Coronavirus Redux
Mar. 13th, 2020 08:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gbejmNow that we have an official pandemic on our hands, I figured it was worth revisiting my July 4 forecast. I still stand by most of what I wrote. I expect the overall death toll in this country to be manageable at the societal level, though individual families will be rightfully mourning those who pass. I expect the stock market in July to resemble the stock market in July 2019 -- it won't be at the all-time highs, but it won't be Depression 2.0 either.
There is one new possibility, though, I wanted to discuss. Ur is loosely analogous to the Death card in Tarot. Yes, it can mean death, but 99.9% of the time it's metaphorical. (Indeed, I usually read Ur upright as burying/ending and reversed as uncovering/revealing.) However, in the context of a pandemic, particularly one that disproportionally kills older patients, there is the possibility that in this specific situation it could mean a death, particularly since it's paired with reversed Iodhadh (not lasting / time coming to an end). From its placement in the 11th house (lower chamber of Congress), my best guess is that -- if this is the correct reading for those symbols in this context -- it's Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi who's at risk.
I don't see this as a contradiction. It is possible for a pandemic to both have an overall low death toll but for some key person to die nonetheless. In the scheme of things we can still hope that the 10th house/11th house cluster refers to a political victory/defeat, not to survival/death, but given the unusual circumstances I wanted to at least flag the possibility.
There is one new possibility, though, I wanted to discuss. Ur is loosely analogous to the Death card in Tarot. Yes, it can mean death, but 99.9% of the time it's metaphorical. (Indeed, I usually read Ur upright as burying/ending and reversed as uncovering/revealing.) However, in the context of a pandemic, particularly one that disproportionally kills older patients, there is the possibility that in this specific situation it could mean a death, particularly since it's paired with reversed Iodhadh (not lasting / time coming to an end). From its placement in the 11th house (lower chamber of Congress), my best guess is that -- if this is the correct reading for those symbols in this context -- it's Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi who's at risk.
I don't see this as a contradiction. It is possible for a pandemic to both have an overall low death toll but for some key person to die nonetheless. In the scheme of things we can still hope that the 10th house/11th house cluster refers to a political victory/defeat, not to survival/death, but given the unusual circumstances I wanted to at least flag the possibility.