Moon Wobble Affecting the Los Angeles Chart

Yesterday, September 9, 2010 was California's birthday and went out with a bang!  In a previous posting, I noted a very dangerous set up for the California due for some seismic event or otherwise.  Turns out, it was a massive gas line explosion in San Bruno, California overnight.  The transits for the event match up very well with the Radical and Progressed Chart of California. Also, the New Moon astrolocality chart has a Mars IC line going through San Francisco showing signs of trouble. Once again, things happen when planets line up in the eclipse degrees affecting the charts of nations and states.  Here's a look at the Radical California Chart for yesterday's event. The explosion happened when the Transiting Moon hit 10 Libra activating the Radical Mars/Mercury opposition to Radical Saturn, conjunct the Progressed Venus and squaring the lunar eclipse degree of 10 Cancer and the Transiting Node at 9 Capricorn.


However, the point of this blog is to look at and forecast seismic activity in California.  This New Moon period has the potential to not only set off explosions, but quakes too, as a Moon Wobble takes place at the end of September.
http://www.astrologycom.com/moonwobble.html

The Transiting Sun will be square to the Transiting Node at 7 Libra and Capricorn and the Transiting Sun will conjunct the Radical Venus.  This Moon Wobble is also accompanied by the Transiting Saturn at 7 Libra.  It is quite probable that there will be some moderate seismic activity in California around the time of this Moon Wobble as it activates Radical Venus and takes place in the Progressed 4th house of the Los Angeles chart.  Transiting Mercury will be in the eclipse degree of 24 Virgo, Transiting Uranus will be in the eclipse degree of 28 Pisces, Saros Series 9NN. Transiting Mars will square the Progressed Pluto and Progressed Moon as will Transiting Venus. 

Possible times for a quake to hit are when the Transiting Moon conjuncts Progressed Uranus but more likely when the Transiting Moon plugs into the Moon Wobble effect at 7** Cancer.  Also likely times are when the Moon transits Radical Uranus at 2 Cancer, opposes the eclipse degree of 4 Capricorn and the Progressed Ascendant * quite likely, conjuncts eclipse degree of 10 Cancer, 15-17 Cancer in opposition to the Radical Mars or later when the Transiting Moon hits upon the eclipse degrees of 25-29 Cancer affecting the Radical IC/MC axis.

The 7.2 Easter Baja Quake Analysis

At last, the promised analysis of the 7.2 Easter Baja Quake is ready.  It's been quite a wait, I know, but I am putting it up now.  One of the issues involving the analysis of this quake was choosing between the Mexico national chart or the California chart.  I decided to use the California chart as Baja is known as Baja CALIFORNIA. If the quake had struck south of the border where it connects the main body of Mexico, it would be different.  So, with this in mind, let's start with the California Chart. One of the  first things I check in any chart for events are the eclipses that have touch on important placements in the last few years.  This chart had an eclipse to Radical Lilith on January 26, 2009, Solar eclipse, associated Saros Series11N*.  The Radical Node at 14 Leo was opposite the lunar eclipse of August 6, 2009.  In 2005, Radical Saturn received a direct hit on Radical Saturn, from the solar eclipse of April 8th. Finally, the Radical Neptune was eclipsed on August 28, 2007, a direct hit.  These are all going to be sensitive points to watch and the transits of these planets become important as well as they move around the chart making aspects to radical and progressed positions and even to other transiting planets.  Eclipses make things happen when planets make contact with them. In this case, the transits of the Node, Lilith, and Saturn are to be watched carefully.

