Shuttle Launch STS-122 / Sick Astronaut

NASA has announced that operations on the current Shuttle Launch are being delayed due to an undisclosed but not life threatening illness of one of the astronauts. I quickly looked at the charts and noticed some big problems (Hindsight, of course).

Shuttle STS-122
Launch Feb. 7, 2008 2:45 pm Cape Canaveral, FL

Sick Astronaut
Hans Schlegel
b. Aug. 3, 1951 Uberlingen, Germany

The Shuttle launched during a Mercury Rx. That doesn't really matter much except that Mercury was conjunct Schlegel's natal Saturn in Virgo by a degree. These are conjunct Schlegel's South Node in Virgo. Virgo being the sign of Health and Intestines in particular I suppose I'd suspect a stomach ailment. Schlegel has a natal Saturn at 29 Virgo so Pluto is squaring that planet. He's also approaching his Saturn Return.

Another major feature is that the Shuttle was launched during a Solar Eclipse. Man, now that one I wouldn't recommend. The chart has 6 Cancer Rising which means that it is ruled by the Moon, which again points to fluids problems, stomach problems. There's a big stellium in Aquarius in this chart which falls in the Launch Chart's 8th house. With regards to Health, 8th house indicates Medical Research. I wouldn't get anywhere near those petri dishes myself.

Also, extremely stressful to see is that Schlegel has a natal conjunction of Sun-Pluto in Leo possibly also conjunct natal Moon in Leo. This is between 11 Leo (Sun) and 20 Leo (pluto). When the Shuttle Launched, not only was it a Solar Eclipse, but The Sun was at 19 Aquarius conjunct Neptune-Moon-NN. Neptune-Pluto-Moon also points to toxicity. He could also have flipped out and seen UFOs.

Schlegel's natal Uranus is at 12 Cancer and his Mars is at 21 Cancer meaning that both planets were in the Launch Chart's 1st House (physical body) and about to pass over the ASC into the 12th house of hidden health problems (and poisonings).

He shouldn't have snuck that Taco Bell before taking off... I hope he is well on the way to recovery. NASA has said that his problem is not life threatening.