area  had several names . It was called  Tsi-Chi, Piled-Up corpses, Tsi-Chi-Ki, Exhalation of Piled up corpses. It was also called T’ien-Soung, Celestial Punisher. It is  interesting to note that Saturday’s violence was the outcome of the judicial verdict sentencing 21 people to death over  soccer violence on Feb 1, 2012 in which 72 people  were killed ( “ghosts” of the past?).

The Full Moon is square stern Saturn [11sc05] close to star Mu Librae [14sc20] of the Southern Scale. This is an area of persecutions, acts of grave injustice, manifestations of fanatic intolerance and the tendency to think of terror, murder and extermination as a solution to problems – nonetheless there can also be legal and political milestones and advancements [3].

The Moon conjoins Praesepe of Cancer, M48 Hydrae [water-snake’s poisonous breath and theta Ursa Major [the Bear’s right foreleg] . Cancer, commonly the crab today, was also  the Egyptian Scarabaeus – the dung beetle- an image that articulates the need for humanity to  emerge from darkness and  dogma.  This theme also applies to the need for the  individual to emerge  from the family nest (antiquated dogmatic entrapments of mass consciousness), shedding old skins, skeletons, and cocoons [2]. The energies of the wild, untamed Bear, the water-snake’s poisonous breath and the arrogance and controlling nature of tropical Leo combine here with a seething, fiercely focused intensity and desire for revenge . In the worst scenario, we have  smugly self-justifying, brutal, blatantly prejudiced people who  create competitive and violent situations [3].

Finally, the outcome is confirmed by the position of the Ascendant [3aq24]  conjunct Mars-Pluto [2aq47] a combination that produces intense power struggles, inciting and inviting fierce reactions in others.

[1] Martha-Lang Wescott

[2] Nick Fiorenza

[3] Diana Rosenberg