Benoit Mandelbrot the Crow, Figs, Swans and the Synchronicity of Symbols

Benoit is a Black Crow. 

This blog was created by my Friend who lives in Swan Hill. 

Benoit's namesake - Benoit Mandelbrot - one of the most amazing visionary minds of our age and the "father" of fractal geometry can be seen talking in this interview (22nd October 2008) with  "The Black Swan" author, Nassim Nicholas Taleb . The interview is about the current economic global climate.

And now, as the circle of symbolic synchronicity turns, we come to Swans and Swan Hill, where there is this most amazing FIG TREE . Now, my friend gave me the link to this Swan Hill FIG TREE, because I wrote about the Hope Is. FIG TREE in this blog earlier. 

The article is called Hope Is. Moon Symbols. 

And so, we come back to my darling CROWS , their mystery, magic and their myth. 

The Crow was the symbolic WHITE bird of Apollo. Apollo turned Crow  black due to the Crow's actions. Apollo entrusted the white Crow with a mission to get pure water. Instead of completing the task for Apollo, the CROW decided to hang out near a fig tree and eat FIGS. The Crow then blamed it's tardiness in completing Apollo's request, on a snake! 

Hence, Apollo turned the Crow black and set the Crow (CORVUS) up in the sky with the WATER SNAKE (Hydra) and the CUP (Crater). And so, the circle is almost complete. We are Back to Benoit, the Crow, and his father, and the moon.... and the magic of LIFE!!!!

And life has many interlinked stories like this - stories that intertwine and meander over and over the same symbols, interlinking and reinforcing ideas........and, of course, cygnus (SWAN) is also a constellation! 

And:  S.W.A.N. also stands for Sahaja Worldwide Announcements and News ! You may notice that I have done some articles for the Sahaja Yoga movement in this blog, to help with astrological inspirations for my friend who is in this worldwide movement. 

This type of inter connectedness just makes me want to sing and dance!!! I LOVE IT!!

Nature, Mathematics, Geometry, Money, Myths, Magic, Spirit and Music - they are all linked, no matter which way we look at it.

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Corvus conjunct Midheaven in Natal Chart

This is my natal chart. I have CORVUS conjuct the Midheaven (my interface with the world at large).

In particular, when I was born, stars like KRAZ, ALGORAB were highest FIXED STARS.

Quaoar is also close to the Midheaven. The trans-Neptunean object Quaoar was discovered by Chad Trujillo and Michael E.Brown. For me, Quaoar seems to be the point where I can "sing" my own existence, as a creative entity, into this world, and beyond. It is strange, that, as I type this, although it is 9.30pm at night, I just heard a crow give one sharp call, in the distance.

From listening and watching and relating with these Burringbar crows, I have subtly begun to "hear" their "words". This call, just now, was probably because an owl was nearby, and the crow was giving warning.

How would I know? I feel that I just DO, and learning to let go, and feel the voices of the crows, and the children of the crows is vastly helped by having CORVUS (the Raven or Crow) high in the sky, at the time of my birth. A wonderful gift to be explored. Anyone, when they look at their natal chart, can see what planets, stars and constellations were high up in the sky, when they were born.

These heavenly bodies near our Midheaven can act as guiding "lights". Understanding the mythology and symbols, attached to these heavenly bodies, can help shine a light on the direction we take, in this world.

The above chart is a copy of the my natal chart, as created using the "What Watch" astrology program. (WhatWatch at papertv.com)