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Maldives in water crisis after fire at treatment plant



The government of Maldives has declared a state of emergency after a fire at a water treatment plant cut off drinking water to the capital.  About 100,000 residents in Male have lost access to drinkable tap water, the government says. BBC; Dec 5 . http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30344155


The cardinal ingresses of the Sun have a traditional reputation as  important mundane events. The Capricorn Ingress chart is considered the master chart for the year followed in importance by the Cancer Ingress chart.





Shown here is the current sidereal Cancer Ingress chart at Male, Maldives. Notice the placement of Saturn on the MC in hard aspect to a Moon-Mercury-Hades square. Mercury [5cn] and Hades [3cn] are conjunct the stars of the Chinese asterism Tsing, The Well – the source of drinking water. Moon [6ar] is conjunct IV Cephei [6ar]  just above the King’s crown in the constellation of Cepheus. Cepheus wears a Crown of Fire! (Romans called him inflammatus).  Diana Rosenberg mentions that devastating fires have been recorded under this constellation.





Progressing the Ingress chart to Dec.5 aligns Mercury-Hades with the Ascendant and the radix Moon with the MC triggering the fire in the drinking water plant!






Finally, since the incident has occurred on the eve of  the Full Moon of Dec.6 we look at the chart for the Full Moon at Male to find it significantly placed on the horizon axis. Here the Sun [14sa] is in the Indian lunar mansion Mula ruled by Nritti, “Goddess of Destruction”. Diana Rosenberg links stars in this area with “fires” and gives the following examples:

There were transits to these stars in 1812 when Moscow burned during Napolean’s invasion of Russia; at the Great New York City fire of 1835 in Manhattan’s financial district; at the 1876 Brooklyn Theatre fire; at the 1917 Halifax harbour disaster: 2 ships one carrying 5000 tons of high explosives collided in a monstrous explosion; at a fire in Madrid's old, wooden Novedades Theatre in 1928; at the 1946 Atlanta GA Winecoff Hotel fire  and many others.


The Moon [14ge] is conjunct the Chinese asterism Yo-Tsing, The Precious Well!

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