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Steaming Hot in Finland - The Astrology of the Sauna Death World Contest


HOT ASTROLOGY - The horoscope of Russian Ladyzhensky who died in the most stupid sauna competition in Finland and his survivor competitor Finn Kaukonen

Steaming Hot in Finland – The Finnish Kaukonen vs. Russian Ladyzhenski Sauna Death World Contest Astrology Charts

Abstract:
Is extreme stupidity written in the stars? The astrology of the Russian sauna contender who steamed himself to death shows that there is some influence of the stars in senseless accidents horoscopes. Thankfully, his challenger Timo Kaukonen survived this horrific sauna competition in Finland though it remains to be seen in what shape he'll come out of hospital. He might want to read scientific articles on sauna health benefits...

As for dead Russian Vladimir Ladyzhenskiy, some could nominate him for the Darwin Awards designed to commemorate those who perfect the human gene pool by (accidentally) removing themselves from it. The Award is generally bestowed posthumously.

Ladyzhenskiy was an Aries, the first Fire sign of the zodiac and an accomplished amateur wrestler, a martial art befitting his sun sign. He was also involved in charities in Novosibirsk in Siberia, an activity that is quite common with Arians. Arians are also known to have a liking for extreme sensations. The competition didn't even have a prize worth dying for.


World Sauna Competition 2010
 Contestants Vladimir Ladyzhenskiy (left) and Timo Kaukonen (right)

Here is a long video of Timo Kaukonen
explaining his love for this activity.

Vladimir Ladyzhensky
Zodiac sign: Aries

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Timo Kaukonen
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Fire, Air and Water
The theme of this astrological accident is dominated by malefic planets which forebode a tragedy for this location on that day with 3 planets in fire signs, 3 in air signs and the Moon, the most potent water symbol, enhanced in the sign of Cancer. So Fire, Air and Water easily overpowered the one measly position of Mercury in Virgo, an Earth sign connected with reasoning and practicalities. This tragedy highlights yet again that stupid contests are written at least in part in the stars. It is hoped that authorities all around the world will put 
a definitive stop to such wild and pointless competitions.

Sauna Basting
An accurate astrological definition for the concept of "dim-witted, idiotic behavior" does not exist but some indications on which stars so fried the contestants' grey cells leading them to face certain death by cooking can be found. Native Mercury, which rules intelligence, would have had to be placed unfavorably in the contestant's birth chart. This, from the point of view of astrological reading, is actually the case: when it came to being obstinate and unyielding in being the first, the stars gifted him with more than just muscles. Of course, one should not dismiss the weight of education, culture and environment. Certainly, Mercury is definitely weak in this astrology chart...

Defective equipment, lack of competition rules, drugs?
The horoscope of this sorry day should reveal whether the equipment was partly to blame or not. It certainly looks like the method of pouring water over fire was a strong contributor to sickening the contestants. Yet, it was the rules of the game that were defective, not the new design of the sauna. When this astrology article was drafted, there was some dispute as to whether the contestants had brought their medical certificate authorising them to compete. That means the rules may not have been observed. Finally, on the previous day, it is said that the Russian had been caught trying to cheat by greasing his skin, which is expressly forbidden.

Some of the horoscope aspects of the day's charts, when confronted with Ladyzhenskiy's horoscope tell of possible drug use; it would not be surprising to hear that the autopsy did discover painkilling medicines in his body. The astrology can go further in outlining that these drugs may well have clouded his reasoning. Alcohol would not have been ingested as this is forbidden in the championship regulations and easily noticeable; however, many painkillers with mind-numbing pharmaceuticals exist.

Unusual psychological elements would also be at play, since the spirit of competition between Russians and Finns dates from a long time ago and may have exacerbated Ladyzhenskiy's wish to win. The Russian who died stated before the competition that he would not yield to the Finn at any cost. In the past 12 years since this horrid game was started, it was always the Finns that won. The Finn Timo Kaukonen stated, just before entering the deadly cabin, that this year's contest would be much tougher than other years, very hard, as the sauna technique had changed. If it had been any other other nationalities, they probably wouldn't have had to show off.

