January 2025 events

[Jim Eshelman]

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[Jim Eshelman]

Jan 1, 2025, 3:15 AM CST, New Orleans @ 29N57'22" 90W04'04"

A few days before Marion and I fly to New Orleans, the city is in a somber mood after a terrorist attack in the French Quarter, beginning at Canal and Bourbon during a New Year celebration, has killed 15 people and injured at least 35 others.

A man drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people at the historic, usually festive intersection. The truck had firearms and an Islamic State jihadist flag. In a gunfire exchange with police, he was killed, bringing the casualties to 16. The event is being investigated as a lone wolf terrorist attack.

I am curious whether this constitutes a mundane event or only a personal event. I suspect the former because it has cast a very dark shadow over the mood of the city. The event took place as the 17' Mars-Pluto opposition was joined by Moon. Venus and Uranus were on angles.

The charts are adequate, perhaps better. The Bridge takes an ongoing Neptune transit to Cansolar angles and adds the first day of a CapQ Moon-Mars square. The Cansolar adds Saturn 0°01' from an angle to the Neptune transit, but then also brings Jupiter (festivities? religious fervor?) into the mix, which compromises it a bit. The ingresses are not fabulous, although the Libsolar does give the basic message.

Year: Capsolar {-1}
[Sun-Jupiter, of course, is entirely wrong, it's only claim to fitting is that this occurred during a festive celebration. But the Moon aspects are dead on, so the -2 score is softened to -1.]
Jupiter Asc 1°23' [Eris 6' away mundo]
Sun MC 2°47'
-- Sun-Jupiter sq 1°24'
Moon-Mars 0°18' M
Moon-Neptune 0°25' M
Moon-Venus sq 2°54'

Bridge {+2}
t Neptune sq Cansolar MC -0°57'
CapQ Moon sq s Mars 1°00'

Quarter: Libsolar {+2}
[We even manage a close Uranus-Pluto square, which throws us back to the constant terrorist attack era of the late Obama administration - nearly always marked by Ur-Pl. If this had Saturn for the tone of the city, or if Mars were closer to the angles, I'd give it +3.]
Moon Asc 0°11'
Pluto Z 0°31'
Sun Dsc 2°34'
Mercury & Mars more widely foreground
Plenty of Eris involved in the aspects also
-- Sun-Mars sq 1°56'
-- Uranus-Pluto sq 1°59' M
-- Mercury-Mars sq 2°29' M
-- Moon-Pluto sq 2°37'
-- Moon-Sun op 2°44' M
-- Su/Me on angle 0°57'

Month: Caplunar (Dormant.)
Week: Liblunar (Dormant.) Moon-Mars Moon-Pluto.

Week: Canlunar {?}
Venus EP 0°16' [Eris N 0°21']
Mars WP-a 1°09'
Moon & Pluto more widely angular
-- Venus-Uranus sq 2°48' M
-- Moon-Pluto op 3°17' M
-- Mars-Pluto op 3°35' M
-- Venus-Mars op 3°43'

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {+2}
t Neptune sq s MC -0°57'
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p Asc co t Saturn 0°01'
p MC co t Jupiter 0°29', s Jupiter 0°58'

Day: Capsolar Quotidian {+1}
p Moon sq s Mars 1°00'
p MC co t Sun 0°28'

[Jim Eshelman]

Began January 7, 2025, 10:30 AM PST, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, CA

News source were calling last night Los Angeles' "night of terror" with hurricane-like winds of at least 99 mph driving the eruption and spread of multiple fire, especially in the Pacific Palisades and Pasadena areas. I'll check this more carefully when I get home (we live comfortable distances from both fires) but, in a vulnerable Capsolar-Libsolar setup, I did see that the LA Caplunar had the Mars-Pluto opposition across the horizon. The Arilunar from two days ago is Mercury-Neptune driven (confusion, disorientation, logistics-heavy but mixed messages and confused signals).

The Palisades Fire is being listed as starting January 7. Wikipedia says it was first reported January 7 10:30 AM PST.

LATER: This has now earned the title "LA's worst fire ever." Only five people have died so far, but the amount of property damage is enormous, with over two thousand buildings lost and large sections (especially of the Pacific Palisades) wasted entirely (perhaps $50 billion in damages) . Over 180,000 people are under mandatory evacuated orders thus far (including about half of Santa Monica). Air quality in the entire LA basin is terrible, reaching serious health-threatening levels.

The fire was first sighted as Mercury crossed MC and Neptune rose. Significant concurrent aspects were Mars opposite Pluto and Jupiter square Saturn.

