Ezekiel's Vision, The Grand Cross Eclipse, 9/11, and the Invasion of Ukraine.
An Article from Apr 18, 2022: energies still in play.
This is an article from Medium that I posted on Apr 18, 2022. it’s reverberations are still relevant to current events. I may update it in a part two to reflect on those.
Connections
When meditating on Ezekiel’s Apocalyptic visions in relation to the Tarot and astrology I discovered an esoteric and astrological tie from Ezekiel’s vision, to the Grand Cross/Solar Eclipse of August 11, 1999, to the 9/11 attack, to the current war on Ukraine.
This article covers a lot of information, and I am still putting connections together, having made an amazing connection with Putin just this morning; 4/8. As it started coming together I decided to copy it here to Medium.
The Tarot Signifiers
The Chariot, the 7th Major Arcana card, ‘pulls’ the Wheel of Fortune, the 10th Major Arcana card. Two Sphinxes draw the Chariot.
In Waite's description of the Wheel of Fortune card, he depicts an androgynous winged angel, a phoenix (or eagle), a winged lion, and a winged bull on the four corners, starting left top and going around the ‘wheel,’ which is center. They are carried on billowy but grayish clouds.
The wheel has a sphinx balanced on top, holding a sword. It has the face of an androgyne and is wearing a pharaoh’s headdress.
Meditating on this card this morning (4/8), I remembered I was looking at an astrological ‘Fixed Grand Cross’, and the ‘creatures’ depicted here are from Ezekiel’s Vision.
Ezekial, Verse 16:
“The appearance of their workings was, as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel.”
Ezekiel’s first vision came when a stormy wind blew in from the north, bringing with it a shiny cloud that contained Yahweh’s chariot borne by supernatural creatures. The Supernatural creatures each resembled a man, eagle (scorpio), lion, and bull, Ezekiels four Sacred Beasts of the Apocalypse are representatives of a Fixed Grand Cross in astrology. The Eagle is, classically, the elevated form of Scorpio.
Astrological Portents of the Grand Cross/Solar Eclipse of 8/11
Here are excerpts from a 1999 article on lightshift.com regarding the 8/11 Grand Cross:
“Two weeks after the July 28 total lunar eclipse, on Wednesday, August 11, 1999, there will be a Total Solar Eclipse (TSE) of truly millennial proportions. It is fundamental for us to understand the significance of this unprecedented celestial event.
With surgical precision, the planets of the eclipse form a powerful Grand Cross formation in all four ‘gates of power,’ or the middle of the fixed signs of the zodiac: Taurus, Leo, Aquarius, and Scorpio (representing the four Sacred Beasts of the Apocalypse — the Bull, Lion, Man, and Serpent/Eagle, of Ezekiel’s chariot, of the Sphinx.
This directly links the energy of the conjoined Leo new Moon and Sun in opposition to Uranus in Aquarius, with each body squaring Mars (in Scorpio) and Jupiter (in Taurus). Yet another “T-Square” or “Tau” is also formed by Neptune in Aquarius opposing Mercury in Leo, with both squaring Jupiter in Taurus. The Grand Cross and T-Square are dynamic configurations of challenge, intensity, and self-transcendence, and the fixed signs are robust and archetypal. Are you ready for the most powerful shift in human history?
As God turns out the lights for two minutes and twenty-two seconds, the Mother of all eclipses opens the charged portal of The Window, the gateway into the new Aquarian dispensation.
The fixed cross is a transition in consciousness and initiation of the soul by the fires of God. Imagine yourself facing off the Bull, taunting the Lion, challenging the Serpent, and walking the initiatory path of the Soul. The prophetic days of purification are now upon us.
The 19th-century magus Eliphas Levi once said, “the grand symbols of the past are the prophecies of the future.” Just as the Earth is being crossed by the planets in space, we find ourselves at a critical crossroads — a simultaneous christing and crucifixion, as we cross this threshold into the 21st century and Aquarian age.The total eclipse will be visible within a narrow corridor traversing the Eastern Hemisphere, with the Moon’s umbral shadow beginning in the Atlantic (first viewable from Long Island), crossing central Europe, the Middle East, and India, where it ends at sunset in the Bay of Bengal in India.”
Will what started over Manhattan end in India? Because the prophetic days of purification are still upon us until we reach the Aquarian Gate and move through it; 2022 and 2023, counting for retrograde movements.
