Solunars by Aldebaran Sidereal Academy

I'm going to take another crack at tornadoes. When I studied them before, I focused on the strongest (all F5 category). Based on those results and other kinds of disasters, I think I should, instead, look at the highest death toll.

Tornadoes are particularly difficult to study because they tend to cover very large areas, sometimes travelling hundreds of miles. This makes it difficult to find a single time and place. I've tried, in the list below, to identify the place of highest impact and damage (generally highest loss of life). I have the 10 deadliest tornadoes in world history, and a couple of extras that were nearly as bad and had good data.


WORST TORNADOES BY DEATH TOLL
The 10-15 deadliest tornadoes for which I can get at least a specific place and date

1. Daulatpur-Saturia Tornado
April 26, 1989, 18:25 LT, Dhaka, Bangladesh (from Daulatpur to Saturia)
$1.5M in damages, about 1,300 deaths
Deadliest in world history

2. Great Tri-State Tornado of 1925
March 18, 1925
695 deaths
Deadliest in U.S. history, longest ever recorded in the world
Reached from SE Missouri into SW Indiana
Other tornadoes the same day in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Alabama, and Kansas
Beginning in Ellington, MO at 12:40 PM, it reached to Petersburg, IN
First fatality 1:01 PM near Ellington, MO
Obliterated Gorham, IL at 2:26 PM
234 people died in Murphysboro, IL (the highest concentration in one place), where a mile-wide swath was cut that essentially obliterated the town (contact at 2:34 PM)

3. Manikganj, Singair, & Newabganj, Bangladesh
April 17, 1973, No time found, these are parts of Dhaka
681 died (unofficially over 1,000). In particular, the village of Balurchar was completely destroyed.

4. 1969 East Pakistan Tornado
April 14, 1969, Dhaka, Bangladesh – no time given
660 deaths

5. Grand Harbour of Malta Tornado (Valletta)
September 23, 1551 (some sources say 1556), Grand Harbour, Malta
600 deaths (deadliest in European history)

6. Magura & Narail Districts, Bangladesh
April 11, 1964
500 deaths (maybe as high as 1,400), seven villages obliterated
In particular, everyone in the village of Bhabanipur (400) died

7. Sicily Tornado
December 8, 1851 near Marsala, Sicily
Date seems uncertain: One source says early December or possibly late November; but the reporting of the tornado dated from December 8
500 died - the area worst hit was Castellamare (half the town was destroyed, about 200 people died)

8. Madaripur & Shibchar, Bangladesh
April 1, 1977, Madaripur & Shibchar (all buildings & trees were destroyed in these two cities)
500 deaths

9. 1984 Ivanovo Tornado Outbreak
June 9, 1984
Belyanitsky, Ivanovo, & Balino, Russia
400 deaths
Tornadoes were reported from as early as 9L00 AM. This, the largest and deadliest, originated at 11:30 AM south of Ivanovo

10. Great Natchez Tornado
May 7, 1840,shortly before 1:00 PM, Natchez, MS
317 deaths (maybe as many more slave deaths, but these weren’t counted)
$1.26M in damages, 2nd deadliest in U.S. history; many of the deaths were further along its path

April 26, 1989, 6:25 PM LT (Zone -6), Dhaka, Bangladesh (from Daulatpur to Saturia)
$1.5M in damages, about 1,300 deaths
Deadliest in world history

Dhaka is 23N45, 90E24. Daulatpur is 23N58 and 89E50. Saturia is 23N58, 90E02. They're all in essentially the same spot, so I'll use Dhaka (which also is the national capital, and appropriate for such a national disaster).

Reaction: Wow, this is pretty damn good for the worst tornado in history! (Lunar ingresses aren't worth much.)

Year: Capsolar {+3}
Mars on Dsc (2°27')
Moon on Dsc (2°42')
Sun is more widely foreground
Moon-Mars conj. (0°15' in mundo)
Moon-Sun sq. (2°29')
Sun-Mars sq. (2°54')

Saturn-Neptune PVP conj. (2°43')
Moon-Saturn PVP square (1°45')
Moon-Neptune PVP square (2°41')
Mars-Saturn PVP square (1°32')
Mars-Neptune PVP square (2°28')

Bridge {+3}
t Uranus sq. Cansolar MC 1/23-7/3
t Neptune op. Cansolar Asc 3/7-5/23
t Saturn op. Cansolar Asc 3/4-6/13
Event window: March 7 to May 23

Quarter: Aries (Dormant.) Moon-Pluto sq. (0°56' in mundo)

Month: Caplunar {0}
Moon on IC (0°22')

Week: Liblunar {-2}
Jupiter on WP (1°16')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {+2}
p MC conj. t Pluto (1°57'), conj. s Pluto (1°06')
p EP conj. s Mercury (0°31')
p Asc sq. p Moon (1°15')
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t Sun op. s EP (0°58')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {+3}
\p MC conj. t Saturn (0°13'), t Neptune (1°21')
---------------------------------
t Saturn op. s Asc (0°05')
t Neptune op. s Asc (1°39')
t Uranus sq. s MC (0°12')


SUMMARY
Year (+3): Moon Mars (Sun). Moon-Sun Moon-Mars Moon-Saturn Moon-Neptune Sun-Mars Mars-Saturn Mars-Neptune Saturn-Neptune.
Bridge (+3): Saturn Uranus Neptune (Can).
Quarter: (Dormant.) Moon-Pluto.
Month (0): Moon.
Week (-2): Jupiter.
Day (Capsolar, +2): Moon Mercury Pluto (CapQ). Sun (transit).
Day (Cansolar, +3): Saturn Neptune (CanQ). Saturn Uranus Neptune (transit).