Astrological Data


The final of the competition was scheduled to run at 19h30. It was impossible to find out exactly at what time the tragedy happened, so the chart has been set for 19h46m11s, which is when the ASC comes to the exact square of Saturn. There is an exact conjunction aspect between the ASC and Pluto at 19h52m49s - amazing! This was on Saturday evening 7 August 2010 in Finland, in the town of Heinola, coordinates 61°12'06"N, 26°01'56"E.

The date of birth for the Finn Timo Kaukonen may be 5 July 1970, but this would need to be confirmed.

The date of birth for the Russian Vladimir Ladyzhenskiy is 4 April 1948, in Chita, Russia, and since no time of birth is known, a noon chart was used for his place of birth.

What happened in the sauna?
The hell machine poured water over burning stones making effectively making this small enclosed space a virtual steaming cooking pot, with 100% humidity and a temperature of 110°C. Where a high temperature can be fairly well tolerated with a dry sauna, adding water with a machine made it a burning vapor pot. The contestants roasted like basted chickens.

If one makes the comparison with cooking ustensils, one cooks potatoes in 20 minutes in water at 100°, or in 5 minutes in a pressure-cooker at 122°C. Cooking times can typically be reduced by about 70 percent. (read Wikipedia pressure-cooker).

These guys remained 7 minutes and 25 seconds in 100% humidity, ie. in water, at 110°C. - yeah, the organizers said "more than 6 minutes" but if you look at the video by Al-Jazeera (Warning: Readers' discretion advised as some images can be disturbing), you'll see the rescue team entered the box at 6m58s and only removed them - forcibly since the mad contestants did not want to stop cooking - after 7m04s, reaching the outside at around 7m25s.

As even a basic cook knows, it's not enough to take your spuds or egg out of boiling water to stop the cooking process, you need to pour cold water for some time to arrest it in the heart of your veggie or egg... So in effect, these madmen continued cooking well until after the rescuers poured cold water onto them. They were burned with dark brown patches of skin, the skin detached itself exactly like your basting your Sunday chicken in your oven.

Sports from Hell


A florid article by non-mad participant Rick Reilly in a Finnish sauna competition who stopped in time is here and describes just what one feels doing such an activity.. His book "Sports from hell" can be bought at Amazon.com.


Morale of the sauna cooking story


It's really quite stupid to go die in a Finnish sauna when during the same time period there are violent Moscow fires. He could have saved the money spent on the plane ticket.


The other four men came out of the sauna after some 3 to 4 minutes, but the Russian and the Finn took the heat for twice the time. Since medicines are not prohibited, they might have taken some that ups the pain threshold while at the same time diminishing brain power, which is rather typical of that kind of drug

Vladimir Ladyzhensky's birth horoscope

Iron will, control freak and lack of humility

Ladyzhensky's horoscope shows an iron will, an indestructible tenacity, which led to his death, an unyielding need for control of physical energy - that is due to the conjunction of Mars, Saturn and Pluto. Minutes before the competition, he told journalists that "this year, I am going to win. At any cost". Mars and Saturn are in close parallel of declination in the helio chart, showing a man who enjoyed hitting or hard contests. He was a wrestler and took hard competitions very seriously. It was his way of knowing he was a man. Ladyzhensky had this conjunction of Mars, Saturn and Pluto, in the fixed sign of Leo, a warm, dry, masculine fire sign, with Mars being stationary direct, and the other two retrogrades.

An unsecure soul and fragile emotions
This powerful conjunction of Mars, Saturn and Pluto is in opposition to Lilith - soul and karma indicator, so this treble conjunction was going against his deeper soul needs. In addition, the Moon is somewhere within an opposition of this conjunction, whether he was born morning or evening: This would have meant that any loss of control would be perceived as terribly emotionally threatening. Moon in Aquarius would have given him a non-conformist view of what needed to be controlled.

A drugged Piscean Mercury which lacked limits
He fulfilled his horoscope leanings by participating in one of the most uniquely cretinic contest. Mercury in Pisces, tightly square Uranus in Gemini, would have made his brain quite foggy when it came to dealing with practicalities. It's also involved in a mystical triangle with Chiron in Scorpio. The idea of taking unmeasured risks might have been appealing. Reasoning was faulty as gauging such risks was totally absent in this particular configuration. And that's not even mentioning that Mercury in Pisces is a good candidate for drug and alcohol substances that dull the brain.