2025
After this, in 2025, Saturn/Satan moves into Aries, God of War, conjoined with Neptune, with Uranus having moved into Gemini. If we haven’t gracefully and willingly moved into a space of peace and abundance for humanity by then, we may be forced to eventually reach that state by going through oppression and war.
“2 minutes, 22 and 1/2 seconds”
“The coincidence of the swath of the eclipse with the flight path of the NATO jets over the Balkans is most intriguing. And how fascinating that this fixed polarity eclipse would focus on the Leo/Aquarius axis, just as the astrological age shifts into Aquarius.”
The eclipse rays angled to the north- centered over Ukraine at it’s peak, from Bucharest. The skies over Ukraine and Romania would have been the darkest on earth. Interesting that the writer mentioned NATO Planes in regards to the Eclipse.
“We examine the space-time segment of this eclipse. The Total Solar Eclipse of 8/11/1999 aligns precisely 222 days after 1/1/1999. The peak of TSE (total solar eclipse) intersects the Earth at 45 degrees North latitude and 22'30” East longitude near Bucharest, Romania.
A division of the Northern hemisphere by 2 gives 45 degrees, and the Eastern hemisphere by 2 — three times (2,2,2) offers 22 1/2 degrees, the very heart of the eclipse. Now, Suppose this wasn’t coincidence enough. In that case, Dr. Frank Espenak, director of the Nasa Goddard Space Flight Laboratory, points out that the atomic timing of the eclipse calculates it will last precisely…2 minutes 22 and 1/2 seconds. And TSE comes 144 (12X12) days before the Year Two Thousand!”
Keep that “2 minutes, 22 and 1/2 seconds” in mind for later. The odds of these concurrences are so rare that it is nearly unimaginable.
From the 8/11/99 Solar Eclipse Wiki:
“Because of the high population densities in areas of the path, this was one of the most-viewed total solar eclipses in human history.
Some of the organized eclipse-watching parties along the path of totality set up video projectors on which people could watch the Moon’s shadow as it raced towards them. There was substantial coverage on International TV stations of the progress of the eclipse shadow.
The Moon’s shadow was also observed from the Russian Mir space station; during the eclipse, video from Mir was broadcast live on television.”
It was a very, very big deal worldwide, even for those with little to no interest in space or astrology.
Ezekiel, Verse 1: A Saturn Return
“Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month.”
This is an apparent reference to a Saturn Return. Every human has a Saturn Return that occurs every 30 years, when Saturn returns to the alignment it was at their moment of birth. Saturn returns are rites of passage between youth and maturity- a trial by fire. In that light, we could translate Ezekiel V1:1 as meaning ‘Satan (Saturn) returning home.
From an article on Saturn Returns:
“However, for as long as Saturn is in that sign — three-ish years, usually — it’s on. Consider the years preceding the escalation of the war, the big days to be the bomb going off, and the years following to be the nuclear fallout.”
At this point, an unstoppable force may be precisely what’s necessary to shake you out of the obligations which keep you in a child state. Saturn will smash the juvenile attachments you cling to awaken you to your authority, agency, and power.
The tighter you cling to your old worn-out ways, the more ammunition you give to Saturn. This may be your downfall or the best thing that ever happened to you.”
Of course, here it is discussed in a personalized way, but when viewed as a global, universal event, Ezekiel is telling us to consider a ‘Saturn Return’ of cosmic proportions. A chance to shake off the old, negative ways or face the wrath of Saturn/Satan.
Ezekiel’s vision is giving us a calendar whereby to watch for apocalyptic, earth-changing events to be launched through the cosmic gate of the Fixed Grand Cross, coincidental with the total Eclipse.
With the Eclipse peak shadow overlapping Ukraine and Romania, I wondered if the timing of the attack on Ukraine is a midpoint in time, bracketed on one side by the Grand Cross and on the other by a possible breaking away of the repression of Saturnine forces?
Recall the atomic timing of the eclipse: “2 minutes, 22 and 1/2 seconds”.
The period between the Grand Cross Eclipse and the invasion of Ukraine is 22 years, 6 months, and 13 days. Is it possible that this attack on Ukraine has sparked events that will not conclude for 22 months (if God ‘shortens the days’) or 22 years?
