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Meteor shower & astrology by Tim Rubald
A friend wrote me this morning and it got me thinking.
She included a news clip about this morning’s meteor shower and wrote: “Hi Tim,
Any horoscopic effect of the likes of this?”
I replied that I love looking into the night sky; especially from places with
little or no light pollution. That’s another one of the many things that inspire
my calling. Sometimes, if I happen to awaken “pre-dawn” and happen to remember
there’s something to look at, I see a special sky show. I missed this one.
In terms of horoscopic effects, I don’t see astrology as any kind of cause and
effect thing. My view is that astrology is a reflection, and so offers another
perspective on life, on whatever.
This Orionid shower represents a convergence of Earth’s orbit with the debris
field left by a comet (this famous one, Halley’s). Particles of the debris fall
through the atmosphere and light up.
While I’ve never made a study of an astrological reflection of such an event, I
would do it something like this. I’d translate the location of the event into
Zodiacal longitude in order to know where it might apply in an horoscope. That
opens a big can of worms in that the belt of the Zodiac is relatively narrow in
terms of the whole of the space around the planet. If the location is way above
or below the belt the convention is to drop lines down (or up) from the location
to where they would be if within the belt, if space could be squished down into
a disk.
Then, knowing where the event is occurring Zodiacally, I could plug that into a
horoscope (stylized round map) and begin to apply some of the symbology/mythology
to the individual or whatever in question. I would consider the symbology of the
region of space, of Halley’s Comet itself, what stars, what constellations, if
there are any planets currently in the region, and so on. Then I’d apply that
via its location in the individual horoscope to get more information on the
intersection of the event with the person.
http://meteorshowersonline.com/images/orionidsnorth.jpg You see by looking
out into space just from this picture you see Orion, a constellation. Here’s
another view.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/images/orionids/skymap_north.gif]
The astrological background would be the palette of myth, symbol, and scientific
measure. Orion is the Great Hunter and in the Tropical Zodiac the constellation
extends from about 8º Gemini to 6º Cancer. Had I the time to make an evaluation
I’d include all of that and especially links including major stars like
Betelgeuse, Rigel, Bellatrix and others. There are symbolic applications that
can be made including the comet, these stars, the constellation, the Zodiac, and
more.
A meteor shower might be a blip astrologically that we’d link with what it looks
like, bright displays, streaks of light, enhanced wonder, even joy at a natural
display. It might coincide with some flashy dreams, some moments of inspiration,
illumination of an individual’s hunt, and so on.
There are astrologers who utilize a great deal of focus on the stars and
constellations who could offer much more than I can. Because a meteor shower is
such a flickering and transitory event, I’ve not thought to make much of a study
of them. I am open to the possibilities though.
http://astrology-startalk.blogspot.com/
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