Solunars by Aldebaran Sidereal Academy

Following Steve's lead, I'm going to systematically test what I have long considered the most effective U.S. natal chart. (I'll work slowly as time permits. I'll start with those astrological techniques that are least labor-intensive, then get down to return charts later in the game.)

This is a chart for July 4, 1776, at Independence Hall, Philadelphia (39N56'56", 75W09'00"). Originally, John Hazelrigg worked with a historic note of "shortly past noon" and you can often find these charts discussed as a 12:20 PM time. Hazelrigg and Llewellyn George worked on it over time. I think the "final polish" may have included young Donald Bradley working alongside his boss and patron, Llewellyn George. The final rectified time that came forward, and that I use, is 12:14:42 PM LMT, which is 17:15:18 UT. Here's a copy of the chart I posted here a few years ago.

I won't discuss the chart contents for each event unless I find them noteworthy, but I will assign a score to each, just as I do with the ingresses. Here is the scale that I wrote down to keep some consistency and objectivity to the rating:

+3: Excellent. Outstanding, symbolically pure & eloquent with no contradiction (or none except very minor factors totally overwhelmed by otherwise perfect symbolism). Necessarily involves at least two factors. - Relatively few of these scores would ever be given.

+2: Very Good. Has strong, distinctive indications typical of the event, with no strong contradictions.

+1: Good. On balance, more descriptive of the event than not.

0: Neutral. No strong pro or con factor sufficient to say that the chart leans any particular direction.

0: Mixed. Factors consistent with the event, and factors contrary to the event, are approximately equal in strength with no clear way to tip the balance toward Good or Poor.

-1: Bad (Poor). On balance, more at odds with the event than not.

-2: Very Bad. Has strong, distinctive indications contrary to the nature of the event, with no strong contradictions.

-3: Unacceptable. Irremediably wrong without redemption. Necessarily involves at least two factors. - Relatively few of these would ever be given.

I will use the catalog of events here for each technique studied:
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Though I have surely studied some of these events in the past with some techniques for this chart, I haven't done anything systematic or thorough - so it's about time I did!

I expect the initial techniques I study (primary angles, for example) will not produce hits for a lot of events since they are quite rare - so we may get a lot of Zero scores along the way ("nothing shows one way or the other"). I'll figure out what to do about that after I see what happens.

Here is a restatement of the events I'm studying (so that I can trim the names & make them more efficient to process).

