To measure distances in the universe, astronomers
use cepheids, a family of variable stars whose luminosity varies with time.
Their role as distance calibrators has brought them attention from researchers
for more than a century. While it was thought that nearly everything was known
about the prototype of cepheids, named Delta Cephei, a team of researchers at
the University of Geneva (UNIGE), the Johns Hopkins University, and the
European Space Agency (ESA), have now discovered that this star has a hidden companion.
They have published an article about the discovery in The Astrophysical
Journal. May 12; http://www.sott.net/article/296341-Researchers-discover-Delta-Cephei-has-a-secret-companion
Very often
even before an exact aspect between a planetary pair takes place, a lunar phase
can bring it up to the angles, thereby triggering its potential in advance. Shown here is the chart for the Last Quarter
Moon of May 11 at Geneva where the Astronomical Observatory of UNIGE is
located. Notice that the Quarter Moon on the descendant activates the
Jupiter-Uranus trine. The fact that Jupiter-Uranus aspects are connected to
scientific discoveries is well documented [1]. In addition, for Uranus in the 9th
house, H.S. Green writes: “Discoveries or advances in science or philosophy”. But
more interesting is the fact that Uranus [18ar22], the planet associated with unexpected events is conjunct delta Cephei [17ar50] – the star in the news!
If we now
factor in the energetics of the star Dubhe that is conjunct Jupiter the picture
becomes clearer. Dubhe, alpha Ursa Major asks us to emerge from our own personal
dogmas (belief structures)…to relinquish the mental tapes we play that say:
"but that is how it was, so that is how must continue to be" [2]. Are
we, therefore, being asked to drop the older view about delta Cephei and
recognize that it is a binary star?
It is
important to remember that all phases of the lunar cycle are connected to a
theme that is contained in the New Moon. The current lunar cycle began with the
New Moon [28ar] of April 18 in the constellation Pisces [3]. Pisces is
represented by two fish tied together, it's another of the signs that is
sometimes called a dual sign,
along with Gemini and Sagittarius. More
specifically, the New Moon was conjunct Alrisha [29ar35]. Alpha (α) Pisces,
Alrisha marks the Knot of the Cord, formed by the joining together of the ends
of the ribbons that binds the two Fishes by the tail.
The
constellation Pisces is composed of the western fish, which swims westward
horizontally along the ecliptic plane back toward Aquarius. The western fish is
a symbol of our priori inherited ideologies that we are born into. The eastern
fish leaps upward, vertically from the ecliptic plane, seeking a greater
freedom on the shores of sidereal Aries. The eastern fish articulates our
desire to ascend from our past assumptions and belief systems and our capacity
to awaken from submersion in ignorance.
In
conclusion, we can see that the Last Quarter Moon not only carried the New Moon’s
connection to duality but also indicated that the time was ripe for
getting out of past assumptions in the light of new information about the star
now surfacing.
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