Ever more, bigger risks
In the heliocentric chart, Mercury is involved in a tight quincunx with Saturn in that chart, so he was either (a) preoccupied with small details and small matters not seeing the larger picture, or (b) seeing huge projects and being unable to account for the tiny grain of sand that would make the projects collapse. The contrast between two opposed ways of leading one's life is reinforced with the Mars Jupiter square, showing inability to plan projects of a reasonable size: the man was for ever seeking bigger thrills without accounting for all small but important details.

Sauna health benefits
As an aside, the latitudes of Mars and Neptune in the helio chart are closely parallel, indicating intoxicating products or alcohol or drug addictions. Such are very common in the sports world, and in this instance, it makes it pretty certain the autopsy will find narcoleptic residues. It is said that the cause of his death was the 70% burns over the body but the autopsy have not been published. Sauna burns are not confined to skin destruction, but also to the tissues underneath, muscles, tendons, etc. Such extensive burns provoke the body to have massive organ failures, even in fit people. As for the brain, beyond 41°Celsius, fits are common. The few people that die in saunas in Finland, over 80% were drunk, and 
middle-age. Otherwise, it is said that saunas can bring many health benefits. This man wasn't in the competition to improve his health!

Considering the planets in Leo/Fire, it may well be that he had a heart attack. Since his radical Mercury, in Pisces (brain in water), is tightly square Uranus, in Gemini (epileptic brain - electricity in air sign), I would not be surprised if the man had drunk quite a lot of water before the competition, which boiled his brains in the sauna and entailed a brain seizure, which seems, from the horrid pictures, what exactly happened.

As a final note - even if he was 62 years of age, Ladyzhenski was not in bad shape, he had won the senior championships in the below 63kg Greco-Roman wrestling in 2004 and was managing administrative aspects of  the wrestling oriented Karelin-foundation in Novosibirsk. The doctors speculate the stress shock could have triggered an otherwise dormant heart condition.

Was it Fate?
The above astrological description of Ladyzhensky's native chart means that had he not perished in that accident, then, at some point or other, he probably would have had some other lethal or almost lethal encounter. The man was in good physical condition as a seasoned wrestler - a sport quite in agreement with his radical astrological aspects.

The Finns say: "If drink, cigarettes, or sauna can’t help, the illness is fatal". And so it was...



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Heinola World Sauna Contest Horoscope Event Charts

Notes: the times in the charts below are speculative. This part of the contest was supposed to start at 19h30, but it was impossible to find the exact time it really did start. The orbs are 3°. Minor aspects are not shown as this would have cluttered the charts.


Astrological charts for the time of the Finnish Sauna Contest timed for 19h46m11s, which is when the ASC comes to the exact square of Saturn. Note that when 6 minutes and 38 seconds have elapsed, the Ascendant exactly conjoins Pluto at 19h52m49s. By the time the contestants were pulled out, 7 minutes and 25 seconds later, at 19h53m36s, it was too late.


Finland Sauna Contest 2010 - Geocentric Astrology Chart with Aspects

The Finn Timo Kaukonen can thank God he is still alive (though in what shape?), and he owes this to having come out first. As for Russian Vladimir Ladyzhenski, the few seconds later that were lost in pulling him out made all the difference.

Finland Sauna Contest 2010 - Heliocentric Astrology Chart with Aspects

Vladimir Ladyzhensky's Astrology Charts



How did he manage not to be killed by some sport activity until then? Probably because of the Venus in Taurus quincunx Jupiter in Sagittarius which, as extraordinarily dignified planets, gave him fantastic luck... up to when both were attacked at the same time, by the planets at the end of Aquarius and Pisces


Vladimir Ladyzhenski's Natal Geocentric Astrology Chart and Aspects for 12 noon.

The heliocentric chart is definitely not much better when it comes to willpower, brains and luck.

Vladimir Ladyzhenski's Natal Heliocentric Astrology Chart and Aspects for 12 noon.


