This summer has been full of stories about sharks
cast as scary, ominous creatures that attack with little warning. Shark bites
man. Shark bites another man. Shark bites whale. Here’s a different sort of
tale, one about a shark in need, and humans coming to its aid. Because sharks
deserve love, too. On Monday, a great white shark washed ashore on a beach in
Chatham, Mass. In video footage, beach goers can be seen crowding around the
shark. July 14 http://goo.gl/9mZ34t
This news
comes to us on the eve of the July 16 New Moon. A chart for the Moon at Chatham
is shown here. The New Moon makes hard aspects to Neptune and the MC making it
specially significant for the place.
Neptune is in tropical Pisces and
conjunct stars in the Waters of Aquarius. This area is about sensitivity and compassion
to the plight of all living creatures.
The Ascendant
[18aq] is conjunct Sualocin, alpha
Delphini [18aq] the Dolphin and iota
Piscis Austrini [17aq], the Southern Fish. Symbols work in strange ways. Here the two sea
creatures not only stand for the shark but in addition we must remember that
the Dolphin is an allegory of safety and salvation; from ancient times stories have come down of
dolphins rescuing the shipwrecked. Here
of course, the Dolphin becomes a symbol for the friendly humans who rescued the
beached shark.
Finally, on
the descendant [18le] is the star Dubhe [16le], alpha Ursae Majoris – the Great
Mother Bear. Among other things, Diana Rosenberg links this star with “issues
relating to the destruction or protection of children, animals and the
environment”.
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