1956 U.S.A. Capsolar

[Jim Eshelman]

Because it's come up a few times, I thought I should do a permanent workup for the site of the 1956 Capsolar for Washington, DC, which was extremely complex - as complex as this year's, with some similarities and some differences. For one thing, it had angular both classic malefics and both classic benefics, though in different proportions.

After I post this, everyone should feel free to post observations about what happened in the U.S. in the 12 months beginning January 15, 1956, 2:29:44 AM EST, Washington, DC.

Mars on EP-a 0°23'
Saturn on EP-a 0°39'
Venus on IC 0°54'
Moon sq. Asc 0°50'
Jupiter on MC 3°54'
Pluto on MC 5°02'

-- Jupiter-Saturn sq. 0°02'
-- Mars-Saturn conj. 0°16' in RA
-- Mars-Jupiter sq. 0°33'
-- Venus-Pluto op. 0°56'
-- Jupiter-Pluto conj. 1°07' mundo
-- Saturn-Pluto sq. 2°05'
-- Mars-Pluto sq. 2°39'
-- Venus-Jupiter op. 3°00' mundo

Moon-Mercury conj. 3°36' mundo

In short, Mars-Saturn square Juputer-Pluto, with Jupiter-Pluto also opposite Venus.

Though having no impact in the U.S., this was also the year of Uranus square Neptune 0°13', the closest they got in any Capsolar during the several years of the aspect. In some parts of the world this was angular and would be expected to foster some extreme and unusual events. Places Uranus-Neptune was angular include Mexico in particular, the central U.S. (along the eastern border of NM & Colorado, and across the Plains States), western Africa (especially Algeria); Europe from northern Italy (Piedmont), through Munich, near Prague and western Poland, etc.; near Karachi in Pakistan and straight down the middle of India.

Sorting the benefics from the malefics around the world is difficult - they are interlocked - but I notice the following:

For Venus-Jupiter, think Ecuador, Colombia, Peru; Bangladesh (then East Pakistan), Burma, Malaysia, Sumatra, Perth; but especially, on MC, right down the middle of both Germany and Italy (were there significant post-war events there that singled out 1956?) and many parts of Africa. Crete, Turkey, and the western edge of the Black Sea in general. Of very great importance, Venus-Jupiter was in close orb of the horizon for Moscow, as it was in the newly churning fire zone of French Indochina, i.e., the modern nations of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.

For Mars-Saturn angular, some areas are going to match: Germany and Italy are again here, those two WW II aggressors being at the heart of everything important in this map. Whereas Venus-Jupiter cut through both countries, too, Mars-Saturn cut right through Berlin and Rome! These also touch Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru, Burma, Malaysia, and Sumatra, the heart of Africa and that line through Crete, Turkey, Bulgaria, etc. along the western Black Sea coast, and French Indochina, especially what was then called Saigon.

[Jim Eshelman]

A few of those other cities that may prove interesting:

Moscow: Venus 1°18' above Asc, Jupiter 1°15' below Dsc, Venus-Jupiter op. 0°03' mundo.

Saigon: Mars sq. MC 0°00', Saturn sq. MC 0°34', Jupiter on IC 0°08', Pluto on IC 1°40', Venus near MC. Mars-Saturn conj. 0°05' mundo, Venus-Pluto op. 0°56', Jupiter-Saturn sq. 0°02', etc.

Berlin: Venus on EP 0°27', Uranus on Dsc 1°38', Moon rising 23°39', Mars-Saturn on MC mundane square rising Sun etc. If anything really big happened in Germany that year, this chart should be broken out in detail!

[SteveS]

Jim wrote:

Because it's come up a few times, I thought I should do a permanent workup for the site of the 1956 Capsolar for Washington, DC, which was extremely complex...

Indeed! Even when I go back and look at the main events in 1956, its difficult for me to fit the main symbolic themes of this Capsolar with its main events. Elvis Presley was introduced to the US on the Ed Sullivan Show and captured the US by storm from a culture standpoint--- I want to associate this with the angular Venus-Pluto theme.