Grand Cross (GC) 8/11/99 Natal Chart With 9/11/01 Transits.
So I drew up a Natal chart with Transits: Natal (inner) wheel is Grand Cross 8/11/99 and Transits, the 9/11/01 attack. The chart is centered over Manhattan at 8:41 am, when the viewable Solar Eclipse began on 8/11/99, and the first tower was struck on 9/11/2001.
Astrologically, 9/11 is a near-perfect set-up for the attack in relation to the Grand Cross Eclipse.
A few stand-out alignments: “GC” is Grand Cross.
GC Mercury directly on the Ascendant in Libra, trine the 9/11 Uranus, South Node conjunction. Mercury is the planet of the twins (towers) Gemini, Uranus being explosive, combustive, and shocking. Mercury is also communication. Uranus being electric, staticky, spiky, reflects the problems the emergency people had with radio transmission.
GC Sun on the 12th house cusp in Leo, conjunct 9/11 Venus: The natal Sun literally ‘combusting’ Venus, or ‘love’ itself. The 12th House being the house of bad endings, self-undoing, jails, hospitals, etc.
9/11 Sun conjunct GC Pars Fortunae on the GC Ascendant. This represents a fated event seemingly designed to open the door to other fated events. A chain. Pars Fortunae relates to worldly success and is associated with the physical body and health. In this case, the health of the USA.
9/11 Pluto on 4th house cusp, conjunct IC, in opposition to GC’s Saturn on the Midheaven in Gemini- a natural symbol of the ‘twin’ towers. This opposition would cause a ricochet of power between Pluto and Saturn (death and satan) straight ‘through’ the ‘twins.’ It also represents the chickens coming ‘home’ (4th House) to roost.
9/11 Jupiter and Pars Fortunae ‘besieging’ the midheaven in 15 Cancer- (US Sun Sign.)
Shocking that the GC Pars Fortunae on the Ascendant is exactly conjunct with the Transiting 9/11 Sun. And exactly square the 9/11 Saturn on the Midheaven and 9/11 and GC Pluto on the IC. If this were a personal transit reading I would feel it would presage some horrendous event, like a near deadly car accident that could leave the passengers in a permanent state of debilitation or worse.
9/11 Venus on the 12 House cusp Leo, conjunct GC Sun squaring GC 9th House Saturn and Mars. Sun/Son/Love being eclipsed or combusted- triggering Saturn/Satan to ‘take power’ through blood and violence.
A powerful GC Scorpio 3rd House Mars was squaring GC Sun in Leo, conjunct natal and transiting North Nodes and 9/11, Venus, triggered. An attack on the Sun/Son and upon love itself.
A Celestial event of Cosmic Proportions
“Then He spread it before me; and there was writing on the inside and on the outside, and written on it were lamentations and mourning and woe.” ~Ezekial. 2:10
The Fixed Grand Cross Eclipse was a cosmic pressure point, demanding a replacement of negative energies and actions with positive. This was an opportunity to break free of the repression of big pharma, banking, oil, pornography, slavery, war, pollution, oligarchy, and oppression. This was a cosmic Saturn Return presaging a restoration of sanity and community; “Love thy brother,” even when it‘s difficult.
The 9/11 attack was deliberately spawned through blood, designed to slam shut the Grand Cross gateway, in a cosmic sense, to block what some would call the Christ Consciousness.
On 9/11, 4,440 gallons of blood burned to smoke or poured out onto the earth. The ‘ sacrifice’ message was clear within minutes of seeing the first tower in flames.
The morning of 9/11
I was in instant chat with my esoteric group, and we all witnessed the faces on video and images, live, as they started pouring into major media. Some current articles call them a hoax. But they were conspicuous to all of us and there were many more than you can currently find online.
The Sacrificial Ritual
I relate all of these elements, including Ezekial’s vision, to the ancient Mithraic Bull-slaying Ritual:
“In every Mithraeum, the centerpiece represented Mithras killing a sacred bull, an act called the tauroctony. The image may be a relief or free-standing, and side details may be present or omitted. The centre piece is Mithras clothed in Anatolian costume and wearing a Phrygian cap; who is kneeling on the exhausted bull, holding it by the nostrils with his left hand, and stabbing it with his right. As he does so, he looks over his shoulder toward the figure of Sol. A dog and a snake reach up towards the blood. A scorpion seizes the bull’s genitals. A raven (or eagle) is flying around or is sitting on the bull.
