London Dock Strike of 1889

[Jim Eshelman]

One of the first large showing of the power of labor unionization was a Port of London strike beginning August 14, 1889. A hundred thousand dock workers demanded wage increases.

Year: Capsolar
This seems much more violent than I understand the event to have been.
Saturn sq. Asc (1°34')
Mars on IC (2°46')
Venus on IC (2°12')
Moon on WP (0°26')
Pluto on Dsc (5°23'), Neptune wider
-- Moon-Venus sq. (1°15')
-- Venus-Pluto sq. (2°30')
-- Ve/Ma on IC (0°17')
-- Mars-Pluto sq. (1°27')

Bridge
t. Pluto sq. Capsolar MC all year
t. Neptune sq. Capsolar MC 7/1-11/15
EVENT WINDOW: July 1 to November 15

Quarter: Cansolar
(This occurred one day before the strike.)
Saturn on MC (0°26')
Moon-Pluto sq. (2°41' in mundo)

Month: Caplunar (Dormant.)

Week: Liblunar
Mercury on Asc (1°19')
Mars on Asc (5°24' above)
Sun on Asc (7°27' below)
Moon-Saturn sq. (2°07' in mundo)

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits
p. Asc op. p. Mercury (1°), s. Mercury < 1°
p. MC sq. t. Venus < 1°
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t. Neptune sq. s. MC (1°00')
t. Pluto sq. s. MC (1°25')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits
p. Asc sq. t. Mercury (1°)
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(t. Sun or Mars might have been within 2° orb of Cansolar angles, depending on time of day)


SUMMARY
Year (+2): Moon Venus Mars Saturn (Neptune Pluto). Moon-Venus Ve/Ma Venus-Pluto Mars-Pluto.
Bridge (+2): Neptune Pluto (Cap).
Quarter (+2): Saturn. Moon-Pluto.
Month: (Dormant.)
Week (+2): Mercury (Sun Mars). Moon-Saturn.
Day (Capsolar): Mercury Venus (CapQ, 0). Neptune Pluto (transits, +2).
Day (CanQ, 0): Mercury.