March 18, 1925, 2:34 PM CST, Murphysboro, IL
695 deaths (deadliest in U.S. history, longest ever recorded in the world)
Reached from in Ellington, MO (12:40 PM) to Petersburg, IN
Other tornadoes the same day in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Alabama, and Kansas
Obliterated Gorham, IL at 2:26 PM
234 people died in Murphysboro, IL (the highest concentration in one place), where a mile-wide swath was cut that essentially obliterated the town (contact at 2:34 PM)

Saturn and Neptune were on angles (Saturn sq. Asc very close) as the twister hit Murphysboro. Moon had just left a partile opposition to Pluto, and a Moon-Mercury-Pluto T-square had been active for several hours and, as shown below, played a big role in the final timing. Overall, my impression from these first two (deadliest) tornadoes is that Neptue (chaotic, spinning, madness Neptune) is the main player.

Year: Capsolar {+2}
Neptune sq. Asc (0°57')
Saturn very widely foreground
-- Saturn-Neptune sq. (0°12' in mundo)

Bridge
t Neptune sq. Capsolar Asc 1/14-9/2
t Neptune conj. Cansolar Asc 12/21-7/16
Event window: January 14 to July 16

Month: Caplunar (Dormant.)
Week: Liblunar (Dormant.)
(But the three most angular, surely hitting the region, were Mars, Saturn, Neptune)

Week: Canlunar {+1}
Pluto conj. MC (3°03')
Jupiter more widely foreground

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {+2}
p Asc sq. s Mars (0°08')
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t Neptune sq. s Asc (0°42')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits
p. MC op. t Pluto (1°03'), conj. t Moon (0°12')
p Asc sq. s Sun (1°50')
------------------------------------
t Neptune conj. s Asc (0°08')


SUMMARY
Year: Neptune (Saturn). Saturn-Neptune.
Bridge: Neptune (Cap). Neptune (Can).
Month: (Dormant.)
Week: (Dormant.)
Week (Canlunar): Pluto (Jupiter).
Day (Capsolar): Mars (CapQ). Neptune (transits).
Day (Cansolar): Moon Sun Pluto (CanQ). Neptune (transits).

April 17, 1973, No time found (use noon), Dhaka
681 died (unofficially over 1,000). In particular, the village of Balurchar was completely destroyed. Notice that all of these cities in Dhaka province are in the same degree of longitude and latitude as Dhaka proper.

A Full Moon occurred that evening, so the tides were more extreme. The most acute aspect of the day was a Mercury-Pluto opposition. Best estimation (without a time) is that Moon had entered Libra. Notice that these charts, though generally responsive and descriptive, don't have the sharpness and consistency of the two prior examples.

Year: Capsolar (Dormant.)
Year: Cansolar (Dormant.) - But Sa & Ne were closest

Bridge (None.)
Quarter: Arisolar (Dormant.) Moon-Saturn sq. (0°59' in mundo)

Quarter: Libsolar {+1}
Jupiter-Pluto sq. (0°06')
-- Jupiter on Dsc (0°39')
-- Pluto sq. Asc (0°47') [conj. Mars 1°18' mundo]
Venus more widely foreground
Mercury-Jupiter PVP square (0°02'')

Month: Caplunar {+2}
Sun on Dsc (0°05')
Pluto on EP (1°07')
Venus more widely foreground
-- Venus-Pluto op. (1°35')
-- Sun-Venus conj. (3°08')
Moon-Uranus sq. (2°39' in mundo)

Venus-Mars PVP conjunction (0°06')
Sun-Saturn PVP square (0°23')
Mars-Uranus PVP opposition (0°28')
Saturn-Neptune PVP opposition (0°28')
Sun-Neptune PVP square (0°24')
Venus-Uranus PVP opposition (0°34')
Sun-Mars PVP square (0°45')
Sun-Uranus PVP opposition (0°48')
Sun-Venus PVP conjunction (1°22')
Uranus-Pluto PVP square (2°15')
Venus-Neptune PVP opposition (2°44')
Mars-Neptune PVP opposition (2°50')
Venus-Saturn PVP conjunction (3°12')
Mars-Saturn PVP conjunction (3°18')
Uranus-Neptune PVP conjunction (3°18')
Saturn-Uranus PVP opposition (3°46')

Week: Liblunar {+2}
Pluto sq. MC (1°57')
Moon, Sun, Venus, Pluto are more widely foreground
-- Sun-Venus conj. (2°23' in mundo)
-- Sun-Pluto op. (2°54')
Moon-Mars sq. (1°29')
Moon-Pluto conj. (1°29' in mundo)
Moon-Uranus conj. (2°22' in mundo)

XTRA: Non-angular Uranus conj. Pluto 0°53' in mundo

Day: Capsolar Quotidian {+2}
p Asc op. t Saturn (0°10')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian
p MC conj. s Neptune (0°42')
p Asc op. p Mercury (0°47'), s Mercury (1°13')


SUMMARY
Year (Capsolar): (Dormant.)
Year (Cansolar): (Dormant.)
Bridge: (None.)
Quarter: (Dormant.) Moon-Saturn.
Quarter (Libsolar): Jupiter Pluto (Venus). Mercury-Jupiter Jupiter-Pluto.
Month: Sun Pluto (Venus) Moon-Uranus Sun-Venus Sun-Mars Sun-Saturn Sun-Uranus Sun-Neptune Venus-Mars Venus-Saturn Venus-Uranus Venus-Neptune Venus-Pluto Mars-Saturn Mars-Uranus Mars-Neptune Saturn-Uranus Saturn-Neptune Uranus-Neptune Uranus-Pluto.
Week: Pluto (Moon Sun Venus Pluto). Moon-Mars Moon-Uranus Moon-Pluto Sun-Venus Sun-Pluto (Uranus-Pluto).
Day (CapQ): Saturn.
Day (CanQ): Mercury Neptune.

April 14, 1969, Dhaka, Bangladesh – no time found (use noon)
660 deaths

This one has the charts getting back on track, resembling the first two and slightly more like classic hurricane charts (but without the rain element).

Year: Capsolar (Dormant.)

