Transits to U.S. relocated chart for big local events

[Jim Eshelman]

In another post, I highlighted a 1950 Donald Bradley article showing that events across the U.S. - when of national importance - were commonly shown by transits to the U.S. chart relocated to the site of the event.

These observations were all made in the Tropical zodiac without correction for precession, so I want to re-do them. For objectivity, I want to use events already selected - every event in the 17th edition of my book, Sidereal Mundane Astrology, which occurred in the U.S. Some of these will be merely local events, but I'm going to assume on principle that anything large enough to make the cut for the book was "of national importance."

Anybody should feel free to add any other events to this thread - I'm limiting myself on principle to the events already selected.

Again, to be clear: I am using the U.S. chart for July 4, 1776, 12:10:43 PM LAT, Independence Hall in Philadelphia, 39N56'56" 75W09'00". I am then relocating this to the site of each event and looking at transits to its angles at the time of the event. I will check all U.S. events in the catalogue but, to simplify the report below, will not list any that have no contacts at all. (Their absence here will document that they had no contacts.)

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Bath School Disaster {-2}
Bath, MI: t Venus sq Asc 56'
(r Saturn on local Vx in longitude but not mundanely)

Beirut barracks bombing {0}
33N49'45" 35E29'41": t Mercury sq Asc 58', t Moon on IC 1°23'

USS Cole bombing {+1}
12N45 45E12: t Uranus on EP-a 58', t Mercury on Z 12'

World Trade Center bomb 1993 {+2}
40N42'41" 74W00'43": t Neptune on IC 38', t Uranus on IC 1°03', t Venus on Dsc 20' [op. r Saturn 48'

These aren't all that impressive and there are too many missing altogether that I thought should show, such as the Oklahoma City bombing.

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Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion {+2}
41N1'37" 81W38'56": t Saturn on Z 0°10'

Deepwater Horizon explosion {+1}
28N44'17" 88W21'57": t Pluto on N 1°11' [op r Venus 45']
(I'll give it a point even though non-partile since it is the correct symbolism and also opposes Venus for a significant ecological disaster.)

Pepcon disaster {?}
36N02'15" 115W02'05": No transits.
Natal Uranus was 0°09' from MC for this longitude.

South Amboy explosion {?}
South Amboy, NJ: t Neptune on Asc 1°39', t Venus on Dsc 51', Venus-Neptune op 48'

Three Mile Island nuclear accident {+2}
40N09'12" 76W43'31": t Pluto on EP 1°10' [co r Saturn 31']
For this location, r Saturn is 39' from EP.

These are better, but still not great. They do start to show some promise, though. It's clear that we can't expect this for every local event, though - judgement has to be on how accurate the transits are when they do happen to occur.

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I expect this to be the make-or-break section since fires always respond better (and clearer) than any other category. Let's see how it goes.

Blackwater fire {+2}
44N25 109W44: t Neptune on Asc 54'

Ghost Ship fire {+2}
37N46'40" 122W13'37": t Neptune on Dsc 25'

Great Chicago Fire {+2}
Chicago, IL: t Saturn on IC 1°20' [op r Venus 6']

Great Fire of 1910 {+2}
Haugan, MT: t Mars on EP 58'

Great Spokane Fire {+1}
Spokane, WA: t Pluto on MC 1°21' [I wish it were closer]

Hartford Circus fire {+2 at least}
41N47'42" 72W40'28": t Venus on Z 25' [sq r Saturn 01'!], t Mercury on MC 29'

Iroquois Theater fire {+2}
41N53'05" 87W37'43": t Neptune on Z 50' [co r Venus 11']

Ohio Penitentiary fire {+1}
39N58'03" 83W00'30": t Saturn on IC 1°23', t Uranus on WP 1°58', Saturn-Uranus sq 35'
(I'll give +1 because they're within 2°, but I wish they were closer. For the time the fire started, the MC was nearly identical to the US relocated MC, and Saturn-Uranus were precisely angular.)

Peshtigo Fire {+2}
Peshtigo, WI: t Saturn on IC 1°16' [op r Venus 8']

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire {+2}
40N43'48" 73W59'43": t Neptune on MC 12'
(Though Vx hasn't been showing well for these and is often contradictory, I should mention that t Mars was sq L Vx 16', i.e., on NP.)

Winecoff Hotel fire {+2}
Atlanta, GA: t Neptune on EP 20'

These are fantastic! The consistency of the Neptune presence is stunning (and most of the rest are Saturn). This is quite a strong demonstration of the accuracy of the time.

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Ellicott City flood {+3}
Ellicott City, MD: t Uranus on Z 43' [co r Sun 7'], t Jupiter on Dsc 31' [sq r Sun 19'], t Neptune on WP-a 35', t Moon on Asc 15' [sq r Sun 35']

Great Vermont flood {+2}
Montpelier, VT: t Pluto on Z 4' [sq r Saturn 12']

Kelly Barnes Dam
33N36'01" 83W21'44":

Vanport Flood {+1}
Vanport, OR: t Sun-Moon sq 4' and 19' from angles (at least drew attention but not strong)

Those that had hits were pretty good, the Ellicott City flood being fantastic. There were not many hits, though,

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Baby Jessica Saved {+2}
Midland, TX: t Uranus on IC 13' [op r Mars 37']
(At Midland, r Mars 23' from MC, r Neptune 46' from Asc, Mars-Neptune 23' mundo for the site of America's drawn-out anxiety event)

Woodstock
41N42'03" 74W52'48": t Jupiter on WP-a 37'

Both good!

