The Grunion Runs

I wonder if this year's crop of Grunion will be extra special in any way because of the trio of Eclipses that occurred in July and August. The Grunion show up on California beaches on the New and Full Moons.

They swim in on the high tides and are born about 10 days later when the high tide sweeps the babies away. Apparently, they even time their arrivals at night within a two-hour time slot.

It looks from the schedules that most Grunion are born between late March and late August, that's Aries to Virgo. So, the Grunion are born under the Sun Signs that belong below the Horizon on the Astrological Wheel. That means, according to Noel Tyl, that they never really get over their miserable childhoods. Certainly, they must be traumatized when people run around on the beach grabbing at them while they are in the middle of spawning.

I did a random test of the projected times that the Grunion land on shore. Seems they chose a time when the Sun is in the 5th house of Fun and Parties. Once the Sun drops down into the 4th House, they've done their deed and swim back out to sea. Yep, spawning and birthing, H5 and H4.

Here's a list of the 2009 schedule.

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/gruschd.asp#runs