Siege of the U.S. Capitol [Uprising]

[Jim Eshelman]

(Reorganized from scattered posts January 6.)

At 3:59 PM Eastern, NY Times reports that the National Guard is being deployed to Washington, DC after the pro-Trump mob swarmed the capital, vandalizing, breaking windows, some injuries.

To put this afternoon in perspective: The first and second people in line of succession for the U.S. presidency were evacuated to safety by the Secret Service when supporters of the current seated president (literally calling the shots from a "We will not concede!" rally in front of the White House) stormed the U.S. Capitol, soon before the National Guard was mobilized to the capital city. - At least 2021 has more action scenes than 2020! (I said it would be a more active year.)

This being an unprecedented event in this country, let's give it a full workup. Using the 2:16 PM event (as good a time as any)...

UPDATE 2/21/21: When writing about this in the future, a slightly different time seems appropriate. The first Proud Boys contingent headed from the rally to the Capitol at 10:58 AM and a crowd built up over the next couple of hours. At 12:51 PM, apparently on a signal, the crowd rushed the fences and broke through two minutes later: At 12:51 PM, Pluto was 0°28' past MC, Mars was 0°13' past EP, and Uranus 2°53' above Asc in mundane square to Pluto. Also, Moon was mundanely opposite the exactly angular Mars 0°42', even though they were almost 9° apart in longitude. In the future, I will use 12:51 as the starting time.

Year: Capsolar {+3}
(An exceptional example of how the Capsolar remains the master chart describing all sorts of individual events all the way to the end of its year.)
Uranus on MC 0°16'
Mercury on MC 3°03'
Sun, Saturn, & Pluto more widely foreground
-- Saturn-Pluto conj. 0°15'
-- Saturn-Uranus sq. 1°30' mundo
-- Sun-Saturn conj. 1°53'
-- Uranus-Pluto sq. 1°55' mundo
-- Sun-Pluto conj. 2°08'
-- Sun-Uranus sq. 2°15' mundo
-- Sun-Mercury conj. 3°14'

Bridge {+2}
t Mars conj. Capsolar EP Jan 5-13

Quarter: Libsolar {+3}
Sun on WP 0°46'
Uranus on Asc 1°03'
Pluto on MC 1°07'
Mercury on Dsc 1°19'
Moon, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, & Saturn more widely foreground
-- Uranus-Pluto sq. 0°05' mundo
-- Me/Ur on horizon 0°08'
--- -- Mercury-Uranus op. 1°25'
-- Sun-Mars op. 0°09' mundo
-- Mars-Jupiter sq. 0°31'
-- Sun-Saturn sq. 0°36'
-- Moon-Mercury conj. 0°42'
-- Sun-Jupiter sq. 0°58' mundo
-- Moon-Uranus op. 2°07
-- Moon-Saturn sq. 2°12' mundo
-- Mercury-Pluto sq. 2°27' mundo
-- Sun-Pluto sq. 2°30'
-- Mars-Pluto sq. 2°42'
-- Saturn-Pluto conj. 3°06'
-- Jupiter-Pluto conj. 3°13'
-- -- Ju/Sa on MC 0°37'
-- -- Mo/Su on Dsc 0°58'

Month: Caplunar {+1}
Sun on Dsc 1°14'
Mercury more widely foreground
-- Sun-Mercury conj. 1°48'
Moon-Pluto conj. 0°29' mundo

Week: Canlunar {+1}
Neptune on IC 0°01'
Venus sq. MC 0°44'
-- Venus-Neptune sq. 1°12'
-- Moon-Neptune sq. 2°38' PVP
Moon-Pluto op. 0°52'
Moon-Mars sq. 2°04'
Moon-Saturn op. 3°18' mundo

Day: Capsolar Transits {+2}
t Mercury conj. s MC 0°02'
t Mars conj. s EP 1°44'

Day: Cansolar Quotidian {+2}
p EP op. s Neptune 0°26'


ADDENDUM Jan 8: As Steve pointed out today, the real showpiece for this event was the AriQ. The LibQ also added a bit. Sticking with the 2:16 PM time for consistency:

Day: Arisolar Quotidian {+3}
t Mars sq. p Moon 0°42'
p MC sq. s Mars 0°13'
p Asc conj. t Sun 0°35'
p EP conj. t Jupiter 1°27'

Day: Libsolar Quotidian & Transits {+2}
p Asc sq. t Mars 0°52'
p MC sq. t Sun 1°42'
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t Uranus conj. s Asc 1°21'
t Moon sq. s MC 0°13'
p Moon-Mercury conj. 0°47'

[Jim Eshelman]

Some people I know have suggested that the mob in Washington a week ago was, more or less, a bunch of crazy kids out for selfies and some mischief. I could dig out dozens of news links saying otherwise, but this clip from night before last summarizes it all quite compactly - and with much appreciated humor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bds-DQlZvVs