Gonggong the Chinese Water god, Trans-Neptunian Object and Discovery Chart Part 1
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Gonggong was a short-tempered Chinese water god responsible for chaos that led to floods, landslides, and the tilt of the Earth in ancient Chinese legends.
The Gonggong Yod came into 3 degree orb afforded a Yod around mid 2016 when Varuna moved into Leo, however Yods like this are often only highly pronounced when in tight orb, and towards the end of them being in tight orb. On August 2020 to mid 2022, Gonggong at 5 degrees Pisces has been at the apex of the Gonggong Yod in tight orb…
Gonggong is currently at an apex of a Yod from MakeMake in Libra, and Varuna in Leo. Yods carry a strong sense of destiny and focussed energy.
Gonggong is the dragon or demon who is most famous for knocking the planet out of kilter and thus causing the seasons, precession of the equinoxes, and devastating floods. According to some ancient texts, Gong Gong was one of the Three Sovereigns, which, together with the Five Emperors, constituted the mythological rulers of China before the first Xia dynasty. Traditionally they were credited with the foundation of Chinese civilisation and the invention of social, cultural and economic institutions.
The dwarf planet 225088, discovery code “2007 OR10'“ nicknamed ‘Snow White’ was discovered in 2007, and after a naming competition was issued, is named after the Chinese water god Gonggong. At the time of writing, Gonggong is the fifth largest trans-Neptunian object, and the seventh-brightest trans-Neptunian object known, and has an absolute magnitude (H) of 2.34. It is dimmer than Orcus, but brighter than Quaoar. Gonggong is a trans-Neptunian object, and typically, TNOs are further divided into the classical and resonant objects of the Kuiper belt, the scattered disc and detached objects with the sednoids being the most distant ones. Gonggong is in the scattered disc and has an orbit around the sun of 554 years.
The most massive TNO known is Eris, followed by Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Gonggong.
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This article contains information from the second online course about trans-Neptunian and Kuiper Belt Objects.
This information is provided for free due to its importance and significance as many countries are experiencing extreme flooding and millions are reportedly displaced.
Naturally there is going to be a questioning about the astrological significance regarding all the flooding, landslides and chaos due to too much water, but major details are in the paid content of the online course.
This course is about the significant four Yods and the three Hammer of Thor aspect patterns that influences us here on planet earth from 2020 - 2030+.
The new course is all about the strange mixed bag of energies we’ve been having since the start of 2020.
2010 was recorded as the state of Queensland, Australia’s wettest spring since 1900, and the Australian continent's third-wettest year, which is interesting as Neptune first moved into Pisces in April 2011, its watery home sign, while conjunct Gonggong and Chiron, and most astrologers know what that means… lots of water issues… and conjunct Gonggong… watery disaster… Other articles listed in the Gonggong blog also discuss other times of massive flooding when Gonggong and Neptune made some major tight aspect to each other…
The Gonggong Yod is all about the massive chaos caused by floods, too much rain and landslides.
The Sedna Yod is about the respect for people, animals and the natural world being violated and betrayed, and how the natural world can come back to bite. When the WHO announced a global health emergency on 31 January 2020, Haumea in Libra was sextile to Ixion in Sagittarius making a Yod apex on Sedna and malefic fixed star Algol.
The Varuna Yod is about sacred law and order, justice and truth in the cosmos that needs to return.
The Haumea Yod is about the wild abundance and providence of nature that can be created when appropriate governmental structures support benevolence for all.
The MakeMake square Quaoar aspect is about is about the smite that the Hammer of Thor apex makes in Taurus smiting things Taurus, perhaps into oblivion. Curiously, both this Hammer apex and the Sedna Yod makes apexes in Taurus, which is the sign of the bull. Together they are creating massive upset and change in agriculture, the natural world, earth matters, and with cattle; with the recent threat of foot and mouth disease in Australia a great example of the manifestation of this energy. Go to courses for more information.