Year: Cansolar {+1}
Neptune on WP (0°27')
Jupiter sq. Asc (1°07')
Moon-Mars sq. (1°03')
Moon-Sun sq. (2°29' in mundo)

Bridge
t Saturn conj. CanQ Moon March 24 to April 15

Month/Week: Caplunar {+2}
Mars sq. Asc (0°54')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian {+2}
p Asc conj. p Moon (0°32')
p MC sq. t Mars (1°18')
[t Mars is also on Capsolar IC for some parts of afflicted area]

Day: Cansolar Quotidian {+3}
p MC conj. s Neptune (0°49')
t Saturn conj. p Moon (0°56')


SUMMARY
Year (Capsolar): (Dormant.)
Year (Cansolar): Jupiter Neptune. Moon-Sun Moon-Mars.
Bridge: Saturn (Can).
Month/Week: Mars.
Day (CapQ): Moon Mars.
Day (CanQ): Neptune Moon-Saturn.

September 23, 1551 (some sources say 1556), Grand Harbour, Malta
Use noon in lack of an available time, and do calculations for Valletta, and presume 1551
600 deaths (deadliest in European history)

Year: Capsolar {+1}
Moon on Dsc (2°21')
Uranus sq. MC (0°45')
Mars very widely foreground
Moon-Sun sq. (2°44')
Moon-Uranus PVP square (1°23')

Bridge {+2}
t Uranus sq. Capsolar MC (0°19')

Quarter: Cansolar (Dormant.)

Quarter: Arisolar {+1}
Pluto sq. Asc (1°58')
Moon-Neptune sq. (0°28' in mundo)

Month: Caplunar {0}
Jupiter on EP (1°09') [sq. Mars 1°12' mundo]
Venus sq. Asc (0°29')
Neptune sq. Asc (0°43')
-- Venus-Neptune op. (1°12')
Saturn more widely foreground
-- Venus-Saturn sq. (1°57' in mundo)
Moon-Mars sq. (2°29')

Week: Arilunar (Dormant.)

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {+1/+2}
p MC sq. p Mars (0°22'), s Mars (0°37'), p Venus (1°00'), s Venus (1°55')
p EP conj. p Venus (0°25'), s Venus (1°25'), p Mars (1°13'), s Mars (1°30')
-----------------------------
t Uranus sq. s MC (0°19')
t Sun sq. s MC (0°26')
-- t Sun-Uranus conj. (0°45' - at noon)

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {0/+1}
p Asc conj. t Jupiter (1°42') [sq. t Mars partile]
----------------------------------------
t Mercury sq. s MC (0°29')

For comparison, we need to check the other year (since historic records are mixed).
September 23, 1556, use noon, Valletta, Malta

I must say that I am quite convinced that this, and not the earlier year, is the correct year. Look especially at the lunar ingresses and daily indicators!

Year: Capsolar {-1}
Sun on WP (0°21')
Venus sq. MC (0°57')
-- Sun-Venus conj. (1°54' in mundo)
Uranus sq. Asc (1°42') [sq. Mars 2°09' mundo]

Bridge {+2}
t Neptune sq. Capsolar Moon 5/21-11/16
t Saturn conj. Capsolar MC 5/9-6/25, 8/29-10/22
Event window: May 21-Jun 25, Aug 29-Oct 22

Quarter: Cansolar {+1}
Moon on MC (0°33')
Mercury sq. Asc (1°26') [sq. by Saturn 0°36' mundo]
-- Moon-Mercury sq. (0°01')
Uranus very widely foreground
-- Mercury-Uranus sq. (2°12')

Month: Caplunar {+2}
Mars on Dsc (0°33')
Pluto sq. MC (0°25')
Jupiter & Neptune widely angular
Moon-Neptune sq. (0°50' in mundo)
-- Mercury-Mars PVP square (0°39')

Week: Arilunar {+3}
Mars on Asc (1°59')
Neptune sq. Asc (1°43')
-- Mars-Neptune sq. (0°10')
Pluto more widely foreground
-- Neptune-Pluto sq. (2°28' in mundo)

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {+2/+2 = +3}
p Asc conj. t Saturn (1°06'), sq. p Venus (1°26')
-- t Saturn sq. p Venus (0°20')
----------------------------------------------
t Saturn conj. s MC (0°18')
t Neptune sq. s Moon (0°25')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian {+2}
p EP conj. s Uranus (0°19')
p Asc op. t Saturn (0°53')
p MC sq. s Saturn (0°13')


SUMMARY
Year: Sun Venus Uranus. Sun-Venus (Mars-Uranus).
Bridge: Saturn Neptune (Cap)
Quarter: Moon Mercury (Uranus). Moon-Mercury Mercury-Uranus (Mercury-Saturn).
Month: Mars Pluto (Jupiter Neptune). Moon-Neptune Mercury-Mars.
Week: Mars Neptune (Pluto). Mars-Neptune Neptune-Pluto.
Day (Capsolar): Venus Saturn Venus-Saturn (CapQ). Saturn Moon-Neptune (transit).
Day (CanQ): Saturn x2, Uranus.

April 11, 1964, no hour found (use noon), in Magura & Narail Districts, Bangladesh
For a location central to Magura and Narail, use 23N20, 89E27, Zone -6
500 deaths (maybe as high as 1,400), seven villages obliterated
In particular, everyone in the village of Bhabanipur (400) died

Year: Capsolar (Dormant.) Moon-Mars conj. (1°39')

Year: Cansolar {+1}
Sun on Dsc (1°11')
Mercury & Neptune wider foreground
-- Mercury-Neptune sq. (1°08' in mundo)
-- Sun-Uranus PVP sq. (1°32')
Moon-Pluto sq. (0°06')

Bridge
t Saturn conj. Capsolar MC April 6-August 29

Month/Week: Caplunar {+2}
Pluto on Dsc (2°06')
Mars on Asc (4°02')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {+2}
p MC sq. t Saturn (1°21')
p EP op. s Venus (0°30')
----------------------------------
t Saturn conj. s MC (1°30')
t Venus conj. s EP (0°36') [sq. t Uranus partile]
-- t Venus-Saturn sq. (0°21' in RA)

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {-2/+1: -1}
p Asc op. t Jupiter (0°01'), sq. p Mercury (0°15')
-- t Jupiter sq. s Mercury (0°16')
------------------------------------------
t Mercury op. s MC (0°20')


SUMMARY
Year (Capsolar): (Dormant.) Moon-Mars.
Year (Cansolar): Sun (Mercury Neptune). Moon-Pluto Sun-Uranus Mercury-Neptune.
Bridge: Saturn (Cap).
Month/Week: Pluto (Mars).
Day (Capsolar): Venus Saturn (CapQ). Venus Saturn Venus-Saturn (transits).
Day (Cansolar): Mercury Jupiter Mercury-Jupiter (CanQ). Mercury (transit).

