Tuberculosis Quarantine

(edited 5/31/07)

The Center for Disease Control just imposed its 1st Government Ordered Quarantine since 1963 on a man who has a drug-resistant form of Tuberculosis. The last Quarantine was for a Small Pox infection.

Tuberculosis is a bacteria spread through the air by coughing, sneezing and talking. It can remain floating around for hours. I've read at one source (from Internet) that the rulership for Tuberculosis is Pisces. Rex Bills says Tuberculosis is ruled by Gemini and Saturn. The transits of all 3 of these are prominently aspected in the CDC's chart. The transiting Sun, of course, is in Gemini. This isn't significant by itself, but it is squaring an exact conjunction of the CDC's "natal" chart with it's progressed Sun. This is in the sign of Virgo, sign of Public Health. The North Node is currently in Pisces and Neptune has been opposed by Saturn. Saturn, according to Rex, rules Quarantines. In addition, Neptune rules jails. Saturn, right now, is placed at a significant point in the CDC's chart conjunct its Venus and maybe its Moon. The chart is a Bundle shape bordered by a trine of Uranus in Gemini and Jupiter in Libra. The natal Venus is sextiling both of these planets which means that t. Saturn-n. Venus and possibly Moon are at the midpoint of the two outer planets. If the birth time for the CDC is between 8 and 9 in the morning this midpoint is in the chart's 1st house which is one of the health houses.

The man who is infected with the TB is being held in Atlanta where he lives. He was infected before he left but apparently was not told that he shouldn't travel and went ahead with his honeymoon "because it had been planned for so long." (That's what happens when you try to plan to get married during a long Saturn-Neptune transit.) The CDC contacted him while he was in Italy on his way to Greece and told him to contact the Health Department there. He panicked about the quality of healthcare available and came back to the US via a flight to Canada exposing even more people. Now he's stuck in a Hospital bed with a guard outside the door.

Bummer of a Honeymoon. The new bride is not sick. Neither are the Crews of either flights. And the passengers are currently being sought for testing. This strain cannot be treated with drugs. That's why all the fuss.

Here are the flights. Hope you weren't on them:

Air France Flight 385 (also known as Delta Air Flight 8517).
Depart Atlanta, GA May 12 (8:55 pm?). Arrive Paris May 13 11:10am

Czech Air Flight 0104
Depart: Prague May 24 (time?) Arrive: Montreal, Canada (time).

The couple was actually on many more shorter flights in Europe. What a couple of dopes.

The CDC was established as:

The Communicable Disease Center on July 1, 1946 in Atlanta, GA by Dr. Joseph Mountin. If the Center opened in the morning (8am?) most of the planets would be in the Health houses, 1 & 12.

The chart is a Bundle shape meaning all the planets are held within a trine. This trine is bounded by a Gemini conjunction of Uranus-NN on one side and Jupiter in Libra on the other side. Jupiter and Uranus are concerned for the overall good of the public. In his Lessons on his website, Bob Marks gives an interesting description of the people who have this chart shape in their charts as ""immune to outside criticism." He really does use the word immune, interesting way to talk about a Center for Disease Control. (www.bobmarksastrologer.com -- see the Lessons section) All planets are concentrated on the left hand side of the chart over the ASC and 12th house (both health houses) in the 8 am chart.

Sun 10 Cancer; Moon 12 Leo; NN 21 Gemini (Maybe ASC 10 Leo; MC 3 Taurus, I'm guessing that the Center opened at 8am)

Sun and Saturn are in Cancer. I don't know if that's considered a combination for happy psychology in humans as Saturn is in Detriment in Cancer, but in a Public Health Organization, this could actually indicate some genuine caring. Pluto (control), Moon (public), Venus, and Mercury are in Leo. This shows great vitality but the transiting Saturn-Neptune opposition is just coming out of its long conjunction in Leo. This might be significant for the chart as Venus is midpoint and sextile to the Boundary planets Uranus and Jupiter.

During both Quarantines, 1963 and this year's, the Mars in Virgo was aspected by conjunction. In 1963 Uranus and Pluto were within conjunction. This year the progressed Sun is conjunct Mars (to the degree). In 1963 the progressed Sun was again prominent as it was at 26 Cancer on the Center's Saturn.

The Uranus-NN conjunction was also affected both times. In 1963 Chiron was at 15 Pisces maybe conjunct prog. Moon in Pisces and squaring the natal conjunction. This year, of course, there is a Uranus-NN conjunction at the same place in Pisces squaring the natal one.