Grandtrines

Jupiter Opposite Neptune 2015-09-17 (Kites and a Yod)

First, we present links to alternative perspectives on this event:

• Viva Combusta! (Clarissa) on Jupiter Opposite Neptune
• Alan Oken on the events occurring in Sun in Virgo 2015
• Analysis of Mercury in Libra, including retrograde, by Tara Greene

Next, we note that this occurs a few days after a Solar Eclipse, on the day of a Mercury Retrograde Station, as Juno enters Libra, and near a Quintile Kite.  (See, also: September 17th 2015 and list of Quintile Kites for 2015.)

And, this happens in the early morning hours for the Western Hemisphere, so early that the perfection almost occurs on September 16th.

We note that two overlapping Kites occur with this powerful outer planet aspect (see, also: Long Term Forecasts for links to lists of Outer Planet Aspects).

We present that version of the chart:

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Six important events happen on or near this day:

• Jupiter Opposite Neptune perfects (producing kites and a yod)
  • Tara Greene on Jupiter Opposite Neptune
  • Viva Combusta on Jupiter Opposite Neptune
• A Quintile Kite pattern occurs, these are uncommon  (See, also: Quintile Kites for 2015)
• Mercury stations retrograde  (please note that many of these were written in August 2015)
  • Julie Demboski on this Mercury Retrograde
  • Melanies Astro News on Mercury in Libra
  • Pleiadian Delegate on this Mercury Retrograde
  • Ruby Slipper on Mercury in Libra
  • Starface Astrology on this Mercury Retrograde
  • Tara Green on Mercury in Libra
  • Venus Lotus on Mercury in Libra
  • Viva Combusta on this Mercury Retrograde
  • Yerevan on Mercury in Libra
• Juno Sextiles Saturn (before each changes sign, a “parting comment”)
• Juno enters Libra
• Saturn enters Sagittarius

These events are bracketed by two eclipses, the first occurring on September 13th and the second on September 27th.  We will…

The US Air Force appears to have no room for Aurora Flight Sciences’ long-endurance Orion unmanned aerial vehicle in its inventory, despite the aircraft successfully demonstrating 80 hours of endurance in a world-record flight last December.

The aircraft is designed to operate for 120 hours (five days) and recently completed its flight demonstration programme. It is now sitting idle in anAurora hangar with no mission and little hope of being fielded by the air force after five years of development.

The demonstrator aircraft entered development with the Pentagon in 2010 and the project was transferred to the air force’s Big Safari office in 2011 for further technology maturation.

Aurora says the aircraft is capable of flying for 120h with a 454kg (1,000lb) payload, and the company was eager for the air force to adopt it as a persistent surveillance or communications relay asset – but to no avail.

Read…

BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new report from Navigant Research examines the global market for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, for wind turbine blade inspection, including revenue forecasts by segment and region, through 2024.

“Current inspection techniques from the ground and by rope or platform access will not be replaced, however, they will increasingly be augmented by drone inspections, which bring certain advantages.”

To inspect the blades of the more than 270,000 wind turbines operating globally, technicians have traditionally relied on binoculars and field scopes from the ground, or have scaled the turbines with the help of ropes or cables. Today, UAVs are providing a safer option, with the benefit of higher-resolution imaging. Click to tweet: According to Navigant Research, cumulative global revenue for wind turbine UAV sales and inspection services is expected to reach nearly $6 billion by 2024.

“The use of drones for wind…

The Moon is in Scorpio

The word that comes to mind today is: Dredging
Dredging is an excavation activity or operation usually carried out at least partly underwater, in shallow seas or fresh water areas with the purpose of gathering up bottom sediments and disposing of them at a different location. This technique is often used to keep waterways navigable.

Death Gone Fishing by Zena Coffey

Today is the last day of Saturn in Scorpio where its been ”dredging” for the last two and a half years. The sewers have been exposed and for the most part, dealt with. Good bye.

We are now more than ever aware (hopefully) of the insecurities, the old beliefs and the fears that keep us in a self made emotional prison. Now that we are armed with the maturity that came with the hardships, we are ready to move on to something bigger.

Let…

September 23rd, the Autumn Equinox. To Celts – this is the Second Harvest, when the ripe Acorns fall from the wild Irish Oaks and we plant them in fertile soil. This wonderful time is the time when day and night are equal in length. Equinox meaning “equal night”.

In Ireland there is an ancient Irish equinox temple at Knowth, near Newgrange (Brú na Boinne). Knowth has a 100-foot long passage that only is light by the Sun on the morning of the Spring and Autumn Equinox.