Posted on 07/21/2009 11:15:13 AM PDT by TaraP
This week's solar eclipse has Indian astrologers predicting violence and turmoil across the world, AFP reported.
In Hindu mythology, the two demons Rahu and Ketu are said to "swallow" the sun during eclipses. It takes the life-giving life and causes food to become inedile and water undrinkable, AFP reported.
Mothers-to-be are told to stay inside so their baby doesn't develop birth defects and some are worried a major world catastrophe will take place.
Raj Kumar Sharma, a Mumbai astrologer, told AFP, "some sort of attack by (Kashmiri separatists) Jaish-e-Mohammad or Al Qaeda on Indian soil" and a devastating natural disaster in Southeast Asia.
But, scientists and astronomers are trying to downplay the claims, saying Wednesday's eclipse is a nature occurrence.
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Well, people that worship a moon god might read symbolism in the event.
“... Minorities and women affected most.”
Alchemists and diviners hurt most.
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Here in America, we don’t need to worry. The worst has already happened when “O” got ‘elected’ by the MSM!
Makes as much sense as Algore’s phony global warming claims.
Balderdash
Well, so's an asteroid strike.
Perhaps these scientists and astronomers confuse natural with harmless?
BUSH’S FAULT!
This garbage is predicted everytime there is an eclipse in the Third World and nothing significant ever comes to pass.
This is liberal elitists looking down their noses at less developed cultures.
We need to put out a “Solar Eclipse Tax” on the rich...it’s only fair.
If the Alchemists ever find a way to turn lead into Gold, will the Chinese start putting Gold into children’s toys?
Ummm..., I like total eclipses of the sun... but I ain’t goin’ there with those ideas.... LOL...
Silly.
The world seems to be teetering on the edge of violence, so they may just be playing the odds. If nothing happens, they can lay low for a while, and then make a fresh prediction.
bttt
I know you’ve seen this, but for others...
from ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2296923/posts#16
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2296923/posts#17
However, that’s exactly what’s going to happen in the middle of the United States in the next 50 years — four total eclipses of the Sun will cross a region just 600 miles across, within the space of 35 years. Two places in the USA will each see two total eclipses of the Sun separated by just 7 years. And as if that wasn’t enough, just 20 years later it happens again in Mexico, just over the border from Texas!
A “mania” of total solar eclipses in the United States...
Well hopefully we can Live Stream the big event tomorrow on FR!
:)
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