North Sea Flood of 1953

[Jim Eshelman]

February 1, 1953, 0:00, Middelburg, Netherlands
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_flood_of_1953

The North Sea Flood of 1953 struck Netherlands, Belgium, and Britain January 31 through February 1, 1953, killing 2,551 people (over 1,800 of them in the Netherlands) when unusually high spring tides compounded with a major storm front. In addition to human casualties, much Dutch farmland was inundated, 30,000 animals died, 10,000 buildings were destroyed (of 47,300 damaged). About $636 million in damages altogether ($6 billion in 2018 dollars).

This was especially a Netherlands event, with most deaths in Zeeland in the south, though England, Scotland, and Belgium were also affected. Perhaps Middelburg, the capital of Zeeland, is the best location for studying the event. I'll use midnight bridging the two days (February 1 became the date annually commemorating these deaths).

Of at least minor interest to me, Mars had just entered Pisces. As usual with floods, Jupiter and Uranus are the primary factors (less direct Saturn than usual, although a ribbon of Neptune flows through).

Year: Capsolar {+2}
Jupiter sq. MC (0°30') [op. non-angular Saturn 3°33' in mundo]
Moon-Mercury con. (2°19')

Bridge {+3}
t Uranus conj. Cansolar WP 7/16-3/6
t Jupiter sq. Capsolar MC 1/14-2/5
Event window: January 14 to February 5

Month: Caplunar (Dormant.)
Moon-Neptune sq. (0°14')
Moon-Sun conj. (1°00')
Moon-Saturn (2°50')
Research observation: Ceres rises 0°56' which, if valid, would void the dormancy. Lunar aspects are valid in any case. Near-stationary Ceres is later on CapQ EP.

Week: Canlunar {+2}
Sun on Dsc (0°13')
Uranus on EP (0°45')
Mercury on Dsc (4°31')
-- Sun-Mercury conj. (3°41')
Neptune-Pluto sq. (2°39' in mundo)
-- Pluto on Asc (6°15')
-- Neptune on IC (8°54') [conj. non-ang Saturn 3°22']
Moon-Neptune sq. (0°12')

Day: Capsolar Transits {+2}
t Jupiter sq. s MC (1°33')
t Mercury conj. s MC (0°16')
t Sun conj. s MC (1°11')
-- Sun-Jupiter sq. (0°22')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {+2}
p MC op. p Mars (1°51')
p Asc conj. t Pluto (0°59'), p Pluto (0°58'), Pl/Pl (0°01'), p Mercury (0°06')
-- p Mercury-Pluto conj. (0°52')
p EP conj. p Venus (1°37')
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t Uranus conj. s WP (1°07')


SUMMARY {+2}
Year (+2): Jupiter. Moon-Mercury (Jupiter-Saturn).
Bridge: Jupiter (Cap). Uranus (Can).
Month: (Dormant.) Moon-Sun Moon-Saturn Moon-Neptune.
Week: Sun Uranus (Mercury Neptune Pluto). Moon-Neptune Sun-Mercury Neptune-Pluto (Saturn-Neptune).
Day (Capsolar transits, +2): Sun Mercury Jupiter. Sun-Jupiter.
Day (Cansolar, +2): Mercury Venus Mars Pluto Mercury-Pluto (CanQ). Uranus (transit).