From Sky and Telescope-
"For the second time in a year, a total eclipse of the Sun is about to cross China. But unlike the Moon's hard-to-reach shadow path last August, the celestial spectacle on July 22, 2009, will darken major cities, densely populated countryside, and a vast expanse of tropical ocean. And the eclipse itself will be a monster, with totality lasting more than 6.6 minutes at maximum. That makes this the longest totality until 2132."
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Merriman's Market Week
Week of July 20
"That was interesting. Jupiter ended its second conjunction to Neptune last Friday, and then investors became euphoric and optimistic. Of course the reason was due to the positive earnings reports of various companies (like Goldman Sachs and IBM) that took place before last Friday. But nevertheless it shows yet another truism of Financial Astrology, that certain powerful signatures – like Jupiter and Neptune – coincide with reversals of trends, and not necessarily from a high as would be expected under certain “harmonious” aspects like Jupiter conjunct Neptune. For the record, most world stock indices completed a primary cycle trough July 8-13, and then soared right through the end of last week. This also points out a truism of cycles’ analysis, and that is that the first stage of any new cycle is always bullish. That was certainly the case last week as several equity markets are already testing their highs recorded just one month ago. According to cycles’ theory (“Merriman on Market Cycles: The Basics”), the highs of this new cycle are not likely in yet either. Equity indices should go higher before re-visiting those lows of the past week."
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Geocosmic Projections for the World Economy: 2008-2011
Raymond Merriman
The Horoscope of the Federal Reserve
by Bill Meridian
"That was interesting. Jupiter ended its second conjunction to Neptune last Friday, and then investors became euphoric and optimistic. Of course the reason was due to the positive earnings reports of various companies (like Goldman Sachs and IBM) that took place before last Friday. But nevertheless it shows yet another truism of Financial Astrology, that certain powerful signatures – like Jupiter and Neptune – coincide with reversals of trends, and not necessarily from a high as would be expected under certain “harmonious” aspects like Jupiter conjunct Neptune. For the record, most world stock indices completed a primary cycle trough July 8-13, and then soared right through the end of last week. This also points out a truism of cycles’ analysis, and that is that the first stage of any new cycle is always bullish. That was certainly the case last week as several equity markets are already testing their highs recorded just one month ago. According to cycles’ theory (“Merriman on Market Cycles: The Basics”), the highs of this new cycle are not likely in yet either. Equity indices should go higher before re-visiting those lows of the past week."
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Geocosmic Projections for the World Economy: 2008-2011
Raymond Merriman
The Horoscope of the Federal Reserve
by Bill Meridian
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Eclipse of the Heart
Jessica Murray has some insightful things to say about the July 21 total eclipse of the sun, and the current state of our mass consciousness.
"Everybody I know is heavy’d-out right now, which I see as very encouraging. It’s Eclipse Season. If you’re feeling the intensity permeating the atmosphere it means you’re not shut down."
MotherSky Blog
Gary Caton wrote a more technical article on the eclipse.
Gary Caton's Blog
"Everybody I know is heavy’d-out right now, which I see as very encouraging. It’s Eclipse Season. If you’re feeling the intensity permeating the atmosphere it means you’re not shut down."
MotherSky Blog
Gary Caton wrote a more technical article on the eclipse.
Gary Caton's Blog
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Eclipse Fever in Indian Village
From BBC News:
"An obscure village in the eastern Indian state of Bihar has suddenly shot into limelight as the best place in India to watch a total solar eclipse on 22 July. Amarnath Tewary travels to Taregna to discover the excitement among locals.
In Taregna, a science teacher is busy teaching her students about solar eclipses and how they can be viewed safely.
The students of St Mary School are being told that viewing the Sun's harsh light should only be done through proper solar telescopes or glasses.
Astro-physicists and scientists have marked the village as the "epicentre" of the eclipse.
The name Taregna, incidentally, means counting stars in Hindi."
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"An obscure village in the eastern Indian state of Bihar has suddenly shot into limelight as the best place in India to watch a total solar eclipse on 22 July. Amarnath Tewary travels to Taregna to discover the excitement among locals.
In Taregna, a science teacher is busy teaching her students about solar eclipses and how they can be viewed safely.
The students of St Mary School are being told that viewing the Sun's harsh light should only be done through proper solar telescopes or glasses.
Astro-physicists and scientists have marked the village as the "epicentre" of the eclipse.
The name Taregna, incidentally, means counting stars in Hindi."
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Saturday, July 11, 2009
Mayan Apocalypse Crop Circle
"The giant pattern - thought to represent a traditional Mayan head-dress - appeared next to the tallest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe last week.
Members of the crop circle community believe the mystic symbol is a signal of the end of the 5,126-year Mayan 'Long Count' calendar on December 21, 2012.
Karen Alexander, a crop circle enthusiast, said: "This is one of the most interesting crop circles I have ever seen. It is definitely a Mayan symbol and we are sure it is linked to the Mayan calendar, which ends in 2012.
"It appears to be a warning about the world coming to an end when the calendar does. For the ancient Maya, reaching the end of a cycle was a momentous event, so we are taking this crop circle very seriously as an indicator of a possibly huge event in 2012."
