Fact 6
Fifth Pan-African Congress or pan (sic) African Meeting
The Sun, Moon and Ascendant
360 Facts about Africa: Cavendish Street’s Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall, was where the Pan African Congress occurred. People like Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta, Hastings Banda; who would be future African Presidents attended. At that astrological moment of beginning, the congress was the meeting that became the watershed for an accelerated approach to resolving problems facing Africans in Africa and in the diaspora.
Innovative exchange of actionable ideas, which were essentially related to the politics of independence[1] was the theme of the meeting. The Libran Sun in the 11th House of fraternal organizations and the Aquarian Moon in the 2nd House of the immediate future, struck a resonant tone that reflected the intent of the meeting. The Sun and Moon in air signs punctuated free flowing discussions about the struggle for freedom (Moon sesquiquadrate Uranus r/ and a new vision Moon-trine Neptune) for people of African descent in Africa and on other continents.
The meeting’s agenda in Manchester, England for Monday 15 October had been set to start at 10 am for the 1st session. The chart ruler for that date, time and place was Pluto in Leo in the 9th House. The Executive Committee of the Pan-African Federation, sent invitations to organizations (11th House), whose members were in sympathy to the hopes and aspirations (11th House) of subject peoples.[2] Many Fraternal delegates (11th House reference), as Kwame Nkrumah wrote in his invitation letter, were invited to represent their organizations. Notice the many clear affinities, so far, to the 11th House.[3]
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The Aquarian Moon opposed Leonian Pluto. This could be construed as pointing to subject peoples (Moon-Pluto opposition) in Africa and other places (9th House) around the world. The Moon was in the same degree as the nodal axis, thus bringing the critical element of urgency into the proceedings. Cancer was intercepted in the 8th House, another point of tension for the Moon. Mars was co-ruler of the Scorpio Ascendant and in Cancer. These measurements supported the purpose of the meeting: Getting Africa’s house in order.
Fifth Pan-African Congress Vedic Notes
The Moon was waxing in Capricorn in the 3rd House of siblings, which, to my mind represented the fraternal organizations’ brother and sister delegates in attendance. The Moon also resided in Shravana Nakshatra. A Nakshatra is a certain group of stars, within a constellation. This position of the Moon, according to Dr. Dennis M. Harness pointed to the potential of connecting or linking groups together, and in this meeting’s case, to finding the appropriate path, by many discussions and the passing of resolutions, to come up with a strategic plan to accelerate independence. I used the word accelerate because the Lagna Lord is Mars in the 8th House with Rahu. Mars has the most strength in the Kundali (natal chart) and neither it nor Rahu are inclined to gradual approaches.
The Dasa (Cycle) ruler was the Moon, from 10 April 1944 to 11 April 1954. Dasa means cycle. The Moon has been thought to rule African peoples. The Bhukti Dasa (minor cycle )was Rahu, the god of storms, pointing to an insatiable desire to achieve something. Nkrumah’s call for independence now! Infuses the chart. The meeting was organized well and was a general success. Jupiter and Saturn aspected the Moon. Jupiter and Saturn represent social-political themes. The Lagna (Ascendant) was Scorpio and its ruler Mars, in the 8th, also ruled the 6th House, which was aspected by Saturn. These measurements pointed to struggle or more correctly, the sense of struggle. Mars and Saturn represented most difficult energies to control. Anuradha was the Nakshatra or star group the Lagna came under. This Nakshatra has Saturn as the Dasha or ruling planet. Anuradha is called the Star of Success, which comes from personal striving (Saturn) to attain the goal.
[1] Sherwood, Marika, Kwame Nkrumah: the Years Abroad 1935-1947, (freedom Publications, Legon, Ghana, 1996, page 111).
[2] Ibid, (page 124) Taken from an invitation that was sent on 2 October 1945, by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the Regional Secretary of the Pan-African Federation.
[3] Agenda documented date, time and place was sent to me from a library assistant from: Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester Central Library, Lower Ground Floor, St Peters Square, Manchester, M2 5PD