Sep 17, 1787, 11:29 AM, Philadelphia - U.S. Constitution signed [11:21:30 AM Washington]
June 18, 1812, 3:00 PM LMT, Washington, DC - Declared war on England
August 24, 1814, 7:00 PM, Washington DC - Washington burned by British
May 10, 1837 - Panic of 1837
January 4 (approximately), 1819 - Panic of 1819
August 4, 1841, 0:30 AM LMT, Washington, DC - President Harrison died
July 9, 1850, 10:35 AM LMT, Washington, DC - President Taylor died.
August 24, 1857 - Panic of 1857
December 20, 1860, 1:15 PM [1:31 PM Washington], Columbia, SC - South Carolina seceded
April 9, 1865, 3:45 PM [3:52 PM Washington], Appomattox, VA - Confederacy surrendered
April 15, 1965, 7:22 AM LMT, Washington, DC - President Lincoln died
October 8, 1871, 9:00 PM LMT [9:42 PM Washington], Chicago, IL - Great Chicago Fire
September 20, 1973, 9:00 AM LMT, New York, NY - Panic of 1873
September 19, 1881, 10:20 PM LMT [10:08 PM Washington], Elberon, NJ - President Garfield died
December 29, 1890, 8:00 AM MST - Wounded Knee Massacre
February 20, 1893, 9:00 AM EST - Panic of 1893
September 14, 1901, 2:15 PM EST - President McKinley died
October 22, 1907, 12:10 PM EST, NYC - Panic of 1907
April 6, 1917, 1:00 PM EST, Washington, DC - Entered WW I
November 11, 1918, 6:00 AM EST - Armistice & ceasefire ending WW I
August 2, 1923, 7:35 PM PST - President Harding died
October 24, 1929, 11:00 AM EST - 1929 Wall Street crash
December 7, 1941, 1:18 PM EST - Pearl Harbor
April 12, 1945, 4:35 PM EWT - President Roosevelt died
August 5, 1945, 7:16:17 PM EWT - Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima
June 24, 1950, 4:30 PM EDT - Korean War began
July 26, 1953, 9:00 PM EDT - Korean War ended
April 17, 1961, 1:00 AM EST - Bay of Pigs
November 22, 1963, 12:30 PM CST - President Kennedy murdered
March 7, 1965 - First Selma march
April 4, 1968, 6:01 PM CST - Martin Luther King Jr. murdered
June 5, 1968, 0:15 AM PDT - Sen. Kennedy murdered
July 20, 1969, 4:17:40 PM EDT - First Moon landing
August 9, 1974, 12:00 PM EDT - President Nixon resigned
April 29, 1975, 11:24 PM EDT - Fall of Saigon.
March 28, 1979, 4:00 AM EST - Three Mile Island
October 19, 1987, 9:30 AM - 1987 stock market crash
April 19, 1995, 9:02 AM CDT - Oklahoma City bombing
September 11, 2001, 8:46 AM EDT - 9/11 attacks
Oct 7, 2001, 12:45 PM EDT - Began war on Afghanistan
March 20, 2003, 3:34 PM EST - Began war on Iraq
September 15, 2008, 1:15 AM EDT - 2008 crash
September 11, 2012, 3:40 PM EDT - Benghazi attack
June26, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT - SCOTUS affirmed gay marriage rights
February 20, 2020, 4:30 PM EST - 2020 stock market crash

Primary Directed angles by the "SA in Long" rate, i.e., progress MC at Solar Arc rate then derive Ascendant accordingly. All ratings are for birthplace. Angular contacts to natal and Secondary Progressed positions only.

U.S. Constitution signed +2
Declared war on England 0
Washington burned by British 0
Panic of 1837 0
Panic of 1819 0
President Harrison died 0
President Taylor died.+1
Panic of 1857 -1
South Carolina seceded 0
Confederacy surrendered -1
President Lincoln died +2
Great Chicago Fire 0
Panic of 1873 0
President Garfield died +2
Wounded Knee Massacre +2
Panic of 1893 +2
President McKinley died 0
Panic of 1907 0
Entered WW I 0
Armistice & ceasefire ending WW I 0
President Harding died +1
1929 Wall Street crash 0
Pearl Harbor +2
President Roosevelt died +1
Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima +3
Korean War began +2
Korean War ended 0
Bay of Pigs +2
President Kennedy murdered -2
First Selma march 0
Martin Luther King Jr. murdered 0
Sen. Kennedy murdered 0
First Moon landing 0
President Nixon resigned 0
Fall of Saigon +2
Three Mile Island 0
1987 stock market crash +2
Oklahoma City bombing +1
9/11 attacks 0
Began war on Afghanistan 0
Began war on Iraq 0
2008 crash 0
Benghazi attack -2
SCOTUS affirmed gay marriage rights +1
2020 stock market crash 0

OBSERVATION: This technique is expected not to produce many hits and, in fact, it didn't. I probably expected more, but the math says there won't be a lot. When there were hits they tended to be good but few were great. Not a lot of confirmation here.

We may have the wrong theory of primary movement of the angles, though. (I'd be surprised at that because, in natal work, the method above works very well; but it's worth checking.) I will redo these events using the "Naibod in RA" method. All ratings are for birthplace. Angular contacts to natal and Secondary Progressed positions only.

