Dec 25: Newton, Barton, Serling, Maxwell

[Jim Eshelman]

Newton, Isaac. Dec 25, 1642 OS, 1:30 AM LAT, Woolsthorpe Manor, England (52N48'33" 0W37'50" near Grantham) (B).
Barton, Clara. Dec 25, 1821, 11:52 AM LMT, Oxford, MA (B).
Serling, Rod. Dec 25, 1924, 3:07 AM EST, Syracuse, NY (AA).
Maxwell, Ghislaine. Dec 25, 1961, 3:20 PM CET, Maisons Laffitte, France (AA).


NOTE: Newton's time is reported as one-to-two hours after midnight, hence the selection of 1:30 AM for the time.

Rod Serling has a mundane Moon-Uranus square not scene ecliptically. Seems significant. Also, with all that Sag, he was also a paratrooper.

Ghislaine Maxwell's chart will be of great interest to many. Don't miss that Jupiter culminates in the exact degree of its fall and in partile square to Neptune in RA.

Clara Barton's chart has to be seen to be believed! Look closely at all the main features. Don't miss the partile Jupiter-Saturn conjunction for one who founded an institution. Also, the partile Sun-Uranus-Neptune conjunction exactly on Zenith is also exactly square Novien Moon.

[Jim Eshelman]

Maxwell was today convicted on five of six charges against her. This was anticipated on this site December 1. The NYT article broke today (12/29/21) at 5:14 PM EST. The trial was in Manhattan Federal Court.

[Jim Eshelman]

I posted this elsewhere:

Ghislaine Maxwell, according to her birth record, was born December 25, 1961, 3:20 PM CET, Maisons Laffitte, France (Chart 1 below). Jupiter is unequivocally her most important planet, sitting mere minutes from her Midheaven while her Sun and three planets are in the constellation jovian Sagittarius and her Moon is in the jovian constellation Cancer. Neptune, 0°07' from WP and closely square Moon, and Pluto, 0°10' from Nadir (i.e., lower square to Asc) are next most important, but that Jupiter clearly dominates her life and describes her fondness for finery and a lifestyle of and among the elite.

But that Jupiter was not only in the sign of its fall but culminating in the exact degree of its fall. The chart promises a general life of prosperity and success, but equally suggests that it likely would end with... a fall.

When her trial began, it wasn't hard - using the most basic tools - to know that luck wasn't with her, that the fall was likely going to happen this month. Trial began, and most of the trial occurred, with Saturn exactly conjunct her Jupiter and MC. Add that, for Manhattan, her current and about-to-happen Sidereal Solar Returns were unlucky, and... well, as I said at the time, her luck probably had run out.

Her verdict came today - five convictions on six charges - sometime around 5:00 PM EST. (The NYT article broke at 5:14 PM, so it was probably a minute or two before that.) Saturn had moved past her Jupiter-MC a couple of degrees, but transiting Mars - aspecting that Saturn within 0°03' - was at 16°35' Scorpio, half a degree from her Descendant. (As the charts below show, all positions are in the Sidereal zodiac.) Other transits supplemented all this today's Mercury-Venus-Pluto triple conjunction was sqq her Pluto (Pluto-Pluto was 0°04') and Saturn was ssq her Venus 0°08' - but the big punch was Saturn siting exactly on her Jupiter-MC during most of the trial and Mars slipping through to exactly cross a natal angle as the verdict came. - Simple as could be.

Other charts are definitely worth noticing, though!

Take her new Sidereal Solar Return that occurred four days ago, Christmas Day, at 6:43:37 PM EDT. Such return are read by noting which planets are closest to the angles or aspecting Moon. Maxwell's SSR occurred with natal Saturn most angular, 2°35' below Descendant, and a 0°20' humiliating Moon-Neptune opposition. Other aspects are strong and near the angles, too, including the 0°09' Venus-Pluto conjunction that conjoins her angular Saturn, and transiting Saturn's degrading conjunction with her Jupiter; but the simple message is that she had a closely angular Saturn and an exact Moon-Neptune opposition:: She would lose and be humiliated.

Or, for the month, take her Sidereal Lunar Return December 22 at 10:13:09 PM EST. Transiting Mars was 1°12' from IC and natal Pluto on Ascendant - a transiting malefic and a natal planet showing strong impact, withdrawal, and probably a life-change.

How about for the day? Besides the simple transits, we can check her quotidian charts. All we're looking for are partile contacts with angles. Her Sidereal Natal Quotidian (SNQ: simply her secondary progressions drawn quotidian style) had Asc 11°14' Cancer rising with progressed Saturn at 11°43' Capricorn.

Yeah, her luck pretty much ran out.

[SteveS]

Par-excellent charts and their symbolism for the verdict.