Multicongruence: Mount Merapi eruption & Indonesia-Australia spat

19 Nov. Massive rumbling from Mount Merapi on Monday morning caused panic among hundreds of residents living on the slopes of the volcano who promptly headed to evacuation assembly points. The volcano, located on the border between Yogyakarta and Central Java provinces, erupted at around 4:53 a.m., spewing volcanic materials 2 kilometers into the air and covering areas east of the volcano with dust and ash. http://bit.ly/1fagCyB

19 Nov. Indonesia angry at Australia's response to spying revelations. Indonesia recalls its ambassador from Australia following reports that Australian spies attempted to listen to the president's mobile phone. http://bit.ly/17HtZnk

So we have two pictures in the news simultaneously. One is that of an “angry” mountain belching fire and another of an angry spat between neighbours. Are these images connected? Dennis Elwell would have us believe so. In his book Cosmic Loom Elwell's main theme is that of 'multicongruence', the author's term for 'many things in agreement' i.e. the tendency for certain things and conditions to co-occur because they belong together at a higher, unmanifest level.

We are in the wake of a powerful Full Moon of 17 Nov. that was conjunct the evil star Algol. Here is the chart drawn for the Full Moon at the midpoint between the capitals of Indonesia (Jakarta) and Australia (Canberra). Notice that it is powerfully placed on the meridian axis. Algol is often depicted as Medusa’s head with a face contorted in anger and hate! [1]

The second chart is for the moment of  Merapi’s eruption. If we superimpose the Full Moon position onto this chart we notice that the Sun is just rising and the Full Moon just setting. A ±7° orb is used around the angles (ASC / DSC / MC / IC). These areas, called the foregrounds of the angles, are where planets and stars are especially active [2].

We  need to remember that the luminaries in the Full Moon activate the Pluto-Uranus square through hard aspects. Pluto-Uranus is a perfect symbol of the release (Uranus)  of pent up primal energy (Pluto) like in a volcanic eruption as well as  during confrontations (Pluto)  between friends (Uranus). Finally,  Neptune [2pi] forms a T-square to the Full Moon axis. Diana Rosenberg [3] notes for stars in this area:

“There are fires here, both on and under the earth....These stars were represented at the notorious eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum and at the 1727 eruption of Iceland’s Oraefajokull volcano etc.” 

[1] Algol Full Moon and the China-Japan spat

[2] http://bit.ly/10oHfao

[3] Secrets of the Ancient Skies, Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2, p.682)