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The China Earthquake


An earthquake with magnitude 4.6 occurred near Leshan, Sichuan, China at 16:14:35.68 UTC on Apr 20, 2013.

Earthquakes are found to be associated with eclipses and important planetary conjunctions and oppositions. An eclipse is always liable to cause seismic disturbances where it is visible, especially if it falls very close to the line of horizon i.e. the cusps of the first and seventh houses, or of the meridian i.e. the cusps of the tenth and fourth houses. Of these two lines, that of the meridian is more important; and that of the lower meridian i.e. the cusp of the fourth house is the most important of all. In addition to this, certain of the zodiacal signs are more closely associated with earthquakes than are others. The four fixed signs are very important in this respect; and of these Taurus and Scorpio are more often related to great shocks of earthquake than are any other signs, when eclipses or important conjunctions occur therein, or when oppositions or squares are thrown to major planets therein. H.S.Green, Mundane or National Astrology




H.S. Green’s book on Mundane Astrology written around WWI is still considered a bible of sorts amongst astrologers. As in the  Iran quake we will see in this example too how well Green’s rules apply. For this I take my readers back to the Lunar Eclipse of November 28, 2012 (chart above).  Our attention is drawn immediately to the meridian axis in Taurus-Scorpio polarity with Saturn at the IC – the fourth house cusp that Green says “is the most important of all”  for earthquakes.

So what is happening now that is triggering this five month old eclipse? The answer is the upcoming April 25, 2013 Full Moon [5 Taurus-5 Scorpio] eclipse which falls exactly on the meridian axis of the November eclipse activating it fully!

But as I like to point, there are never any loose ends. There appears to be  a cosmic orchestra playing a symphony in which eclipses are major players (the hour hand of the cosmic clock) while the monthly lunations (New or Full Moons) are the smaller ones (the minute hand ). The chart for the current New Moon at Leshan has on the Ascendant [26virgo48]  the star Eta (η) Ursa Major, Alkaid, [27virgo08] - a brilliant white star on the tail of the Great Bear associated with earthquakes and similar catastrophes.

The last star in the Great Bear. Benetnash (Alkaid) means 'hired mourners'. If the influence of this star is exercised, an influence of a Mars-Uranus-Saturn nature is present. Experience has shown that many human lives are to be mourned. Reinhold Ebertin made a survey of this fixed star covering centuries when associated with transits of the major planets over this degree. The results have been recorded in the 40th yearbook for Cosmobiological Research 1969. In accordance with adopted belief of ancient times, this fixed star is supposed to be bound up with the realm of the dead and is therefore associated with death and mourning. In an important position in a mundane map, Benetnash will claim human lives in calamities such as mine accidents, collapse of houses and bridges, mountain slides, earth tremors and catastrophes caused by weather. [Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation, Elsbeth Ebertin, 1928, no.46, p.57, under the name Benetnash]

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