South Korea’s ongoing outbreak of the Middle East
Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) claimed its sixth victim on Monday, with an
80-year-old man dying while being treated at a hospital there. The country’s
health ministry stated that the man had only been diagnosed with the deadly
virus earlier in the day, state news agency Yonhap reported. The ministry also
reported 23 new cases, taking the total number of people affected by the
disease to 87. Among these was a 16-year-old boy, the first minor to contract
the virus since the outbreak began on May 20.
June 8 http://time.com/3912167/mers-south-korea-sixth-death-23-affected-teenager/
It appears
that the MERS outbreak in South Korea took place just two days after the New
Moon of May 18. A chart for the New Moon at Seoul is shown here. Notice a
T-square containing Mercury-Saturn-Neptune is highlighted by the angles. The
following extract from Meira B. Epstein’s article Saturn – Neptune: The Astrology of Pandemics explains that this
combination is associated with lung diseases.
Saturn/Neptune/Pisces
combinations create situations of chronic conditions and long term illnesses,
usually in the respiratory systems, especially in the lungs, such as
bronchitis, tuberculosis, lung cancer, asthma, etc. …In addition to these, we
also find situations of mysterious illnesses and viral infections that are hard
to diagnose. Saturn/Mercury/Gemini/3rd
House and Neptune/Mercury also create respiratory problems [1]
But as we
have seen so often in the past, a chart will often give us more than one clue.
Here the Node [8li] which forms a quincunx to Neptune [9pi] is conjunct the
asteroid Askalaphus [9li42] connected to disease and ill health. And more
interesting both the Node and Askalaphus conjoin stars in the chest or lung
area of the Virgin so that Diana Rosenberg links this area to lung ailments [2].
[2]
Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2, p.50-52)
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