December 8, 1851, no time found, near Marsala, Sicily
Date seems uncertain: One source says early December or possibly late November; but the reporting of the tornado dated from December 8
500 died - the area worst hit was Castellammare (half the town was destroyed, about 200 people died)

There is some question about the date. This probably won't affect anything until the final day. We'll run with it as if December 8 is known to be accurate. I will use Castellammare, 38N02, 12E53, CET.

Year: Capsolar {0}
Venus sq. Asc (1°14')
Neptune more widely foreground
-- Venus-Neptune sq. (2°33' in mundo)

Year: Cansolar {+2}
Moon on Asc (0°22')
Neptune sq. MC (0°50')

Bridge
t Neptune sq. CapQ Moon Oct 27-Dec 26

Quarter: Libsolar (Dormant.) Moon-Mercury sq. (2°19')

Month: Caplunar {+2}
(November 26: The event was surely in this month)
Sun on IC (0°15')
Neptune on Dsc (1°20')
-- Sun-Neptune sq. (1°05' in mundo)

Week: Arilunar {+2}
(I do think the original reported date is correct: This Dec 4 chart seems just right.)
Uranus sq. Asc (0°43')
Pluto sq. Asc (2°32')
-- Uranus-Pluto conj. (1°49')
Mars very widely foreground
Moon-Saturn conj. (3°08')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits
(This is surely the correct day, or within a day of it; the CapQ is amazing.
p Asc sq. s Pluto, probably s Uranus, and t Saturn & Pluto (not quite t Uranus)
p EP is op. t Mars
t Neptune sq. p Moon (0°37')
--------------------
t Sun sq. s Asc

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits
p Asc conj t Mars, sq t Jupiter
p MC conj s Uranus, Saturn


SUMMARY
Year (Capsolar, 0): Venus (Neptune). Venus-Neptune.
Year (Cansolar): Moon Neptune.
Bridge: Neptune (Cap).
Quarter: (Dormant.) Moon-Mercury.
Month: Sun Neptune. Sun-Neptune.
Week: Uranus (Mars Pluto). Moon-Saturn Uranus-Pluto.
Day (Capsolar): Mars Saturn Uranus Pluto Moon-Neptune (CapQ). Sun (transit).
Day (CanQ): Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus.

April 1, 1977, no hour found, Madaripur & Shibchar
(all buildings & trees were destroyed in these two cities)
500 deaths

They are very close. I will use Madaripur

Year: Capsolar {+1}
Mercury on IC (1°38')
Mars and Pluto are more widely foreground
-- Mercury-Mars conj. (2°40')
Moon-Jupiter op. (2°14')

Moon-Sun-Venus-Saturn-Uranus-Neptune
Sun-Venus-Jupiter-Saturn-Uranus-Neptune:
Sun-Uranus PVP op. (0°00')
Venus-Jupiter PVP conj. (0°20')
Sun-Venus PVP conj. (0°23')
Venus-Uranus PVP op. (0°23')
Jupiter-Saturn PVP op. (0°29')
Moon-Saturn PVP conj. (0°32')
Sun-Jupiter PVP conj. (0°43')
Jupiter-Uranus PVP op. (0°43')
Venus-Saturn PVP op. (0°49')
Sun-Saturn PVP op[. (1°12')
Saturn-Uranus PVP conj. (1°12')
Moon-Venus PVP op. (1°20')
Moon-Neptune PVP op. (1°34')
Moon-Sun PVP op. (1°43')
Moon-Uranus PVP conj. (1°43')
Saturn-Neptune PVP conj. (2°06')
Jupiter-Neptune PVP op. (2°35')
Venus-Neptune PVP op. (2°55')
Sun-Neptune PVP op. (3°18')
Uranus-Neptune PVP conj. (3°18')

Bridge (None.)

Month: Caplunar {+2}
Pluto sq. Asc (0°05')
Moon on EP (0°38')
Venus more widely foreground
-- Venus-Pluto op. (0°10' in mundo)
Moon-Venus sq. (0°06')

Week: Canlunar {+2}
Saturn sq. MC (0°15')
Uranus on IC (0°48')
-- Saturn-Uranus sq. (0°55')
'Moon-Mercury sq. (0°45' in mundo)

Day: Capsolar Quotidian {0}
p Moon-Jupiter op. (0°46')
p Asc conj. s Neptune (-1°50'), sq. p Venus (+1°54')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian {-2}
p MC op. s Jupiter (1°02')


SUMMARY
Year: Mercury (Mars Pluto). Moon-Sun Moon-Venus Moon-Jupiter Moon-Saturn Moon-Uranus Moon-Neptune Sun-Venus Sun-Jupiter Sun-Saturn Sun-Uranus Sun-Neptune Mercury-Mars Venus-Jupiter Venus-Saturn Venus-Uranus Venus-Neptune Jupiter-Saturn Jupiter-Uranus Jupiter-Neptune Saturn-Uranus Saturn-Neptune Uranus-Neptune.
Bridge: (None.)
Month: Moon Pluto (Venus). Moon-Venus Venus-Pluto.
Week: Saturn Uranus. Moon-Mercury Saturn-Uranus.
Day (CapQ): Venus Neptune. Moon-Jupiter.
Day (CanQ): Jupiter.