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According to Wikipedia, Gonggong is a Chinese water god who is depicted in Chinese mythology and folktales as having a copper human head with an iron forehead, red hair, and the body of a serpent, or sometimes the head and torso are human, with the tail of a serpent. He is destructive and is blamed for various cosmic catastrophes. In all accounts, Gonggong ends up being killed or sent into exile, usually after losing a struggle with another major deity such as the fire god Zhurong.
The Chinese dragon is a world recognised symbol of Chinese culture and Chinese folk religion. Gonggong is a water god or monster who terrorised prehistoric China.
Gonggong is known from the late Warring States period (before 221 BC). Gonggong appears in the ancient "Heavenly Questions" (Tianwen) poem of the Chu Ci, where he is blamed for knocking the earth's axis off center, causing it to tilt to the southeast and the sky to tilt to the northwest. This axial tilt is used to explain why the rivers of China generally flow to the southeast, especially the Yangzi River and the Yellow River, and why the sun, moon, and stars move towards the northwest. Literature from the Han dynasty becomes much more detailed regarding Gonggong.
Gonggong was credited in various mythological contexts as being responsible for great floods, often in concert with his minister Xiangliu (a.k.a. Xiangyao), who has nine heads and the body of a snake.
Gonggong was ashamed that he lost the fight with Zhurong, the Chinese god of fire, to claim the throne of Heaven. In a fit of rage, he smashed his head against Buzhou Mountain, one of eight pillars holding up the sky, greatly damaging it and causing the sky to tilt towards the northwest and the earth to shift to the southeast, which caused great floods and suffering.
The goddess Nüwa cut off the legs of the giant turtle Ao and used them in place of the fallen pillar, ending the floods and suffering; she was, however, unable to fully correct the tilted sky and earth and alter their effects on the sun, moon, stars, and rivers in China.
Image: Chinese dragon, symbol of Chinese culture and Chinese folk religion. via Wikimedia Commons.
Mythology, Massive Annual Flooding and Disaster Preparedness.
Below is an image of a farm house on a fertile riverbank. This is a common sight in rural China as the rivers are the lifeblood of those making a living of farming. Farmers, farm infrastructure, and food production are also the most vulnerable, but read more about this in part 2…
To understand why this story is so important to the Chinese people, consider the massive river systems that flood annually, that this year is unprecedented. The video below claims that between June and July 2022, 60,000 people are missing after massive flooding in Guangxi. There had been torrential rain, and the dams had no other choice but to release the massive amounts of water, flooing the lower lying areas.
The massive flooding of China’s rivers is an annual occurrence that many people are used to, and expect, but this is out of the normal range. The frequency and severity seems to be increasing. The government have built some of the world’s most impressive engineering levee banks and diversion schemes to hold off the rising waters, but it is clear that the waters cannot be stopped from flowing where they may, towards the east and south of China in unthinkable amounts.
In the mythological story, “Gong-gong smashed his head against Buzhou Mountain in rage. Buzhou Mountain was thought to be the pillar supporting the sky in the northwest direction and with the smash, the pillar was damaged and could not support the sky any more. As a result, the sky, together with the sun, the stars and the moon all started to tilt towards the northwest while the land started to tilt towards the southeast. Everything started to fall towards the sea, there was a great flood and people on land suffered greatly. The Goddess Nuwa took pity on the people and tried to mend the sky. Though she was unable to do it completely, the situation did get better, allowing people to continue to live on land. It was thought for this reason rivers in China flow towards the southeast, while the sun, the stars and the moon moves towards the northwest.”
How can countries like China find a good balance between hoarding the water in dams for the massive human population, versus releasing it in a timely manner before there is torrential rains inland? It seems like this is mission impossible…
Chinese Dams Slowing the Earth’s Rotation off its Axis?
There are multiple articles and videos on the internet discussing the impact that the ambitious Three Gorges Dam may have on the Earth’s rotation. Dams are built for many essential purposes, like hydroelectricity, irrigation of farm crop, and flood control.
According to this article, the visionary man considered the father of modern China, Sun Yat-sen originally proposed the idea of the Three Gorges Dam all the way back in early 1919. Overthrowing China’s Manchu dynasty in 1922, Sun Yat-sen sparked the revolution that would plant the seeds of what would eventually become the Republic of China. In an article titled, “A Plan to Development Industry”, Sun Yat-Sen proposed the idea of constructing a dam that not only would help control the flooding of the Yangtze River, but also embody China’s “new might.”
