Ellicott City Flood

[Jim Eshelman]

July 24, 1868, 9:30 PM, Ellicott City, MD
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Ellicott City, MD experienced a highly unusual flood in 1868. It was the second 1,000-year flood in two years (meaning, a flood so extreme it is only expected once a millennium). Furthermore, it struck without any rain in Ellicott City.

But it rained nearby. A journalist reported that the setting Sun was blacked out by high-stacked thunderstorm clouds west of town, lightning flash with frightening rage. The town got no rain, but the Patapsco River rose ten feet by 9:30 PM. Minutes later, a roaring wall of water flashed down the river aimed straight for Ellicott City.

Fifty people died. At least 28 homes were washed away. Important local industries were destroyed (a flour mill, cotton mill, and iron works). The flood continued toward Baltimore, where it caused significant damage hours later, but the inauguration of the inundation was just outside Ellicott City.

As a reminder, for floods we expect Uranus and Jupiter, with Saturn close behind - and these are the three that have the most Moon aspects. When the basic pattern is in place, Neptune often joins the story. In this example, there is little Saturn, but Uranus and Jupiter take the lead backed primarily by Neptune. The flowing-through Arilunar is quite spectacular!

Year: Capsolar (Dormant.)
(NOTE: The only foreground planets are Saturn and Pluto, in partile mundane opposition, but the chart is dormant.)

Bridge {+3}
t Neptune on Cansolar angles ALL YEAR
t Uranus conj. Cansolar 7/15-2/18
t Jupiter sq. Cansolar MC 7/16-8/20
t Mars sq. Capsolar Moon 7/22-7/25

Year/Quarter: Cansolar {+2}
Neptune on EP 0°29'
Uranus on IC 4°12'
Jupiter on Asc 5°41'
-- Jupiter-Uranus sq. 0°05'
-- Uranus-Neptune sq. 0°28' in mundo
-- Jupiter-Neptune conj. 1°57' in mundo
Venus sq. Asc 2°41'
Mercury on IC 9°37'
-- Mercury-Venus conj. 3°35' [both also conjoin non-angular Sun]
Moon-Venus sq. 1°17'
Moon-Pluto conj. 2°12'
Moon-Sun sq. 2°19'

Month: Caplunar (Dormant.)
Week: Canlunar (Dormant.)
Moon-Venus conj. 0°15' in mundo
Moon-Mercury conj. 3°28' in mundo
Moon-Sun conj. 3°42' in mundo

Week: Arilunar {+3}
Neptune on Asc 1°08'
Mercury sq. Asc 0°22' [conj. non-angular Venus 3°28']
Jupiter on EP 0°44'
Uranus on IC 2°13'
-- Jupiter-Uranus sq. 0°05'
-- Jupiter-Neptune conj. 2°01' in mundo
Moon on Asc 3°58'
Sun sq. Asc 1°48'
-- Sun-Mercury conj. 0°29' in mundo
Moon-Mercury sq. 0°10'
Moon-Uranus sq. 1°45' in mundo
Moon-Sun sq. 1°55'

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {+2}
p MC sq. s Pluto 0°24'
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t Mars sq. s Moon 0°45'
t Sun conj. s IC 0°18'

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {+3}
p MC op. s Venus 0°24'
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t Neptune sq. s MC 0°36', conj. s EP 0°28'
t Uranus conj. s IC 1°15'
t Jupiter sq. s MC 1°37'
t Moon sq. s MC 1°53'


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

[SteveS]

WOW for the transits to the Cansolar for the flood itself!

[Jim Eshelman]

WOW for the transits to the Cansolar for the flood itself!

Yes. They defined the Bridge, so they were what carried through to the event. Uranus, Jupiter, and Neptune defined a period of about a month by their overlap, and then Mars slammed through to mark a four-day window. Within that, CapQ MC squared Pluto.