U.S. Constitution signed +2
Declared war on England 0
Washington burned by British 0
Panic of 1837 0
Panic of 1819 0
President Harrison died +1
President Taylor died +1
Panic of 1857 -2
South Carolina seceded +2 [Civil war for years Dsc moved across Mars]
Confederacy surrendered +1 [War was also years MC crossed Saturn]
President Lincoln died +3
Great Chicago Fire +2
Panic of 1873 0
President Garfield died 0
Wounded Knee Massacre 0
Panic of 1893 0
President McKinley died 0
Panic of 1907 0
Entered WW I [No planets, but p MC is Antares, p Asc is Mars' exaltation] 0
Armistice & ceasefire ending WW I +1
President Harding died 0
1929 Wall Street crash +1
Pearl Harbor +2 [p Mars on Dsc]
President Roosevelt died +1
Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima +3 [Scored as chart for "war victory"]
Korean War began 0
Korean War ended 0
Bay of Pigs +1
President Kennedy murdered -2
First Selma march +1
Martin Luther King Jr. murdered 0
Sen. Kennedy murdered 0
First Moon landing +1
President Nixon resigned +1
Fall of Saigon 0
Three Mile Island +2
1987 stock market crash +1
Oklahoma City bombing 0
9/11 attacks +3
Began war on Afghanistan +3
Began war on Iraq +2
2008 crash +2
Benghazi attack 0
SCOTUS affirmed gay marriage rights +2
2020 stock market crash 0

OBSERVATION: Similar to the last one, this one has few events; but, in contrast to the above look, many of these are much better! - We have to be cautious, because some of the very best - charts through the Civil War and Lincoln's murder, Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima - were almost certainly used by Hazelrigg, George, and Bradley to rectify this time in the first place. However, none of them would have been able to bring Mars right to an angle for 9/11 and its sequelae, then spin to Venus to the same angle for universal marriage rights affirmed. This one has serious advantage (and forces me to keep the "which primary rate" question unresolved in my head).

I'm only checking 0 - 90 - 180 aspects, even though I consider the 45 - 135 valid for Solar Arcs in general. We should have very few events without aspects, so most events should get a score - whether positive or negative.

U.S. Constitution signed +2
d Su -0- r Me (same as secondary progressions), d As -90- r Me
t Ne -90- r Ve, d Ju -0- r MC, d Ve -0- r Su
t Ma -0- r Ve

Declared war on England +2
d Ne -90- r Pl, d Ur -0- r Su 09'

Washington burned by British +3
d Ma -180- r Pl 09', d Ur -0- r MC 14'

Panic of 1837 +2
d Me -0- r Ne 16'

Panic of 1819 +1
d Asc -90- r Moon 0°00', d Su -180- r Mo, d Pl -90- r Ur

President Harrison died +2
d Ju -90- r Ur, d Ma -180- r Mo, d Mo -90- r Pl

President Taylor died -2
d Me -90- r Ju

Panic of 1857 +2
d Sa -180- r Ve 09', t Ma -90- r Ur , d Me -90- r Su, d Ve -90- r Ma 12'

South Carolina seceded +2
d Sa -180- r Ju, d Me -0- r Sa, d Me -90- r MC 08'

Confederacy surrendered (none)
President Lincoln died (none)

Great Chicago Fire +2
d Sun -0- r Sa (as in P2), d Su -90- r MC, d Ma -0- r Ne, d Ve -90- r Ju

Panic of 1873 +1
d Me -90- r Pl

President Garfield died +3
d Sa -0- r Pl , d Su -90- r Me, d Ve -0- r Sa 03', d Ma -90- r Ve, d Ur -90- r Ma

Wounded Knee Massacre +2
(I'm entirely sure about scoring this one. In the end, d Ma-Ne to r Su wins out.)
d Ne -90- r As 07'. r Ne -180- r Su, d Ju -90- r Pl, s Ve -90- r Me 11', d Ma -90- r Su

