Atu XVI at the Vatican
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That's a beautiful image of lightning striking the Vatican on the night when we heard of Pope Benedict XVI's retirement-to-be. It's the classical ill omen of myth and superstition. The Tower of Babel is struck! That got me thinking that is there a more powerful and current image around of the destruction of the Old Aeon? This singular occurance - on that fateful day when the Pope calls quits certainly conjures up the imagery of *Atu XVI Tower *.
@Crowley in Liber CCCCXVIII, 16th Aethyr said
Woe unto me that am cast down from my place by the might
of the new Aeon. For the ten palaces are broken, and the ten
kings are carried away into bondage, and they are set to fight
as the gladiators in the circus of him that hath laid his hands
upon eleven. For the ancient tower is shattered by the Lord of
the Flame and the Lightning. And they that walk upon their
hands shall build the holy place. Blessed are they who have
turned the Eye of Hoar unto the zenith, for they shall be filled
with the vigour of the goat.As an aside, for those so inclined and equipped, were there any astrological significances to the day in question (Monday, 14th I believe or perhaps the night of) to contemplate?
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http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2013/2/12/1360692266545/Lighting-at-Vatican-011.jpg
That's a beautiful image of lightning striking the Vatican on the night when we heard of Pope Benedict XVI's retirement-to-be. It's the classical ill omen of myth and superstition. The Tower of Babel is struck! That got me thinking that is there a more powerful and current image around of the destruction of the Old Aeon? This singular occurance - on that fateful day when the Pope calls quits certainly conjures up the imagery of *Atu XVI Tower *.
@Crowley in Liber CCCCXVIII, 16th Aethyr said
Woe unto me that am cast down from my place by the might
of the new Aeon. For the ten palaces are broken, and the ten
kings are carried away into bondage, and they are set to fight
as the gladiators in the circus of him that hath laid his hands
upon eleven. For the ancient tower is shattered by the Lord of
the Flame and the Lightning. And they that walk upon their
hands shall build the holy place. Blessed are they who have
turned the Eye of Hoar unto the zenith, for they shall be filled
with the vigour of the goat.As an aside, for those so inclined and equipped, were there any astrological significances to the day in question (Monday, 14th I believe or perhaps the night of) to contemplate?
@Deus Ex Machina said
"As an aside, for those so inclined and equipped, were there any astrological significances to the day in question (Monday, 14th I believe or perhaps the night of) to contemplate?"
From Solunrs.net:
Papal Resignation
olunars.net/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2451&sid=818ae1eccc21345923e345b7dbe94d68Pope Benedict XVI
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http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2013/2/12/1360692266545/Lighting-at-Vatican-011.jpg
That's a beautiful image of lightning striking the Vatican on the night when we heard of Pope Benedict XVI's retirement-to-be. It's the classical ill omen of myth and superstition. The Tower of Babel is struck! That got me thinking that is there a more powerful and current image around of the destruction of the Old Aeon? This singular occurance - on that fateful day when the Pope calls quits certainly conjures up the imagery of *Atu XVI Tower *.
@Crowley in Liber CCCCXVIII, 16th Aethyr said
Woe unto me that am cast down from my place by the might
of the new Aeon. For the ten palaces are broken, and the ten
kings are carried away into bondage, and they are set to fight
as the gladiators in the circus of him that hath laid his hands
upon eleven. For the ancient tower is shattered by the Lord of
the Flame and the Lightning. And they that walk upon their
hands shall build the holy place. Blessed are they who have
turned the Eye of Hoar unto the zenith, for they shall be filled
with the vigour of the goat.As an aside, for those so inclined and equipped, were there any astrological significances to the day in question (Monday, 14th I believe or perhaps the night of) to contemplate?
@Jim Eshelman said
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Pope Benedict XVI
olunars.net/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2452"What an odd chart...Saturn Retrograde in Scorpio and void-of-course sticks out the most. As well as Mercury in detriment (or is it fall?) in Pisces. You'd think they would have weeded this stuff out in the interview process before they installed him in Popery.
"That's a beautiful image of lightning striking the Vatican on the night when we heard of Pope Benedict XVI's retirement-to-be. It's the classical ill omen of myth and superstition. The Tower of Babel is struck! "
Let the games begin.
In Crowley's words (upon being assailed by Christmas carolers): "To the Lions with them! To the Lions with them!"
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http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2013/2/12/1360692266545/Lighting-at-Vatican-011.jpg
That's a beautiful image of lightning striking the Vatican on the night when we heard of Pope Benedict XVI's retirement-to-be. It's the classical ill omen of myth and superstition. The Tower of Babel is struck! That got me thinking that is there a more powerful and current image around of the destruction of the Old Aeon? This singular occurance - on that fateful day when the Pope calls quits certainly conjures up the imagery of *Atu XVI Tower *.
@Crowley in Liber CCCCXVIII, 16th Aethyr said
Woe unto me that am cast down from my place by the might
of the new Aeon. For the ten palaces are broken, and the ten
kings are carried away into bondage, and they are set to fight
as the gladiators in the circus of him that hath laid his hands
upon eleven. For the ancient tower is shattered by the Lord of
the Flame and the Lightning. And they that walk upon their
hands shall build the holy place. Blessed are they who have
turned the Eye of Hoar unto the zenith, for they shall be filled
with the vigour of the goat.As an aside, for those so inclined and equipped, were there any astrological significances to the day in question (Monday, 14th I believe or perhaps the night of) to contemplate?
@Mephis said
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@Jim Eshelman said
"Pope Benedict XVI
olunars.net/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2452"What an odd chart...Saturn Retrograde in Scorpio and void-of-course sticks out the most."
I wouldn't worry about any of those factors. Neither Saturn's sign (everyone born for 2 1/2 years), nor its retrogradation (which about 1 person in 3 has) nor Void of Course phenomena have any significant importance in the whole scope of his chart. (VoC was originally a horary-only technique, and its incorporation by some Tropical astrologers is a little silly considering that they don't even know where the end of a sign actually falls.)
"As well as Mercury in detriment (or is it fall?) in Pisces. You'd think they would have weeded this stuff out in the interview process before they installed him in Popery. "
Mercury debilited (in this case, BOTH detriment and fall) is a minor factor, against which you could compare (for example) his exalted Sun and dignified Venus.
You're missing the main factors of the chart: Sun in Aries, Moon in Virgo, Jupiter exactly rising, Mercury and Uranus conjoined in the rising foreground and squared by Mars in Gemini. And, of course, the close Moon-Pluto square.