Cuban Missile Crisis

[Jim Eshelman]

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a threshold event in the Cold War. You likely know about it and, if not I recommend you read Robert Kennedy's excellent small book on the subject, Thirteen Days, or watch the unusually faithfully done movie.

It stretched from October 16-28, 1962. Though occurring near, and named after, Cuba, it was most critical for the United States and the Soviet Union.

Some individual date bullet points:

Oct 15. A CIA team reviewed U-2 photos and saw what they believed were ballistic missiles. The State Department was notified at 8:30 PM.
Oct 16, morning. Pres. Kennedy is notified. At 6:30 PM, Kennedy convened NSC and others to discuss.
Oct 18. Kennedy met with Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Oct 19. By now, U-2 fly-overs confirmed four operational missile sites. U.S. military was put on high alert to enforce a blockade of Cuba and be ready to invade Cuba on no notice.
Oct 22, 3:00 PM, Kennedy formed an NSA executive committee. At 5:00 PM he met with Congressional leaders. (The Russian ambassador concurrently briefed Kruschev.) At 7:00 PM Kennedy addressed the nation on TV, disclosing the missile discovery and proclaiming the Kennedy Doctrine.
Oct 24, 9:24 PM Kruschev telegram to JFK, received10:52 PM, refusing U.S. demands.
Oct 25, 1:45 AM, JFK responded to Kruschev. Later, at United Nations, U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson confronted the Soviet Ambassador in open session with the photographic evidence.
Oct 25, 1:00 PM a secret negotiation occurred, the Soviets reaching out to a U.S. reporter, seeking an opportunity for a diplomatic solution.
Oct 26, 6:00 PM State Dept. received a "very long and emotional" message allegedly from Kruschev. As it was being translated, the back-channel message through the reporter was conveyed at 6:45 PM.
Oct 27 12:12 AM. U.S. informed NATO allies that the fuse was very short. 6:00 AM CIA memo confirmed the four missile sites were fully operational. 9:00 AM EDT a Kruschev broadcast to the Soviet Union began. At 11:03 AM a new Kruschev message was received in Washington reiterating his proposed resolution. During the day, a U-2 was shot down and other U.S. planes were fired on. Complex, layered negotiations continued. 8:05 PM JFK's carefully forged response was delivered to Kruschev. A secret agreement was reached.
Oct 28 9:00 AM EST. Kruschev publically announced an agreement had been reached.

The U.S. blockade of Cuba was officially lifted November 20, 1962, 6:45 PM EST. Nuclear missiles that had not been covered in the agreement were voluntarily removed from Cuba by the Soviets on November 22, 1962 (coincidentally, one year exactly before Kennedy's murder).

[Jim Eshelman]

October 16-28, 1962 for the United States (Washington, DC). Though examining the entire period, I want to mark the public sense of the event as October 22, 1962, 7:00 PM, when President Kennedy addressed the nation.

Year: Capsolar
(Dormant.)
Moon-Neptune op. (1°39')
Moon-Jupiter sq. (1°17')
-- Jupiter-Neptune sq. (0°22')

Year: Cansolar
Mars on Asc (2°21')
Pluto sq. Asc (1°13')
Jupiter sq. Asc (2°46')
-- Ma/Ju (0°12')
-- Jupiter-Pluto op. (3°59', really pushing the orbs a bit)
Moon-Sun op. (2°42')

Bridge
t. Pluto conj. Capsolar IC 8/12-1/14
t. Pluto sq. Cansolar Asc 7/17-10/27
OVERLAP: Aug 12 to Oct 27

Quarter: Libsolar (Oct 17, 10:05 PM)
Moon (1°02')
Uranus on IC (6°26')
Jupiter on MC (7°35')
-- Jupiter-Uranus op. (0°58')

Month: Caplunar
Pluto sq. Asc (1°13')
Moon-Mars op. (3°27', a bit wide)

