ARTHUR LUTSKER « A STORY WRITTEN BY ASTEROIDS »
“ Know then the Greatest Secret of Universe: As above, so below, as within, so without, as the Universe, so the Soul,” Hermes Trismegistus said a long time ago. Astrologers use this principle in the senses of microcosm and macrocosm. The microcosm is oneself, and the macrocosm is the universe. The macrocosm is as the microcosm, and vice versa; through observing and understanding one you can understand and interpret the other. It is one of the main principles that explains why astrology works. And, interestingly enough, it works well not only for large cosmic objects such as stars and planets, but also for relatively small objects such as asteroids.
When I was born the asteroid # 1154,“ Astronomia” was in exact conjunction with my Sun in the 10 th house of career. This asteroid was discovered in February 1927 at Heidelberg by Reinmuth and it is connected to astronomy and astrology as a profession, the laws of the movement of celestial bodies, and of the Cosmos as a whole. My astrological foundation started with astronomy, telescopes, observatories, etc. In 1980 I participatedin the « Young astronomers » conference. At this time transiting asteroid“ Astronomia” was in my 10th house of career. When I started to work as a professional astrologer about twenty years ago, transiting“ Astronomia” was in my 10th house again, anddirected / progressedMidheaven made an exact conjunction with the“ Astronomia” in my 10 th house. In 1998 I went to an astrological conference in Moscow. Theasteroid“ Moscow” was in my 4th house of home. For the time of the conference Moscow became my home.
I started to study astrology when I lived in Kiev, Ukraine. Although I wasn’ t born there I always loved this city. Maybe it’ s because at the time of my birth asteroid # 2171 Kiev was in exact conjunction with my Ascendant.
In 1999 I immigrated to the USA. When I became an American citizen the asteroid # 916“ America” was in the 4 th house of my relocation chart( and it was in the 4 th house of my natal chart in the moment I was born).
But let’ s go back to 1999. On October 21st 1999 I had a small car incident. Transits of all major planets were extremely beneficial. Moreover, transiting Jupiter was making a trine with my natal Jupiter! But … the asteroid # 3849 Incidentia that is responsible for incidents, accidents and wrecks was in opposition to my Moon / Saturn natal conjunction( the exact midpoint!). The Moon rules my 3 rd house of transportation and Saturn rules my 8 th house of accidents. Asteroid # 19 Fortuna was in exact conjunction with my Moon’ s South Node. I left my driver’ s license at home and could have been in serious trouble. But apparently trinefrom transiting Jupiter’ s helped me avoiding it.
In April 2001 I started to work in the One World Trade Center as a software developer. Asteroid # 19 Fortuna was in my 10th house of career at this time.
On September 11th 2001 the asteroid“ America” was in conjunction with my Moon’ s South Node( Dragon’ s tail in Hindu Astrology) and the asteroid # 3849“ Incidentia” made an exact conjunction with my natal Chiron. Transiting“ Fortuna” was in two degrees from the“ death axis” in my natal chart. I was lucky again and saw how the second plane crashed in the tower where I used to work from the window of the express bus when we approachedthe Battery Tunnel.
The asteroid # 3200 Phaethon( Phaeton obtained his father ' s promise to drive the sun chariot, failed to control it, crashed and burned to Earth) was in exact conjunction with my Ascendant and in the exact square( with only a 4 minute orb) to the Sun in the chart of the event( see below). The asteroid # 2138 Swiss Air( the only asteroid named for an airline) was also in exact conjunction with my Ascendant, but from another side. Both asteroids were in the 9 th house in the chart of the event casted for New York.
Asteroid # 1566 Icarus was also in conjunction with the“ Dragon’ s tail” in the chart of the event. Icarus at its perihelion comes closer tothe Sun than Mercury and was named after Icarus of Greek mythology, who flew too close to the Sun and crashed.
September 11, 2001 8:46:50 a. m.( EDT) New York, NY
Asteroid # 26 Proserpina was in conjunction with my natal Mercury and Midheaven and in opposition to Venus in the chart of the event. As you can see from the chart Venus is the lord of the first house and also a ruler of the 8 th( house of death). I would like to remind you that Proserpina was the Queen of the Underworld and that many people died under debris after the Twin Towers collapsed.
The asteroid # 588 Achilles was in exact conjunction with the Sun of the event, showing the Achilles tendon of the“ intelligence failure”. The asteroid # 1170 – Siva( Hindu god of death destruction) was in exact conjunction with my Moon’ s North Node( Dragon’ s head in Hindu astrology). The asteroid # 55“ Pandora”( remember a large jar given to Pandora, which contained all the evils of the world?) was in conjunction with the Midheaveansoon after the first crash. In my chart this asteroid made an exact square to the Moon’ s nodes and square to the Moon, ruler of my 2 nd house. The opened Pandora’ s Boxcame into my life in a form of a long time unemployment and financial troubles.
But even being an astrologer I’ m still not quite sure that the conjunction of the asteroid # 227“ Philosophia” with my natal Ascendant within only 4 minutes of arc was the only factor that helped me to accept this philosophically. ■
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