Great Kefalonia earthquake [Quake]

[Jim Eshelman]

August 12, 1953, 9:24 UT (11:24 LT), Zante, Zakynthos, Greece
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Ionian_earthquake

7.2 quake, struck Greece's southern islands. In the general mid-August time, the region had 113 earthquakes, though this was the most destructive. The island of Kefalonia was lifted 24 inches out of the ocean, and widespread damage struck the region.

Casualties are variously given as 450-800. Zakynthos (aka Zante; capital of the island of the same name) was so damaged that only two buildings survived; everything else had to be rebuilt from scratch. Therefore, I am using this as the center of study rather than the nearby epicenter, 38.2°N, 20.6°E. Saturn-Neptune rose and Mercury culminated as the quake struck.

I don't have actual figures of the damages, but they were substantial. The vague statement given is "billions of Drachmas," and if the conversion rate between Drachmas and US dollars is the same now as then (unlikely; but perhaps close), then a billion drachmas is US$3.4 or (adjusted for inflation to 2018) US$31.9 million. We can thus estimate "dozens of millions of dollars."

The astrological setup is quite good, then suddenly collapses at the daily level.

Year: Capsolar (Dormant.) Moon-Mercury Moon-Venus Moon-Mars.

Year: Cansolar {+2}
Pluto sq. Asc (1°54')
Mercury on IC (3°43')

Bridge {0}
t Pluto sq. Cansolar Asc All year
t Jupiter conj. Capsolar Asc 7/31-8/24
Event window: July 31 to August 24

Month: Caplunar {+3}
Uranus sq. Asc (0°16')
Neptune on Dsc (2°09')
Saturn on Dsc (2°54')
-- Saturn-Neptune conj. (0°09')
-- Uranus-Neptune sq. (1°36')
-- Saturn-Uranus sq. (1°45')
Moon-Saturn sq. (2°42')
Moon-Neptune sq. (2°51')
Moon-Mars op. (3°22')

Week: Canlunar {+1}
Venus on IC (1°03')
Saturn-Neptune conj. (0°43')
-- Neptune on Dsc (8°53')
-- Saturn on Dsc (9°55')
Moon-Mercury sq. (1°54' in mundo)
Moon-Saturn sq. (1°55')
Moon-Neptune sq. (2°39')
Moon-Uranus conj. (3°42')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {-2/-3}
p Asc sq. p Venus (0°01'),s Venus (0°37'), s Mars (0°28'), p Mars (0°55')
-- p Venus-Mars conj. (0°54')
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t Jupiter conj. s Asc (0°06')
t Moon sq. s Asc (1°08')
t Venus op. s Moon (0°16')

Day: Cansolar Transits {+2}
t Pluto sq. s Asc (1°07')


Supplementally, here is a quick check (mean rate) of the PSSI variants:

Capsolar PSSI. MC sq. t Pluto 21', Asc op. t Mercury 52', t Uranus op. p Moon 19'
Cansolar PSSI. p EP conj. s Venus
Arisolar PSSI. p Asc sq. t Mars (10'), op. p Moon 1°22'; p EP op. p Mars 1°53'
Libsolar PSSI. p Asc op. t Pluto 29'; t Saturn conj. p Moon 0°01', t Neptune conj. p Moon 58'.


SUMMARY {+2}
Year (Capsolar): (Dormant.) Moon-Mercury Moon-Venus Moon-Mars.
Year (Cansolar): Pluto (Mercury).
Bridge (0): Jupiter (Cap). Pluto (Can).
Month (+3): Saturn Uranus Neptune. Moon-Mars Moon-Saturn Moon-Neptune Saturn-Uranus-Neptune.
Week (+1): Venus (Saturn Neptune). Moon-Mercury Moon-Saturn Moon-Uranus Moon-Neptune Saturn-Neptune.
Day (Capsolar): Venus Mars Venus-Mars (CapQ, -1). Moon Venus Jupiter (transits, -3).
Day (Cansolar transits, +2): Pluto.