Pisces Sets the Stage
We live in strange times where the gods, demons and centaurs are seemingly walking the earth again. Or does it just seem that way with ingress of Sun into Pisces on 2-18 to join Uranus and Mercury - identities are undergoing that mystical, merging often deceptive malaise that accompanies too much Pisces. This is the type of energy that turns victims into perpetrators as in the bizarre scenario with Cheney and Whittington where a victim apologizes to the one who pulled the trigger! The US Chart (7-4-1776) has it's own identity changing with Sun progressed into Pisces on Nov 4, 2004 right after Bush and the NeoCon mob stole the election in 2004. Since the Sun represents a nations national identity or pride is now oriented to a more watery, mututable, drug oriented and yes will be more compassionate once the lunar nodes slip into Virgo/Pisces circa June 23, 2006. I caution everyone not to expect any great change all at once and yes this extends to ending the death penalty and reforming prisons.
Morales and legacy of Nessus
By now (writing this at 5:30PM PST) we have all heard of the unusual delay of the execution of Michael Morales at San Quentin. Not just one delay but an entire stoppage of all executions indefintely. There is no question that Morales, like the Nessus myth explained below represented the beast who would abduct and rape by instinct. Yes Morales is quilty of the 1981 rape and murder of Lodi teenager Terri Winchell but has now become the latest symbol in changing the death penalty. Morales was scheduled to die tonight at 7:30PM and the doctors themselves were unable to comply with U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel's specific, set procedures involving a qualified medical professional in the execution chamber to ensure that Morales was unconscious before the potentially painful drugs ( massive dose of the barbiturate sodium pentothal) were administered. In fact Fogel required that injected directly into Morales' vein, rather than flow through an intravenous tube from outside the death chamber, Previous lethal injections have been administered by prison staffers through tubes connected to a machine that would administer the fatal dose. Now we would need a medically certified professional (indicative of the 6/12 house axis that Pisces/Virgo operate). Well as we all know a monkey wrench was thrown into the proceedings as State officials rejected the his conditions and said they would instead ask Fogel to reinstate the procedure used in California's 11 previous lethal injections. Sodium pentothal is administered under that procedure to render a prisoner unconscious, and two other drugs paralyze his muscles and stop his heart. A hearing on the request will not be held until May, and Morales' execution cannot be rescheduled until after Fogel rules.
Morales execution delay in my mind is significant and relates to Nessus the centaur who abducted Deianera wife of Heracles - we will examine the current oppositon from the asteroid 7066 Nessus discovered discovered by David Rabinowitz, working with Spacewatch, at Kitt Peak on 26 April 1993.
Currently the astro atmosphere surrounding the ongoing struggle to end the death penalty is ruled by Neptune who is in an ongoing challege (SQ ) with the expanded energy of death, poison and retribution with Jupiter in Scorpio. mixing the energy of poison and fragility along with guardians at the threshold. Officials would have had to follow Judge Fogel's specs and now that two anesthesiologists refused for ethical reasons to take part early in the morning, if they wish to execute Morales before the death warrant expires at midnight tonight. Actually I just found out that Morales excution has been delayed again indefinitely - what are the subtle energies operating?
Before I go on further with the specific procedure, this is an Astrology column and I already talked about how Uranus in Pisces in trine to Jupiter in Scorpio is putting heavy emphasis on whether or not the Death Penalty should be upheld. Tonight I am bringing into the mix one of the more arcane aspects but just as important, the asteroid Nessus, discovered in 26 April 1993, is now at 5* 10' Aquarius applying toward a conjunction with Chiron at 6*11Aquarius both in oppositon to Saturn at 5*55'Leo. So the power of elite, royal authority in Leo is facing off with the wounded healer who brings all of the collective wounds to the table now joined with Nessus, the image of "the beast".
Myth of Nessus:
In order to understand this profound juncture in history, it is important to grasp the myth of Nessus a centaur, Heracles (his murderer) and Deianera the victim. First of all the general character of centaurs was that of wild, lawless and inhospitable beings, the slaves of their animal passions. Two exceptions to this rule were Pholus and Chiron, who expressed their "good" nature, wise and kind centaurs. Now to this particular myth which has relevance to the entire Morales-Death Penalty controversy. Nessus was a famous centaur. He was the son of Ixion and Nephele, the Cloud. In a fit of lust, he attempted to kidnap Deianira, the wife of Heracles. Actually Nessus had offered to ferry Heracles' wife across a river.....and when he reached the other side, tried to rape her. Heracles saw Nessus attempting to rape his wife from across a river and shot a poisoned arrow into Nessus's breast. As a final act of malice, Nessus told Deianira, as he lay dying, that his blood would ensure that Heracles would be true to her forever. Thus he told Heracles' wife that, should Heracles ever be unfaithful, she could bring him back to her by placing the blood-soaked cloak (now on Nessus' back)over Heracles' shoulders. Since all Greek myths have a twist and message for humanity we continue into the future: Deianira foolishly believed him. Later, when her trust began to wane, she spread the centaur's blood on a shirt and gave it to her husband. Hercules went to a gathering of heroes, where his passion got the better of him. Meanwhile, Deianira accidentally spilled a portion of the centaur's blood onto the floor. To her horror, it began to fume by the light of the rising sun.
She instantly recognized it as poison and sent her messenger to warn Hercules, but it was too late. Hercules lay dying slowly and painfully as the shirt burned his skin -- either in actual flames or by the heat of poison. He died a noble death on a funeral pyre of oak branches, and was taken to heaven by Hera and welcomed amongst the gods, as the constellation Hercules, for his heroic exploits. Things were not always rosy between Hera and Heracles though...born in the 13th century BC in Thebes to Queen Alcmene of Tiryns and Zeus. Heracles was his father's pride and joy This resulted in Hera's hatred and jealousy of the young boy. Ironically, Heracles' name means "Hera's Glory".
Upon Heracles death, Hera finally relented, allowed his physical body to die on earth, and translated him to Mount Olympus where he was made one of the gods for all time. Per Zane Stein: (Something to ponder....it was Nessus' poisonous act that, in actuality, healed the feud between Hera and Heracles.)
Some of the Keywords that describe the effect of Nessus in our charts and the place of the mundane - the delicacy and sensibility of the flower, the fragility of life, nastiness, manipulation, cruelty. weakness, morbidity. the strength that is found in weakness. a guardian at the threshold. simple, dark, infinite. terrible and beautiful in its fragility.
Zane Stein describes the effect of Nessus, "Having to face deep pain and make choices as a result of, or while under the influence, of this pain.."
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