Vladimir Ladyzhenski's Natal Geocentric and Heliocentric Astrology Chart and Aspects compared to the Moment Chart for the Finnish Sauna Competition.

Timo Kaukonen's Astrology Charts


Geocentric and Heliocentric Horoscopes for Timo Kaukonen

Timo Kaukonen's Astrological Birth Chart, Geocentric with Aspects
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Timo Kaukonen's Astrological Birth Chart, Heliocentric with Aspects

Geocentric and Heliocentric Horoscopes for Timo Kaukonen Compared to the Heinola Charts

Timo Kaukonen's Dual Geocentric Charts with Heinola Sauna Contest Chart
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Timo Kaukonen's Dual Heliocentric Charts with Heinola Sauna Contest Chart

RIVALS Vladimir Ladyzhenskij's Charts compared to Timo
Kaukonen's Charts


Vladimir Ladyzhenski's Birth Chart (Center) compared to Timo Kaukonen's Birth Chart (Outer Ring)


Ladyzhenski's and
Kaukonen's Astrological Birth Charts together, Geocentric Aspects

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Ladyzhenski's and
Kaukonen's Astrological Birth Charts together, Heliocentric Aspects







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Astrology of the Colombia Plane Crash, Flight Aires 8250


Horoscope and astrological planetary aspects of the Colombia Jet Crash, flight Aires 8250, in San Andrés Island, Caribbean Sea, on 16 August 2010 – Astrología del Accidente de Avión en San Andrés, Caribe Colombiana, Aires Aéreo, Vuelo 8250



Abstract: Are plane crashes written in the stars? Once again, the astrology of this plane crash shows that the influence of the stars in aircraft accidents horoscopes cannot be dismissed easily.


This time, it was a great miracle that all were saved. Well, technically all, because the one lady who died had a heart attack in the ambulance taking her to hospital, so in effect, all survived the crash. Some sources claim that the lady had in fact sustained multiple injuries during the crash.

The stars were not that great for a flight anyway, but nowhere near as horrible as occurred in the last few crashes this year. In the dead of night, at 1h49m, the plane encountered an electric storm upon landing in this paradise island. A brazen bolt of light hit the plane and it crashed upon landing. In astrology, one would consider lightning to belong to planet Uranus, and truth to be told, it certainly is emphasized in this astrological chart. Yet, it had failed to gather sufficient strength to kill. In fact, because it had only two days previously changed zodiac sign from Aries to Pisces, i.e. from fire to water, it contributed to save people when the plane did not catch fire in the rain. These people were god-cherished.

The first rumors and theories behind this miraculous escape point to the lightning as the cause, but astrological study shows that it would be more probable that the plane encountered wind shearing as the main reason for the crash. There has never been a plane brought down by lightning alone, although it is possible that it blinded the pilots at a critical moment.

This miraculous escape show yet again that stars do contribute to luck or misfortune. If wind was to blame rather than lightning, whichever actually, it underscores a cardinal rule: never fly in a storm. On this occasion, no blood was shed to the rules, although it may serve as a reminder to some overconfident pilots.



From the Colombian Police. A Boeing 737, flight 8250 from the company Aires crashed landed on 16 August 2010, in San Andrés, in the Caribbean Sea region. On board were around 131 people, including six crew members and children. At the time of writing, the news sources on this accident quote one death and a few serious injuries. The airplane took off from Bogota airport (04°42′06″N 74°08′49″W) at 00h07 and crashed on landing at a distance shy of 80 meters from the runway at San Andrés (12°35′01”N 81°42′40″W). It seems that the airplane was hit by lightning as it landed, but it is not clear whether it already was on the runway or still in the air. There’s a security camera video which shows part of the crash. It was a dark mid of night and the Moon had already set. There was a storm with rain and wind at the time. Wikipedia Reference. This video gives a good explanation of what wind shear does to planes; it’s in Spanish but the graphics are very clear and understandable even when not speaking the language. Here is another video, taken by the Colombian police, seconds after the crash, showing (courtesy Caracol).

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San Andrés is an island located in the Caribbean and belongs to Colombia. Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport is in one of those paradise islands which is a favorite holiday destination for Central and South Americans. Some say the airport could be better maintained. Click for Airport Charts. The passenger list is on the Colombian police website (link above) or at this address this page.

