Hurricane Katrina: Five Years and Another Aries Point Event Later

Editor’s Note: the following has been adapted slightly from the Cosmic Confidential Diary. There’s also an earlier article from the time as well — Katrina the Awakener. — Amanda

With all the interesting news this past weekend and a bit of travel thrown into the mix, I neglected to make note of the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina — the costliest natural disaster in United States history according to Wikipedia. Given what a huge event it was, I knew Eric must have some astrological insights about it tucked away in the archives. So off I went to search Astrology Secrets Revealed, Eric’s column that ran for years on Jonathan Cainer’s page.

The site did not disappoint, as this article from September 9, 2005 shows. Eric notes a couple of important factors in the astrology of that event, both earlier in the summer: Saturn entering Leo and a Capricorn Full Moon exactly on the solstice — that date when the Sun enters Cancer. In other words, it was an Aries Point event with exponential potency.

Eric writes:

Solstice represents a peak of a cycle — the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere, the shortest in the Southern. The Sun has reached the furthest extent of its annual northward journey. The Full Moon also represents the peak of a cycle. Put the two together at the same time and the effect is not added, but rather multiplied. In addition, the point where the Full Moon happened, the first degree of Cancer, has been shown many times to be associated with vast, life-changing events that effect large numbers of people. This is because it’s related to the Aries point or because the Aries point is related to it.

Anyone who has been reading almost any Planet Waves offering knows well by now how potent Aries Point events are, since we’ve all been living through some palpable tension in the form of the cardinal T-square/grand cross this summer. What I haven’t seen much on these pages lately, however, is mention of the relationship between the sensitivity of these points and a couple other influential spots in the cosmos, the Galactic Core and M87:

Basically, the cardinal points are a highly sensitive energy structure, shaped like a cross. It is now clear that this cross, whose action and influence was long a mystery, may be so sensitive due to its proximity to the Galactic Core and M87. The cardinal points are sensitive whether the Sun is there or not. They are so predictable that, when activated by planets or planetary events (such as a Full Moon or eclipse), they will often respond with a worldly event or chain of events that affects many people.

Can we do anything about such information in advance? Well, not really — not usually. Even if astrology could predict a natural disaster exactly, nobody would listen. People barely listen to scientists. But we can use astrology to be psychically and psychologically prepared. Still, astrologers are expected to have a measure of foresight, and it’s good that they do, since often an astrologer’s job involves the whole issue of “what happens next” no matter how useful or not that information seems at the time.

Eric is probably right — we don’t listen to foresight nearly as closely as we could and need to, given the way our world seems to be spinning off its axis. And we can’t turn back the clock to prevent Hurricane Katrina or any other past disasters. But we can make the commitment to ourselves to carve out a little stillness now, listen, share information and act in whatever way we can when we hear the call. We can also make note of how little has been done in New Orleans to restore housing, schools and other services to the displaced and make sure the topic stays in public consciousness, as Rachel Maddow did this weekend.