Solunars by Aldebaran Sidereal Academy

Appears 35 people hurt in 65 vehicle crash caused by ice on Rt. 290 in Worchester MA at 6:45 AM EST this morning, 12-1-2013.

Jim Eshelman wrote:

Jupiter Sets At Dawn wrote:Appears 35 people hurt in 65 vehicle crash caused by ice on Rt. 290 in Worchester MA at 6:45 AM EST this morning, 12-1-2013.

Thanks. Let's take a look. (65 vehicles? Wow! And I live in Los Angeles and say wow! <g>) - That's Worcester, right? (No 'H''?)

Solar Ingresses
As with the Brooklyn train accident, there is plenty of Mercury to go around, and the prevailing Capsolar ingresses cover it in an adequate and unthrilling way. The Cansolar cranks it up - making this a vehicle-risky zone with Pluto 0°25' from the Descendant and opposite a more widely rising Mercury. The Liblunar is sensitized to the area with the Moon 0°52' from the MC, though it only brings a bit of Uranus to the show.

MONTH: CAPLUNAR
Jupiter within 1° of the WP as the main feature. Doesn't seem to be describing this event.

FORTNIGHT: CANLUNAR
As for other nearby areas, the Canlunar starts to crank it up, with Mars 1°00' from square the Midheaven. In this case, though, Venus is 1°10' from square the Midheaven, so it's not as black-and-white.

WEEK: LIBLUNAR
Another Moon: This time it is 1°40' below the Descendant. Uranus and Pluto are on the periphery of foreground but, primarily, it's the Moon's show (and nothing clear on why the Moon would produce this result).

DAY: CAPSOLAR QUOTIDIAN
In the CapQ, Mars squares the Ascendant within 0°36'. Ingress Neptune is 0°20' from the MC, and transiting Neptune less than 1° on the other side. (Their midpoint is within 10' of the MC.) I don't think anything could describe a 65 car pileup from an ice slick better than Mars and Neptune.

Against this, ingress Jupiter is about 1° from the EP.

DAY: CANSOLAR QUOTIDIAN
Ingress Saturn is 0°55' from square the CanQ MC.

DAY: LIBSOLAR QUOTIDIAN
And, for a couple of bonus points, let's add the orb-straining-but-accurate LibQ:
4°05' Taurus LibQ MC
6°40' Leo i. Mars
7°44' Aquarius t. Neptune
7°50' Aquarius i. Neptune
9°11' Leo LibQ Asc

HOUR: EVENT CHART
As with the Brooklyn train event, the accident occurred around the time the Sun was rising and Mars culminated. In this case, though, the two were in 0°27' mundane square about 3° off the angles. For the 6:45 crash, Mars exactly culminated at 6:56 AM.

Yes, I sometimes can't spell Worcester. I changed it in the title.

65 to 70 vehicles, including three tractor trailers and two box trucks. They covered 3/4 of a mile. There were cars slid under tractor trailers, and pickups on top of other vehicles. Although 35 to 40 people were taken to local hospitals, only two were seriously hurt, and nobody was killed. Around 60 were taken to a hospital atrium for shelter.

There was a freezing rain advisory for the area through 11AM, and road crews were out treating the roadways, but this was "sudden and unexpected" according to a spokesman for the state DOT and crews couldn't keep up. State police said they'd never seen anything like it, and the only reason it stopped was people coming over the brow of the hill could see it in time to stop.

Jupiter has traditionally been indicative of rain, lightening and excess. Jupiter Pluvius. This event seems very Jovian to me.

SteveS wrote:

Q Charts again score this event.