The 7.2 quake hit near Mexicali, just south of the border in Baja California on April 4, 2010.  The quake took place during the time of a Moon Wobble, when the Sun and Node form a 90 degree, a.k.a. a square aspect to one another.  A very good article to read about this phenomena is on Rob Tillet's website http://www.astrologycom.com/moonwobble.html   However, a moon wobble alone won't tell us why a quake happened in a particular region.  For that information, we have to examine the charts of places.  In examination of this chart, we can see Transit Saturn forming a conjunction with Radical Jupiter in a 0 Cardinal degree and making a hard adjustment to Transiting Chiron.  The Transiting Moon is seen in this chart to be forming a trine with Radical Saturn but at the actual time of the quake it was at 28 Sagittarius thus forming a trine to Radical Pluto and Uranus but squaring the Radical Jupiter and Transiting Saturn.  The Transiting Moon acts as the hour timer in event charts, especially quake charts!  In this case, it was forming aspects to Radical and Progressed planets and squaring the Solar Eclipse of March 19, 2007, Saros Series 9NN*, the physically expressive series implicated a number of California quakes. Transiting Pluto is making easy aspects to the AC/DC axis, Radical Neptune, and transiting Venus, but not all easy aspects are necessarily good.  Pluto's energy can be excessive, destructive as well as transforming. In this case, Pluto's destructive, yet transforming energy is feeding into the Radical trine between the AC at 5 Scorpio and the 4th house Radical Neptune at 5 Pisces (an eclipsed planet and degree) when the Transiting Venus and Mercury are activating the opposition between Radical Pluto, Radical Uranus on the DC and the Radical Moon and Venus on the AC increasing the stress dramatically.  In addition to all of this, it didn't help that Transiting Venus was in opposition to the Lunar Eclipse of April 24, 2005! 

The Transiting Node is forming a trine aspect to the Radical Sun at 16 Virgo and is conjunct with the eclipse degree of 15 Capricorn from the July 7, 2009 Lunar Eclipse, Saros Series 11S*.  Bernadette Brady describes this 11S series as a need to make sudden changes, with any blockages violently or tragically removed.  As stated above, the Moon Wobble was in effect during this time of this quake but even more interesting, is another recent finding when I began reviewing all the major quakes and eruptions of 2010--in the 7.2 Easter Baja quake chart, the Vertex of that event was at 16 Capricorn, conjunct with the Transiting Node and the eclipse degree and square to the Transiting Sun and trine to the Radical Sun of the California chart.  Also the quake chart has the Part of Fortune at 16 Taurus trine to this configuration. A Grand Trine formed between the Radical Sun, the Quake Part of Fortune, the Transiting Node, and the Quake Vertex.  May it also be noted that 16 Taurus is an eclipse degree from November 9, 2003, Saros Series 5S*, associated with a peak experience as described by B. Brady.  It may have been a joyful experience for the earth to move and release some stress, but certainly not for the inhabitants living on her crust in that region.

Moving on, Transiting Lilith was at 20 Aquarius, within orb of opposition to the Lunar Eclipse of February 9, 2009 and trine to the Radical Vertex.  Transiting Neptune wasn't making any special aspect to the Radical CA chart but that changes when looking at the Progressed California chart as it forms an opposition to the Progressed Sun.  Transiting Jupiter made an opposition to the Radical Sun at 16 Virgo and was opposite the eclipse degree of 18 Virgo, Saros Series 9NS* and square to the Radical Vertex of the California chart. I am finding the Vertex to be very useful in terms of when events happen.  The Vertex represents a point of fatedness or destiny which we have no control over and it's always active in quake charts, either by transit stimulation, progression, or solar arc.  In this case, it's stimulated by transit to the Radical position in the California chart and square to an eclipse degree, by progression to the Radical Node then activated by transit stimulation, and in the actual quake chart.

Transiting Uranus, is within less than a 1 degree orb of the Solar Eclipse at 28 Pisces, Saros Series 9NN*.  This particular eclipse is implicated very strongly in the Oil Rig disaster in Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana in April 2010.  Celeste Teal gave an excellent description of this eclipse in her book on Eclipses.  She has associated this eclipse with wasted resources, fires and/or explosions, and with earthquakes which has proven to be the case!  With Uranus, the planet of shock and sudden events, on this degree, it couldn't be any more accurate.