June 9, 1984, 11:30 AM, Ivanovo, Russia
Belyanitsky, Ivanovo, & Balino, Russia
400 deaths
Tornadoes were reported from as early as 9:00 AM. This, the largest and deadliest, originated at 11:30 AM south of Ivanovo

Year: Capsolar {?}
Mercury (2°51')
Jupiter & Neptune are more widely foreground
-- Jupiter-Neptune (0°46')
-- Mercury-Neptune conj. (1°48')
-- Mercury-Jupiter conj. (2°34')
Moon-Uranus op. (0°35' in mundo)
Moon-Pluto op. (2°32' in mundo)
Moon-Venus op. (3°14' in mundo)

Bridge {?}
t Jupiter conj. Capsolar Dsc (0°11')
t Mars conj. CanQ Moon (0°33')

Quarter: Arisolar (Dormant.) Moon-Venus op. (0°58'), Moon-Neptune sq. (2°03')

Month: Capsolar {+2}
Mars on Asc (0°04')
Venus on Dsc (1°04')
-- Venus-Mars op. (1°50' in mundo)
Sun & Saturn widely foreground
-- Su/Sa on horizon (0°10')
Uranus sq. MC (1°04')
-- Mars-Neptune PVP sq. 0°44'
-- Venus-Neptune PVP sq. 0°51'

Week: Canlunar {+2?}
Sun on Asc (1°52')
Uranus on Dsc (2°16')
-- Sun-Uranus op. (0°24' in mundo)
Venus on Asc (2°51')
-- Venus-Uranus (0°35' in mundo)
-- Sun-Venus conj. (0°59' in mundo)
Pluto on Dsc (3°03')
-- Ve/Pl on horizon (0°06')
-- Ur/Pl on Dsc (0°23')
-- Su/Pl on horizon (0°35')
Mercury & Saturn widely foreground
-- Mercury-Saturn op. (2°36' in mundo)
-- Mercury-Venus conj. (3°14' in mundo)
-- Mercury-Uranus op. (3°49' in mundo)

XTRA: Non-angular Mars conj. Saturn (2°39')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {-2}
p MC op. s Sun (1°21'), sq. t Moon ((0°11')
Moon-Venus op. (0°37')
-------------------------------
t Jupiter conj. s Dsc (0°11')
t Mercury conj. s EP (0°26')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {+2}
p MC sq. s Neptune (0°39')
t Mars conj. p Moon (0°33')


SUMMARY
Year: Mercury (Jupiter Neptune). Moon-Venus Moon-Uranus Moon-Pluto Mercury-Jupiter Mercury-Neptune Jupiter-Neptune.
Bridge: Jupiter (Cap). Mars (Can).
Quarter: (Dormant.) Moon-Venus Moon-Neptune.
Month: Venus Mars Uranus (Sun Saturn). Su/Ve Venus-Mars Venus-Neptune Mars-Neptune.
Week: Sun Venus Uranus Pluto (Mercury Saturn). Sun-Venus Sun-Uranus Su/Pl Mercury-Venus Mercury-Saturn Mercury-Uranus Venus-Uranus Ve/Pl Ur/Pl (Mars-Saturn).
Day (Capsolar): Moon Sun Moon-Venus (CapQ). Mercury Jupiter (transit).
Day (CanQ): Neptune. Moon-Mars.

May 7, 1840,shortly before 1:00 PM, Natchez, MS
317 deaths (maybe as many more slave deaths, but these weren’t counted)
$1.26M in damages, 2nd deadliest in U.S. history; many of the deaths were further along its path

Year: Capsolar {+2}
Sun on Asc (1°55')
Neptune sq. MC (1°29')
Moon & Jupiter widely foreground.

Bridge {+2}
t Neptune sq. Capsolar MC All Year
t Saturn sq Cansolar Moon 2/11-5/20
-- 2/11-5/20
t Jupiter conj. Capsolar MC 4/25-5/28
t Jupiter op. CapQ Moon 5/4-5/16
Event window: May 4-16 (incl. the Jupiter factors)

Quarter: Arisolar {0}
Moon on WP (0°22')
Neptune is more widely foreground.
-- Non-angular Jupiter sq. Neptune (2°03')

Month: Caplunar {0}
Moon on IC (0°50')
Pluto is more widely foreground.

Week: Canlunar {+2}
Neptune on WP (0°44')
Sun, Mars, Jupiter are more widely foreground.
-- Sun-Mars conj. (0°30' in mundo)
-- Mars-Neptune sq. (0°54')
-- Sun-Neptune (1°26')
-- Mars-Jupiter op. (1°48' in mundo)
-- Sun-Jupiter op. (2°19' in mundo)
-- Jupiter-Neptune (1°12')
Moon-Mercury sq. (1°10' in mundo)
Moon-Pluto sq. (1°59' in mundo)
Moon-Venus sq. (2°26')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {+2?/0? = +1}
p Asc op. t Saturn (0°06'), sq. t Uranus (1°05')
t Jupiter op. p Moon (0°26')
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t Neptune sq. s MC (1°45')
t Jupiter conj. s MC (0°25')
t Venus sq. s Asc (1°17')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {+2}
t Venus sq s MC (1°10')
t Saturn sq s Moon (0°14')


SUMMARY
Year: Sun Neptune (Moon Jupiter).
Bridge: Jupiter x2, Neptune (Cap). Saturn (Can).
Quarter: Moon (Neptune). (Jupiter-Neptune).
Month: Moon (Pluto).
Week: Neptune (Sun Mars Jupiter). Moon-Mercury Moon-Venus Moon-Pluto Sun-Mars Sun-Jupiter Sun-Neptune Mars-Jupiter Mars-Neptune Jupiter-Neptune.
Day (Capsolar): Saturn Uranus Moon-Jupiter (CapQ). Venus Jupiter Neptune (transit).
Day (CanQ): Venus. Moon-Saturn.

Alabama's deadliest natural disaster was a tornado "super outbreak" April 25-28, 2011, Tornado Outbreak.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Super_Outbreak
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Tusc ... am_tornado

Over these three days, there were 352 confirmed tornadoes., 348 people died, over 2,200 were injuries, and about $11B worth of property damage occurred.

