My First Attempt at Forensic Astrology

This was supposed to be a practice quiz on reading an Event Chart related to a murder and has ballooned out into a much bigger project which I don't have the time to look at fully. I saw an advertisement today in the USA Today asking for information leading to yet another horrible murder of a pregnant woman that occurred this month. This was one nasty New Moon. It was opposite Jupiter and Pluto in Sagittarius with Jupiter squaring Uranus. And it brought to the fore all the exhaustion and depression that can be associated with the final pass of the Saturn-Neptune opposition.

On June 14, in Raleigh, NC, a 22 year old mother of 2 children was murdered while delivering newspapers outside a convenience store. She was 8 months pregnant. Her baby was due on July 8. Add this to the more highly publicized cases: Jessie Davis, 26, and her unborn daughter, Chloe, were murdered by Chloe's father supposedly on June 14. Chloe was due to be born on July 3) Kimberly Ellen Vaughn, 34, and her 3 children, Abigayle Elizabeth, 12, Cassandra Ellen, 11, and Blake Philip, 8, were allegedly murdered by their Father in Illinois. This murder happened on June 14 also.

I thought I would check the chart for the time of Jennifer Nielsen's murder to see if it could describe who her murderer was or what his motives may have been.

The police found Mrs. Nielsen's body at 5 am, on Jun 14, 2007 in Raleigh, NC. They think she was killed between 3am and 4am. The 3am chart has Aries Rising with Mars in Aries conjunct and just rising over the ASC. I assume that the Ascendant would indicate Mrs. Nielsen and the Descendant would describe her Killer. If this is true, then she put up a pretty fierce fight. This would also indicate that she "killed herself" so maybe she did something rash that provoked the murderer. This incident was on the day that there was a New Moon in Gemini. Both Sun and Moon in this chart are in the 2d house, a money house, which shows that the murder was over money. The ruler of the 7th is Venus. Venus is in Leo in the 4th house in this chart. This chart doesn't make much sense to me.

The 4am chart is much worse but makes more sense. It has 20 Taurus Rising with Scorpio on the Descendant. Pluto, Scorpio's ruler, is in the 8th house which it rules. This certainly indicates murder as that is the 8th house's domain. But doesn't indicate that much by itself as this happens every day around that time and there aren't always murders at 4am. Difference is that the rest of the planets were setting it off. There was a New Moon that day, elevating the emotional tensions. Not only was the Sun opposing Pluto (H8) but the Moon at this point was opposing Jupiter in the 7th house (indicator for the murder). Jupiter was squaring both Uranus (erratic, unexpected) and the Nodes (Fate). Saturn was in the 4th house opposite Neptune. This indicates that poverty was a motivator. There's a chance that the murderer was Homeless as the Police are looking in Homeless camps. Mrs. Nielsen was out working at this difficult job in her condition in order to make extra money before her baby was born. Venus, ruler of the chart was also in the 4th house with Saturn, which describes her role as Mother. The Moon was also in the 1st house.

The description and a drawing of both Jennifer Nielsen and a suspect in the case are located on the Internet if anyone out there knows how to read these damn event charts. Here's a link to one: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/606281.html. The suspect is described as: Male....17-20 years old, long black hair in a ponytail, black sleeveless t-shirt, baggy blue jean shorts, skinny with a slender face, no apparent facial hair and light skin. Sounds Scorpionic.

I also found the birth date for Jennifer on the website set up for her. She was born Mar. 6, 1985 in Glendale, CA. Unfortunately, her chart hooks into the transits. First indicator that she might be in danger: She was going through her Mars Return in Aries. Natally her Mars is conjunct Venus and trine Uranus with could show a highly aroused and excited time in her life. She had Sun at 17 Pisces which squared her natal Uranus at 18 Pisces and may have opposed a Virgo Moon. Transiting Uranus was at 19 Pisces squaring t. Jupiter at 14 Sagittarius right on top of the natal Sun-Uranus square. The Saturn-Neptune opposition was making its last exact pass and directly squaring her natal Nodes at 21 Taurus.

I don't know how the Raleigh Police Department feels about Astrologers giving them information but if you look at the charts and can glean any useful information, their phone number is: 919-227-6220.