The massacre yesterday at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, was carried out by Syed Farook, 28, and his wife Tashfeen Malik, 27. It claimed fourteen victims and wounded seventeen. According to the police, the shooters were heavily armed and had “tactical attire”. The media report that “The motive is unknown.”
The following are the symbols manifested, by recourse to a random procedure, in this divination:
Planetary symbol: Mars, the Roman God of War
A 1st-century Mars found in the Forum of Nerva: “Guardian of soldiers…God of War, Destruction and Masculinity” (Source: Wikipedia)
Astrological Sign symbol: Sagittarius
Sagittarius as depicted in the 14th/15th century Arabic astrology text Book of Wonders (Source: Wikipedia)
Element symbol: Fire
Agni, the fire god of Vedic Mythology: “the conveyor of sacrifices to the Gods” (Source: Wikipedia)
Agni, the fire god, with his consort Svaha
Guna or Quality: Tamas (Sanskrit: तमस् tamas “darkness”: “an attribute identified with darkness, dissolution, death, destruction, sub-conscious, dormant”)
It is astonishing that these are the symbols yielded by a random procedure for this divination. They completely correspond to and reflect the nature of the event in question.
Let’s start with Mars, the planetary symbol of the Roman god of war. It is well-known in astrological lore that Mars indicates anger, violence, cruelty, armed confrontation or battle, destruction by weapons, soldiers, militancy, militarism, and acts of war.
Mars also represents youth and the shooters were young, aged 27 and 28. The symbolism of Mars also suggests that the male shooter is the key figure in the massacre.
The symbolism of the fire element accentuates the indications of Mars in this divination. Fire and Mars, or Mars on fire, clearly reveal the explosive anger or rage underlying the decision to commit the massacre. Since Mars is the god of war, the massacre was intended as an act of war and is related to acts of war.
Enter the symbolism of the zodiacal sign Sagittarius represented by a centaur–archer in the posture of shooting an arrow from a bow, a weapon used traditionally in war and signifying an armed attack. Sagittarius is also a “fiery sign” or a sign representing the element of fire. Thus we have the complex symbolism of Mars on fire in Sagittarius, a fiery sign.
All this symbolism signifies a deliberate and explosive act of violence akin to one performed in the context of a war. It also signifies injury or death in the course of a battle. The two shooters who committed the massacre were killed in a gun battle with the police.
Sagittarius is also classified in astrological lore as a “bicorporal or double body” sign suggesting that at least two persons were involved in planning and/or committing the massacre. Since it is a masculine sign, the astrological indications are that two men played a key role in planning and/or executing the massacre. The key symbols in this divination, Mars and Sagittarius, indicate masculinity and point to the central role of males in planning and/or bringing about the event.
Sagittarius is also a diurnal sign. This corresponds to the fact that the massacre was committed during daytime. It also corresponds to the fact that the shooters were killed during daytime.
In astrological lore, Sagittarius is a sign “ruled” by Jupiter, another indicator of masculinity or males. Jupiter signifies religiosity. The shooters were probably very religious.
The religious significations of Jupiter, in the context of the violence indicated by the symbolism of Mars, fire, and the sign Sagittarius, clearly point to the role of violence motivated by intense religious fervor and rage against denigration of one’s religion and its adherents. In short, the symbols in this divination show that the perpetrators likely believed that the massacre was justified as an act of war in defense of their faith.
Fire, in Vedic symbolism, is the medium of sacrificial offerings in religious rituals. It symbolizes piety and purity, but these qualities are warped and transformed into instruments of destruction by the symbolism of Tamas which signifies darkness, destruction, delusion, and ignorance.
Alchemy: symbol of fire
The fact that this symbol of fire is warped by the symbol of Tamas in this divination points to the likelihood that the perpetrators saw their murderous and destructive acts as a means of sacrifice and purification for religious ends. The symbolism of fire suggests that this massacre was an act of religious terrorism.
In Vedic mythology, the fire god Agni does have a female consort, Svaha. This corresponds to the fact that the shooters in this incident were husband and wife.
It is also very interesting that in traditional astrological accounts, e.g., in “An Introduction to Astrology” by the astute English astrologer William Lilly (1602 – 1681), “Arabia Felix“, the Arabian Peninsula, including Yemen and Saudi Arabia today, are among the places assigned to the sign Sagittarius.
According to the latest media reports, “His co-workers said Farook, a Muslim, had traveled to Saudi Arabia recently and returned with Tashfeen Malik, a woman he had met online.”
This fact in conjunction with the astrological symbolism of Sagittarius which points to Saudi Arabia, and the Arabian Peninsula at large, tells us that the answers to some critical questions about the motives of Syed and Tashfeen are probably in Saudi Arabia. Since Jupiter signifies religious schools and religious indoctrination, it is likely that these individuals received “guidance” and “inspiration” in Saudi Arabia, or the Arabian Peninsula at large.
Sagittarius is also the “ninth house” from Aries, the “first sign” of the zodiac. In astrological lore, the “ninth house” signifies religious commitments and foreign lands. Again, there is an astrological synchronicity here pointing to machinations and inspirations, underlying this massacre, which have their roots in foreign lands.
Last, the symbolism of Tamas (Sanskrit: तमस् tamas “darkness”: “an attribute identified with darkness, dissolution, death, destruction, sub-conscious, dormant”). What this suggests is a veil of darkness behind which the motives which led to the massacre were nourished and developed. The factors which contributed to the decision to commit the massacre were dormant and hidden from others. There may well be “secrets” the murderers have taken with them to their graves.
Tamas also signifies inertia or failure to fully realize or execute power and capability. In this context, it reflects the fact that the attackers had the capability to slaughter far more people, but failed to realize this capability.
The symbolism of Tamas also suggests that ignorance and delusion, nourished by dormant hate and anger, and fueled by religious indoctrination and “guidance” from external sources, are the roots of this horrible tragedy.
P.S. It is important to note that the symbolism of Mars (war, violent attacks, aggression, revenge), the fire element (rage), and Sagittarius (centaur-archer aiming an arrow or a missile) also lends itself to the interpretation that this massacre had something to do with US aggression and missile strikes (sometimes killing many women and children attending wedding parties) in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, and the Arabian Peninsula.
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