Friday, October 19, 2012

Solar Eclipse, Los Angeles, and the Northridge Quake of 1994

Once again, it's eclipse season.  There will be an upcoming Solar Eclipse at 21-22 Scorpio on November 13, 2012.  This eclipse is prominent in the Los Angeles chart as it's a direct hit on LA's radical Jupiter at 21 Scorpio.  It was also the prior Solar Eclipse degree before the devastating Northridge quake on January 17, 1994.  In November 1994, the Solar Eclipse set for Los Angeles had the eclipse in the 8th house which is exactly where this upcoming eclipse will take place as well with Mars on the Midheaven where the prior Solar Eclipse in 1993 had Mars conjunct the North Node at 3 Sagittarius.

What does this mean?  As this blog focuses exclusively on earthquakes, it could mean that Southern California is due for another quake as it several transits align with the LA chart around the time of the eclipse or when the Transiting Sun meets up with the Transiting Node at 26 Scorpio known as a Moon Wobble on the 18th.  There is also a Lunar Eclipse on the 28th of November when Transiting Mars and Transiting Pluto meet up at  8 Capricorn.  All of the these dates have the potential to produce notable seismic activity.

What's different from this Solar Eclipse from the previous 1993 Solar Eclipse at 21 Scorpio is that several transiting planets are stimulating the LA chart at the time of the eclipse unlike in 1993.  Most notably, there is Transiting Retrograde Jupiter stimulating the previously eclipsed LA Saturn at 13 Sagittarius eclipsed on June 4, 2012 and the Transiting Retrograde Mercury Transiting opposite the eclipse degree of 0 Gemini from the May 20, 2012 Solar Eclipse.  Transiting Pluto is forming a square to the LA chart ruler Venus at 7 Libra while Transiting Retrograde Uranus is in opposition to the LA's Neptune at 4 Libra.  The Transiting Node is in square to LA's Mercury at 27 Leo.  Most troubling is the square from Transiting Saturn to LA's Pluto at 4 Aquarius in the 4th house.  Saturn square Pluto is about the threat of loss and destruction and affects the 4th house governing real estate.
Probably the one bright spot that will mitigate a potential quake is not having the either the radical or progressed angles stimulated.  Back at the time of the Northridge quake in 1994, both the Sun and Venus were stimulating the Radical AC angle via the square from 26 Capricorn and Saturn was on the Progressed LA MC at 27-28 Aquarius. This will not be the case in November 2012.  In February 2013, the Transiting Node will pass over this November eclipse degree at 21 Scorpio and could be another potential time for seismic activity.
Be on the lookout for activity a few days before the November 13th eclipse to the end of November after the lunar eclipse on the 28th.  The Moon Wobble is in effect in the days around November 17th and 18th.