I will be the first to tell you that Astrology is a complex and often difficult to interpret “meta-science”. There are so many aspects and angles through which to view any event or person or chart. And that certainly is true about these Olympics.
This week and next there are some wonderful and inspiring aspects occurring in the skies, which I wrote about in AstroCurrents. I state that these most benevolent of energies are indications that there will a sense of exuberance and excitement and “global well-being” as the prevailing feelings around these Olympic games.
And today, before they even lite the torch, the death of a luger from Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, occurs. I was shocked as I’m sure many were. What an unbelievable tragedy, “casting a shadow” over the games, as the Olympic president, Jacques Rogge said, while holding back tears.
It got me to (re)thinking how these wonderful celestial energies are impacting things after all. So I looked deeper at the astrology of the Olympics, and did a little investigating as to when Vanouver was awarded the games, and it appears that is was on July 2, 2003. I checked out that chart and it didn’t take much to see what was “interfering with” and impacting the benevolent energies of this week.
Saturn was at 3 degrees of Cancer in that chart and that exact degree is under extremely stressful celestial forces just now, from both transiting Saturn and Pluto. These energies can generate tensions, difficulties and intensity, some that lie under the surface or was perhaps overlooked. They can “create” tragic events that can result in grief and loss.
If the news is getting it right, there are other underlying issues plaguing the games. Funding was insufficient, national favoritism seems to playing a part (which is bringing to the surface such things from games past) and more.
But here’s the thing. There really are some wonderful celestial energies happening during the two weeks of these games. Energies that can help to unite and inspire our troubled and disconnected world. And it is my hope, and feeling, that these will play a more significant role as the days go on, bringing to Light feelings of Unity and Peace and Hope.
Perhaps the tragedy that occurred today, the day of the Opening Ceremonies, will impact how we all feel about these games. And will, hopefully, in some way we can’t see now, bring us closer to our Global Family.
I like to think so.
Blessings to you, and to Nodar’s family and peers.
In Light,
Elizabeth