April 27 was the most active tornado day (218 individual tornadoes that day, four of them EF5). An exceptionally large, destructive tornado hit Tuscaloosa about 5:10 PM (this seems to be the central event to use; Steve said it was clearly the worst hit, by a large margin), and 40 minutes later the same one hit Birmingham.

April 27, 2011, 5:10 PM, Tuscaloosa, AL. Do not miss the Arisolar!


Year: Capsolar
Uranus on IC (0°13')
Jupiter on IC (1°55')
-- Jupiter-Uranus conj. (1°42' in mundo)
Mars-Jupiter PVP sq. (1°31')
Mars-Uranus PVP sq. (2°47')
Venus on Asc (7°57')
Moon-Neptune sq. (1°02')

Bridge
t. Neptune conj. Cansolar Dsc or sq. MC 12/24-7/16
CanQ Moon sq. s./p. Sun 4/4-6/19
Event window: April 4 to June 19

Quarter: Arisolar
Saturn on MC (0°32')
Mercury on IC (1°49')
-- Mercury-Saturn op. (1°17' in mundo)
Mars on IC (3°43')
-- Mars-Saturn op. (2°55')
-- Me/Ma on IC (0°57')
Jupiter on IC (6°18')
-- Mercury-Jupiter conj. (2°53')
Pluto on Asc (6°41')
-- Jupiter-Pluto sq. (0°23' in mundo)
-- Mars-Pluto sq. (2°36')

Month: Caplunar
Neptune on Asc (1°51')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian
p. Asc conj. t. Mercury (0°03'), op. t. Saturn (1°33')
p. MC conj. t. Pluto (0°53'), sq. t. Venus (0°08')
-- Venus-Pluto sq. (0°45')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits
p. Moon sq. s. Sun (0°06'), p. Sun (0°51')
p. Asc sq. p. Mars (1°13'), s. Mars (1°41')
------------------------------------------
t. Neptune conj. s. Dsc (0°59')
t. Mercury op. s. Moon ((0°14')


SUMMARY
Year: Jupiter Uranus (Venus). Moon-Neptune Mars-Jupiter Mars-Uranus Jupiter-Uranus.
Bridge: Sun Neptune (Can).
Quarter: Mercury Saturn (Mars Jupiter Pluto). Me/Ma Mercury-Jupiter Mercury-Saturn Mars-Saturn Mars-Pluto Jupiter-Pluto.
Month: Neptune.
Day (CapQ): Mercury Venus Saturn Pluto. Venus-Pluto.
Day (Cansolar): Mars Moon-Sun (CanQ). Mercury Neptune (transits).

Oklahoma's deadliest natural disaster was the Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_Glaz ... _tornadoes
http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/075 ... 4-0070.pdf

April 9, 1947, 8:43 PM, Woodward, OK. (The time is from the NOAA document linked above.)

181 died, 980 injured. Damage over $10.5M. Though there were 8-12 tornadoes in the region that day, "Most of the damage and all the deaths are still blamed on one large F5 tornado, known as the Glazier-Higgins-Woodward Tornado, that traveled nearly 125 miles from Texas to Oklahoma." As an Oklahoma event, the worst impact was Woodward, where most of the town was devastated and 107 people died. In Woodward, "the tornado was two miles wide and destroyed 100 city blocks."

Year: Capsolar (Dormant.) Moon-Saturn sq. (2°21')

Year: Cansolar
Mars on Dsc (0°04')
Uranus on IC (5°44')
Venus on Dsc (5°49')
Moon on Asc (6°58')
-- Venus-Uranus sq. (0°05' in mundo)
-- Moon-Venus op. (1°09' in mundo)
-- Moon-Uranus sq. (1°14' in mundo)

Bridge
t. Uranus sq. Cansolar Asc 12/25-4/25
CapQ Moon sq. p. Saturn 2/24-4/25
t. Jupiter sq. Cansolar Moon 3/25-4/21
Event window: March 25 to April 21

Month: Caplunar
Moon sq. MC (1°25')
Moon-Saturn op. (3°06' in mundo)

Week: Liblunar (Dormant.)

Week: Canlunar
Saturn on Asc (2°18')
Moon on Asc (7°17')
Neptune on IC (7°39')
Sun on MC (8°28')
-- Moon-Neptune sq. (0°22' in mundo)
-- Sun-Neptune op. (0°12')
-- Moon-Sun sq. (1°11' in mundo)
Pluto on Asc (8°58')
-- Mo/Pl on Asc (0°50')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian
p. Moon sq. p. Saturn (0°30')
p. EP conj. t. Neptune (0°02'), s. Neptune (1°32')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits
p. MC conj. s. Mars (1°06')
-----------------------------------
t. Jupiter sq. s. Moon (0°07')
t. Uranus sq. s. Asc (1°22')


SUMMARY
Year (Capsolar): (Dormant.) Moon-Saturn.
Year (Cansolar): Mars (Moon Venus Uranus). Moon-Venus-Uranus.
Bridge: Saturn (Cap). Jupiter Uranus (Can).
Month: Moon. Moon-Saturn.
Week: (Dormant.)
Week (Canlunar): Saturn (Moon Sun Neptune Pluto). Moon-Sun-Neptune Mo/Pl.
Day (CapQ): Neptune. Moon-Saturn.
Day (Cansolar): Mars (CanQ). Uranus Moon-Jupiter (transits).

Utah's deadliest natural disaster, and one of the strangest in various ways, is the 1999 Salt Lake City tornado.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Salt ... ty_tornado

August 11, 1999, 12:41-12:55 PM MDT, an F2 tornado passed through downtown Salt Lake City. The event is Important not only because it was Utah's deadliest natural disaster, but because tornadoes are rare in Utah; and it was "the first major tornado to occur in a major urban area's downtown district and strike [tall] buildings." (It was "during an unusually strong summer monsoon season." Cloud cover in the morning intensified "until nearly all light was obscured." Winds remained calm. Then, at 12:41 PM, hail 1.5" hit nearby areas, "the storm started rotating, and at around 1:00 PM., many people reported seeing the storm rotate... as it moved into downtown Salt Lake City.")

