Friday, August 7, 2009

Swine flu and the Solar Eclipse

A Total Solar Eclipse took place in India on July 22, 2009 around 6.25 am IST. 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 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 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 star and the Pushyami denotes diseases relating to lungs, 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) 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 patients in serious condition in Pune.

Two men, including a doctor, suffering from swine flu have been admitted in a serious condition, taking the total number of cases in the city Pune, one of the worst-hit by the virus, to 120.

With 22 new cases of A (H1N1) influenza reported in the country in the last 24 hours, the total number has gone up to 596. The fresh cases were reported from Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Pune, Mangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Jamshedpur, Chennai, Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur. Of the five cases in Delhi, four contracted the disease from persons who were affected earlier, while the fifth person had travelled abroad.

Following the country’s first H1N1-related death in Pune, several people in the city have been rushing to get themselves screened at the institute. On Thursday, panic in Pune had a cascading effect in the city and had affected the screening process.

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