The plane registration was HK-4682, serial number 1270 and had belonged to EasyJet under registration G-EZJU just last year. It was bought by and delivered to Aires on 6 March 2010 at Bogota Airport where it landed at around 21h00. Its very first flight was on 10 January 2003, location probably at Renton, Washington, United States (47° 29′ 12″ N, 122° 11′ 43″ W). The airline company AIRES was formed on 20 February 1980 in Ibague, Colombia. It commenced operations on 23 February 1981.







Preliminary horoscope charts for the Colombia plane crash in San Andrés, flight Aires 8250


Left Column - Astrological Charts Aspects – Geocentric
Carta Astral y Aspectos Geocéntricos
2010 Colombia Plane Crash
Accidente Aéreo de Colombia
Right Column - Astrological Charts Aspects – Heliocentric
Carta Astral y Aspectos Heliocéntricos

astrology chart plane crash san andrés colombia 2010 geocentric horoscope ! Carta astral del accidente de avión de San Andrés Colombia

Aires Plane Crash Astrology Chart

16 August 2010, 01h49m local (06h49m GMT) San Andrés, Colombia.

astrology chart plane crash san andrés colombia 2010 heliocentric horoscope Carta astral del accidente de avión de San Andrés Colombia


A link to this same astrology chart
by another astrologer (in Spanish).

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Aires Plane Take-Off Chart, 16 August 2010, 00h07m local (05h07 GMT) Bogota, Colombia

astrology chart plane take off bogota colombia 2010 heliocentric horoscope Carta astral del accidente de avión de San Andrés Colombia


A link to same chart
by another astrologer blogger (in Spanish).

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Delivery of Crashed Plane to Aires of Colombia. Landed at Bogota Airport on 6 March 2010, 21h00 local (16h00 GMT).

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First Flight of the Crashed Plane, 10 January 2003, Renton, United States, Local Noon Chart.

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Aires-Colombia-Foundation-Geocentric-Astrology-Chart


Aires Colombia was founded on 20 February 1981 in Ibagué
, Colombia, exact time unknown, local noon chart.

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Aires-Colombia-First-Operations-Geocentric-Astrology-Chart


Aires Colombia commenced operations, presumably from Bogota
, 23 February 1981, exact time unknown, local noon chart.

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Colombia Horoscope
– Astrology Chart with Aspects for 21 July 1810 at 03h35m (local).

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Colombia President
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
, born 10 August 1951, Exact Time Unknown, Local Noon Chart, Bogota, Colombia

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Notes: Orbs are 3°. Where time and/or location are unknown, ASC and MC, Moon, Fortuna, may be inaccurate. Houses are Regiomontanus.
Resumen en español - Sobre la pista de aterrizaje del Aeropuerto Gustavo Rojas Pinilla de San Andrés Islas en territorio Colombiano a la 01:49 de la madrugada se accidentó un avión Boeing 737-700 de la aerolínea Aires, matricula HK4682, vuelo 8250, que cubría la ruta Bogotá – San Andrés . Al momento del aterrizaje fue sacudido por una descendiente y se partió en tres pedazos. La aeronave salió del Aeropuerto el Dorado a las 00:07 AM, cubría la ruta Bogotá – San Andrés y llevaba 131 ocupantes, discriminados así: 121 pasajeros, cuatro menores de edad y 6 tripulantes. Aquí hay un artículo en español escrito por astrólogo Susana Colucci.



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Astrology Horoscope of the 2010 Volcanic Eruption in Iceland



Volcanic Eruption in Iceland is no Threat


On Saturday, 20 March 2010, at 23h34m GMT, at 63°38'24" and 19°27'W the volcano started an eruption. Initially thought to be located under the Eyjafjallajökull glacier, it was finally located at Fimmvörðuháls, a popular walking and touristic region of Iceland. An evacuation of local people wasordered and completed towards 5 am. Roads were closed. A authorities will review the situation as it develops. A Google translation in Icelandic is provided here: Google Translation Iceland Volcano
The eruption started just before midnight, between Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull, and increased during the night, particularly early morning between 7 and 8 am. There had been an increase in earthquake activity in the recent weeks, at a depth of 7-10 kilometers. Scientists have expressed surprise with the earthquakes that accompanied the eruption. This Eyjafjallajökull volcano has only twice before erupted in 1612 and 1821 to 1823.

