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There is an interesting twist to my Mundane Reading for Canada 2023;

When I did the original reading, there were indications of a Black Swan Event, so I made plans to do another reading--

Date: 02 Jan 2023
Question: Will Canada experience a large-scale Black Swan Event in 2023?
I generated the first figure -- Rubeus. :-(
With apologies to Spiritus Mundi, I stopped trying, and thought I would try again.

On 06 Jan 2023, I tried the same question again;
For the first figure, I got Cauda Draconis.
Typically that means 'You already know the answer,' or 'You have already made up your mind about this.'
I racked my brains but could not figure out what I was supposed to already know, or had already decided on this one.

I have done a large number of Geomantic readings in Late Dec 2022 to Jan 2023 this year so far, so I reviewed my readings and results. Among them was this one--

Date: 28 Dec 2022 22:33 PST
Question: Will a nuclear weapon be exploded in 2023 that is not a test?

At the time, Mr. Putin was threatening to bring nuclear weapons into the Russian/Ukranian war, so I thought I would do a Geomantic reading on nuclear weapon use, in general.

Chart: House Chart
Querent: I rotates to VII 'because querent who explodes a nuclear weapon is an enemy to all.'
Quesited: IV rotates to X 'because this would be perpetrated against the lands.'
Mothers: Puella, Puer, Puer, Caput Draconis

Analysis:
Querent is Carcer -- House I in the rotated chart
Quesited is Amissio -- House IV in the rotate chart
Carcer travels from House I to House V, so there is confirmation by Conjunction.
Hmmm.
APG pg 116 says "...When the Querent's significator passes into conjunction with the Quesited, the Querent will achieve what he wants, but will have to work for it."

Also, company of Houses:
I and II Company Capitular (Carcer and Via)
V and VI Company Compound (Carcer and Conjunctio)
VII and VIII Company Compound (Puella and Puer)

Other:
Via in II is also Witness 2 in the Court, so a change of fortune perhaps.

Puer in VIII and IX may indicate prolonged conflict of some sort with spiritual entities involved. IMHO, not talking about deaths since Amissio or Tristitia would be expected if that were the case.

X and XII are Caput Draconis, so perhaps some new action from powerful unknown/unidentified enemies.

Court Story:
Witness 1: Fortuna Minor -- A chance event happens rapidly due to external circumstances.
Judge: Fortuna Major-- Chance occurrence builds, planning and skills involved.
Witness 2: Via -- Transformation

Witness 1 and 2 are figures of Black Swan Events.

The court story looked familiar to me. I had seen these figures recently, but where?
Ah yes-- This same court appears in my 2023 Mundane Reading for Canada, but generated by different figures;

Here's my 2023 Canada Mundane Chart--

Putting it all together, it could mean that the non-test nuclear weapon explosion would happen in Canada.
That would be one heck of a Black Swan Event.
Canada has no nuclear weapons, so why would anyone use such a weapon on Canada?
OTOH, this previously-done chart would explain why Spiritus Mundi refused to let me do a reading on Canada Black Swans two times-- That question had been answered already, it's just that I didn't know this was about Canada.

On the other OTHER hand, let's not forget that I was the person who got a number of clear Geomantic readings that my house was going to burn down during that Summer that had a lot of forest fires nearby.
Just because you get a reading on something does not mean it has to happen.
Hopefully I am completely wrong again on this one! I will be praying so.

Current Mood: depressed

Yes—I am back to hunting for Black Swans, using Geomancy.

I cast this chart this morning, with intent to look at the Shield Chart for a simple

Yes or No answer.

The 4 Mothers were Puella, Puella, Carcer and Acquisitio, forming this chart:

To me, this looks like a ‘Yes’ with Fortuna Minor in Querent and Quesited, and Populus as the

Judge.

Next, I cast a chart for the year, asking

‘What characteristics will the 2021 BSE have for North America?’ with intent to view the

House Chart.

The 4 Mothers were Puella, Puella, Conjunctio and Laetitia;

I

Puella North America will experience harmony and happiness, but it may not be long-lasting.

II Puella A good financial year for North America—but again, may not be long-lasting.

III Conjunctio NA gets along with its neighbors.

IV Laetitia A good year for agriculture.

V Puer Sudden change/conflict in public focus-- Possibly, we will no longer be obsessing

about Trump?

VI Albus Health stabilizes, or people pay attention to their health.

VII Cauda Draconis An end of conflict, or ending of a social contract.n

VIII Fortuna Minor A sudden, surprise occurrence in the house of death or magic

IX Populus Passivity in Eduation/Philosophy—No change in public attitudes or

enlightenment.

X Cauda Draconis An end of reputation or standing among other lands.

XI Via Transformation of hopes/wishes. Transformation/change in allies.

XII Albus Wisdom in limitations/restrictions.

Linkages

Puella in I and II – A surprise financial recovery, but not a long lasting one.

Albus in VI and XII – Health linked with restrictions. Hmmm…

Cauda Draconis in VII and X – End of good reputation/good standing leads to loss of

international treaties,

or loss of allies. Old Friends go away.

Cardines

I Beginning Puella

X Middle Cauda Draconis

VII End Cauda Draconis

IV Aftermath Laetitia

We lose old friends, but are better off without them.

Hazarding a Guess

2021 is the year that the USA loses its global empire.

It happens suddenly. Long-standing alliances are

broken, and the USA shifts its focus to its local

neighbors. And the end result of this is a much happier

North America.