Panic of 1893 +2
d Ne -180- r MC 11', d Ma -0- r Sa 10', d Ur -90- r Ve

President McKinley died +1
d Ne -180- r Me 07'

Panic of 1907 -2
d MC -90- r Mo, d Mo -0- r Ve

Entered WW I -2
d Ju -90- r Mo, d Ur -90- r Pl

Armistice & ceasefire ending WW I +2
(Mo conj. Su: Established U.S. preeminence as a world power)
d Ur -90- r Pl, d Mo -0- r Su

President Harding died +1
d Sa -90- r Ur 02', d MC -180- r Ur, d Pl -0- r Ma, d Pl -90- r Ne

1929 Wall Street crash 0
(Stunningly empty of meaningful contacts.)
d Mo -0- r Me

Pearl Harbor (none)
If adding 45/135, we get d Mo - r Ma 48', r Ne 28'

President Roosevelt died +2
d Ne -90- r Ur, d MC -180- r Ve, d Ju op. r Ma, d Ju sq. r Ne, d Ur -90- r Mo, d Pl -0- r Su

Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima +3
d MC -180- r Ve, d Ne -90- r Ur 0°01', d Ju -90- r Ne 05', d Pl -0- r Su

Korean War began +1
d Sa - 90- r Ju, d Me -180- r MC 08'

Korean War ended (none)

Bay of Pigs -2
d Me -0- r Pl, d Su -180- r MC 0°01', d Ve -180- r Ju

President Kennedy murdered none) !!!
Adding 45/135: d Mo -45- r Sa

First Selma march +2
(The civil rights movement in general was a broadly Jupiter wave.)
d Ju -180- r Su

Martin Luther King Jr. murdered -2
(These fit neither the specific event nor the broad tone of1968.)
d Sa -90- r Me 05', d Ve -180- r Su, d Ju -180- r MC 09'

Sen. Kennedy murdered -2
(As above, neither the event nor the tone of the year.)
d Sa -90- r Me, d Ve -180- r Su, d Ju -180- r MC 0°01'

First Moon landing +2
(It was even a transportation event!
d Ma -180- r Ve, d Ve -180- r Su, d Sun -180- r Me

President Nixon resigned (none)
Adding 45/135 gives: d Mo - 45 - r Me, d Ne -45- r Mo

Fall of Saigon (none)
(Adding 45/135 gives: d Ne -45- r Mo 0°01')

Three Mile Island +1
d Ve -180- r Me, d Ju -0- r Pl

1987 stock market crash 0
d Me -0- r Mo

Oklahoma City bombing +3
d Ur -180- r MC, d Ma -0- r Pl

9/11 attacks (none)
(Adding 45/135 gives: d Sa -45- r Su 10')

Began war on Afghanistan
(Essentially te same as 9/11

Began war on Iraq +1
d Ur -180- r Me (NOTICE: SA has everything 135° from itself within 0°01')

2008 crash +1
d Mo -0- r Sa 0°03', d Ve -0- r Mo

Benghazi attack +2
d Pl -0- r Ne

SCOTUS affirmed gay marriage rights -1
d Me -180- r Ne (NB: d Sa -135- r Pl, d Ur -135- r Ma 0°02', d Ma -135- r Ve, d Ve -135- t Sa)

2020 stock market crash +3
d Ma -0- r Mo. d Ne -90- r Mo 08' [Amidst a pandemic!]

OBSERVBATIONS: Some of these are striking! These are dramatically better than the prior (perhaps mostly because they give more contacts and, thus, more chances to register a score pro or con. At the same time, the few events that are missing are sometimes startling, given their importance. (I don't count as "missing" where there were no 90° series aspects but were perfectly accurate 45° series aspects, e.g., 9/11.)

I'm only checking 0 - 90 - 180 aspects, even though I consider the 45 - 135 valid for transits. (I may occasionally mention them.) I won't necessarily list every transit, but will focus on those which allow me to rate how transits perform with this chart, or may simply give a score.

