Philae lander makes historic touchdown on comet

A European robot probe has made the first, historic landing on a comet. The "first" landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was confirmed at about 1605 GMT. There were cheers and hugs at the European Space Agency (Esa) mission control in Darmstadt, Germany, after the signal came through. BBC. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30026398

A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, heats up and begins to outgas, displaying a visible atmosphere or coma, and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet. Comet nuclei range from a few hundred metres to tens of kilometres across and are composed of loose collections of ice, dust, and small rocky particles. Wikipedia

To understand this news we look at the chart for the last solar eclipse of October 23 at Darmstadt, Germany.  The eclipse places a T-square involving Uranus-Pluto on the meridian axis. As we have seen in the past, this combination is known for scientific and technological breakthroughs. On the IC with Mercury are the stars of the Virgin’s wing, the Crow’s wing and China’s Great Red Bird all combining with tropical Libra’s element of air. Diana Rosenberg links this area to astronomy, navigation, aviation and space and therefore gives rise to “air and space events”.

The eclipse [0sc] is conjunct  Miaplacidus [2sc], beta star of the Celestial Ship Argo (doesn’t that sound like the space probe or even the Comet!). The TNP Apollon [29li] that is associated with ‘science, expansion and growth’ is also here and makes a fairly sharp quincunx aspect to the TNP Admetus (rock and ice).

A confirmation that this eclipse is indeed a major ‘cause’ of the event can be seen if we progress the eclipse chart to Nov. 12, the date of the event, to find the eclipse align with the meridian axis. On the MC [1ta42] is the star Mira, omicron Ceti. This is a red giant star with a tail like a comet extending trillions of miles! [1]

Mira – Omicron Ceti

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mira

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On the IC [11li] of the eclipse chart are the asteroids Photographica [11li] and Odysseus [13li]…Photographs or images (Photographica) form a journey far away (Odysseus).