In this post I will be deciphering the event chart of the recent explosion at Port de Beyrouth in Beirut, Lebanon on August 4, 2020 at 6:08pm. I will go over a few things that struck out to me. Since there isn’t enough information as to why this happened, I don’t want to make predictions or assumptions (and I lack knowledge on the country), so I will give my insight into what I believe is happening. Please feel free to leave a comment with your interpretation(s). I’m an amateur astrologer, and I mostly learn and discover new things on a ”need to know” basis, so my knowledge can be limited.
I would like to first point out that for the past week I've had an uncomfortable feeling lingering in my stomach. It feels like having anxious butterflies. I have no real explanation or reassurance as to why, but I do have reason to believe it's something to do with my personal life. Even then I feel that this was just way too heavy. Yesterday morning I first saw footage of the explosion on Instagram, and those feelings quickly rushed to the surface. I’m not sure if that was my gut affirming anything, or just my own reaction to something that looked so undeniably horrifying. My second thought when seeing the video was thinking either that’s a bomb or a horrible accident. So let's take a look.
CAPRICORN 18
A black leopard with green eyes.
Total intensity of inward and outward endeavor. Goal oriented, plans-intensive. Schematic, premeditated, comprehensive. Elaborately sophisticated at implementing vision in action. Aware of your own position--standing above, seeing it all, and magnificent at putting everything together. An old karmic knack coming in handy. A past master in the arts of manifestation. The emperor. Astute, adroit, keenly observant. So strategic and clever and cool. -"Inside Degrees" by Ellias Lonsdale
*Capricorn Ascendant at 18°44'
Capricorn represents government, authority, and structure. The long anticipated conjunction event of Pluto and Saturn at 22° (the "killed or be killed" degree) that occurred on January 12, 2020 was set to unearth and disrupt the systems within the the world's governments. Mainly in attempts to weed out long-standing corruption and oppression, but it can also result in world leaders imposing dictatorial rulership. Lebanon is facing an economic crisis as a result from decades of civil unrest. If you read the linked articles in this paragraph you'll get an idea of what kind of issues they've been facing over the years. The degree of Scorpio is 18°00'; This degree represents violence, loss, and illness. Events can happen through very extreme means as Scorpio, ruled by Pluto and Mars, deals with uprooting and transforming through aggressive measures. Both planets are associated with war and destruction, and they rule over human's primal behaviors.
Officials were aware that 2,750 tonnes of confiscated Ammonium Nitrate were being stored at the port in unsafe conditions since 2014. "Customs officials had written to legal authorities six times requesting for the dangerous cargo be removed from the port, but the requests went unheeded." (source: CNN). At this moment we don't know why or how this even occurred, but it's been stated that there was a warehouse fire. It's evident that this was a ticking time bomb.
*Jupiter[℞] (Capricorn) sextile Neptune[℞] (Pisces) +0°.46’, Mars (Aries) semi-sextile Neptune[℞] (Pisces) -0°43’
Gasses from the blast are toxic, and can be fatal. The blast has said to have reached as far as 9 km, and was recorded as a 3.3 magnitude earthquake. Nitrate affects the respiratory system (Neptune). Sextiles, much like Trines, create an easy and creative flow between the planets in question. It doesn’t necessarily mean positive outcomes though. Ease has nothing to do with the negative or positive polarities, but everything to do with the way in which the energy flows. Although trines and sextile are more harmonious than aspects like opposition or square. There’s no resistance here between Neptune, Jupiter and Mars. There's much confusion behind this (Pisces/Neptune), and there were even attempts to create illusion by some media outlets, stating that fireworks were stored in warehouse. At the same time, Pisces/Neptune is compassion. It deals with our higher selves and purpose, and our connection to what is above us. Countries and organizations have already offered to step in, and I think we can expect more aid and assistance to be offered over the coming weeks. Let's also note that this was a HUGE explosion (Jupiter), from past/current (retrogrades) mishandling.
ARIES 19
Someone performing trephination.