1 death, over 100 injuries, $170M damage. - Overall, I'm not very impressed with this event except for the Week chart, though it does resemble "disasters" where loss of life etc. is very small.

NOTE: A New Moon occurred a few hours earlier, at 5:08:30 AM. For everywhere on earth, it was square a partile (2') Mars-Saturn conjunction. A Mercury-Neptune opposition falls across the horizon. This isn't a bad chart for a "wind makes me crazy, and it's violent" kind of event.


Year: Capsolar (Dormant.) Moon-Jupiter (1°48' in mundo)
Year: Cansolar (Dormant.)

Bridge
t. Jupiter sq. Capsolar MC (0°07')

Quarter: Arisolar (Dormant.)

Quarter: Libsolar
Neptune sq. MC (1°05')
Saturn on MNC (1°16')
-- Saturn-Neptune sq. (1°12')
Uranus on Dsc (2°56', stationary)
Mercury sq. Asc (1°57')
Sun & Venus more widely foreground
-- Venus-Neptune sq. (1°47' in mundo)
-- Sun-Venus conj. (3°02' in mundo)

Month: Caplunar
Pluto on IC (1°12')
Venus on Asc (6°45')
-- Venus-Pluto sq. (2°51')
-- Uranus-Pluto PVP sq. (1°46')

Week: Canlunar
Mars on EP (0°57') [op. Saturn 53', but Saturn is not foreground]
Neptune sq. Asc (0°34')
Jupiter on Dsc (0°51')
-- Jupiter-Neptune sq. (2°00')
Uranus on IC (5°38')
Sun on MC (7°38')
-- Sun-Uranus op. (1°58' in mundo)
-- Mars-Uranus sq. (1°12')
-- Sun-Mars sq. (0°49')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits
p. MC op. t. Venus (0°51')
p. Asc sq. s. Jupiter (1°05')
--------------------------------
t. Mercury sq. s. Asc (1°01')
t. Jupiter sq. s. MC (0°07')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian
p. MC conj. t. Mercury (1°10')
p. Asc sq. s. Sun (0°03'), p. Sun (0°01')
p. EP conj. p. Mars (0°42'), op. s. Jupiter (0°24'), op. t. Jupiter (1°33')


SUMMARY
Year (Capsolar): (Dormant.) Moon-Jupiter.
Year (Cansolar): (Dormant.)
Bridge: Jupiter (Cap).
Quarter (Arisolar): (Dormant.)
Quarter (Libsolar): Mercury Saturn Uranus Neptune (Sun Venus). Sun-Venus Venus-Neptune Saturn-Neptune.
Month: Pluto (Venus). Venus-Pluto Uranus-Pluto.
Week: Mars Jupiter Neptune (Sun Uranus). Sun-Mars-Uranus Jupiter-Neptune (Mars-Uranus).
Day (Capsolar): Venus Jupiter (CapQ). Mercury Jupiter (transits).
Day (CanQ): Sun Mercury Mars Jupiter.

Kansas' deadliest natural disaster was the Great Plains Tornado Outbreak of 1955.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Grea ... o_outbreak

The worst hit was Udall, KS, where the tornado hit about 10:30 PM CDT on May 26, 1955, killing or injuring half the town. 80 people died and there was much destruction (details in the article).

Altogether, 46 tornadoes hit seven plains states May 25-26, 1955.


Year: Capsolar
For Udall, I'm going to mark this dormant - it technically is - though for surrounding areas it was not. Here are relevant factors, the first two just outside the hot zone.
Saturn sq. Asc (2°06')
Mercury on WP (2°13')
Pluto on Asc (5°10')

Year: Cansolar
Jupiter on IC (2°28')
Mercury on IC (3°28', stationary)
Neptune on Dsc (3°42')
-- Jupiter-Neptune sq. (1°14' in mundo)
Saturn on Dsc (9°30')

Bridge
t. Saturn sq. Capsolar Asc (0°49')

Quarter: Arisolar
Mars sq. Asc (1°19')
Saturn on IC (7°13')
-- Mars/Saturn (0°54')
Moon-Mercury sq. (2°14')
Moon-Jupiter (2°41' in mundo)
Jupiter-Uranus PVP conj. (1°11')

Month: Caplunar
Neptune on IC (0°26')
-- Mars-Neptune PVP sq. (1°19')
Moon on WP (0°13')
Uranus on EP (0°59')
Jupiter on EP (1°12')
-- Moon-Uranus op. (0°13')
-- Moon-Jupiter op. (0°25')
-- Jupiter-Uranus conj. (0°12')
-- Moon-Neptune sq. (2°06')
-- Uranus-Neptune sq. (1°53')
-- Jupiter-Neptune sq. (1°41')
Venus on MC (5°19')

Week: Canlunar (Dormant.)
Moon-Uranus conj. (0°43')
Moon-Jupiter conj. (2°29')
Moon-Neptune sdq. (1°49')

Week: Arilunar
Saturn on WP (1°23')
Moon-Uranus sq. (0°28')
Moon-Neptune op. (1°56')
Moon-Jupiter sq. (1°29')
Sun on Asc (3°27')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits
p. Asc op. t. Sun (1°53')
------------------------------
t. Saturn sq. s. Asc (0°49')
t Venus conj. s. MC (0°41')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits
p. Asc sq. s. Saturn (1°38')
p. MC sq. s. Pluto (0V46'), t. Pluto (0°06')
p. EP conj. p. Moon (0°02')
------------------------------------
t. Venus sq. s. Moon (0°08')


SUMMARY
Year (Capricorn): (Dormant.)
Year (Cansolar): Jupiter (Mercury Saturn Neptune). Jupiter-Neptune.
Bridge: Saturn (Cap).
Quarter: Mars (Saturn). Moon-Mercury Moon-Jupiter Mars-Saturn Jupiter-Uranus.
Month: Moon Jupiter Uranus Neptune (Venus). Moon-Jupiter Moon-Uranus Moon-Neptune Mars-Neptune Jupiter-Uranus Jupiter-Neptune Uranus-Neptune.
Week: (Dormant.) Moon-Jupiter Moon-Uranus Moon-Neptune.
Week (Arilunar): Saturn (Sun). Moon-Jupiter Moon-Uranus-Neptune.
Day (Capsolar): Sun (CapQ). Venus Saturn (transits).
Day (Cansolar): Moon Saturn Pluto (CanQ). Moon-Venus (transit).

