Kamala's Destiny

Kamala means "lotus" or "pale red" in Sanskrit. In Sanskrit this is a transcription of both the feminine form कमला and the masculine form कमल, though in modern languages it is only a feminine form. This is the name of one of the Krittikas, or Pleiades, in Hindu epic the Mahabharata. It is also another name of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, luxury, beauty, fertility, and auspiciousness. She holds the promise of material fulfilment and contentment. She is described as restless, whimsical yet maternal, with her arms raised to bless and to grant.

The Perseid meteor shower, one of the most popular meteor showers of the year, faced some competition from the moon in 2020, during its peak. The shower peaked with the most number of meteors during the late evening hours of August 11 and early morning hours of August 12 -- which coincided with the last quarter moon phase, or a bright half moon.

Originally scheduled to be held July 13–16, 2020, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, the convention was postponed to August 17–20, 2020, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the United States. 

In Kamala Harris' vice-presidential nomination acceptance speech on the third night of the convention, Kamala Harris declared that she and Biden will, if elected, tackle issues facing the United States, including racial injustices. Harris provided an autobiographical summary of her life and career.

When Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president, she thanked her chitthis, the word for aunties in Tamil, a language of South India — not in Hindi, the official language of the country.

Back on October 16, 2018, I wrote of "Twilight Language in Andy Thomas' Paintings." 

I point out that the painting that CNN found on display at the White House (see here), shows the "first female President."

Considering that Vice President-elect Kamala Harris may be that individual, the predictive painting seems all the more on target. 

Kamala Harris' frequent outfit ~ white under a dark suit ~ are reflected in both versions, Republican and Democratic, of Thomas' paintings.

When the new President and Vice President are sworn in on January 20, 2021, Joe Biden will be 78 years of age, and Kamala Harris will be 56 years of age.

Kolkata Overpass Collapses

At least 17 have been killed when an overpass collapsed near Kolkata (which was formerly called Calcutta), India on March 31, 2016. Over 100 people are injured and over 100 are missing. 

One of the meanings of Kolkata is "field of the goddess Kālī."

Kālī, is the Hindu goddess associated with empowerment, or shakti. She is the mighty aspect of the goddess Durga. The name of Kali means black one and force of time, she is therefore called the Goddess of Time, Change, Power, Creation, Preservation, and Destruction. Her earliest appearance is that of a destroyer principally of evil forces. Source.

Kali is associated with a tradition of carrying heads. Why?

There are several traditions of how Kali came into existence. One version relates when the warrior goddess Durga, who had ten arms each carrying a weapon and who rode a lion or tiger in battle, fought with Mahishasura (or Mahisa), the buffalo demon. Durga became so enraged that her anger burst from her forehead in the form of Kali. Once born, the black goddess went wild and ate all the demons she came across, stringing their heads on a chain which she wore around her neck. It seemed impossible to calm Kali’s bloody attacks, which now extended to any wrongdoers, and both people and gods were at a loss what to do. Fortunately, the mighty Shiva stopped Kali’s destructive rampage by lying down in her path, and when the goddess realised just who she was standing on, she finally calmed down. From this story is explained Kali’s association with battlegrounds and areas where cremation is carried out. Source.

Tridents and heads. Kali's most common four armed iconographic image shows each hand carrying variously a sword, a trishul (trident), a severed head, and a bowl or skull-cup (kapala) catching the blood of the severed head.