The head densely holds the patterns of the past as fixed routes. There are points along the journey where everything must be dropped and where all previous experience becomes no longer applicable. You are treated to a destiny-surge of power which obliterates the traces of petty limitation and habitual tracks. A radical departure into the infinite unknown becomes the only way to go. As the ego-mind no longer bears the authority to command and dictate and coerce, vision is released, awareness becomes visceral, everything lights up directly. And as the old carcass is removed, the universal life-force streams in, giving a much brighter angle and leaning to move with. Identity smashed to make room for totality in a fresh and uninhibited expression and embodiment of its call, and in its need for those who can drop everything and tune right in to what wants to emerge here, of itself. -"Inside Degrees" by Ellias Lonsdale
*Mars (Aries) square Ascendant (Capricorn) +1°.01’, Mars (Aries) square Jupiter[℞] (Capricorn) +0°.02’, Mars (Aries) square Pluto[℞] (Capricorn) -3°.29’
Jupiter is amping up the energy of Mars (provocation, action, aggression); This results in a loss or accident from careless action. Together these two energies become very energetic and are eager to take action. However, overexertion results burn out. Between Mars and the AC there are power struggles, and an inability or difficulty to adapt to the powers that be. Resistance or susceptibility to manipulation and/or control. Squares always create tension, good or bad, although usually the later. And man, these two signs really don't give a fuck! They love to assert their dominance as they are Cardinal signs. Much greatness and success can come from them, but when they're mad they are MAD. And everything that deals with Capricorn for at least the last 2 years is big mad. Aries is just always mad so that's irrelevant. Saturn has been retrograding in Capricorn for couple months now, after he put his toes in Aquarius's stream back in the Spring. That must've gave him some insight into the future. He was like, oh yeah we're totally going to create restrictions on the internet and how we communicate, but he knew it wasn't going to be that easy. So you know what he did? He said, "hold my beer, Aquarius" and backflipped off of a fucking cliff. This dude is on a mission and he works HARD on every damn mission he goes on. Mars is like, oh hell NAH! You already left the party my friend, and you left a big scar on mankind. Capricorn is still eagerly trying to impose more and more control on the people, but Aries and Mars are finally fed up. Chiron and Lilith are telling Aries, you need to do something about Saturn, because we're tired of being told what to do and where we can and can't go. And it's no thanks to Pluto's reckless revenge on the elites either. There's nothing any of us can do about Pluto, so Mars knows he has to step up and save everybody. When Mars goes retrograde, that's when it begins. They're battling it out now. It's Aries/Mars/Pluto vs Capricorn/Saturn.
*Ascendant conjunct Jupiter[℞] +1°.0' in Capricorn
Jupiter expands everything it touches, and the AC at the Scorpio degree of 18 basically imploded a violent eruption. Although Jupiter is a jovial planet and is typically seen as a sign of good fortune, I tend to experience the opposite with this guy. He likes to exaggerate or over emphasis everything. He likes to play games, and usually doesn't take things too seriously. Jupiter is often called a failed star, and is mostly made of hydrogen. He sort of acts as a second-Sun. In Roman mythology he’s known as “King of the gods”, and Greek mythology Jupiter is Zeus. He’s seen as god that resides over the sky. Now let me tell ya'll that Zeus isn’t all fucking jolly, that man was a savage. He swallowed his own children! How is that "good fortune"?
On the other hand, I can see this as people coming together and rising to the occasion. People will most definitely be held accountable, but will they be prosecuted and held liable? This one can't just be swept under the rug with a slap on the wrist. Even if it were an accident it doesn't justify the fact that chemicals were stored there and no prompt or immediate action was taken to ensure the safety of Beirut. They have to address this.
The mouth of the Amazon River.
