Peshtigo Fire [Wildfire]

[Jim Eshelman]

Wisconsin's deadliest natural disaster ever is also the deadliest fire in U.S. history. It also has the distinction of occurring exactly the same day as the Great Chicago Fire and, therefore, has been mostly forgotten in popular awareness. Furthermore, major fires erupted the same day on the other side of Lake Michigan, in Holland and Manistee, MI; and yet there seems no physical causative connection among all these fires. (One theory, that Comet Biela passing near Earth, is widely rejected because comet fragments or meteorites are cool when they hit ground.)

The connecting factor is likely the extreme dryness of the season and strong winds, causing concurrent fires to spark in broadly adjacent areas. I'm interested, though, to see if there are overlapping astrological factors such as, say, a Mars line running right down the middle of Lake Michigan within reach of everything. (No, I haven't yet looked as I write this, and it's been too long since I've looked at the Great Chicago Fire charts to remember them.) [PS Peshtigo, in NE Wisconsin, is at precisely the same longitude as Chicago.]

The fire occurred October 8, 1871, centered in Peshtigo, WI. At least 1,500 people, and possibly as many as 2,500 died. The fire burned 1.2 million acres. As I can't find a time, I'll use noon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshtigo_Fire

Year: Capsolar
Saturn on Asc (1°20')
Venus sq. MC (0°51')
Moon-Neptune op. (3°58' in mundo)

Bridge
t. Saturn conj. Capsolar Asc 7/4-11/8
CapQ Moon sq. s./p. Sun 9/6-11/20
t. Saturn op. Cansolar Moon 7/30-10/16
-- CanQ Moon op. s./p. Saturn 8/12-10/12
t. Neptune op. CapQ Moon 9/18-10/19
t. Jupiter conj. Capsolar WP 9/28-1/6
Event window: September 18 to October 16 or, with Jupiter, September 28 to October 16

Quarter: Cansolar
(Astromap this one and look at the Mars line through Peshtigo & Chicago!)
Mars on MC (0°02')
Jupiter on WP (0°03')
-- Mars-Jupiter sq. (0°02' in RA)
Moon-Saturn op. (0°28' in mundo)

Month: Caplunar (Dormant.) Moon-Neptune sq. (0°20')

Week: Canlunar
Uranus sq. Asc (0°12')
Neptune on Dsc (8°31')
-- Uranus-Neptune sq. (0°27' in mundo)
Moon-Neptune sq. (0°02')
Moon-Sun sq. (1°33' in mundo)

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits
p. MC sq. t. Neptune (0°37'), op. s. Sun (0°33'), op. p. Sun (0°12'), sq. p. Moon (0°19')
-- t. Neptune op. s. Moon (0°18')
-- t. Neptune sq. s. Sun (0°04')
-- p. Moon sq. s. Sun (0°14'), p. Sun (0°31')
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t. Saturn conj. s. Asc (0°09')
-- conj. s. Saturn (0°35'), sq. s. Mars (0°18')
t. Jupiter conj. s. WP (0°36')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits
p. Moon op. s. Saturn (0°52')
p. MC conj. p. Saturn (0°48'), op. p. Moon (0°05')
p. Asc op. s. Mars (1°17'), sq. s. Jupiter (0°59')
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t. Saturn op. s. Moon (0°34')
t. Sun conj. s. MC (0°59')


SUMMARY
Year: Venus Saturn. Moon-Neptune.
Bridge: Sun, Saturn Neptune (Cap). Jupiter, Saturn x2 (Can).
-- Quarter: Mars Jupiter. Moon-Saturn Mars-Jupiter.
Month: (Dormant.) Moon-Neptune.
-- Week: Uranus (Neptune). Moon-Sun Moon-Neptune Uranus-Neptune.
Day (Capsolar): Moon Sun Neptune Moon-Sun-Neptune (CapQ). Jupiter Saturn Mars-Saturn (transits)
-- Day (Cansolar): Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Moon-Saturn (CanQ). Sun Moon-Saturn (transits).