Footage of a badly burnt woman being berated by a
crowd in Nigeria
has been watched hundreds of thousands of times on YouTube. The film begins in
a blur. An angry mob and a policewoman can just be made out, gathered in a
circle on the dusty ground. As the camera finds its focus, the grim reality
becomes clear. In the middle of the circle sits a woman, almost naked, her body
bloodied and burnt. The title of the video, "Flying Bird turn into old
woman in Oshodi", doesn't appear to explain the disturbing scene, but its
description, and a local news article, combine to create an unusual narrative.
Eyewitnesses quoted by the newspaper say a black bird had been flying in
the sky over Oshodi, in Lagos ,
before striking an electrical cable, falling to earth and transforming into a
woman. The same eyewitnesses say she confessed to being a witch. BBC, 19
October 2014. http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-29644681
Shown here
is the chart for the last Full Moon eclipse of October 8 at Oshodi , Nigeria .
The eclipse is prominently placed in the angles of the chart. The eclipse
luminaries rule the 8th and 9th houses. The 8th
house is linked to all hidden matters including the occult and witchcraft while
the 9th house can be dogmatic religious or philosophical opinions so
that an opposition between the two lords can reflect biased or dogmatic belief
systems about witchcraft or occult matters.
The Sun [15li]
and Venus [10li] are conjunct the stars Vindemiatrix (Al Muredin), epsilon
Virginis [10li08] , omicron Hydrae [10li30]
- the evil headed monster and Gienah , gamma Corvi [11li06] and Algorab,
delta Corvi [14li] of Corvus – the Raven (the black bird in the news!).
Both
crows and ravens have appeared in a number of different mythologies throughout
the ages. In some tales of the Welsh myth cycle, the Mabinogion, the raven is a
harbinger of death. Witches and sorcerers were believed to have the ability to
transform themselves into ravens and fly away, thus enabling them to evade
capture [1].
Describing
the star background in this area Diana Rosenberg writes:
The Virgin’s purity makes people self-righteous “holier-than-thou”
zealots persecuting those who in their eyes, do not adhere to their ideas of
morality and high standards. 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. [2]
Progressing
the chart to October 19, the date of news aligns the meridian axis with the
eclipse bringing us a report of the
unfortunate event.
[2] Secrets
of the Ancient Skies, Diana K. Rosenberg [ v.2, p.64-66]
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