Caelum
– The Chisel
A
recently unearthed stone tool kit consisting of hammer stones, anvils, worked
cobblestones and other items dates to 3.3 million years ago, predating our
genus Homo by over half a million years, according to a new study. The items,
described in the latest issue of the journal Nature, are now the oldest stone tools ever found. They "show
that early humans (essentially proto-humans) used and made stone tools 3.3
million years ago, which is about 700,000 years earlier than the previously
earliest known date for early stone tools," Erella Hovers, who authored an
accompanying "News & Views" article, told Discovery News. Hovers,
who is a senior member of the Institute of Archaeology at The Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, added that the other more recent tools were attributed to Homo
habilis, aka "Handy Man," whose culture is called the Oldowan. Now it
looks like there was a much earlier culture--as of yet unnamed--and that stone
tool making was not unique to our genus. The approximately 149 stone artifacts
tied to tool making were found at a site called Lomekwi 3 next to Lake Turkana
in Kenya. May 20 http://www.sott.net/article/296685-Archeologists-in-Kenya-unearth-oldest-stone-tools-ever-found
Regular
readers will agree with me that it appears from the many posts on this blogsite
that no new discoveries can take place without the stars allowing it. We will
see this claim proved once again in this post. A chart for the current New Moon
of May 18 at Lake Turkana, Kenya is shown here. The New Moon [26ta55] and alpha
Caelum [25ta40] which is conjunct the stars Algol [26ta23] is on the Ascendant
activating the Mars-Saturn-Neptune T-square. For events under these stars Diana
Rosenberg lists “discoveries of prehistoric art and artifacts” [1]. But in our
case here, the star alpha Caelum is more relevant.
Latin caelum means both 'the heavens' (from
the same root as 'celestial'), and 'sculptor's
chisel', or burin; an engraving tool for metals and stone. It is this
instrument that La Caille had in mind when he named this constellation [2].
Prometheus
stealing fire from the gods
Finally, we
look at the partile semisquare between Uranus [18ar41] and Mars [4ge16]. Uranus in is connected with Prometheus[3] , a Titan in Greek
mythology, best known as the benefactor who brought fire to mankind. What this
means symbolically, is that Prometheus
was a hero who through his inventions brought relief to mankind. Here Uranus
[18ar41] is conjunct lambda Andromeda[18ar30], a star in the right hand of
Andromeda. About this area Diana Rosenberg writes:
The cords binding
the Fishes and Andromeda’s chains of restriction and frustration combine with
the fiery, independent energies of tropical Aries to bring forth people who,
within the limitations of their circumstances, search for ways to implement
their beliefs and inspire others. These are clever, inventive and resourceful
people. This is the right hand of Andromeda: many are “tinkerers” who love to
work with their hands.
With the hero/
inventor Prometheus’ right hand here and the New Moon conjunct the “chisel”, is
it surprising that prehistoric stone
tools have been discovered?
[1]
Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.1, p.199-202)
[3]
Prometheus the Awakener: an Essay on the Archetypal Meaning of the Planet
Uranus ;Richard Tarnas
[4]
Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.1, p.92-93)
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