Musca Australis
the Southern Fly
The world’s first malaria vaccine may just be a
year away, after a thorough trial of a new drug showed promising results. PLOS
Medicine on Tuesday published a study, in which researchers found that for
every 1,000 children who received the vaccine, 800 cases of illness could be
prevented. The children also retained protection 18 months after being
injected. Now, pharmaceutical manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has applied
the drug for regulatory approval — the first time a malaria vaccine has reached
this stage.
“This is a milestone,” Sanjeev Krishna, professor
of molecular parasitology and medicine at St. George’s, University of London,
who reviewed the paper for the journal, told the BBC. “The landscape of
malaria-vaccine development is littered with carcasses, with vaccines dying
left, right and center. We need to keep a watchful eye for adverse events, but
everything appears on track for the vaccine to be approved as early as next
year.” TIME
Among the techniques in mundane astrology,
cardinal ingresses of the Sun have a
traditional reputation as very important
events. Of these, the Capricorn Ingress is considered
the most important and is often looked upon as the “annual chart” for a place. The
angles of the ingress progressed on a daily basis can indicate events when they
touch important planets or planetary configurations in the ingress chart. Shown
here is the sidereal Capricorn Ingress of the Sun at London
Jupiter-Uranus-Pluto-Child:
Fortunate scientific or technological breakthrough in matters connected with
children.
Uranus [8ar57]
is conjunct the stars mu Cephei, [9ar54]
in the King’s head, Algenib, gamma Pegasi, [9ar21] in the Flying Horse’s
wing and 12 Andromedae, [9ar15] near chained
right hand of the Princess. Readers who are familiar with the story of
“The Royal Family” [1] will recognize Andromeda as King Cepheus’ child condemned to be devoured
by the Sea-Monster (a metaphor for all manner of calamities). The wing of the Flying Horse is a symbol of
freedom from some earthly limitation. About these stars Diana Rosenberg writes [2]:
“This is a place of fires! Fires of illumination
and fires of destruction….Here brilliant King Cepheus and high-flying Pegasus
inspire extraordinary achievements that carry humankind into new knowledge and
realizations.”
Also notice
that at Saturn [21sc34] forms a sesquisquare
aspect to Uranus [8ar57] and conjoins beta Muscae, [20sc22] – a star in the
constellation Musca, the Southern Fly. The following extract from Ann Wright
[3] tells us why this constellation is linked to the ‘mosquito’ and, therefore,
in our context to ‘malaria’
The word musca comes from the Indo-European root
*mu- 'Gnat, fly, to buzz'. Derivatives: midge (from Old English mycg, midge,
from Germanic *mugjo). Suffixed extended form *mus-ka-; mosquito (family
Culicidae) Musca, muscid, muscarine.
This constellation should also represent the mosquito, a Spanish word,
diminutive of mosca, 'fly', from Latin musca. Mosquitos are of the family
Culicidae, the Latin word for mosquito (also called gnats) was culex:
“The gnat (culex) is named from 'sting' (aculeus)
because it sucks blood, for it has a tube in its mouth, like a needle, with
which it pierces the flesh so that it may drink the blood" [The
Etymologies of Isidore of Seville, 6th century A.D., p.270.]
The final
point to note is the position of Neptune [3pi39]
which forms hard aspects to two legs of
the Grand Cross. It is conjunct the stars of Gula, the ancient Mother-Physician
and the Indian lunar mansion, ‘Satabhisaj’ literally referring to difficult-to-cure
diseases that require a Hundred Physicians. For this area, Diana Rosenberg
notes, “major technological and scientific breakthroughs” [4].
[2] Secrets
of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.1, p. 68-75)
[4]
Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2, p. 690-92)
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