A
catastrophic forest fire in Portugal has claimed at least 57 lives, officials
say. Many died while trying to flee the Pedrógão Grande area, 50 km (30 miles)
south-east of Coimbra, in their cars, according to the government. Several
firefighters are among the 59 people injured. "Unfortunately this seems to
be the greatest tragedy we have seen in recent years in terms of forest
fires," said Prime Minister Antonio Costa.
June 18 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40316934
The mundane horoscope of Portugal provided by Nick Campion
and based on the Proclamation of the
Republic[1] is reproduced here. The June
lunar return chart for Portugal has a powerful Pluto-Mars-Zeus-Jupiter T-square on the meridian. This is a
combination that is linked to devastating fires.
On the IC and
conjunct Mars is the star alpha (α) Canis Major, Sirius. The association
of Sirius with fire has been known since ancient times:
"The brilliant constellation of the Dog:
it barks forth flame, raves with its fire, and doubles the burning heat of the
Sun. When it put its torch to the earth and discharges its rays, the earth
foresees its conflagration and tastes its ultimate fate [translator's note: the
ecpyrosis of the Stoics, who held that the Universe would ultimately be
engulfed in conflagration and all things would return to the condition of
primeval fire]”. [Manilius, Astronomica, 1st century AD, book 5, p.316-319].
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