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Persepolis - History in the stars

Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550330BCE). Persepolis is situated 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the FarsProvince of modern Iran. The circumstances of its destruction by fire are recorded inhistory thus:

(Diod. 17.70.1-73.2) 17.70 (1) Persepolis was the capital of the Persian kingdom.Alexander described it to the Macedonians as the most hateful of the cities of Asia,and gave it over to his soldiers to plunder, all but the palaces. It was the richest cityunder the sun and the private houses had been furnished with every sort of wealthover the years. The Macedonians raced into it, slaughtering all the men whom theymet and plundering the residences.

Alexander held games in honour of his victories. He performed costly sacrifices tothe gods and entertained his friends bountifully. While they were feasting and thedrinking was far advanced, as they began to be drunken a madness took possessionof the minds of the intoxicated guests. At this point one of the women present, Thaisby name and Attic by origin, said that for Alexander it would be the finest of all hisfeats in Asia if he joined them in a triumphal procession, set fire to the palaces, andpermitted women's hands in a minute to extinguish the famed accomplishments ofthe Persians. This was said to men who were still young and giddy with wine, andso, as would be expected, someone shouted out to form up and to light torches, andurged all to take vengeance for the destruction of the Greek temples. (4) Others tookup the cry and said that this was a deed worthy of Alexander alone. When the kinghad caught fire at their words, all leaped up from their couches and passed the word

along to form a victory procession [epinikion komon] in honour of Dionysius.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis

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Shown above is the eclipse chart of a total lunar eclipse that occurred in 330BC atShiraz [modern day location of Persepolis]. By the rules of mundane astrology, theeclipse is significant since it squares the Ascendant-Descendant axis. The eclipseMoon [21vi35] was sharply conjunct the star Spica [21vi30] and in the fourth houseconnected with buildings. This star is linked in Vedic astrology to the asterism Chitra.

Chitra means the brilliant, the bright or the beautiful. It is symbolised by a brightjewel. The presiding deity is Vishvakarma, the celestial architect. Through the fouryugas (aeons of Hindu mythology), he is supposed to have built several beautifultowns and palaces for the gods.

Also the Moon [3N43] is parallel and antiparallel in declination to Betelgeuse [3N40]and Alograb of Corvus [3S39]. This helps identify the actors in the drama:

Algorab of Corvus the Raven has been associated with destructiveness,malevolence, fiendishness, repulsiveness and lying [Robson*] and so easily fits thecharacter of the woman Thais who incites Alexander shown here by the starBetelgeuse of Orion, the Hunter or Warrior.

From the chart we have the following:

Neptune-Zeus midpoint = 18 Vi00 ; Ascendant = 18 Ge27 ; TNP Cupido = 18Sg57

All these are in hard aspects so that we can write:

Neptune/Zeus = Ascendant = Cupido

Cupido itself is conjunct Kronos and Jupiter

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The interpretations are:

Neptune-Zeus: victims of fires or those who are at the mercy of a military action--especially one that occurs in the dark or is accompanied by chaos.there's somesubtrefuge that can incite. Martha Wescott Lang [* that all this was carried out underthe influence of alcohol is also shown by Neptune]

- with Cupido a burning building.

Cupido-Kronos-Jupiter: A famous palace

P.S.

Alexander [born 20 Jul 0356 BC, Pella, Greece] had his radix Sun 21cn45 conjunctZeus [fire] in the eclipse chart. His horoscope carries a Mars-Neptune square asignature aspect for many who over-indulge in drinks.