Cascadia Earthquake of 1700

Geologist Brian Atwater, along with a number of other Geologists, have conjectured that there was a huge 8.7 - 9.2 Earthquake off the West Coast of the United States in the year 1700. They've been able to determine down to an hour when this earthquake happened with the help of notes written in Japan that describe a Tsunami that was experienced all the way at the other side of the Pacific Ocean. Atwater has written about this in his book called The Orphan Tsunami of 1700 (haven't read it). The epicenter was offshore of Lincoln City, Oregon.

Cascadia Earthquake, 8.7 - 9.2
Jan. 26, 1700 9pm Lincoln City, Oregon (offshore)

Sun 8 Aquarius; ASC 24 Virgo; Moon 26 Aries; 23 Gemini MC; NN 15 Virgo

The angles in this chart aren't exactly as spectacular as I would hope. The Ascendant, however, is right at the midpoint of a Mars-Pluto square and Uranus is in the 10th house. These planets rule earthquakes and they both are involved in major aspect to Mars in Scorpio so this looks like a real rattler from an astrological perspective.

If you move the earthquake time back an hour you can have the Nodes crossing the Ascendant/Descendant line. If you move it forward slightly more than an hour to around 10:30pm, you can get both Uranus and Pluto elevated into the 10th house together.

Mars in Scorpio (depositing to Pluto, mass destruction) is involved in two significant configurations. It's involved in both a Water Grand Trine (created a tsunami) and is apex to a t-square.

The Water Grand Trine in this chart is Mars 7 Scorpio-Uranus 8 Cancer Rx-Saturn 2 Pisces.

The t-square has apex Mars in Scorpio squaring the Sun in Aquarius which opposes Pluto in Leo. These planets disposit to each other (mars: Pluto: Sun) and then to Uranus.

Uranus is slightly Out of bounds at 23 degrees 37.

The ruler of the IC is Jupiter and Jupiter is placed in the 4th House in Capricorn. It is conjunct Venus and is trining the North Node. This makes me think that maybe the earthquake happened about an hour or so later when Libra would have been rising -- it would make sense to have the ruler of the chart in the 4th house.

This is all conjectural. I doubt many people or animals or trees or mountains for that matter survived this thing. The Moon was in Aries in the 8th House which gives it a connection to both Mars and Pluto.

ADDITION ABOUT THE ECLIPSES:

There were 5 Eclipses in 1700, two of them were Total Lunar Eclipses on the Virgo/Pisces axis. This follows along with what I found that there seems to be more than the usual 4 eclipses during a year when there is a big earthquake, but there were no Total Eclipses in 1699.

The next Eclipse was a Partial Solar on Feb. 19, 1700 :49 UT, Sun c. Moon at 1 Pisces in H4. This is probably too late in time but it's interesting that Uranus rules the IC of this chart and Scorpio Rises with Mars in the 1st house unaspected in major aspect to other planets. The Sun-Moon and Saturn were in conjunction at the beginning of Pisces in the 4th house. This was followed by a Total Lunar Eclipse on Mar. 5, 1700.

Just for kickers I looked up Brian Atwater's chart to see if it relates to this earthquake chart, hehehe... This is just too much.

Brian Atwater
Sept. 18, 1951 New Britain, Conn.

Sun 26 Virgo; Moon Taurus; NN 10 Pisces

Atwater was born during the Uranus Return of the earthquake and Pluto was also in Leo conjunct Mars to the degree (10 degree orb difference -- Atwater's Pluto-Mars is at 21 Leo, Cascadia's Pluto is at 11 Leo).

Atwater's Uranus is trining his Nodal Axis showing that Uranian activities will be related to his destiny. His Nodal Axis is the reverse of the earthquake's. His Sun is conjunct the time that he chose for the earthquake. He has a Saturn-Jupiter opposition which would cross the early Libra Rising that I personally choose for this earthquake.

Please also see an excellent article written by Robert Wilkinson in his blog Aquarius Papers about a large amount of earthquakes that have been happening in this area this month: http://www.aquariuspapers.com/astrology/2008/04/earth-changes-i.html.