U.S. Constitution signed ?? 0 ??
t Sa -0- r Mo 59', t Ma -0- r Ve 0°02'

Declared war on England ?? +1 ??
t Ju - 0- r Su

Washington burned by British +2
t Sa -180- r Me, t Pl -90- r Ma

Panic of 1819 +2
t Ur -180- r Ma 06'

Panic of 1837 +2
t Pl - 90- r MC

President Harrison died ??
t Ju -180- r Ur 12', t Ur -180- r Ne

President Taylor died +1
Panic of 1857 +1

South Carolina seceded +2
t Ur -0- r Ur, t Sa -90- r Ur, t Ve -90- r Mo [t Sa-Ur sq. 19']

Confederacy surrendered +1
President Lincoln died 0
Great Chicago Fire +2
t Sa -180- r Ve 08', t Su -0- r Asc, t Su -0- r Sa

Panic of 1873 +2
t Ne -90- r Pl 58', t Sa -180- r Me, t Me -0- r Ne

President Garfield died -1
Wounded Knee Massacre +1
Panic of 1893 (none)
President McKinley died 0

Panic of 1907 +2
t Ne -0- r Su 06', t Ne -90- r Asc
Entered WW I +2

Armistice & ceasefire ending WW I +2
t Ju -0- r Su, t Ju -90- r Asc 12'

President Harding died +2
t Sa -0- r Asc, t Sa -90- r Su 0°03'

1929 Wall Street crash -1

Pearl Harbor +2
t Ma -180- r Asc, t Ma -90- r Su 06'

President Roosevelt died +2
t Ve -90- r Me, t Ur -0- r Ur, t Sa -0- r Ve 04'

Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima +3
t Ne -90- r Ve, t Sa -0- r MC 14', t Mo -0- r. MC

Korean War began +3
t Ne -90- r Su, t Ur -0- r Ve 14', t Ma -90- r Ve 0°01', t Ve -90- r Mo

Korean War ended (none)
Bay of Pigs +1

President Kennedy murdered (none)
(some interesting trine transits in this, which are a rarity)

First Selma march +2

Martin Luther King Jr. murdered +3
t Ne -90- r Mo, t Ve -180- r Ne, t Su -90- r Su, t Su -180- r Asc, t Sa -90- r Su, t Sa -180- r Asc

Sen. Kennedy murdered +2
t Ur -0- r Ne 0°01', t Ve -0- r Ur

First Moon landing +1
President Nixon resigned +1
Fall of Saigon +2
Three Mile Island +2
1987 stock market crash +2
Oklahoma City bombing +2
9/11 attacks +3
Began war on Afghanistan +3
Began war on Iraq (none)
2008 crash +2
Benghazi attack +2
SCOTUS affirmed gay marriage rights +1
2020 stock market crash +1

OBSERVATION: This is a good showing. It's pretty much what one expects for transits: You can see the broader cycles and movements within which events occur. A few don't shown anything. Most of these are confirmation of the date but only a few concentrate so on angles and Moon to confirm the time (but the few that do so are excellent). -- We might expect to get better results from lunar returns etc. to tighten this transit effect but, in general, these are the sorts of transits that have kept this chart popular for decades.

I might have skipped Secondary Progressions - partly because historically they work so splendidly with this chart and were surely a strong factor in its rectification. However, this gives the opportunity to check to check the SNQ angles as well and see whether we agree with the refinement of the rectification. - Again, I probably won't list everything, but will list things relevant (pro or con) to the event.

U.S. Constitution signed +2
p Mo-Pl op 16', p Me-Ve 58' 3 mo. after p New Moon), p Su -0- r Me
Q: r Ma, r Su

Declared war on England +3
p Su-Ve conj. -60- p Sa. p Ma -90- r Sa, p Ju -0- r Su
Q: r Pl (-06'), p Me (+17')

Washington burned by British +2
p Su-Ve conj continues
Q: r Su (-05'), r Ma (+70'), r Ne (-01')

Panic of 1819 +1
p Mo -60- p Ju
Q: t Ur -180- r Ma across horizon. Possibly p Su-Ve on IC -180- r Mo.

