September 2023 Events

[Jim Eshelman]

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[Jim Eshelman]

September 8, 2023, 22:11:02 UT, 31N03'52'', 8W23'27''
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Marr ... earthquake

Magnitude 6.8. Near Ighil in the Atlas Mountains. Characterized as "devastating" by the media. At least 2,500 deaths (and another 2,500 with injuries). Villages in the Atlas Mountain foothills are in ruins. People in Marrakech slept in the streets through the weekend for safety.

Taglines: "strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake in Morocco" and deadliest Moroccan quake since one that inspired a Garth Allen column in 1960. It is being labelled the Marrakesh-Safi Earthquake.

The quake occurred a few minutes after Uranus rose, with Moon partile square Mars (but also an angular Venus-Jupiter square).

Year: Capsolar {0}
Sun on Z 0°02'
Moon more widely angular
-- Sun sq non-foreground Uranus 1°03' M, co Pluto 3°04'
Moon-Pluto sq 1°50'

Bridge {+1 at least}
t Pluto op CanQ Moon 0°13'

Quarter: Cansolar {+3}
Saturn on Asc -0°46'
Mars on Dsc +0°58'
Venus widely foreground
-- Ma/Sa = horizon 0°06'
-- -- -- Mars-Saturn op 1v43' M
Moon-Pluto op 0°32'
Moon-Sun co 1°31'

Month: Caplunar {+2 at least}
Sun on EP-a 0°08'
Saturn on WP-a 0°23'
-- Sun-Saturn op. 0°15' (in RA)
Moon-Pluto co 3°15'

Week: Arilunar {+2}
(Showing the news coverage and logistical operations - then comes Mercury-Pluto!)
Mercury on Asc 1°47'
Sun more widely angular
-- Mercury-Pluto op 1°03' PVP [azimuth op]]

Day: Capsolar Quotidian {+2}
p MC co t Mercury 1°54', sq s Mars 1°15'

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {+1}
t Pluto op p Moon 0°13'
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t Sun sq s MC 0v15'

[Jim Eshelman]

September 11, 2023, hour unknown, Derna, Libya (32N45'49", 22E38'10")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Daniel

I'm just catching up on this event, having now seen some aftermath news reports. I'm just starting to piece it together...

Storm Daniel aka Cyclone Daniel is descried as "the deadliest and costliest Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone ever recorded" (and the deadliest worldwide since 2008). It affected Greece, Bulgaria, and Turkey on September 4, bringing "extensive flooding" causing massive, expensive damage - the worst recorded storm in Greek history.

But Libya was hit hardest, not only by furious rains but with two dams burst near the port city of Derna causing at least 11,300 deaths (but 100,000 still missing). One-fourth of the city was obliterated. Entire neighborhoods were carried into the sea by flood waters. I'm looking for the time of the dam collapses as the best moment-place for this. The two dams were the Derna Dam and Mansour Dam.

The storm dissipated by September 12 after causing at least 11,326 deaths (but estimated as 18,000-20,000), with many thousands still missing and over US$2.14 billion in damages.

As I can't find a time for the dam bursts (even Al-Jazeera didn't have it), I'll use noon.

Year: Capsolar {+2?}
Venus on MC 0°11'
Mars on Asc 0°27'
Uranus on EP 0°56'
-- Venus-Mars sq 0°17' M
-- Moon-Mars sq 0°32' PVP
-- Venus-Uranus sq 0°34'
-- Moon-Venus sq 1°54' PVP
Moon-Pluto co 1°50'

Bridge {+2}
t Neptune sq Cansolar Asc 0°51'
t Jupiter sq Capsolar MC 0°24'

Quarter: Cansolar {+1}
Sun on N 1°57'
-- Sun sq non-foreground Uranus 2°04' M
Moon-Sun co 1°31'
Moon-Pluto 2°21' M

Month: Caplunar (Dormant.) Moon-Pluto [Moon-Eris 0°04'].
Week: Canlunar (Dormant.) Moon-Pluto.
Week: Arilunar (Dormant.) Moon-Pluto.
Week: Liblunar (Dormant.)

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {+1 / +2 = +2}
(Technically shows flood - the Jupiter is getting points for the massive RAIN, but I don't thik it can be the whole story.)
p Asc sq t Neptune 1°58'
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t Jupiter sq s MC 0°24'

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits
p MC sq t Mercury 1°17'
Over the next several days, Q2 Asc moved across t Saturn.
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t Neptune sq s Asc 0°51'
t Sun op s Moon (0°19')

[Patrick Machado]

Early this month my state (Rio Grande do Sul) went through the second largest natural disaster in its history. An extratropical cyclone advanced through the region, leading to heavy rainfall, winds, and devastating floods. Almost 100 municipalities and 350,000 people were affected, including nearly 50 deaths. The state of Santa Catarina was also hit.

I'm fine. The state capital, where I live, went relatively unscathed (e.g., no reported deaths).

Though it was (and is) a multi-day affair, the date for the formation of the cyclone is September 4. I've used Porto Alegre (30S01'58", 51W13'48") as location for simplicity, as well as the most affected town, Muçum (29S09'54", 51W52'04"). A lot of Pluto throughout the charts.

[Jim Eshelman]

First, we're all really glad you weren't hurt or badly affected.

The 2023 Rio Grande de Sul floods now has its own Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Rio_ ... Sul_floods
It as much less information than you gave. Formation date of the cyclone isn't very helpful: The best data are date, time, and place where it first makes landfall, or the data for when it struck the place most tragically hit.

You said the cyclone formed on September 4 and that it hit your area earlier this month. "Formation" is usually quite a bit (days and often weeks) before landfall. When did it hit? Using September 4 for Mucum (just to see how the solar and lunar ingresses were converging), I see the Pluto you mentioned plus a violent surprise in the Capsolar:

• CAPSOLAR (Year): Mars closely conjunct IC (and the worldwide Moon-Pluto square).
• CANSOLAR (Quarter): Worldwide, this chart has a New Moon opposite Pluto. This is angular for the area, with Moon and Pluto across EP/WP in RA (Pluto closest).
• CAPLUNAR (Month): Moon is again closest, falling in the exact minute of EP. It's in partile mundane conjunction with Pluto (which, however, is not itself angular).
• ARILUNAR (Week): Pluto is just over 1° from WP-a and opposite a non-foreground Venus. In disasters, this can mean loss of life but often more describes loss of community, with damage to homes etc.

[Patrick Machado]

So, September 4 is the date of the peak of the storm. I've read it described multiple times as the date of the formation of the cyclone, so I relayed it as such, but it was indeed when the heavy hitting occurred (i.e., what matters). At least once I've read something like between the 3rd and the 4th, but between the 4th and 5th was when the severity of the situation was firmly and widely established. That's consistent with some sources specifying the night of September 4, though the weather was already fierce during daytime.

September 4 is the unambiguous date for the disaster.

ARILUNAR (Week): Pluto is just over 1° from WP-a and opposite a non-foreground Venus. In disasters, this can mean loss of life but often more describes loss of community, with damage to homes etc.

Indeed: over 25,000 people (state-wide) lost their homes. Muçum itself was damaged to the point that its mayor said that it "no longer exists."