Year: Capsolar {+2}
[California always has severe - especially Neptune-driven - Capsolars showing reactions to fires, earthquakes, and floods.]
Moon Asc 1°08'
Neptune Asc 1°17'
Mercury & Saturn barely foreground
-- Moon-Neptune co 0°09' M
-- Saturn sq middleground Venus 1°098' M
Moon-Venus sq 2°54'

Bridge {+2}
t Neptune sq s MC 0°26'

Quarter: Libsolar {+2 at least}
Saturn Asc 0°37'
Jupiter IC 2°41'
Neptune widely foreground
-- Saturn-Neptune sq 0°06' p
-- Jupiter-Saturn sq 2°04' M
-- Moon/Mars on horizon 0°18'
-- Moon/Pluto on Dsc 0°35'
Moon-Pluto sq 2°37'
Moon-Sun op 2°53' M

Month: Caplunar {+2}
[The Moon-Jupiter is strange - possibly referring to the celebrities involved but, in any case, keeping this clean, obvious Caplunar from getting +3.]
Pluto Dsc 2°49'
Mars Asc 3°23'
Moon & Sun more widely foreground
-- Mars-Pluto op 0°34' M
Moon-Jupiter sq 0°07' p

Week: Arilunar {+2}
Mercury Asc 0°45'
Sun EP 0°17'
Moon & Neptune widely foreground
-- Mercury-Neptune sq 1°23'

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {+2}
t Neptune sq s MC 0°26'
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p Asc co t Saturn 0°27'
p MC co s Venus 0°50'

Day: Cansolar Quotidian {+2 at least}
p MC co t Uranus 0°03'
p Asc sq s Uranus 0°14', s Mars 0°49' (= Ma/Ur 18')

[staragewiz]

Caplunar LA Fires
12/31/24
Mars 1st house angular opp. Pluto 7th house angular
With the Moon on the 7th cusp. Moon gives energy and emotion to the Mars opp. Pluto aspect.Explosive mayhem and destruction fits Mars/Pluto symbolism.

[Jim Eshelman]

Caplunar LA Fires
12/31/24
Mars 1st house angular opp. Pluto 7th house angular
With the Moon on the 7th cusp. Moon gives energy and emotion to the Mars opp. Pluto aspect.Explosive mayhem and destruction fits Mars/Pluto symbolism.

Agreed. The Mars-Pluto is right on target (after a perfect Capsolar and Libsolar setup). Then Saturn came to Capsolar Quot8d8an Ascendant the day it hit, along with Mars-Uranus to Can solar Q Asc.

[SteveS]

No doubt about it LA’s 12/31/2024 Caplunar with the angular Mars-Pluto 180 symbolized the monthly time frame for the terrible destruction from these LA wildfires.

But, If we allow for LA’s 2024 Cansolar angular Mars-Uranus cnj as a Mars-Uranus “outstanding incident” symbolized, we see a most interesting DAILY CanQ with LA’s 2024 Cansolar cnj Mars-Uranus on LA's CanQ Zenith for the start of these devastating fires on Jan 7 2025.

LA’s DAILY Jan 7 2025 CanQ Chart:
https://ibb.co/hmTZKSD

Jim wrote from his SMA book on angular Mars-Uranus symbolism:

“Fire + explosion” and “surprise attack” are recurring themes. The Kiss Nightclub fire began with pyrotechnics. Literal explosions have levelled much of a city with Mars-Uranus impact.

[Jim Eshelman]

Yes, the Capsolar Quotidian and Cansolar Quotidian were both remarkably precise and fitting for this. (See details above.)

[SteveS]

Its surreal Jim what I am seeing happening in the LA area with these wildfires. Can you tell yet how these devastating wildfires may affect your near future?

[Jim Eshelman]

Probably nothing at all EXCEPT living with the smoke for a while. That is potentially health-damaging, but we've minimized it by being out of town for the worst. Since I'll spend most of each day in climate controlled buildings, that will reduce it. But the smoke is still a problem until the fires are out and either rain or wind flushes the basin.

[SteveS]

Good, as long as there are no economic short term repercussions.

[Jim Eshelman]

Good, as long as there are no economic short term repercussions.

Nothing significant. I mean... we're spending a few extra days on the road before going back into town tonight, and that always costs a bit, but that's all. (Not bad for Mars crossing my Jupiter-Uranus yesterday.)

[Jim Eshelman]

Jan 13, 2025, 12:19:32 UT, near Miyazaki, Japan @ 31N48'22'', 131E33'55''

Originally reported as 6.9. Tsunami warning issued then withdrawn. No reported serious damage in the press so far (one injury, some water pipe and road damage).

Saturn and Venus were setting square Jupiter on MC when it occurred. The quake was close to a full Moon suggesting that tidal pressures were part of the picture.

A few quick notes - haven't checked the quotidians which, of course, are important - not expecting a lot since there is little human impact, but a big quake...

CAPSOLAR. Saturn IC 0°22. I actually expected this because we're in the last day or two of the Capsolar and we've seen quakes before that had a bad Capsolar and - on the last day - had the quotidians come back around to the same planets. Whew.

LIBSOLAR. Venus 0°06' from EP and some Uranus. Not a great chart for this (unless you take it as "nobody was really hurt").

CAPLUNAR. Saturn 2°10' from Asc with some Mercury and Pluto. The exactly angular Saturn is in 0°23' PVP square to Neptune.

ARILUNAR. Neptune setting 0°12', Mercury IC 2°00', Mercury-Neptune square foreground and another Saturn-Neptune PVP square, this time with the Neptune angular instead of the Saturn.