Battle of Puebla

[Jim Eshelman]

Happy Cinco de Mayo! The holiday celebrates the small, disadvantaged Mexican army's victory defeated the stronger invading French army.

The battle occurred May 5, 1862, in Puebla, Mexico. The key events were mid-to-late afternoon, so I'll use 3 PM.

Year: Capsolar
Jupiter rising (0°18')
Neptune settings (2°00')
-- Jupiter-Neptune op. (1°42' in mundo)
Moon-Saturn sq. (2°32')
-- Saturn rising (4°31')
-- Moon on MC (7°22')

Quarter: Arisolar
(Dormant.)
Moon-Mercury op. (0°19')
Moon-Neptune op. (1°28')
-- Mercury-Neptune op. (1°09')

Month: Caplunar
Jupiter on IC (0°40')
Saturn on IC (0°52')
-- Jupiter-Saturn conj. (1°32' in mundo)
-- Ju/Sa on IC (0°06')
Venus on MC (3°21')
-- Venus-Saturn op. (1°07')
Moon-Mercury sq. (2°28' in mundo)

Week: Canlunar & Arilunar
The Canlunar is dormant. The Arilunar has:
Neptune on MC (0°47')

Day: Capsolar Transits
t. Venus conj. s. Dsc (1°46')
-- t. Venus conj. s. Neptune (0°09')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian
p. Moon sq. p. Mars (0°56')
p. Asc conj. t. Neptune (0°28'), s. Neptune (0°47')

[Jim Eshelman]

Notice that the "bridge" features telling us what time of year to expect something is progressed Cansolar Moon square Mars. This would have narrowed timing to about two months. The Caplunar pretty much told the story from then on.