Shootings and Venus Retrograde?

As Venus has gone Retrograde in Aries there have been at least 3 public shootings. Venus rules one's ability to love and when she goes Retrograde complications can occur in this area. In the sign of Aries she perhaps brings out an impulsive, aggressive side that people are trying to repress.

According to the birth dates I have for two of the shooters and one of the victims there seems to be a common bond with Nodal Axes involved along the signs of Cancer/Capricorn. This means that the Venus Retrograde is squaring these people's Nodal Axes. The Nodes are considered related to one's Destiny in some way. The 2 Shooters had Sun in square aspect to their Nodal Axes so their Suns were also under stress. The Victim, a Pastor in a church, had natal Venus conjunct his South Node. His Sun, on the other hand, was not relating to his Nodal Axis.

Venus Retrograde may not mean anything other than that from the earth's point of view Venus seems to stand still in the sky for an extra long time. And in Aries this may provoke a lot of frustration. Aries likes Action.

On March 8, 2009 (8:15 am) a man who may have Lyme Disease walked into a Baptist Church in Maryville, Illinois and shot and killed the Pastor who was giving his Sermon. The man was 27 year old Terry Sedlacek. I don't have his birthdate. If he was born in 1982 then he may have a Cancer North Node. This would mean that he shares the same Nodal Axis as his Victim the Minister (whose name I won't use here out of respect for his family who probably hates Astrology). I have found a birthdate for the Minister on the Internet which gives him a philosophical and religious Sun in Sagittarius. His Moon may be in either Cancer or Leo depending on what time of day he was born. And his North Node is at 13 Cancer. As I said before his Venus was at 6 Capricorn within conjunction of his South Node. It is about 7 degrees away from natal Mars at the end of Sagittarius and this means that transiting Pluto was conjunct both Planets.

On Mar. 10, 2009 a man named Michael McLendon went on a shooting spree in the towns of Geneva and Samson, Alabama. McLendon killed most of his family, the family dogs, then went on to shoot randomly at strangers. He then killed himself. 11 deaths total (that may not be accurate).

McLendon was an Aries Sun which was afflicted by opposition to Saturn 19 Libra and Pluto 18 Cancer. His natal Mars was 7 Libra and was Retrograde. So he had a strong aspect in his chart which was lit up by this current Venus Retrograde. On top of that he had natal North Node at 18 Cancer squaring the Sun to Saturn and Pluto oppositions.

Michael McLendon
b. Apr. 11, 1982 (place?)

Sun 22 Aries; Moon Scorpio or Sagittarius; NN 18 Cancer

On Mar. 11, 2009 in Germany a student went on a shooting spree at his school (9:30 am CET, Winnenden, Germany, source: Noel Tyl's forum). This student was Tim Kretschner. Kretschner's chart shows stress aspects to outer planets in Cardinal Signs just like McLendon's do. He was a Scorpio Sun possibly with Moon also in Scorpio. His Sun was conjunct Mars and Pluto which is considered a very difficult aspect to deal with from an emotional basis. In short, it seems to show up a lot in these shooters' charts.

Both shooters have Sun (represents Will and Ego) in signs that are ruled by Mars and Pluto which are both the same energy but on different octaves of vibration. The Scorpio Planets in Kretschner's chart would have been under difficult transit from the square from all the Aquarius planets.

Kretschner's North Node was in heavy aspect to two outer planets. Uranus and Neptune were both conjunct natal North Node at 13 Capricorn (Uranus 11 Capricorn and Neptune 15 Capricorn). These planets were all getting tipped off by transiting Venus Rx in Aries.

Tim Kretschner
b. Nov. 6, 1991 Wendlingen, Germany (info from Noel Tyl's forum)

Sun 14 Scorpio; Moon Scorpio; NN 13 Capricorn

The Venus Rx, of course, isn't the only transit happening in these charts. I just want to point out these coincidental correspondences of both Murderers and Victims especially in regards to the Nodal Axes (Plural of Axis?)

I send my regrets and condolences to all the friends and families of everyone involved in these events.