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==Algol or Medusa Head Archetype== | ==Algol or Medusa Head Archetype== | ||
Algol, also known as the Demon’s head, has been misunderstood by a fearful patriarchy who saw this star as the most evil star in the sky. Algol symbolises the head of the Gorgon, Medusa, a misjudged beauty whose conscious coupling with Poseidon within a sacred temple brought down the wrath of her righteous, jealous sister who transformed her into an ugly hag; whose glaring eyes would turn anyone to stone; whose menstrual blood either killed or healed whoever it touched; and whose serpent hair both symbolised energy and fertility (on the head hair signifies higher spiritual forces, and below the waist it indicates the fertilizing forces). Algol/ Medusa depicts everything that Man fears in life, the fury of the suppressed feminine soul; the rage and violence of nature; the fine line between madness and wisdom and life and death; the depth and power of a woman’s sexuality. | Algol, also known as the Demon’s head, has been misunderstood by a fearful patriarchy who saw this star as the most evil star in the sky. Algol symbolises the head of the Gorgon, Medusa, a misjudged beauty whose conscious coupling with Poseidon within a sacred temple brought down the wrath of her righteous, jealous sister who transformed her into an ugly hag; whose glaring eyes would turn anyone to stone; whose menstrual blood either killed or healed whoever it touched; and whose serpent hair both symbolised energy and fertility (on the head hair signifies higher spiritual forces, and below the waist it indicates the fertilizing forces). Algol/ Medusa depicts everything that Man fears in life, the fury of the suppressed feminine soul; the rage and violence of nature; the fine line between madness and wisdom and life and death; the depth and power of a woman’s sexuality. | ||
==Algol and Evolution== | |||
From the mythology of Medusa we can see her as a mutant. As mutation is the driver of generic evolution, it is no surprise to see the Algol star prominent in the history of the Human Genome Project. | |||
On June 1 1866, Charles Benedict, the father of the American eugenics movement was born. Mercury was conjunct Algol. He sterilized 60 000 “unfit”, or mutant Americans and “strongly influenced the Holocaust in Europe” [8]. | |||
On July 16 1945 we exploded the first nuclear bomb, the Trinity Test in Nevada. Mars was conjunct Algol. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that followed killed over 200 000 people and mutated countless more. | |||
On April 25 1953, Watson and Crick published their groundbreaking discovery on the structure of DNA, the building block of our genes. Jupiter was conjunct Algol. | |||
On December 9 1984, research on casualties at Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to the Alta Summit, the beginnings of the Human Genome Project. North Node was conjunct Algol. “If genome projects prove important to biology, then historians will note the Alta meeting”. | |||
On June 25 2000, president Clinton announced the completion of the Human Genome Project [10]. Saturn was conjunct Algol. | |||
On May 18 2006, the sequence of the last chromosome was published in the journal Nature. Sun and Mercury were conjunct Algol. | |||
On May 21 2008, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act became law “To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment”. Venus was conjunct Algol.<ref>[http://astrologyking.com/algol-star/ Astrology King]</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||