The Transiting Sun was forming a Moon Wobble in conjunction with squaring the eclipse degree of 15 Capricorn on the date of the quake along with a conjunction to the Radical Saturn at 19 Aries and in opposition to the Progressed Vertex at 14 Libra.

Lastly, we have the Transiting Mars coming into opposition with the Radical Lilith ( the dark moon point associated with the shadow in natal astrology) previously eclipsed on January 26, 2009.  Transiting Mars is also square to Transiting Venus and Mercury, trine to Radical Chiron, but most importantly, in conjunction with the Progressed Node sitting in the Progressed 4th house.  I haven't found too much information on Lilith's effects in Mundane Astrology, but it seems to be pointing at behind the scenes, shadow issues and when stimulated by eclipse or progression, those shadow issues are brought into focus.  Some might say, it's a point of bad luck, but I think it's bad only if you choose to ignore it, then the issues associated Lilith's placing fester and erupt to the point where it cannot be ignored any longer.  Unfortunately, in terms of Lilith's mundane application in quake charts, it's not too good.  It's too easy to forget we live on a fragile crust.

 Here is the Progressed Chart of California on the date of the Easter Baja Quake.  I've already mentioned above some of the aspects that formed to set things off, but here's where you can actually see Transiting Mars making a conjunction with the Progressed Node in opposition to the Lunar Eclipse of January 26, 2009 from the 4th house dealing with weather/earth related events and squaring the Progressed Part of Fortune.  The AC/DC axis is receiving stimulation.  Progressed Venus has moved into opposition with the Lunar Eclipse degree of 10 Cancer.  Progressed Mars is in the eclipse degree of 6 Aquarius.  The Transiting Sun is opposing the Progressed Vertex, forming a t-square with it and the Node stimulating the Lunar Eclipse degree of 15 Capricorn.  Transiting Saturn is trine to progressed Mercury activating the progressed adverse t-square.  The Transiting Moon in this chart shows the Moon's position at midnight universal time squaring Transiting Jupiter and trine to progressed Saturn but the timing of the quake happened when the Transiting Moon made a trine to Progressed Pluto and the Progressed Moon forming a grand trine.  However, since the Transiting Moon was square to Transiting Uranus in the 28 Pisces Solar Eclipse, the result was Boom! Quake!

Finally, there is the Easter Baja Quake chart below.

And so there it is..Why here?  Because the charts tell us so.  The eclipses, transits, and positions in the California chart all combined together to set off the charges in the form of progressed aspects.  The Transiting Moon is the hand that presses down on the lever to set off the charges that were building up for years.

* refers to Bernadette Brady's book: Predictive Astrology, The Eagle and the Lark

Something new discovered--and Review of 2010 Major Quakes

I've been reviewing the major quakes of 2010: Haiti, Chile, Baja, New Zealand, and the volcanic eruptions of Indonesia and Iceland and will start to post what I've found regarding the timing of these events over the next few weeks, including my earlier promise of posting information on the Easter Baja Quake.  I'm still working on charts, but I want to post a potential seismic danger period for Southern California extending through Sept 16, 2010. 

Some thoughts about the days up to the New Moon in Virgo and Quakes

More than likely you've heard about the 7.0 Christchurch Earthquake in New Zealand.  This quake had me very curious about the connections of the chart of New Zealand and the timing of the quake to see what more I could learn to improve quake forecasting and make revisions to my work-in-progress model.

The New Zealand quake hit the south island of New Zealand at 4:35am local time when the Moon was transiting 5 Cancer.  Jamie Funk posted an article about this quake on his website at http://www.funkastrology.co.uk/.  He points out at the time the quake hit the AC of the quake was at the same degree of the July11, 2010 quake and the tip of the eclipse path touches the northern tip of New Zealand.  I found this intriguing, but I wish to add more.  The August New Moon astrolocality chart shows a Uranus IC line very close to the southern island of New Zealand and yet there is more....

