Hell's Bells

The Oakland Chapter of the Hell's Angels is celebrating their 50th Birthday this Week-end. Chiron Return. Wonder if a Chiron Return conjunct Neptune in Aquarius mellows a bunch of old outlaw bikers... Don't answer. Hey, it's all about the beer and the music and the revving of the engines.

The Hell's Angels is said to have been founded in 1948 in Fontana, California. The Oakland Chapter claims to have been started on April 1, 1957 by Ralph Sonny Berger. There's a picture of a plaque somewhere in Oakland that I saw on the Internet. Nice plaque.

So, 1948, no specific date. Fontana has a speedway of some sort. It's down in Southern California out in San Bernardino very close no doubt to the spot where the Ku Klux Klan was formed. Al Capone owned a house there. 1948 seems to have started off with lots of outer planets in air and fire which moved into Earth toward the end of the year. Jupiter was in Sagittarius for most of that year so Hell's Angels is going through a Jupiter Return. Saturn & Pluto in Leo and then Saturn moved into early Virgo. Uranus in Gemini. Neptune in Libra. The North Node was in Taurus.

The Oakland Chapter of the Hell's Angels
April 1, 1957 Oakland

Sun 12 Aries; Moon either in Aries or Taurus; North Node 21 Scorpio

This is as cliche as it gets in astro terms.

6 or 7 planets in Fire.
Sun c. Venus. Mercury Aries.
Mars singleton Air in Gemini opposite Saturn in Sagittarius.
Jupiter singleton Earth in Virgo
Neptune singleton Water in Scorpio
Uranus 3 Leo squaring Neptune

The leader of the Oakland Group was notorious as well he ought to be. He sort of mended his ways after a 10 year visit to jail. Wrote an autobiography, wrote some fiction and agreed to lend his name to a brand of beer.

Ralph "Sonny" Berger
b. Oct. 8, 1938 Modesto, CA

Sun 15 Libra; Moon probably in Aries; North Node 19 Scorpio

You will notice that he became the Leader of Hell's Angels on his Nodal Return.

Sun c. Mercury opposite Saturn 15 Aries (and maybe Moon)
Uranus 18 Taurus conjunct South Node Taurus trine Mars 20 Virgo conjunct Neptune 22 Virgo.
Jupiter Aquarius square Uranus Taurus and inconjunct Neptune in Virgo, square Venus in Scorpio

The thing about this week-end's anniversary, which is attracting hoards of Mr. Police Officers as well it ought, is that it shares a Nodal Return with an infamous Hell's Angels event held in 1969. The Group was "hired" for something called the Altamont Free Concert to provide Security. This was a huge Rock Concert and the Angels were offered free beer to guard the musicians. They ended up killing a member of the audience when people starting messing with their bikes.

The Dec. 6, 1969 event happened when the T. Sun was conjunct the group's Saturn. You can see from their natal Saturns the oppositions to said planet, i.e. problems with authority figures and others who don't do as they say. The North Node was at 18 Pisces squaring their n. Saturn-Mars opposition and trining their natal NN position. This really made those issues with authority figures stand right out in the open. Hopefully, they've had some therapy by now about these issues because there is going to be a repeat of some of the key transits. In 1969, t.Pluto was c. the group's Jupiter, there would have been a Moon-Jupiter conjunction that day on top of the natal Neptune. That's great for everything in the world pertaining to Music except imbibing huge quantities of alcoholic beverages and mind-altering substances of any nature.

This year's event, a 3 day extravaganza has a Chiron Return conjunct Neptune. T. Jupiter will conjunct the n. Saturn. (Why can't they just consult an astrologer?) The Moon this week-end will conjunct Jupiter which suggests over-indulgence. The Moon will also pass over the South Node. Which means that it will be opposite the North Node which is at 17 Pisces conjunct Uranus and Mercury. Once again it will be squaring the Saturn-Mars opposition. That will bring out the adolescent aspirations in any guy but transiting Mars will be opposing the group's Pluto.

Anyway, they'll probably just share Lipitor stories and take off to their weekly Dialysis appointments after the event.