Battling the evil Hydra
The Indian government has withdrawn
a controversial order which allows convicted MPs to run for elections while
appeals are pending. The decision was made after PM Manmohan Singh met Congress
party leader Rahul Gandhi who had opposed the order. It overruled a Supreme
Court directive which bans convicted lawmakers from running for office. Campaigners
had called the Supreme Court's order a major step in cleaning up Indian
politics. The controversial ordinance had been sent to President Pranab
Mukherjee for approval, but the cabinet withdrew it after meeting on Wednesday
(2 Oct).
To
understand these developments in the light of astrology we will look at the
chart of the present Government – the United
Progressive Alliance [2nd term] 20 May 2009; 17:28 IST, Delhi
The Ascendant
of the UPA government chart is [9sc]. The stars in this area include 109 Virginis
[8sc41]; Rij al Awwa, mu Virginis and
pi,50 Hydrae [9sc, 10sc], the water snake. The Hydra is often depicted as a seven headed
snake and stands for evil. Water or sea
serpents as symbols relate the blind,
animal life-force of the unconscious with that of the abyss; the many headed
Hydra which kept growing new heads as each was cut off symbolizes the
difficulty of conquering vices and obstacles that multiply in the course of
accomplishing a task.
The constellation Virgo was sometimes identified with the virgin goddess Iustitia or Astraea,
holding the scales of justice in her hand as the constellation Libra.
Interestingly,
many of the other mythological female figures who were believed to represent
Virgo include Dike (Greek mythology), and Erigone (Roman mythology), all of
whom represented Justice. Once you realize that Libra (the scales of justice)
is the next sign in the zodiac following Virgo, suddenly things begin to make
more sense.
Virgin goddess Astraea
with scales of Justice
With both the Virgin and the Hydra here there can be issues of
morality vs amorality, corruption and greed vs justice for sins committed.
Progressing
the current precessed solar return chart of the UPA to 2 October we find the
Uranus [11ar] conjunct the Ascendant [11ar] and the star Alderamin [12ar] with Pluto
[11cp] square.
Alderamin, [12ar] the Alpha star of Cepheus, is the right
shoulder of King Cepheus, father of the Royal Family and Princess Andromeda,
often portraying one in an authoritative position. With afflicted alignments,
Alderamin can expresses as denial, avoidance, or turning one's head from
dealing with the manipulative power plays causing our or other people's
entrapment with a flippant attitude to do anything about them. Here we can live
in submission to manipulative forces rather than to stand up for self and for
those unjustly held in bondage, even when it is our responsibility to do so.
With empowered alignments, Alderamin impels impartial and emotionally
clearheaded authoritarian action to address entrapping situations in a way that
provides resolution. Alderamin ultimately provides aid or solution, but often
after what may seem like an initial aloofness. Alpheratz and Alderamin
amalgamate to form a fortunate outcome, but sometimes drawn out through the emotional
Piscean waters, and a long period of unwillingness or simple naivete to look at
and acknowledge how we are immersed in a
pool of psycho-emotional denial, and that our growth and maturity is
prerequisite to our greater freedom of being.
Uranus-Pluto
stand for drastic reforms and transformative changes and the passage above
describes symbolically how the King eventually changes his mind and comes to
the rescue of the entrapped maiden Andromeda.
Finally, we
see that the upcoming New Moon [12li] at
Delhi
Few other skyscapes are so polarized
between light and dark, clear air and suffocating darkness, with a tremendous
conflict between the Virgin’s honest, upright will-to-do good and the Hydra’s
dark lair of greed, sensuality and arrogant self-interest; some are tempted to
dishonesty, become involved in scandals and have trouble with the law; there
are both oppressions and struggles against them and transits to these stars
often bring about major changes in laws, mores, governments and ways of
thinking often preceded, accompanied or followed by witch hunts. [3]
[1] the
chart has been drawn for the moment when the Prime Minister came out of
Rastrapati Bhavan and announced that he had the President’s approval for
his government.
[3] Secrets
of the Ancient Skies, Diana K. Rosenberg [ v.2, p.64-66]
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