An
Indian court has sentenced Bollywood star Salman Khan to five years in jail for
killing a homeless man in a 2002 hit-and-run driving incident in Mumbai. The
man was among five people who were run over in the incident. The actor was
charged with culpable homicide. Khan had said his driver was behind the wheel,
but the judge said the actor was driving the car and was under the influence of
alcohol at the time. May 6 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-32603596
The news comes to us just
after the Full Moon of May 4. A chart for the Full Moon phase at Bombay is
shown here. It is significant for the place since the luminaries aspect the
horizon axis. The Moon [13sc] is in the 5th house which is linked to
the theatre and films and therefore by association to actors. It is conjunct
the star Alphecca, alpha Corona Borealis [13sc] which was part of the Chinese
asterism T’ien-Wei, the Celestial Jail.
The Moon is also conjunct Menkent, theta Centauri.
Symbolically, the centaur is
the anti-thesis of the knight; half man, half horse, it represents complete
domination by baser influences, instincts, the unconscious uncontrolled by the
spirit. The man-beast combination illustrates the conflict between man’s lower
animal nature merged with his higher nature of human virtue and judgement. In
Greek myths centaurs sometimes accompanied Dionysus (Bacchus) in his wild
abandoned revels. Finally Lupus the Wolf
is a symbol evil and gluttony. The centaur is often shown with the wolf impaled on a lance. In Christian art, animals
impaled on lances often allude to vices that must be overcome; a lance
exemplifies victory over evil, the divine wisdom that pierces ignorance. This is what would ideally be the outcome.
But more often that not, in this area we
come across instances where the animal nature overpowers human virtues as in
our story above where the actor Salman Khan, under the influence of alcohol,
ran over the sleeping pavement dwellers. Looked at in another way, the Centaur
killing Lupus is referring to the punishment of evil which resonates perfectly
with the Chinese asterism of the Celestial Jail.
On the Ascendant [29ge] is the star Menkalinan[1]. Beta (β) Auriga,
Menkalinan, is a lucid yellow star in the
shoulder of the Charioteer. A Charioteer with a whip in his hand driving
his horses is a perfect ancient symbol for a modern day reckless car driver like the actor Salman Khan who was speeding
when he hit the unfortunate victims.
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