Last month a 400-foot crop circle depicting a phoenix rising from the flames appeared in a barley field in Yatesbury near Devizes, Wiltshire.
Crop circle theorists believe the patterns are created by UFOs during nocturnal visits, or caused by natural phenomena such as unusual forms of lightning striking the earth."
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Members of the crop circle community believe the mystic symbol is a signal of the end of the 5,126-year Mayan 'Long Count' calendar on December 21, 2012.
Karen Alexander, a crop circle enthusiast, said: "This is one of the most interesting crop circles I have ever seen. It is definitely a Mayan symbol and we are sure it is linked to the Mayan calendar, which ends in 2012.
"It appears to be a warning about the world coming to an end when the calendar does. For the ancient Maya, reaching the end of a cycle was a momentous event, so we are taking this crop circle very seriously as an indicator of a possibly huge event in 2012."
Last month a 400-foot crop circle depicting a phoenix rising from the flames appeared in a barley field in Yatesbury near Devizes, Wiltshire.
Crop circle theorists believe the patterns are created by UFOs during nocturnal visits, or caused by natural phenomena such as unusual forms of lightning striking the earth."
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Total Solar Eclipse on July 22
"On Wednesday, 2009 July 22, an exceptionally long total eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses the Eastern Hemisphere. The path of the Moon’s umbral shadow begins in India and crosses through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, and China. After leaving mainland Asia, the path crosses Japan’s Ryukyu Islands and curves southeast through the Pacific Ocean where the maximum duration of totality reaches 6 min 39 s (Espenak and Anderson 2006). A partial eclipse is seen within the much broader path of the Moon’s penumbral shadow, which includes most of eastern Asia, Indonesia, and the Pacific Ocean." Read More
'The Age of Wonder' by Richard Holmes
From the NYTimes: By JANET MASLIN
"William Herschel, the German-born, star-gazing musician who effectively doubled the size of the solar system with a single discovery in 1781, was not regarded as a scientist. That word had not been coined during most of the era that will now be known, thanks to Richard Holmes’s amazingly ambitious, buoyant new fusion of history, art, science, philosophy and biography, as “The Age of Wonder.” And Mr. Holmes’s excitement at fusing long-familiar events and personages into something startlingly new is not unlike the exuberance of the age that animates his groundbreaking book."
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"William Herschel, the German-born, star-gazing musician who effectively doubled the size of the solar system with a single discovery in 1781, was not regarded as a scientist. That word had not been coined during most of the era that will now be known, thanks to Richard Holmes’s amazingly ambitious, buoyant new fusion of history, art, science, philosophy and biography, as “The Age of Wonder.” And Mr. Holmes’s excitement at fusing long-familiar events and personages into something startlingly new is not unlike the exuberance of the age that animates his groundbreaking book."
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Monday, July 06, 2009
Violent Protests in China
From the BBC:
"Chinese police have arrested 1,434 people over rioting in Xinjiang province, official state media says. Rioting broke out on Sunday in Urumqi - the capital of Xinjiang -leaving 156 people dead and more than 800 injured.
The unrest spread to a second city on Monday, with police breaking up fresh protests in Kashgar, dispersing more than 200 "rioters" at its main mosque.
Beijing blames ethnic Muslim Uighurs for the violence, but exiled Uighurs say police fired on students."
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The Cancer ingress(solstice) chart for Urumqi, has Uranus setting and square the Midheaven(government). This is the reverse of the Cancer ingress at Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where Uranus was rising(-90- MC). In both cases, we have heightened instability, and violent, political protests.
The angular Sun-180-Pluto reflects the intense power struggles playing out, in China and Honduras. We're anticipating natural or human disasters to occur along the path of the July 22 total solar eclipse, that begins in India and crosses through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. (More on this eclipse soon.) But these recent riots and violent protests, seem directly related to the angular position of radical Uranus, in the Cancer ingress for Urumqi and Tegucigalpa.
"Chinese police have arrested 1,434 people over rioting in Xinjiang province, official state media says. Rioting broke out on Sunday in Urumqi - the capital of Xinjiang -leaving 156 people dead and more than 800 injured.
The unrest spread to a second city on Monday, with police breaking up fresh protests in Kashgar, dispersing more than 200 "rioters" at its main mosque.
Beijing blames ethnic Muslim Uighurs for the violence, but exiled Uighurs say police fired on students."
Read More
The Cancer ingress(solstice) chart for Urumqi, has Uranus setting and square the Midheaven(government). This is the reverse of the Cancer ingress at Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where Uranus was rising(-90- MC). In both cases, we have heightened instability, and violent, political protests.
The angular Sun-180-Pluto reflects the intense power struggles playing out, in China and Honduras. We're anticipating natural or human disasters to occur along the path of the July 22 total solar eclipse, that begins in India and crosses through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. (More on this eclipse soon.) But these recent riots and violent protests, seem directly related to the angular position of radical Uranus, in the Cancer ingress for Urumqi and Tegucigalpa.
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