This nation's chart from Nick Campion's book of charts has the Sun at 26 Capricorn and was eclipsed on January 15, 2010.  As the chart is set for midnight, I cannot reliably use the angles of the chart but at the time of the quake, transiting Venus came into square with the eclipsed Sun at 26 Libra.  The Moon was transiting opposite the radical Mercury and Chiron with a 1 degree orb of the lunar eclipse of June 26, 2010 and squaring transiting Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, and Pluto.  The transiting South Node was in the eclipse degree of 10 Cancer from the lunar eclipse of December 31, 2009.  The transiting Sun and Mercury were opposite the radical Neptune and transiting Lilith.  So once again, the eclipse degrees are shown to be very active in the charts of earthquakes.

This has got me thinking about the chart of Los Angeles once again as it is receiving a lot of transit stimulation to radical positions.  Let's take a look, shall we?

I've selected the date of September 8, 2010 for transits as this is when the transits of Mars and Venus hit radical positions in the LA chart.  The radical AC and South Node of this chart at 26 Libra is currently being transited by Venus square to the Solar eclipse of January 2010 but that eclipse did not hit any positions in this chart.  However, the Solar eclipse of July 21, 2009 did hit directly on the MC and is still an active sensitize point.  In previous years, the Sun at 12 Virgo was eclipsed on March 3, 2007 and is still active for another year or so according to Celeste Teal's book on Eclipses along with the other two eclipses at 18 Virgo, 15 Pisces, and 4-5 Pisces so these degrees are still sensitive to transit activation.  The Sun is currently transiting over the Radical Sun and will soon make it's way to conjunct the progressed IC at 16 Virgo and transit the eclipse degree of 18 Virgo when transiting Mars will move into transit square with the eclipse degree at 25 Capricorn and conjunct the Radical AC and South Node.  At the same time, transiting Venus will move into square with the eclipse degree of 29 Cancer.  Transiting Saturn squares the lunar eclipse of June 26, 2010 at 4 Libra which was visible in California and happens to square the AC/DC progressed

axis.  The transiting Node squares the radical Venus, the chart ruler for LA within a 2 degree orb.  So the potential exists for a quake to occur in this chart but what about the astrolocality chart?  The August New Moon chart in affect until the next New Moon on September 8, 2010 at 3:31 am PDT shows a Sun and Moon line passing through the Northern part of California up through Vancouver Canada.  It is possible but I cannot say with a degree of any certainty how probable it is as the Saturn and  Uranus ACG lines are more indicative of trouble in the regions they pass through.  If something is to occur, it i would be in the time frame of Sun transiting through the degrees of 12 Virgo through 18 Virgo when Venus, Mars, and Saturn make contact squares to the eclipse degrees and radical positions in the chart.  The Moon will be transiting the eclipse degree of 25 Capricorn/Cancer and 29 Cancer later today before it moves on to oppose radical and progressed Pluto and all the sensitive eclipse points in Leo/Aquarius, conjoin radical Mercury and then transit through the eclipse degrees of 1 Virgo, 4/5 Pisces/Virgo, and 12/13 Virgo before the Virgo New Moon.     

A Dangerous Setup for the California Chart

The Summer eclipse season has come to an end, the Sun has ingressed into Virgo and the height of the Cardinal Crisis transits  of  2010 have passed, so what's next?  I've been thinking about this.  In the last few days, scientists have announced the San Andreas fault may rupture sooner rather than later as they have found more evidence of ancient quakes having taken place along the fault in shorter intervals ranging from every 44-150 years rather than the previous 200-300 year span.  So I took another look again at the California chart radical and the progressed to see what is going on and if possible to glean information of when a quake might occur.

As of today's date, August 24, 2010, the chart of California has a dangerous setup going on between the radical and progressed positions.