Two torch-bearers on either side are dressed like Mithras: Cautes with his torch pointing up, and Cautopates with his torch pointing down. (This shows Gemini; the representative of the Twin Towers.)
The event takes place in a cavern, into which Mithras has carried the bull after having hunted it, ridden it, and overwhelmed its strength. Sometimes the cavern is surrounded by a circle, on which the twelve signs of the zodiac appear. On the top left outside the cavern is Sol the sun, with his flaming crown, often driving a quadriga (4 horse Chariot). A ray of light often reaches down to touch Mithras. At the top right is Luna, with her crescent moon, which may be depicted driving a biga. (2 horse Chariot)
The Astrological Wheel surrounding Mithras does not depict the ‘natural’ wheel, with Aries starting in the first house, but illustrates the Grand Cross formation, inversed- as it was on August 11, 1999.
“In some depictions, the central tauroctony is framed by…a scene of the god ascending to the heavens in a chariot.”
Here we find ourselves back to the Chariot, which symbolically carries the Wheel of Fortune. The Driver, as Waite said: “…is not hereditary royalty and he is not priesthood. He elevates himself to Kingship through war and conquering. Note he is alone on the field.”
The upright meanings of the card are: “Succor, providence, war, triumph, presumption, vengeance, trouble.”.
Reversed it means “Defeat- that the “liberation” which he effects to create may leave himself in the bondage of the logical understanding.”
Consider this in relation to how the war in Ukraine is unfolding for Putin to date (4/10/22). Traditionally, according to astrologers Lilly, Partridge and Dariot, Taurus has rulership over Russia.
The Mithraic Banquet:
“The second most important scene after the tauroctony in Mithraic art is the so-called banquet scene. The banquet scene features Mithras and Sol Invictus banqueting on the hide of the slaughtered bull.
In the specific banquet scene on the Fiano Romano relief, one of the torchbearers points a caduceus towards the base of an altar, where flames appear to spring up. Robert Turcan has argued that since the caduceus is an attribute of Mercury, and in mythology, Mercury is depicted as a psychopomp, the eliciting of flames in this scene is referring to the dispatch of human souls and expressing the Mithraic doctrine on this matter. “The blood of the slain bull has soaked the ground at the base of the altar, and from the blood, the souls are elicited in flames by the caduceus.”
Recall that Mercury is exactly on the Ascendant in the 9/11 natal chart. The torchbearers reflect both Gemini and the Twin Towers.
This is not finalized. I’m going to do more meditating on this- and charting- but my current thought is that the Ukraine war is the beginning of the conclusion of the 22:22 gateway cycle as 9/11 was the conclusion of the 11:11 gateway cycle as generated through the Grand Cross Eclipse.
My experience on the day of the Fixed Grand Cross and Solar Eclipse, 1999.
The last Fixed Grand Cross coincided with a Lunar and Total Solar Eclipse. July 28 (Lunar), and August 11, 1999 (Solar). I went to New York for it and landed in Long Island, where I stayed with friends. That was the closest point in the contiguous US that the Eclipse would be visible - Manhattan. On 8/11 I fasted and spent the day in the shade of a tree, mainly in a meditative state of relaxation or reading.
At one point I came out of light meditation and realized my right hand was up in the air; my index finger was X’ing out a plane flying toward me overhead from the east. I heard, clearly, ‘Something Wicked This Way Comes.’ That was the dark part of the day- not just from the Eclipse, but a feeling of something dark ‘flying in.’
This unconscious hand motion of ‘X’ing out’ an airplane in the sky happened one other time, a year before 9/11, on a rutted dirt road in the no-mans-land border north of the Grand Canyon. Swaying in the truck, I had zoned out and opened my eyes to note my finger making the same X motion on the side window on a plane flying overhead.
I told everyone that something drastic was going to happen resulting in “no planes in the skies, anywhere” and that there would be ‘dark days, after fire and smoke.’.
Addendum- Putin
And as of this morning (4/10/22), 2 days after concluding the above research and writing, I discovered that Vladimir Putin’s first day in office was on 8/11/1999, the day of the Grand Cross Eclipse.
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Thank you for reading,
Elys