Solar Eclipse and Swine Flu 

A Total Solar Eclipse took place in India on July 22, 2009. The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century cut through India and China as it travelled half the Globe. In India, People sneaked through the narrow lanes of Varanasi and gathered for a dip in the Ganga. It lasted up to a maximum of 6.39 minutes over the Pacific Ocean. The Dark shadow of the Moon made its landfall in Gujarat at 6.30 am and in Varanasi around 6.25 am.

This Eclipse took place in Pushyami[Pooyam] Star owned by Saturn in Cancer Sign, which is the third sign of Indian Independence Chart. As per Astrology the eclipse at sun-rise is not good and it is going to affect a few cities in India. Sun, Moon and Mercury are also placed in Pushyami [Pooyam]Star.

According to Varahamihira, If Sun and Moon are eclipsed, there would be danger to autumnal crops as well as to the Ruler of the Country. If the eclipse is total and the eclipsed orbit is aspected by malefic, there would be severe shortage of food and pestilence (Any epidemic disease with a high death rate) all over the country. 

Eclipses have most effects in those countries where they are visible. An eclipse in Cancer denotes Sedition, diseases, epidemics, great change in weather leading to drying up of rivers. Mercury conjoins with eclipsed sun and moon, denotes the rulers, young people and the educated persons come to grief.

The Eclipse took place in Pushyami [Pooyam] star and the Pushyami [Pooyam] denotes diseases relating to lungs[respiratory diseases], stomach including ulcers, cancer, jaundice and dyspepsia. People will suffer from lung trouble, throat ailment, intestine affliction, mental derangement, brain disease, due to the affliction of Mercury in third house.

Swine flu (swine influenza) - a respiratory disease

Swine flu (swine influenza) is a respiratory disease caused by viruses (influenza viruses) that infect the respiratory tract of pigs and result in nasal secretions, a barking-like cough, decreased appetite, and listless behavior. Swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection is defined as a person with an acute respiratory illness. Mild respiratory illness without fever and occasional severe disease also has been reported in USA. 

Swine flu is an infection caused by a virus. A virus that has not previously been identified. The virus is contagious and can spread from human to human. Symptoms of swine flu in people are similar to the symptoms of regular human flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. 

There are antiviral medicines you can take to prevent or treat swine flu. There is no vaccine available right now to protect against swine flu.

Swine flu: 9 deaths in 24 hrs, death toll climbs to 17

Swine flu cases cross 1,000 mark, death toll at 17, a 48-year-old man and a 50-year old woman succumbed to swine flu in Pune on Wednesday afternoon, taking the toll in the deadly pandemic to 17. 

                                                                                                                                                  13th August 2009
PRADEEP MUTHUKULAM