Missouri deadliest natural disaster was the 2011 Joplin Tornado.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Joplin_tornado

This F-5 strength tornado struck May 22, 2011, 5:34 to 6:12 PM, Joplin, MO. 158 people died, 1,150 were injured, and $2.8B in property damage occurred.

Year: Capsolar
Moon-Neptune sq. (1°02')
Venus on Asc (0°37')
Moon on Dsc (5°47')
Uranus on IC (8°43')

Bridge
CanQ Moon sq. p. Sun (0°01')

Quarter: Arisolar
Pluto sq. MC (1°20')
Uranus on IC (4°32')
Mars on IC (5°10')
Saturn on MC (9°32')
-- Mars-Saturn op. (2°55')
-- Ma/Ur on IC (0°19')

Month: Caplunar (Dormant.) Moon-Jupiter sq. (2°08')

Week: Liblunar (Dormant.)
Moon-Jupiter op. (0°43')
Moon-Saturn conj. (1°09' in mundo)

Week: Canlunar (Dormant.)
Moon-Jupiter sq. (1°44')
Moon-Mercury sq. (2°51' in mundo)

Week: Arilunar
Neptune on WP (1°22')
Moon-Mars conj. (2°04')
Moon-Jupiter conj. (2°24')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian
p. MC conj. s. Sun (0°01'), p. Sun (0°21')
p. EP conj. t. Jupiter (1°04')
p. Asc conj. t. Mercury (0°46'), sq. t. Moon (0°27')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian
p. MC op. p. Mars (1°38')
p. Asc sq. t. Saturn (1°47')
p. Moon sq. p. Sun (0°01')


SUMMARY
Year: Venus (Moon Uranus). Moon-Neptune.
Bridge: Sun (Cap).
Quarter: Pluto (Mars Saturn Uranus). Mars-Saturn Ma/Ur.
Month: (Dormant.) Moon-Jupiter.
Week (Liblunar): (Dormant.) Moon-Jupiter Moon-Saturn.
Week (Canlunar): (Dormant.) Moon-Mercury Moon-Jupiter.
Week (Arilunar): Neptune. Moon-Mars Moon-Jupiter.
Day (CapQ): Moon Sun Mercury Jupiter.
Day (CanQ): Mars Saturn. Moon-Sun.

Tennessee's deadliest natural disaster was the March 1952 Southern United States tornado outbreak.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_195 ... o_outbreak

Use Henderson, TN, March 21, 1952, 11:30 pm CST.

On March 21-22, 1952, 34 tornadoes appeared over 25 hours.209 people died, at least 1,212 were injured, damages were $19.5M. 67 died in Tennessee. The highest death toll (38) was in the Hardeman, Chester, and Henderson region, where the tornado hit at 5:30 UT (11:30 PM CST on the 21st). In Henderson, "120 home were destroyed and 260 received damage... 23 people died."

Year: Capsolar (Dormant.)

Year: Cansolar
Uranus on EP (0°07')
Mars on EP (1°47')
-- Mars-Uranus conj. (1°33')
Jupiter on MC (1°41')
Sun on Asc (1°29')
Neptune on IC (5°10')
-- Jupiter-Neptune sq. (3°11')

Bridge
t. Saturn conj. Cansolar IC (0°16')
t. Uranus conj. Cansolar EP (0°51')

Month: Caplunar
Venus on Dsc (0°02')
Moon-Neptune sq. (2°31' in mundo)
Moon-Jupiter sq. (2°44' in mundo)

Day: Capsolar Quotidian
p. MC conj. s. Saturn (0°14')

Day: Cansolar Transits
t. Saturn conj. s. IC (0°16')
t. Uranus conj. s. EP (0°51')


SUMMARY
Year (Capsolar): (Dormant.)
Year (Cansolar): Sun Mars Jupiter Uranus (Neptune). Mars-Uranus Jupiter-Neptune.
Bridge: Saturn Uranus (Can).
Month: Venus. Moon-Jupiter Moon-Neptune.
Day (CaoQ): Saturn.
Day (Cansolar transits): Saturn Uranus.

We have the 10 highest casualty tornadoes on record, and all U.S. tornadoes that were the worst disaster of their respective states. I will use this post to summarize the findings.

TOTAL
37 Neptune
33 Saturn
31 Jupiter
23 Mars Uranus Venus
22 Moon
21 Mercury
20 Pluto Sun

ANGULAR
23 Saturn Neptune
17 Mars Jupiter
15 Pluto Uranus Venus Mercury Moon
14 Sun

MOON ASPECTS
14 Neptune Jupiter
10 Saturn
8 Mars Uranus Venus
6 Sun Mercury
5 Pluto

OTHER ASPECTS
7 Ju-Ne
6 Su-Ve Ma-Ne
5 Su-Ur Su-Ne Ve-Ne Ma-Sa Sa-Ne
4 Su-Ma Me-Ju Ve-Sa Ve-Ur Ve-Pl Ma-Ur Ju-Ur Ur-Ne
3 Sa-Ur Ur-Pl
2 Su-Ju Su-Sa Me-Ma Me-Sa Me-Ur Me-Ne Ve-Ma Ma-Ju Ju-Pl
1 Su-Pl Me-Ve Ve-Ju Ma-Pl Ju-Sa Ne-Pl

This concludes the study of catalogue-ranked tornadoes. They will appear in a new chapter in the next edition of SMA.