Gaffney Killer Caught (and Killed)

Officers in South Carolina managed to catch the Gaffney Killer about 30 miles away from the town he had been terrorizing for over a week. He was shot and killed as the Police tried to apprehend him. Police have identified him as 41-year old Patrick Burris. I already talked about the Gaffney Killings in a previous post and talked about how the town had also been victimized by a serial killer 40 years ago. So I was amazed to find that Burris was born the same year as the 1968 killings. I talked about how Uranus in Pisces right now is one degree opposition from the spot where it was in 1967-68 while it was passing through Virgo. According to Wikipedia, Burris was born a half a year after the last of the killings. This, means that he was born with a conjunction of Uranus to Pluto in Virgo in his natal chart.

Patrick Tracy Burris
b. Aug. 8, 1967 Place? (I used Gaffney)

Sun 16 Leo; Moon Virgo; NN 2 Taurus

Burris' chart has a conjunction of Sun-Jupiter at 16 Leo in his chart that squares his natal Mars and Neptune in Scorpio. The Sun-Mars aspect seems to come up in the charts of these shooters often. Of course, it doesn't mean that a person will become a killer. I suppose I would interpret it as meaning that a person with this aspect might enjoy expressing him or herself through the use of guns. Burris' Mars is in Scorpio which sometimes indicate a personality with deep turmoil that is difficult for an individual to express. Having these planets in connection with both Jupiter and Neptune shows a person with high ideals, who has an extreme need to feel happy and who could likely have a drug and alcohol problem. The Scorpio South Node can just deepen these problem as showing an unconscious tendency to lapse into these problems.

In addition, Burris may have had a conjunction of Moon with Pluto and Uranus which could indicate emotional volatility. If born early in the morning he could have a conjunction of Moon with Venus in Virgo. This can be a very insecure combination with regards to emotional expression and feelings of lovability. It could indicate that Burris' Mother was very critical of him and somehow felt martyred. Natal Saturn is Rx which doubles the possibility for this scenario. According to Noel Tyl, Saturn Rx could indicate that the Father wasn't around much or involved much in a person's upbringing.

Venus stationing Rx 15 minutes before Burris was born and so it was Rx during his whole lifetime. This is a pointer to feelings on not being loveable and not being populari. Venus has just Stationed Direct (by Progression) this year. Interesting that this is the year that Burris dies, among other things. Venus Stations can be very stressful points in a person's life perhaps because they are sensing the change associated with not feeling lovable for all that time. Interesting that Burris was a career criminal and was just let out of jail after 8 year incarceration. Prog. Venus had backed up into Leo and was conjunct prog. Jupiter. In combination with his natal Sun-Jupiter conjunction in Leo he was probably feeling way too high. He was probably binging on alcohol from the second he got out of jail. (Jupiter and Venus aspects can lead to excess).

Burris' chart pattern is called a "Sling." It's basically like a Bucket shape and I don't know if this is the same pattern, just different name. At any rate, the word "Sling" reminds me of Sling Shot, which is a weapon. Saturn here is the handle planet and Saturn is in the sign of Aries. Aries can indicate violence as it is considered most impulsive sign and controlling, disciplined Saturn is not well placed there. As I said Saturn is Retrograde in the natal chart which is another stressor. There is a slight chance that prog. Moon is in conjunction with it right now which would show depression and feelings of inferiority.