Bacchus - the Greco-Roman God of Wine
Authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala
have outlined plans to ban the sale and consumption of alcohol to tackle the
state's drink problem. The first phase of the ban would see more than 700 bars
and as well as some shops selling alcohol shut down, with more alcohol-free
days introduced. The government aims to enforce total prohibition in 10 years. BBC; August 22. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-28892073
Kerala is a
state in the south-west region of India
on the Malabar coast . It was formed on 1
November 1956. The capital of Kerala is Trivandrum Neptune
[0sc]. Bacchus was the Greco-Roman God
of Wine and Martha Wescott gives us the following keywords.
BACCHUS:
Excess; addiction; intoxication.
So we know
where the Kerala’s drinking problem is coming from. But what happened for the
government to come down so harshly on the drinking problem. To understand this
let us look at the chart for the last solar eclipse of April 29 at 9 Taurus
exactly opposite Kerala’s radix Sun 9 Scorpio. The eclipse itself was conjunct the asteroid Dionysus
(Bacchus) placed in the mundane tenth
house opposite Saturn in the fourth. If we progress this chart to August 22, the
date of the news we find that the Ascendant reaches the conjunction to Saturn
in Scorpio on that date.
For the
stars conjunct Saturn, Diana Rosenerg writes:
There is a love of fine foods and wines. The
Serpent of temptation and half beast Centaurus lure some into excessive
self-indulgence. [1]
In Greek
mythology the centaurs were descendants of Centaurus, a son of the music god
Apollo. Most centaurs were governed by the bestial half of their double nature.
Their behavior was uncouth, and a very small amount of wine drove them wild.
The
following extract from Astrobarry [2] explains why Saturn in Scorpio puts
limits on our passions.
Scorpio rules our deep and dark passions. Even if
we are in touch with our passions, and
understand exactly which yearnings and motives drive our behaviors… we may repeatedly struggle with how our unbridled
emotional engagements seem to continually cause us problems. Just as repressing
our emotions can flatten out our life-experience, so too can overindulging them
prevent us from exploring other avenues of possibility due to our being too
singularly-focused.
Saturn's basic astrological job is to promote
maturity through deliberate discipline or restraint. He presents us with
circumstances that call for a rightful response… which may not always be, in
that very moment, what we are automatically moved to do. Saturn inspires us to
make the often-harder choice to moderate or restrict a certain impulse, in
order to further our progress in some other area. He also lays out
repercussions when we don't make the rightful choice that supports our
development. As 'lord of Karma', Saturn delivers what's due to us as the
logical consequence of the actions we take—both our deserved success and any
deserved confrontation with limits.
[1] Secrets
of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2, p.217)
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