Shenzhou 5 launch

[Jim Eshelman]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_5
Oct 15, 2003, 1:00:03 UT, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center 40N57'38", 100E17'54" (charts for Beijing)
China's first crewed space flight, 14 Earth orbits, 21:23 in space.

NOTE: Possibly Shenzhou 9 is worth investigatin. First Chinese woman in space, first repeated flight, first crewed docking with space station. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_9

Year: Capsolar {+2}
Mercury on Dsc 1°05'
Sun more widely foreground
-- Mercury-Venus sq. 0°18' PVP
-- Sun-Pluto sq. 1°39' PVP
Moon-Pluto op. 1°00'

Bridge {+2}
t Pluto op. Capsolar Moon 6/3-11/16
t Pluto sq. CanQ Moon 8/20-3/5
CanQ Moon-Pluto sq. 9/1-10/29
t Mars conj. Cansolar MC 8/25-9/11, 10/14-10/28
Event window: Sep 1-11, Oct 14-28

Quarter: Cansolar {+3}
Pluto on Dsc 0°07'
Uranus on MC 2°02'
-- Uranus-Pluto sq. 2°08' in mundo
Saturn widely foreground
Moon-Venus sq. 1°04' in mundo
Moon-Pluto sq. 2°36'

Month: Caplunar {+2}
Remember that Sun-Saturn is one of the primary aspects for this category of events. Saturn culminating alone would have been wrong, but the emphatic Sun-Saturn is typical.
Saturn sq. MC 0°03' (2°11' from MC)
Sun on Asc 2°27'
Venus widely foreground
-- Sun-Saturn sq. 0°16'
Moon-Venus sq. 1°31' in mundo

Week: Arilunar {+1}
Venus on Asc 1°22'
Neptune on IC 1°54'
Moon is distantly foreground

Day: Capsolar Transits {+2}
t Pluto op. s Moon 0°02'
t Sun sq. s Asc 0°56'

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {+3}
p Moon-Pluto sq. 0°32'
t Pluto sq. p Moon 0°23'
p Asc op. s Mars 0°01', conj. t Jupiter 0°51'
-- t Jupiter op. s Mars 0°50'
p EP op. s Uranus 0°30', t Mars 1°26'
-- t Mars conj. s Uranus 0°03'
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t Mars conj. s MC 1°43'

[Jim Eshelman]

This is much better than either of the other two I've checked today. It makes sense: This event is China's equivalent to some of the key thresholds of the original U.S. vs. U.S.S.R. race.