Like a cannonball...
The Sabian symbol for Cancer 27 contains the word 'canyon' which is related to the 'cannon'.
Derived from a hollow reed through which one could force an object... a dart for example... with a sharp strong blow in one end of the hollow shaft.
A cannon is built on the same premise: a hollow tube shot out at great speed by a small explosion directing the energy out the open end of the tube or cannon barrel.
The connection with the reed may reach as far back as Sumerian-Akkadian times. The reed was also called 'cana' hence, 'cane' and on its way to cannon and canyon.
The reed need not be round. a reed with two stiff steep sides could also to used to the same effect as a channel through which to pass water, for example. With a little force at one end of the channel or canyon, the element propelled through the canyon picks up speed and force such that it can become like a cannonball fired from a large cannon.
Blain Bovee
Greetings...
With both Uranus and Mars on this degree in my natal chart, I have been put on alert that tomorrow (with Luna in Cancer, no less!) is going to launch a *rilly big shew.* While I am inclined to simply go into samadhi for the day, circumstances in my community insist otherwise.
Wish me reflexes faster than disaster!
M
Posted by: Eleusis | October 10, 2009 at 10:26 AM