All known eruptions in Eyjafjallajökull have been in connection with eruptions in the neighboring volcano Katla underneath the Mýrdalsjökull icecap. Now that Eyjafjallajökull has started to erupt, Katla might follow. UPDATE 23.03.2010 There's an impressive video of the activity at the volcano, shot today by scientists on a helicopter trip to the scene.
Initial fears were that the volcano hot lava might melt the glacier or cause a gigantic explosion with the interaction of fire and ice. Later review on Sunday by scientists showed this unlikely, unless the eruption were to spread along a fault line. A plume of ash and smoke blew W and NW due to easterly winds, and planes were diverted around the area. There are worried geophysicists however, as this volcano has not before erupted alone, but in conjunction with its neighbor. UPDATE 23.03.2010 A good source of news is the Iceland Review Online.

Astrology and Nature in Motion...


Below is the astrological analysis of the event, complete with both geocentric and heliocentric chart for the time and location of the erupting volcano, and with Iceland's geo and helio charts. Though at first glance the volcano eruption seems innocuous enough, a look at the transits of this chart on the Iceland National chart is worrying. Hoping for the best, as there are many mitigating aspects, but still, scientists had better watch that volcano pretty carefully.
Since this is a precisely timed and well located event, the orbs have been set at 1°30' because the chart is quite busy with many aspects under 3° and the chart looks cluttered.
Astrological Geocentric Chart Iceland Volcano Eruption 2010

On analysis of the geocentric astro chart, one will see Neptune and Chiron almost exactly conjoined the IC. This certainly explains the flooding fears. Although an accurate timing has been provided, one ought to bear in mind that there were plenty of earthquakes in the days before the eruption. One cannot dismiss the possibility that the causative event was Neptune exactly conjoined the IC moments earlier than the chart. Sun applies from the cusp of the IVth to Vth houses, to the opposition of Saturn. Scientists say there will be no melting of the glacier unless the eruption spreads along the faults. Very soon after the aspect, Sun also applies to both Pluto and Ceres by square. On the other hand and keeping optimistic, Mars and Uranus are relatively neutral in the chart, even if the latter is posited in the IVth.
The Moon was void of course at the time of the event. In the words of William Lilly, a VOC Moon means "Nothing will come of it". The separating parallel of declination between Moon and Mars shows some suddeness of the volcano's behavior. North Node Rahu and Vesta are in parallel and graphically describe where the fire and hearth are: along a fault (an axis).
The list of separating parallels of declinations in the preceding day also includes Mercury and Saturn, a contraparallel between Mercury and Uranus. Applying and fortunate are the Jupiter Juno contraparallel and the one between Venus and Chiron. Scientists though should beware of an applying Saturn contraparallel Uranus early in the morning of the 23rd of March 2010, although that is also followed by fairly quiet and mitigating aspects.

This book describes the biological succession and geological changes which have since occurred since 1980 at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. It's an example of the interdependence of all plant and animal life. How the Earth itself creates new environments for living things which in turn reshape the Earth is demonstrated visually as well as verbally. The captioned high-quality color photographs are well-integrated with the text, superbly illustrating the written material.

While most medieval women didn't stray far from home, the Viking Gudrid (985–1050) probably crossed the North Atlantic eight times. Gudrid may have been the explorer on North American expeditions with two different husbands. Here are glimpses of Gudrid in the medieval Icelandic sagas which recount that her father, a chieftain with money problems, refused to wed Gudrid to a rich but slave-born merchant; instead he swapped their farm for a ship and a new life in Greenland.


