Superstition and the Eclipses

This was supposed to be a Friday the 13th Post about Superstition but I was half dead yesterday and didn't get around to it. Rex Bills gives rulership of Superstition to Houses 9, 6, and 4 in parentheses so he's not real committed to those rulerships and they surprised me. I was expecting an 8th House rulership although most Scorpios I know embrace the magic of Superstition. They probably even get ahead in the world by scaring other people with it. Superstitions are, after all, based on a kernel of truth, and kernels are Plutonian energies. NPR yesterday morning said that Athletes are the most Superstitious people. I've always been told that Thespians are. Hah, hah, that's kind of funny when you think about it. Actors crave the limelight and are afraid of their shadows. Crazy Sun Worshipers.

So, I went to the bookstore last night to spread my germs around and saw that in the recent magazine there's an article on Anaxagoras of Clazomenae. He was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and a teacher of Pericles. The article says that he's the guy who discovered that Eclipses are just a physical phenomenon and have nothing to do with the Gods' Will. Article is called "Don't Blame it on the Gods (www.newscientist.com)". Anaxagoras was later persecuted for his teachings.

While watching a Solar Eclipse in 478 BC Anaxagoras realized that he was really looking at the the Moon somehow blocking the Sun.

The article says that two scientists figured out that this was probably an Annular Solar Eclipse. I went to my Solar Fire program and typed in 478 BC and voila the Eclipses popped up! Will Wonders never cease? There was a total Solar Eclipse on Aug. 12, 478 BC but this happened at 8:04 PM (Syracuse, Italy). I don't know how late the Sun stays up in the sky in those parts but it seems a little late. Besides that Eclipse has a conjunction of Neptune to the Midheaven and Neptune's not gonna let anybody see what's going clearly. Definitely a good couple of months for carving marble statues and performing Aeschylus.

So I settled on the Annular Solar Eclipse that the two Scientists liked. They are Scientists, after all. They probably got paid to figure this stuff out.

Anaxagoras realizes that Eclipses aren't Supernatural Phenomenon by maybe observing the:
Solar Annular Eclipse of
Feb. 17, 478 BC 10:54 am Syracuse, Italy

Sun-Moon 24 Aquarius; NN 1 Virgo; ASC 13 Taurus; MC 18 Capricorn

This is a very Rational Chart so it could be the one. Sun-Moon-Mercury in Aquarius placed in the 11th House which is ruled by Aquarius makes a strong statement about representing Man, Mankind, and Man's Hopes, Wishes and Dreams. These planets all disposit to Uranus which is in the 3d House where it wants to find the Truth through Thinking. It's also in Mutual Reception with the Moon.

And Jupiter, a mental planet is in Gemini in the 1st House trining Mercury (H10). That's good for philosophy and long range vision. Jupiter in the 1st house is good for space flights, I've noticed.

Pluto is placed in its own sign of Scorpio for this Eclipse.

One interesting detail is the placement of Venus and Mars. Mars is at 27 Pisces and Venus is at 5 Aries. Their midpoint is 1 Aries; the beginning of the chart. It is placed at an apex point of a small triangle that fans out beyond that into a trapezoid shape. This seems to indicate a whole new birth point of some type.

As far as Superstitions go, I would have thought they would be predominantly ruled by 8th House as that is the house of the Occult. In this chart, that is where Neptune is. Except for a minor semisquare aspect to Mercury, Neptune is unaspected, almost as if the Higher Forces were asking to be figured out.

Anyway, I'm not sure that this is the correct Eclipse.