In search of a wandering Buddhist monk

Jinasiri, or Jason Chan, as he prefers to be known, has trained as a Theravada Buddhist monk. Since August 2011 he has been walking the east coast of Australia barefoot, wearing three saffron robes and carrying a blanket and an alms bowl. He stops in one place from July to September, just as the Buddha did during the rainy season 2,500 years ago.  Oct 31 http://ab.co/1rLFcGO

To understand this news, we will go back to the April 29, 2014 New Moon Eclipse at Sydney.  The eclipse [9ta] was conjunct the asteroid Toro [10ta] that is associated with activities that require physical exertion. Notice that the eclipse aligns a powerful Grand Cross and a Grand Trine with  Jupiter and TNPs Kronos and Hades on the MC. These are in tropical Cancer overlaid by the stars of the Twins and the Chinese asterism Tsing,  The Well.

Symbolically, the Chinese Well stands for life giving and spiritually nourishing waters so that we have people here who dig deep to find mankind’s spiritual heritage. There are three stars here that refer to the feet (and by association walking) – nu  Geminorum, Castor’s right foot, Murzim, beta Canis Majoris, left front paw and Furud, zeta Canis Majoris, left hind paw.

Neptune [7pi] is conjunct stars in the water pouring from the Water Bearer’s urn. In ancient times this area was linked to the healing goddess Gula so that souls here must make a choice whether to remain aloof to the anguish of others or to learn sensitivity and compassion through their own painful experiences, becoming “wounded healers” who develop an impulse to help, teach, save and restore.

Poseidon – the TNP associated with spirituality and religion – is conjunct mu Crucis, a star in the Cross. The cross, one of the oldest and most basic symbols of humankind, is  a metaphor for life’s agonising pain sometimes chosen voluntarily for the sake of the spirit.

Hades-Poseidon: An ancient religion

Kronos-Poseidon: A spiritual master or teacher (e.g. the Buddha)

On the Ascendant is Mars [11li] conjunct stars of the Virgin and Coma Berenice. Coma’s dedication is put to the preservation of traditions and the survival  of ancient knowledge. Vindemiatrix, epsilon Virginis (10li) was the Arabic Almuredin, “one sent forth in the faith”. A Buddhist monk fits the picture perfectly!

Progressing the eclipse chart to the Oct.31, the date of the news, aligns the T-square and the Grand Trine with the IC triggering its potential.