Rarely can you get to the central place and stay there. But if destiny is fast and free, you do abide in the heart of creation and you never leave this spot. A host of virtues and gifts are showered upon you as you hold this post with supreme impersonal self-command. The most outstanding of these qualities is a faith and confidence in the powers that be, which can move any mountain. And accompanying this trait is an unworldliness which hosts or orchestrates a threshold awareness, an open door between worlds. You entirely live for the cosmic, the universal, the inner sourcespring. And what you perceive along this path is how everything goes out from here over all the world, but everything returns to here. So that the highest and the truest can once again be sparkled into the shared stream and known to be pulsatingly alive and self-renewing, in the most rapturous gesture of moving with whatever is asked. -"Inside Degrees" by Ellias Lonsdale
*Sun conjunct Pandora in Leo +0°.01’
Unexpected consequences from careless actions with this conjunction. The Sun, which illuminates everything it touches, brought Beirut to everyone’s attention. Lebanon has experienced unrest for years, but when was the last time you heard about them? The confiscated explosive materials were stored unsafely for 6 years at the dock.. Is it a coincidence that Pandora’s ruler is Aries I think not. Pandora represents: temptation, curiosity, and fear of the truth. Pandora unleashes what it touches, and nobody is ever ready for it. Temptation may make a person lash out or jump into action without any real provocation. Lacks discretion, almost fearless. Although I see Pandora as more of the subconscious side of Aries, so this energy can be seen as naive.
The Sabian symbol of Pandora is “An Unexploded Bomb Reveals An Unsuccessful Social Protest.” In the discovery chart of Pandora, Uranus is square the Nodes showing a shock to the system which can go either way. Releasing the truth can propel things into revolutionary change or trigger instability – maybe both. It also demonstrates Pandora’s rebellious act of opening the box despite being told not to do it.
Something will come to surface from this that is beyond just storing explosive materials incorrectly. Which I'm sure by now is evident to us. Leo rules the Sun, and they both occupy Rulership and Leadership. Leo is the King. He is also the ego, the human expression. It's almost as if someone(?) literally opened Pandora's box. They really wanted to see what was going to happen. Although they had noooooo idea what dangers were being kept hidden and away. Of course, the Sun meets up with Pandora once a year, but let's consider how the other planets were aligned at the time (thus this chart), this isn't just something that just "happens."
Let me point out that 75 years ago (a Diamond Jubilee) in 1945, two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. One year before that though, there was a cargo ship carrying various items including over 1,000 tonnes of explosives. The ship caught fire and exploded at the docks in Bombay. It also happened to be a leap year. So I started to look into explosion-related events that occurred roughly every 75 years and on a leap year, and I have made some progress. There is a connection, and I'll be looking into the astrology once I learn about the events first. Just considering how planetary alignments alone can show repeated events, like pandemic/epidemic connections to Saturn-Pluto conjunctions, we can look into past events to see if there is a correlation.
Let us never forget that the SUN was right there with Saturn and Pluto during their conjunction this year. The Sun hasn't been around any Pluto-Saturn conjunctions in the last 100 years (it came close once, and if you consider the Sun being in conjunction with anything in the same sign, yeah it happened one other time, but I'm telling y'all not like this not this close). This isreally is highlighting all our issues within' us, within' our government, and within' our society.
*Mars conjunct Mean Lilith[℞] -1°.32’ in Aries
Mars will spend the rest of the year in the sign of Aries. Lilith and Chiron are residing here as well, and early this year I had made the prediction that Mars and Lilith meeting up several times this year will be fatal. Aries = Mankind, war/aggression and Lilith = Dark Feminine/Goddess. Mars will begin to retrograde in September, and with Lilith coming into contact with Mars several times, we can expect to see social uprisings against authority, and increased overall tensions among humanity and societies. The last time Mars and Lilith met up in Aries was back in 2011, and the world saw the rise of social protests such as the Arab Springs. Mars and Aries are aggressive energies, so sometimes things can result in violence. Regardless, it’s clear that the major events currently taking place are radically changing, not just us personally or our country, but the entire planet.
*True Lilith[℞] is sitting at 29°21’ in Aries
29° in any sign is seen as a Critical or Anaretic degree. It is associated with “jumping in too quickly.” Poor choices, major difficulties, extreme situations, chaotic results, and a crisis.
For now, I will stop here...
