Sculptor
A hundred statues on the streets of Rio de Janeiro
have had their eyes covered in red blindfolds. It is an artistic protest at the
deepening political crisis in Brazil. The anonymous artist said he wanted to
protect national figures from Brazil's history from seeing the shameful state
of the nation. The artist said the work was not connected to protest marches
against President Dilma Rousseff planned for Sunday. The statues, which are scattered across the city,
include one of Brazil's ex-President Getulio Vargas, the country's first
dictator who ruled the country from 1930 to 1945 and sought to transform Brazil
from a plantation-based economy into an industrial powerhouse. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35796529
The current
solar eclipse is part of a T-square that straddles the horizon axis at Rio. Eclipses are packed with layers and layers of
meaning. They create events through the
various elements that they emphasize in the mundane chart. Some events show the principles
underlying the eclipse in a positive light while others may illustrate their
negative manifestation. In a previous post [1] we saw one way in which the
elements had combined in the eclipse chart. Here we see another.
As mentioned
previously, the eclipse has occurred in the flowing waters of Aquarius. About this area, Diana Rosenberg writes:
Selfishness may twist
and pervert these souls, for these stars bring forth polarities: some are
beneficent, compassionate and sacrificial. A few, however, deliberately choose
to close themselves off to compassion, arrogantly taking what they need from
others and riding roughshod over (or exploiting) any in their way. The greatest
issue here is that of compassion and
kindness vs indifference to suffering; morality and adherence to their religion
or philosophy vs opportunistic corruption.
In the
previous post [1] the fisherman’s compassion for the penguin was the
centerpiece of the story. In this one the corruption of leaders and their
indifference to the suffering of the general public is highlighted. But the
principle is the same…compassion for others or lack of it.
But there are
some other elements of the chart that this story brings out. Among the several
stars that the eclipse conjoins there is also delta Sculptoris [16pi]. While
Saturn on the Ascendant conjoins alpha (α) Hercules, Ras Algethi [16sa].
Sculptor[2]
is one of the modern constellations in the Southern Hemisphere named in 1752 by
Abbe Nicholas Louis de Lacaille. It was originally named L' Atelier du
Sculpteur (the Sculptor's Workshop), the name was shortened to Sculptor. By
association, the constellation is linked to sculptures and statues.
In its most
positive manifestation, the constellation Hercules [3] refers to heroes who
work for the benefit of mankind. The
star Ras Algethi [4] is situated on Hercules’ head just above his eyes so that
Diana Rosenberg links this area with “brain and eye problems ”. According to Liber Hermetis, the head of
Hercules “makes many men one-eyed”.
How strange
that the eclipse chart refers to “sculptures
or statues” and issues connected with the “eyes” of “heroes”.
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