Astrological Heliocentric Chart Iceland Volcano Eruption 2010


The heliocentric horoscope is also peaceful apart from an applying conjunction from Earth to Saturn. The helio chart benefits from a plethora of good aspects in helio longitudes, both before and after the event. A separating yod between Pluto, Juno and Pallas, may have mostly to do with inconvenience and some financial loss. Venus is exalted and makes a perfect (separating) quincunx with Ceres showing the tranquillity and beauty of this area, where tourists go.
Mercury and Venus are parallel, and both are contraparallel to Saturn and Ceres. The Saturn-Ceres connection may show destruction of crops, pasture land. Some agricultural destruction could be seen with the applying Venus-Mars contraparallel and that of Mars Ceres. The chart shows no sign of critical loss of life or huge financial damage. Pluto and Vesta, "the fires of the earth stomach" are also in a parallel of latitude, and well illustrate this eruption, fire coming out of the entrails of the earth, with Vesta being the keeper of the hearth



Astrological Geocentric Chart for the Independence of Iceland


Iceland has a rising sign in Libra at 2°38' and MC in Cancer at 4°12'. Iceland's chart shows very exactly how shaken it has been in the last two years, with heavy transits by Pluto to the vicinity of its IC, the opposition to its Venus and Sun and Saturn, the three of them in the IXth (the financial crisis came from abroad for Iceland).
With a Saturn transit through Leo and Virgo, that certainly was not helping. Now Saturn is arriving, from the XIIth, to the Ascendant and it is crushing it beneath its feet. The last movement of Saturn on the Ascendant of Iceland may give this country some more reasons to cry. Thankfully, once this is past, there's only the Pluto conjuncting the IC to contend with, together with the Uranus transit to the square of its Saturn. As a volcanic country, it should pay particular attention to such volcano disasters, earthquakes so long as Pluto transit lasts. Who knows, as Pluto has a reputation for rebirth, it may even happen to Iceland to acquire a new volcanic island as it did in 1963. All in all, another two or three years or so of difficulties, after which Iceland should fare well. Hopefully, nothing too drastic will happen in the next few days and weeks, as Iceland certainly does not need a disaster right now.



Astrological Heliocentric Chart for the Independence of Iceland


A remarkable transit by Mars to the exact conjunction of radical Jupiter (within 3 minutes of arc) in the heliocentric chart times the volcano eruption. Jupiter in transit is also applying to the opposition of radical Mars. Of note, transiting Pluto is square radical Neptune and one could think of muds caused by internal fires. The square between transiting Earth and radical Saturn was exact a few hours before the eruption, at 18h21m40s, at the same time as transiting Earth also applies to transiting Saturn.
The opposition between transiting Ceres and Uranus was also exact within a few hours. The transiting Mercury in Aries sextile Pallas in Gemini is exact just for the moment of the end of the evacuation of the people along the slopes of this volcano. This evacuation was conducted swiftly. As I have noted in other posts, one cannot be sure whether to use houses in helio charts, however, I often see some coincidence between the angles and planets in helio charts. here one can see the transiting MC of the volcano eruption making an absolutely exact sextile to Saturn at 23h32m44s, for en eruption which we are told took place at 23h34m! Certainly more research is warranted in this area.

Today's edition of the Times Online has quite a dramatic article on a possible second eruption which could cause devastation. This is based on the previous occurrences where, whenever this one volcano erupted, the one next to it also did. One may or not be convinced by the sensationalism of the article, but the facts are quite complete and it's worth a read if only for this.

More about Iceland...

Some of nature's most spectacular phenomena get the ``Eyewitness'' treatment, with the gorgeous graphics and outstanding design that characterize this series. As usual, coverage is primarily visual, with brief introductory text and informative captions. The account starts with an overall perspective showing how volcanoes and earthquakes occur, with related events like steam vents and boiling mud. Effects on humans and attempts to measure and predict these events are treated. Even volcanism on other planets (mostly their moons) is shown. The striking photographs include a shot of a Philippine town dusted by Mount Pinatubo; the people's colorful clothes clash with the ashy whitness covering all the houses and the ash-darkened sky. In another spread the ash cloud from Mount St. Helens can be seen rushing down the mountainside in three successive photos.


Lastly, if you want to dream again about travels to the centre of the Earth, why not buy (or buy again), Jules Vernes book, a classic? If not for you, then get it for your children or your nieces or nephews. Follow the trail of the professor, his nephew and the guide from an Icelandic volcano through the Earth to being thrown out by the mouth of the Stromboli in Italy.






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