A tragedy by deluge struck the higher
Himalayan regions seven years after a similar tragedy by a cloudburst around
the same region in Uttarakhand. Having studied the floods at Kedarnath,
Mantralaya,
Kerala,
the meteorological
causes and the astrological
causes I am posting here the astrological combinations that existed at the
time of the breaking up of the Himalayan glacier near Chamoli.
At the moment of writing this not much
information was available except one from a tweet that tragedy struck at Raini
village around 10-45 am (7th Feb 2021)
Though we have been expecting some kind
of escalation on 10th and 11th February due to the conjunction
of five planets in Capricorn, a different combination occurred today (7th Feb) related to water.
Moon crossed Ketu in the watery sign of Scorpio. In the rainy season, this crossing
over is accompanied with a sudden spurt in rainfall or a landfall - both
ensuring destruction. We see a similar tragedy by water in the non-rainy season.
The sign of cancer – a watery sign is receiving
the direct aspect from the 5 planets transiting Capricorn, the 4th
aspect of Mars and the 11th aspect of Rahu (Rahu and Ketu aspect the
3rd sign on both sides of their location. Though there are other
aspects, these two aspects are found to be effective in many case studies) Ketu is aspecting the 5 planet combination in Capricorn.
Moon, the lord of Cancer was in another
watery sign, namely Scorpio crossing Ketu at 3-45 am this morning (7th February). So
that is the most likely time of the initial break of the glacier which cascaded
as time went by. By 5-30 am the moon crossed Ketu completely.
By 10-45 am the moon shifted to a watery
Navamsa, namely Pisces, ensuring floods.
Now looking at the afflicted sign, i.e.
Cancer, it is fortunately empty. If any planet is posited there receiving the
aspects from almost all the planets, then the people signified by that planet
would have borne the brunt. The sign being empty but the signifier being water,
water related facilities and structures would be affected. The casualties are
likely to be limited, with the moon moving out of Scorpio by 4-15 pm this
evening.
Coming to the identification of the
location impacted, the sign cancer stands or Northern direction. In the Kurma
Chakra division of the places given in Brihat Samhita, the regions in East in
North India that include Mithila, Kasi and Kosala come under the sign cancer. These
regions, connected with the Himalayan Rivers are likely to see a rise in water
level. The overall scenario is likely to be under control with limited
casualties.
Let’s hope the next date of concern – 10th
and 11th February - passes off without much hardships to the people. The likely areas to be affected are NW India and South India at that time.