Week 1: Arilunar (Oct 13)
Neptune sq. Asc (0°15')
Jupiter sq. MC (1°44')
[Uranus sq. MC is too wide, Jupiter-Uranus op. is 0°34']
Saturn on Asc (4°06')
Mars on Dsc (6°17')
-- Mars-Saturn op. (2°11' in mundo)

Week 2: Canlunar (Oct 20, 0:30 AM)
Mars on Asc (0°41')
Saturn on Dsc (1°39')
-- Mars-Saturn op. (0°36')
Moon-Sun sq. (2°05')
-- Sun on IC (6°34')
-- Moon on Asc (7°36')
-- Mo/Su (0°31')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits
t. Pluto conj. s. IC (0°18')
NOTE: CapQ Asc opposed ingress and transiting Pluto within 2° October 18-22.

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits
p. Moon op. p. Sun (0°55')
p. Asc op. t. Jupiter (0°36')
p. Asc conj. t. Uranus (1°56')
p. MC op. t. Venus (0°09'), sq. t. Moon (0°28'), sq. s. Uranus (0°51')
-- t. Venus sq. s. Uranus (1°00'), t. Moon conj. s. Uranus (0°23')
--------------------------
t. Pluto sq. s. Asc (1°53')


SUMMARY
Year (Capsolar): (Dormant.) Moon-Jupiter-Neptune.
Year (Cansolar): Mars Pluto (Jupiter). Moon-Sun Mars/Jupiter (Jupiter-Pluto).
Bridge: Pluto (Cap). Pluto (Can).
-- Quarter: Moon (Jupiter Uranus). Jupiter-Uranus.
Month: Pluto. (Moon-Mars).
-- Week 1 (Arilunar): Jupiter Neptune (Mars Saturn). Mars-Saturn.
-- Week 2 (Canlunar): Mars Saturn (Moon Sun). Moon-Sun Mo/Su Mars-Saturn.
Day (Capsolar): Pluto (CapQ). Pluto (transits).
Day (Cansolar): Moon Venus Jupiter Uranusx2 Moon-Sun (CanQ). Pluto (transits).

[Jim Eshelman]

October 16-28, 1962 for the USSR (for Moscow). Though examining the entire period, I want to mark the public sense of the event as October 22, 1962, 7:00 PM, when President Kennedy addressed the nation.

Year: Capsolar
Moon-Neptune op. (1°39')
Moon-Jupiter sq. (1°17')
-- Jupiter-Neptune sq. (0°22')

Bridge (None.)

Half-year: Cansolar
Jupiter on WP (0°38')
Pluto on EP (1°32')
-- Jupiter-Pluto op. (0°57' in RA)
Moon-Sun op. (1°52' in mundo)

Quarter: Libsolar (Oct 18, 5:05 AM)
Mercury on Asc (2°25')
Moon on MC (9°53')

Month: Caplunar
(Technically dormant, but barely. Let's go with it...)
Neptune on Dsc (3°07')
Pluto on Dsc (3°21')
-- Neptune-Pluto conj. ((0°14' in mundo)
Moon on MC (4°50')
-- Mo/Pl (0°44')
-- Mo/Ne (0°52')
Venus on Dsc (8°33')
Moon-Mars op. (3°27', a bit wide)

Week 1: Arilunar (Oct 13)
Mars on Asc (2°57')
Saturn on Dsc (6°55')

Week 2: Canlunar (Oct 20, 0:30 AM)
Sun on Asc (2°00')
Neptune sq. MC (1°54')
Mars on MC (7°10')
Saturn on IC (6°41')
-- Mars-Saturn (0°29')
Moon-Sun sq. (2°05')
Moon-Mercury (0°32' in mundo)

Day: Capsolar Quotidian
p. MC sq. p. Mars (0°15')
p. Asc op. p. Mercury (1°55')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian
p. Moon op. p. Sun (0°55')

SUMMARY