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India Lion cub leads guard to its mother's corpse






A lion cub has led forest rangers to its mother's corpse in an Indian sanctuary, an act described by officials as very unusual behaviour. A forest guard, who saw the cub hiding in the bushes, followed it and went on to discover the body on a nearby hill. The cub then guarded his mother until the ranger returned with forest and police officials to remove the carcass. A post-mortem suggests the lioness died in a fight with other animals, possibly a herd of water buffalo. Deputy Conservator of Forests in Gir, Anshuman Sharma, said the cub's behaviour was "rare" and "very peculiar" - something he had not encountered in his many years of watching lions. Gir in Gujarat state is home to Asiatic lions and, according to the last census done in 2010, there are 411 lions in the sanctuary. "On Saturday (August 9) afternoon, I was patrolling the Tulsi-Shyam range of the sanctuary when I saw a cub hiding in the bushes," forest guard Rana Mori told the BBC. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-28751255





In mundane astrology, the importance of the Capricorn Ingress chart cannot be overstated. Astrologers look upon it as the Annual Chart for a place since the progressed angles reveal significant events on days that they trigger planets. Shown here is the progressed Capricorn Ingress chart for August 9 at the Gir Forests, Gujarat. Notice that with Jupiter on the IC within just two degrees and the TNP Zeus square within about 1.5 degrees the slightly skewed  Grand Cross comprising Jupiter-Uranus-Mars-Pluto-Zeus is triggered. AstroFix [1] provides the following key phrase for Mars-Pluto: “Fight to the death” which is exactly what happened in the news story. The lion cub’s mother died in a fight with other animals, possibly a herd of water buffalo.





There are several other interesting elements of the chart that add further detail.  The asteroid Ceres (mother) [2] at [19li] is conjunct the TNP Zeus [17li] and the descendant [21li] while the asteroid Orpheus (death and mourning) [2] at [12cp] is on the MC with Pluto [11cp]. On the IC with Jupiter [17cn] is the asteroid Child [18cn]. So we have a child mourning the death of a mother. But why a lion cub?  The Moon [25le] which forms a hard aspect to Pluto-Orpheus on the MC is conjunct the star beta (25le) and 34 (26le) Leo Minor – the Small Lion!



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