First, the MC/IC angle of both the radical and progressed positions have been eclipsed in the last two years and remain sensitive to upcoming transits.  The Progressed Node is square to the Radical AC angle.  The Progressed AC is involved in opposition to the Radical Venus and Moon. The Progressed Venus has moved into square with Radical Mars and Mercury and is currently receiving stimulation from the Transiting Node.  The Progressed Moon is forming a square to Radical Chiron.  Progressed Mars is coming into conjunction with Radical Lilith and Progressed Fortuna is square to the Radical MC/IC angle with Radical Fortuna in conjunction with Progressed Chiron.  Clearly, this chart is very active, so seismologists are on the right track warning the public that the San Andreas Fault could see a major rupture quite soon.  The main question is when.  What transit activation will set this chart off? 

Today, August 24, 2010 is the Full Moon in Pisces taking place at 10:05 PDT.  This Full Moon stimulating the February 20, 2008 lunar eclipse at 1-2 Virgo.  This eclipse is still active until February 2011 and was partially seen in California.  The eclipse did not touch any planetary position in the California chart, so the effects are not as great as they would have been touching a position in the chart, yet it is still a sensitive point.  I cannot say I see any specific transit stimulation to this chart at this time, in the next few days both Transiting Mars and Venus will oppose Radical and Progressed Saturn at 17 and 19 Aries and square the Progressed MC/IC angle.  With the South Node currently transiting the eclipse of December 31, 2009 and square to Radical Mars and in opposition to Progressed Venus, will it be enough to set off the difficult aspects in this chart?  Or will it be later when the future eclipses land on positions in the Los Angeles and San Francisco charts.  Whatever the case may be, the California chart is too be watched very closely because something, whatever it is to be, is going to happen pretty soon in my opinion.

The Final Degrees of Leo

The Sun is now transiting the final five degrees of Leo and coming to a close of the eclipses on the Leo/Aquaruis axis. However, there are a few things to watch out for as the Sun moves through these degrees.

First is the New Moon of August 2010, set for Los Angeles.  The AC/DC axis for this New Moon is at 26  degrees Aquarius/Leo which the Sun will soon transit and we also have transiting Venus and Mars in square to the Node with the outer planets forming a t-square to one another. If something is going to happen in terms of seismic activity in California, it will be in the next few days as the Sun moves over the angle opposing Neptune and Chiron.












In looking at the Progressed California chart, the only potential flashpoint I see for trouble is the transiting Sun opposing the Progressed CA Sun and transiting Neptune, with the transiting Node passing over Progressed Venus to set things in motion.  Likely times would be when the Moon transits the early degrees of Capricorn  plugging into the current outer planet t-square formation of 2 Capricorn or in conjunction with the lunar eclipse degrees of 4-5 Capricorn.

Quick Post...San Francisco, California Updated

We are coming closer to the end of the eclipse season transits on the Leo/Aquarius axis, just another week and it should be done for this time period.

The Sun is coming into transit opposition with the lunar eclipse of Feb. 9, 2009 at 21 Aquarius ( Saros Series 11N), and conjunction with the radical San Francisco node at 21 Leo.  The probability of a potential quake isn't quite as high as it has been, it's still worth noting that these transits are taking place.  Nothing can be ruled out with the Cardinal Crisis transits going on currently and so close on the heels of a super new moon. The Moon will soon enter Libra to exacerbate the tension of the t-square crisis transits and touch Venus and Mars.

In the next several days, the Sun will transit opposite the eclipse degree of 24 Aquarius (Saros Series 10N) and oppose the Progressed CA Sun at 27 Aquarius.  It is on August 16, 2010 when Jupiter and Saturn will meet again in exact opposition at 1:46 PM PDTand the transiting Sun is at 24 Leo in opposition to the eclipse degree of August 16, 2008. While it's likely that not much will to come to pass in California , or so I hope, there is a concern as the transiting node comes into conjunction with the Progressed CA Venus--the Progressed CA chart ruler and square to the transiting Mars.