Panic of 1837 +2
p Mo -90- r Mo
Q: t Pluto op. r Saturn across Q horizon.

President Harrison died +3
p Mo-Ju conj. 05' -90- p Sa, p Ve -0- r Ne
Q: t Pl +05', p Sa +30', t Pl -180- r Sa 25'

President Taylor died ??
p Mo -120- r Ju, p Su-Ne conj, p Me-Ur trine 05'
Q: none

Panic of 1857 +1
p Mo -120- r Ur, p Ve -60- p Ma, p Ve -90- r Su 0°01'
Q: t Ma, t Ur

South Carolina seceded +1
t Ne -180- p Ne 26'
Q: r Su +09', p Ne -55'

Confederacy surrendered +2
p Ve-Sa conj 20' =90= p Ju [Ve-Ju 0°02']
Q: r Su +53', t Su +05'

President Lincoln died -2
p Ve -90- p Ju 0°01' [+ Sa]
Q: t Su +30'

Great Chicago Fire 0

September 20, 1973, 9:00 AM LMT, New York, NY - Panic of 1873
September 19, 1881, 10:20 PM LMT [10:08 PM Washington], Elberon, NJ - President Garfield died
December 29, 1890, 8:00 AM MST - Wounded Knee Massacre
February 20, 1893, 9:00 AM EST - Panic of 1893
September 14, 1901, 2:15 PM EST - President McKinley died
October 22, 1907, 12:10 PM EST, NYC - Panic of 1907
April 6, 1917, 1:00 PM EST, Washington, DC - Entered WW I
November 11, 1918, 6:00 AM EST - Armistice & ceasefire ending WW I
August 2, 1923, 7:35 PM PST - President Harding died
October 24, 1929, 11:00 AM EST - 1929 Wall Street crash
December 7, 1941, 1:18 PM EST - Pearl Harbor
April 12, 1945, 4:35 PM EWT - President Roosevelt died
August 5, 1945, 7:16:17 PM EWT - Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima
June 24, 1950, 4:30 PM EDT - Korean War began
July 26, 1953, 9:00 PM EDT - Korean War ended
April 17, 1961, 1:00 AM EST - Bay of Pigs

President Kennedy murdered +2
p Ve -0- r Mo
Q: t Pl +25', r Ur +17'

March 7, 1965 - First Selma march
April 4, 1968, 6:01 PM CST - Martin Luther King Jr. murdered
June 5, 1968, 0:15 AM PDT - Sen. Kennedy murdered

First Moon landing +1
p Su -180- r Me 16'
Q: t Ma -11'

August 9, 1974, 12:00 PM EDT - President Nixon resigned
April 29, 1975, 11:24 PM EDT - Fall of Saigon.
March 28, 1979, 4:00 AM EST - Three Mile Island
October 19, 1987, 9:30 AM - 1987 stock market crash
April 19, 1995, 9:02 AM CDT - Oklahoma City bombing

9/11 attacks -2
p Mo-Su sq.
Q: t Ve +10'

Oct 7, 2001, 12:45 PM EDT - Began war on Afghanistan
March 20, 2003, 3:34 PM EST - Began war on Iraq
September 15, 2008, 1:15 AM EDT - 2008 crash
September 11, 2012, 3:40 PM EDT - Benghazi attack
June26, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT - SCOTUS affirmed gay marriage rights
February 20, 2020, 4:30 PM EST - 2020 stock market crash

There is no doubt this Chart is a most important USA Chart---proven with Sidereal Astrology techniques. I will gradually be posting about a few of the events in Jim's list with Sidereal Astrology techniques.