Five people have died and hundreds are missing
after a cruise ship carrying 458 people capsized on the Yangtze River in
China's Hubei province. Officials say at least 15 people survived, with some
found alive inside the submerged hull of the Eastern Star. The captain and the
chief engineer, who both survived, have been detained. They say the boat was
caught in a cyclone. The boat sent no emergency signal, with the alarm
reportedly raised by those who had swum to shore. Other reports said the crew
of another vessel alerted the authorities after rescuing the captain from the
water. Chinese media quoted the captain as saying the vessel sank within
minutes, while many people were asleep. BBC weather forecaster Peter Gibbs says
there were severe thunderstorms in the area. June 2; http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32969861
The incident
has occurred just before the Full Moon of June 3. A chart drawn for the Full
Moon at Jianli, close to where the ship sank is shown here. Notice that the
Full Moon aligns very significantly with the meridian and forms a T-square with
Neptune. The Moon is conjunct the Royal Star Antares, the red heart of the Sky
Scorpion and among other things is linked to “storms and shipwrecks”[1]. Neptune [9pi47] is conjunct stars in the Water
Bearer’s Urn and Pegasus, the Flying Horse. Among events in this area , Diana Rosenberg
lists “extreme winds, floods, fogs and shipwrecks” and gives the following
examples:
Aquarius’ Urn is
associated with flooding, the Flying Horse was a Phonecian symbol of
navigation, and the Chinese asterism Wei presaged danger to travelers: these
stars were transited at the New Moon of October 31, 1120 preceding the tragedy
of the White Ship which sank off Barfleur within sight of shore, drowning the
two sons of King Henry I of England; at the collision of ocean liners Andrea
Doria and Stockholm in heavy fog of Nantucket in 1956; in 1994 when passenger
ferry “Estonia” sank in a Baltic storm near Utoe Finland killing 900-1000. [2]
[1]
Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2,p.321-4)
[2]
Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2,p.706-11)
Ongoing times appear to be prone to tragedies either in sea or due to sea. Sad circumstance.It is the worst shipping accident in China happened in 70years.As per the reports so far only 14 people found alive and seven bodies are recovered.Hope that there couldn't be more death toll.The ship or ferry was on it's way to south-west China's Chongqing city from Nanjing,in the Jiangsu province.
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