An Indian hot air balloon ride has landed two
tourists in jail, after it was blown off course and drifted into the grounds of
a high-security prison, it's reported. The two women were visiting the annual
Pushkar Camel Fair, in the western state of Rajasthan, when they decided to get
a bird's eye view of the event. But their balloon ride came to an abrupt end
when strong winds caused the operator to bring it down on the football field of
nearby Ajmer
The
incident took place on the eve of the November 6 Full Moon. A chart for the
Full Moon at Pushkar is shown here. The Sun [14sc26] is conjunct stars of Corona Borealis (alpha and
gamma: 12sc31 and 15sc06) which were
part of the Chinese asterism T’ien Lao:
the Celestial Prison! In addition,
the Sun [14sc] forms a quincunx aspect to Uranus [13ar] which is part of a
Grand Cross straddling the angles of the Full Moon chart.
On the IC [6cp]
of the chart conjunct Mars [8cp] is the
star Facies, [8cp];M22 Sagittarius along with the asteroid Icarus [7cp]. About
this star Eric Morse writes:
Much blamed for accidents and broken limbs and so
on. The Latin name is from the verb Facere, to make or do something, and it
is often said to portend accidents due to the victim's own careless actions.
Naturally, there is a positive side to Facies, it symbolizes well that kind of
Sagittarian who goes out to climb mountains, race cars, enter the ski-jump team
or the Grand National steeplechase, making it right to the top and no doubt
breaking a few bones along the way. [The Living Stars, Dr. Eric Morse,
p.94-95.].
The asteroid Icarus takes its name from the mythological Icarus, son
of Daedalus who dared to fly too near the sun on wings of feathers and wax.
Daedalus had been imprisoned by King Minos of Crete
within the walls of his own invention, the Labyrinth. But the great craftsman's
genius would not suffer captivity. He made two pairs of wings by adhering
feathers to a wooden frame with wax. Giving one pair to his son, he cautioned
him that flying too near the sun would cause the wax to melt. But Icarus became
ecstatic with the ability to fly and forgot his father's warning. The feathers
came loose and Icarus plunged to his death in the sea [1]
Finally, on
the Ascendant [6li] we have the stars of
the Celestial Ship Argo and the Air Pump Antlia which would combine to
produce an airship! Quite often the star
images provided by the ancients appear to coalesce producing quite surprising results.
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