There have been many mighty emperors who have built engineering feats to tame the mighty rivers of China, but it would seem that the most visionary of all, would be those ancient cultures, who long ago started the stories of Gonggong; the river god who would tilt the axis of the earth with his anger and might.
The story of Gonggong tells of the water god in ancient China who wanted the throne of heaven, that had been passed on to another called Zhuanxu. According to the story, Zhuanxu was a god who did not care about the mortals and treated the fellow gods poorly. Gonggong and others formed a rebellion, but in the end was forced to accept failure. In his anger, Gonggong smashed the mountain that was thought to be a pillar supporting the sky on the North west direction (the area in China where all the rivers start). Unable to hold the status quo together, the sky, sun, stars and moon all started to tilt towards the northwest, while the land started to tilt towards the southeast. As a result, there was great floods and suffering.
One cannot help but see the similarities in this ancient tale, and the building of the massive dams… and the footage that is currently coming out of China regarding massive flooding.
With a massive Yod in the astrological sky, smack bang exact on Gonggong at 5 Pisces as this article is being written, it is not hard to draw these conclusions… Yods are highly challenging energy…
Had the ancient Chinese cultures who started these stories more insight and wisdom on the future, than the modern day engineers had, when they tried to tame the rivers? It would seem so…
Seasonal flooding of the Yangtze River has been a major cause for concern for the people afflicted by the natural disaster for countless years. The Yangtze River is the third longest river in the world, snaking 6,357 km across Asia.
According to Wikipedia, Gonggong rotates slowly compared to other trans-Neptunian objects, which typically have periods less that 12 hours. The slow rotation of Gonggong may have been caused by tidal forces from its natural satellite, named Xiangliu. It would seem that this mass of water in China - that has a strong pulling influence - matches with the story of Gonggong who tilted the earth, that had consequences of flooding and suffering as result. This article on the engineering feat of having built the Three Gorges Dam, suggests that the secret behind this phenomenon of having slowed down the rotation of the Earth, is inertia. The Three Gorges Dam is massive.
“When the dam is at its maximum, the reservoir holds 42 billion tons of water. A shift in mass that size does affect Earth, increasing the length of a day by 0.06 microseconds.”
According to astrologer Marvin Artley’s website, "…there are some versions of the legend saying that instead of being a tyrant, Gong-gong was actually a good person and leader living in ancient China. It was said that he made major contributions in tending floods and water problems. Apparently, it was he who suggested filling the lowland areas up and building dams on those areas. Apart from tending floods, Gong-gong was also known to make major contributions to farming in China and it was said that he is the second most important figure in ancient Chinese farming, right after Shennong…”
Two Kinds of Earth Tilts?
In Gonggong’s story there is the implication of one kind of earth tilt; which is the geography being affected by the dragon’s anger and smash of the mountain, in effect also causing a greater discrepancy between higher lying mountainous areas and the sea, creating the steeper relief of slopes of greater difference, where the waters rage towards the ocean. See the image below, where the brown and purple areas suggest the significant difference
between higher ground and the surrounding areas. Clearly the waters from the mountain bring great prosperity into China, yet at certain times also great destruction and death. Then there is the more modern reference to the impact mammoth dams have… yet it doesn’t seem certain what kind of impact that this could, or is having, in the bigger picture.
According to Wikipedia, the Earth's axial tilt (obliquity) is currently about 23.4°.
2007 OR10 Gonggong is located in the scattered disc, and it has an orbital period roughly equivalent to that of Eris at 551 years. Its inclination off the ecliptic is only 30.7°, though, which is about 15° less than that of Eris. However, the eccentricity of its orbit is slightly greater than that of Eris, which is 44°.
Gonggong is a scattered disc object with high aphelion (social intelligence). Gonggong is in a 3:10 orbital resonance with Neptune, in which it completes three orbits around the Sun for every ten orbits completed by Neptune.
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