Bastille Day: July 14th 1789

[Jim Eshelman]

Feb 09, 2014

I have been reading a book covering the history of the French Revolution. On Bastille Day July 14th 1789 a furious crowd ran riot on the streets of Paris and stormed the great prison know as the Bastille. This Day in history is recognized as the beginning of France’s Revolution which would culminate years later. Sidereal Mundane Astrology displays some acute angular symbolism with Mars for Paris in 1789.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille_Day

1: Jan 11 1789 Capsolar-- Master Chart of the year: MC 23,23 Sag. Partile 180 Moon 26,14 Gem Mars 26,25 Sag. Mercury 22,16 Sag Mars Midpoint partile conj. MC.

2: July 14th 1789 CapQ 8:30 AM LMT (Bastille Day). Q MC 24,59 Gem, Q Mercury 23,04 Sag Q Mars 26,49 Sag midpoint = Q MC

3: July 7 1789 Caplunar—Master Chart of the Month. MC 10,16 Sc, Mars 11,46 Tau.

4: July 15 1789 Arilunar—Chart of the week. MC 14,55 Tau, Mars 16,59 Tau. Mars partile 45 Sun & Mercury. *It is written 800 men on July 15th began dismantling the Bastille Prison stone by stone.

The Paris Populace was very angry in the month of July 1789.

[Jim Eshelman]

The storming took place, as you say, on July 14,1789, in Paris. It was a little hard to find a time - most sources just said the storming occurred "in the morning" - but I found a reference that the actual push-through was about 1:30 PM. I'll use Paris; but if anyone wants the actual coordinates of the Bastille, they are 48N51'11", 2E22'09".

1: Jan 11 1789 Capsolar-- Master Chart of the year: MC 23,23 Sag. Partile 180 Moon 26,14 Gem Mars 26,25 Sag. Mercury 22,16 Sag Mars Midpoint partile conj. MC.

A fascinating and, surprisingly, it is Neptune - which looks like it's 11° below the Descendant - that keeps it from being dormant. Neptune is actually only 1°56' from setting. It is then joined in the foreground by Mercury (3°14' from the MC) and Moon (6°27' from the IC). Mercury squares Neptune in mundo 1°18'; and I agree with you about the importance of that Moon-Mars 0°11' opposition, which, of course, applies to all parts of the world.

Neptune, as well, as the main feature of the Cansolar, which occurred about half a day before the event (mere hours before the mobs started to congregate). Neptune is 1°49' above the Descendant, with more widely foreground Moon and Saturn plus Sun square the Ascendant (1°43'). The Moon has some fascinating mundane aspects for Paris, as shown by the following Mundoscope longitudes:
-- Pluto 18°12'
-- Moon 21°29'
-- Saturn 23°44'
-- Saturn/Pluto 21°28' (one minute from the Moon!)

3: July 7 1789 Caplunar—Master Chart of the Month. MC 10,16 Sc, Mars 11,46 Tau.

True, though it's more complicated. The bigger picture is:"
-- Uranus 0°34' from Descendant
-- Jupiter 1°07' from Descendant
-- Venus 2°30' from Descendant
-- Mars 4°21' from IC
-- Mercury 7°37' from Descendant
---- Jupiter-Uranus conjunction 0°33' mundo
---- Mercury-Venus conjunction 1°05'
---- Venus-Uranus conjunction 3°04' mundo
---- Venus-Jupiter conjunction 3°37' mundo

It was actually a mostly positive chart, though one apparently explosive for freedom. For example, we have seen Jupiter-Uranus historically for events involving civil liberties and civil rights, and (on the flip side or, rather, the broader symbolic context) for themes of ideological rebellion and conflict. In any case, it was under this that the outbreak began.

4: July 15 1789 Arilunar—Chart of the week. MC 14,55 Tau, Mars 16,59 Tau. Mars partile 45 Sun & Mercury. *It is written 800 men on July 15th began dismantling the Bastille Prison stone by stone.

The Paris Populace was very angry in the month of July 1789.

Yes, Mars 2°19' from the MC (plus Saturn barely foreground). Nice aftermath catch.

2: July 14th 1789 CapQ 8:30 AM LMT (Bastille Day). Q MC 24,59 Gem, Q Mercury 23,04 Sag Q Mars 26,49 Sag midpoint = Q MC

Exactly! Ingress Mars was 1°15' from the CapQ IC at the time the surge began. BTW, speaking of surge beginning, transiting Moon (rarely worth noticing) was just a few minutes more than 1° from the CapQ Descendant.

Additionally, transiting Uranus and Venus were conjunct within 1° of square the Capsolar Ascendant.

The CanQ hadn't really moved from the Cansolar, so Neptune and the sun were still hitting the angles.

Good event!

[Jim Eshelman]

What are striking to me are two aspects of Paris 1789 Capsolar which seems to me to offer par-excellent symbolism for the Bastille event.

1: We see a tight conjunction of Mercury-Mars on Capsolar’s MC with its midpoint partile conj. the MC. Then when we see this Mercury-Mars conjunction progress with its midpoint partile conj CapQ’s IC, the July 14th Bastille incident happens.

2: I can’t help to notice the angular partile 180 of Moon-Mars in the Capsolar, which reminds me of your SSR’s teachings:

It is when angularity and aspect partility coincide that outstanding incidents are most likely to come about.

I realize this 180 Moon-Mars, mundanely, does not classify itself as non-dormant with this Capsolar, but still it seems to be the main aspect which symbolizes the angered Bastille incident, as well as the Mercury-Mars conjunction on the Capsolar’s MC. And then we have the July 7th Caplunar featuring an angular Mars with a partile 60 to Uranus, another excellent symbolic effect for this incident emphasizing your above quoted words. Should we allow these angular partile aspects to be an important part of Sidereal Mundane Astrology’s teachings?

[Jim Eshelman]

The Moon aspect îs going to be important either way, for all parts of the world. It's also localized to Paris, since the Moon is foreground (though Mars is not); and this is a great result, since Moon foreground occurs when "the people" rise up en masse as happened here.

I have more problem with counting the Mercury-Mars aspect, since Mars isn't foreground; and the Moon-Mars (especially in the context of angular Neptune) seems to tell the story. In any case, there was plenty of Mars to go around!