I have been meditating on Fortuna Minor, since it seems to be coming up for me these days in positions of significance. I have heard that there are Geomancy decks of cards available--I haven't seen any, but it occurred to me that it might help my meditations to try to draw one for Fortuna Minor. You see here what I have so far!

Fortuna Minor is active in Fire and Air, passive in Water and Earth. JMG mentions an image of a flag on top of a mountain. "What could describe fire and air?" I ruminated at one point. "Well, perhaps a meteor--" So I put one into the picture in red and yellow, the colors for Fire and Air.

Fortuna Minor is all about sudden changes--Possibly a fortune lands in your lap, but as quickly goes away again. You have not earned it and don't know how to manage it. Or it could be a sudden misfortune like a meteor strike.

What other metaphors do we have for these kinds of things?
Perhaps the Black Swan phenomena, so well described in the book of the same name by Nicholas Nassim Taleb. I put in a black swan in flight.

The river below, and the green mountains stretching to the horizon are pretty much taken from the view you get from the garden-like top of Mount Revelstoke here in British Columbia--I highly recommend it, once they open that national park again!

A question: Why is it that, every time I turn around, I find Spiritus Mundi poking me in the ribs with Fortuna Minor?

Perhaps there is a Black Swan Event in my future that I should investigate.

Ordinarily, A Black Swan Event is, by definition, something that no one saw coming because it falls outside of everyones' framework of possibilities. After it occurs, everyone looks back at the event and says, "I should have seen THAT coming!"
Nope. If you had been able to see it coming, it would not be a Black Swan Event.

I am beginning to see that Geomancy (and likely other methods of divination) are a way to get clues about Black Swan Events before they happen--A real benefit!

So of course, I did some geomantic readings on it--

17 Aug 2020 - 'Will there be a black swan event by 1 Jan 2021 that Geomancy can reveal?

Querent in 1 is Acquisitio, I am pretty sure house 11 is the one I want for Quesited, since I do not know the nature of any Black Swan Event, or whether there will be one. If 11, then the Quesited is Puella.

Both of these seem positive--And indeed there is a lot of symmetry and linkages in this chart--

Acquisitio is in 1 and seven--Contracts/conflicts/marriage/deals/war
Puella shows up in 11 and 9 -- Long journey, philosophical/phys distance
Also Rubeus in 3 and 5 - Neighbors/family + fun/crops/sexuality- Major drama/intrigue/deceit here.

Also noteworthy, but significance questionable;
House 2 - Cauda Drac - End of finances
House 6 - Via - Professionals/professions in transformation;
House 8 - Laetitia - Joy; My magic/death/spiritual entities - probably my magic going well.
House 12 - Puer - Government/authorities bearing the sword; rash action or bold action.

Hmmm, pretty interesting.

Next question:
17 Aug 2020
How many days until the black swan event that's before 1 Jan 2020?

We use the Quesited on the Shield Chart to get an estimate of the number of time units--in this case, days;
Quesited is Puer, thus the number of days is 120 or 79.
Since 17 Aug 2020 is the 230th day of the year, adding 120 days gives 350 days, or 15 Dec 2020.
230 + 79 days would be day 309, or Nov 4 2020 - The day after the US Presidential Election.

Reconciler is Rubeus.
There is no Way of Points
Index house is 10 Laetitia
Part of Fortune is 2 Tristitia.

Querent Puella and Quesited Puer with a judge of Conjunctio and a Reconciler of Rubeus is a result I would expect to see if I had asked about a love affair! ;-)

So perhapts it is a happy Black Swan Event?

It is probably a mistake to look at the House Chart in this case, but looking at it as if it was a "How will your day go?" type of question has, for me, the feel of a "Old order of things gets turned upside down, but it works out for the best" sort of message. Also a feeling of working together with colleagues to cure a disease or other malady;
Significance is uncertain--

1 - Querent - Albus/wisdom
2 - Tristitia - Sorrow in finances
3 - Conjunctio - New connections with family and neighbors
4 - Cauda drac - The End appears in the house of finality. A big Ending.
5 - Tristitia - Sorrow in plantings/sexuality/rain
6 - Fortuna Major - professionals building cures for illnesses?
7 - Puella - love in house of lovers/partners/contracts/(war)
8 - Rubeus - deceit/drama in my magic/spir entitiees/death
9 - Fortuna Major - Long (philosophical) journey, building success.
10- Laetitia - Joy in career/reputation/med treatment.
11- Albus - Wisdom comes to friends,associates, hopes promises wishes.
12- Via - Transformation in the house of government/restrictions/limitations.

Additional Random Thoughts

Fortuna Minor does not appear in either reading on the possible Black Swan event, so maybe I am barking up the wrong tree to think of Fortuna Minor as a sign of black swans.
That said, I will probably continue to add to the picture at the top of the post. I could see adding a guy sitting in a chair at the base of the flagpole who is knocked from his chair by the shockwave of the meteor crossing overhead. He would have to have big bones, a big nose and a beard, maybe wearing a uniform with a gold stripe on the pants. I'm not sure I have the artistic skills for that!

Also I am not sure of the scale of the Black Swan event - Does it mostly affect me, is it global, or possibly something to do with the US elections?

Comment at will, and if anyone gets around to doing a 'days until Black Swan' reading, I'd be interested.

Cheers,

Emmanuel G