Mystery of the severed goat heads in Brooklyn

Severed goat heads keep turning up in nearby Prospect Park. Last year alone, readers sent the blog Gothamist photographic evidence of three goat heads found in the park.

I called Quinones and told him I had a case for him. I described the hanging goat heads of Park Slope, and the other goat heads found in Prospect Park. “I think I can help,” he said. “Are you just focusing on goat heads?” “Yes, I’m focusing on goat heads specifically,” I said. “Basically it’s one of three things,” Quinones said. “It’s Santería, or Vodou, or Palo Mayombe.” Santería, Vodou, and Palo Mayombe are the three most prominent Afro-Caribbean religions. All three descend from African religions, brought to the Caribbean by slaves who preserved them. But, he continued, there could be other, more sinister meanings. “It could be a death ritual,” Quinones said, his tone growing darker. “For example, across the country and in New York State, you might have a cow’s tongue nailed to a tree, and that’s a ritual to shut someone up.” March 15; http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/03/mystery-of-the-prospect-park-goat-heads.html

Eclipses that have long gone continue to produce startling events. Shown here is the chart for the April 29, 2014 solar eclipse at Brooklyn. Notice that the eclipse [9ta] is square the horizon axis and therefore significant for the place. It is conjunct Alpha (α) Aries, Hamal [8ta],  a yellow star on the forehead of the Ram. On the Ascendant [8aq] is the star tau Capricorni [8aq] in the neck of the Sea-Goat. 

Finally, also notice that the eclipse throws a quincunx aspect the Mars leg of the Grand Cross. Here Mars [11li] is conjunct epsilon (ε) Corvus, Minkar,[11li]  a star positioned on the neck of the Raven.   Corvus  the raven is a messenger bird.  J.E. Cirlot, in his Dictionary of Symbols, writes that in classical cultures the crow was believed to hold "certain mystic powers and in particular the ability to foresee the future”.  But the colour of their plumage has  drawn a universal connection with malevolence, sinister forces, and ominous warnings so that it has often been connected with the bearing of bad news.

So why has the news been reported on March 15? If we progress the eclipse chart to March 15, the progressed meridian reaches a conjunction with Mars and Corvus triggering the event.