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Galveston Hurricane {+3}
Galveston, TX: t Neptune co MC 9', Saturn on IC 47', Saturn-Neptune op. 38'

Great Blizzard of 1888 {+2}
New York City: t Uranus co Asc 18' [co r Saturn 10']

Hurricane Andrew {+2}
Homestead, FL: t Uranus on IC 41'

Hurricane Camille {+2}
Bay Saint Louis, MS: t Jupiter on EP-a 12'`
(Jupiter could go either way by itself. This time it had other transits to the same chart including Neptune square r Moon and Mars op r Uranus.)

Okeechobee Hurricane {-2}
West Palm Beach, FL: t Venus on EP-a 12' [sq r Sun 9']
(The negative score is based on the transit to the local angle only. In this case that may be unfair, since transiting Sun at 0°33' Virgo and t Mars 29°02' Taurus exactly triggered the U.S. natal Mars-Neptune square along with other partile transits [t Ur-r Ve, t Me-r Sa].)

Sea Islands Hurricane {+2}
Savannah, GA: t Saturn co Asc 13'

These are quite exceptional! SO far, fires and hurricanes have the strongest showing (as they usually do).

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I'm ignoring all those that occurred in Washington, DC (which rules out several).

Pres. Gerald Ford shooting {+2}
San Francisco, CA: t Neptune on Nadir 57'.

Moscone & Milk murders {+1}
San Francisco, CA: t Sun on IC 35'
(Sun put focus on the city and was "leader" symbolism, though by itself it doesn't say much. It does accompany t Pluto conj r Saturn 44'. It probably doesn't serve +2.)

Robert Kennedy murder {-2}
34N03'35" 118W17'50": t Venus co Zenith 7'
(Simultaneously, t Uranus co r Neptune 7' - the idealism he carried and perhaps the shattering of it.)

These are mixed. The angle crossings weren't the main features.

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Austin Tower shootings {+1}
30N17 97W44: t Saturn on Dsc 1°34' (a little wide)

Charleston AME Church shootings {+2}
32N47'14" 79W55'59": t Pluto on IC 12', t Moon on MC 9', Moon-Pluto op 21'

El Paso Walmart shootings {+2}
31N46'54" 106W23'27": t Neptune on WP-a 24', t Moon on EP-a 46', Moon-Neptune op 1°10'

Gunfight at the OK Corral {+1 at least}
31N42'50" 110W04'03": t Uranus on Asc 1°01'

Oak Creek Sikh Temple shootings {+2}
42N54'29" 87W54'39": t Pluto on IC 16', t Uranus on WP-a 27'

San Ysidro McDonalds shootings {+2}
San Ysidro, CA: t Uranus on IC 20'

Sandy Hook shooting {+2}
41N25'12" 73W16'43": t Mars on IC 26'
(The U.S. chart has Saturn within 1° of Ascendant for Sandy Hook's location.)

Simpson-Goldman murders {+1 at least}
Brentwood, CA: t Saturn on Dsc 1°26' [sq r Uranus 21']

St. Valentine's Day massacre
41N55'15" 87W38'16": t Uranus on Dsc 32' [sq r Venus 7']
(Other transits to the U.S. chart were formidable, including Pluto sq r Saturn 22', Mars co r Mars 28', Sun co r Moon 48', and even Moon sq r Mercury 25'.)

Virginia Beach shootings {+1}
36N45'03" 76W03'27": t Saturn on IC 1°34'

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Monongah Mine Disaster
39N27'34" 80W12'57": t Neptune on MC +1°31' [co r Sun 42'], t Uranus on Nadir 14'

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Great Alaskan Earthquake {+1}
61N03 147W29: t Saturn on Dsc 1°20'

Long Beach earthquake {+2}
33N37 118W11: t Neptune on EP +30', t Mars on EP -36', t Venus on Dsc 43'

Olympia earthquake {+2}
47N06 122W42: t Saturn on EP-a 0°01'

San Francisco earthquake {-2}
San Francisco, CA: t Jupiter on Zenith 11'
(The negative score is for the angle transit only. Other simultaneous transits were better: t Neptune co r Jupiter 10' [Mercury-Neptune sq to Jupiter], t Uranus op r Jupiter 47', t Saturn sq r Uranus 40'.)

[Jim Eshelman]

I haven't yet done Tornados, uprisings, vehicular issues, volcanoes, or war and peace events (which are mostly not on American soil so of questionable value in this particular thread).

I think these establish that - as a nontrivial but secondary factor - transits to localized U.S. angles are parts of some kinds of events, especially fires and hurricanes. This is only possible if the time of the chart is correct.