What is a Miracle?

“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh

Born Together, Die Together, Born Again Together? Christmas Eve Miracle

A Colorado Woman and the baby she was in the process of giving birth both were thought to have died on Christmas Eve. Just when the Doctors thought the situation was hopeless both Mother and Son came back to life. They are both doing well now. This is certainly miraculous.

I don't have much information to go on here, nevertheless the astrology is pretty incredible.

Can't find a time for the birth. The event took place at Memorial Hospital on Dec. 24, 2009, Colorado Springs, CO.

Mom is Tracy Hermanstorfer. Her Son is named Coltyn. Her Husband looks pretty freaked out in the pictures.

Apparently Dad was holding his wife's hand when she had a heart attack and just sort of fell asleep. The Doctors delivered Coltyn by Caesarian but figured it was too late as they placed the limp baby in his Father's hands. The Father says he literally felt his Son spring back to life while he was holding him in his hands. How's that for a Mercury(Hands)-North Node(Destiny) conjunction in Capricorn(Saturn)?

Other aspects of this chart are pretty amazing. Coltyn has a conjunction of Sun (Vitality) in conjunction to the degree of the planet that rules death and rebirth. That's Pluto. Sun and Pluto are also in conjunction with Venus in Sagittarius. For much of the evening they are at the apex of a t-square to Moon (Mom) in Aries opposing Saturn (Dad) in Libra. That shows some strong survival skills in Cardinal Signs. Cardinal Signs rule Beginnings.

Interesting how Colton's Moon in Aries plays out. Moon in a child's chart describes his Mother. Colton will see his mother as very enthusiastic, direct and playful woman. The heart attack is perhaps shown by the planet which disposes the Moon in Coltyn's chart. That's Mars.

Mars here is in the sign of Leo which rules the heart. It is moving Retrograde which seem to reinforce the second-guessing nature of the Sun-Pluto conjunction. And, helping out a whole lot, the planets of Miracles and Healing, Jupiter-Neptune-Chiron are in conjunction in Aquarius and opposing Mars Rx. During much of the evening Mars Rx in Leo was apex of a Thor's Hammer to the Moon-Saturn square. Don't know if it is involved in the actual time frame of the event but this aspect would link it into that strong t-square that involves the planets that rule parents and birth and family.

Miracle on the Hudson

Yesterday a Miracle happened in New York. Why do Miracles only happen in New York? I can't answer that. But anyway, U.S. Airways Flight 1549 made an emergency landing right into the Hudson River. It looked on the newsreels like the pilot got really upset about wanting his own parking space in downtown Manhattan. The plane, headed from La Guardia airport to Charlotte North Carolina, ran in to a flock of geese. Nobody's talking about the welfare of the birds but apparently both engines were struck. With nowhere else to go the pilot dropped the plane down into the River. By happy circumstance, the plane landed very near the ferry building so help came almost immediately to the passengers. All 155 passengers made it out alive with very few injuries.

The pilot is America's newest Hero. His name is Chesley B. (Sully) Sullenberger III. I just noticed that some people on Noel Tyl's forum have located a birth date and are discussing it at www.noeltyl.com. If the data is correct Sullenberger's an Aquarius, which is considered a natural Sun Sign placement for a pilot. Airplanes are ruled by Aquarius as as are Migratory Birds. Sagittarius and Gemini, as rulers of travel are also indicated. Rex Bills even lists Neptune as a ruler for Pilots, which is very interesting to look at in the event chart.

U.S. Airways Flight 1549
Crash Lands into the Hudson River
Jan. 15, 2009 3:30 pm ET

Sun 26 Capricorn; ASC 10 Cancer; Moon 29 Virgo (H4); MC 18 Pisces; NN 10 Aquarius

When you look at this chart what stands out is the Saturn-Uranus opposition which almost exactly crosses the IC/MC axis; the bottom and top of the chart. That right there says a lot about Take Offs and Landings, and Safety (Saturn) and Unexpected events and Earth (Saturn) and Flight(Uranus). Uranus, as I said, rules Airplanes. It also rules Miracles (along with Neptune); anything that can't really be explained by ordinary mortals. Saturn can cause clogs and delays and it also rules Lead. So, with this placement it would make sense that Lift-off might be more difficult. It would be interesting to see if Saturn is often figuring strong in the background of Miraculous events. As they say in the arts world, success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration and Saturn is generally the task masker of the horoscope. Sullenberger has 40 years' experience and is an expert in safety issues concerning airplane travel.

So, I was remembering the bad take off that happened back in Denver, Colorado back in December. I wrote about it in "Airplane Crash on Take-Off Denver Airport". In that case the Airplane veered off the runway and blew up in to flames and all passengers miraculously survived. I found that there are big similarities between these two charts.

Both of these charts have Cancer Rising with Moon in the 4th House. That could indicate a public event and a water landing and a protective influence. Am not sure if cause of the Denver episode has been determined. The Moon in the Hudson River event is conjunct the Libra Point and it's interesting to see how much more appealing this story is in the public eye.

Both Charts have the Saturn-Uranus opposition crossing near the IC/MC axis. The Denver Chart has them placed in the 3d - 9th Houses. The New York Chart has them in the 4th - 10th Houses and approaching the IC/MC axis by about 2 degrees.

In addition, the 8th House of Death is packed in both charts. This is really curious as both 4th and 8th Houses co-rule Death. They seem to be charts of events where Mass quanities (Cancer Moon influence, also Aquarius) managed to cheat Death. I'm sure Pluto is really happy about being cheated...(sarcasm)

Both Charts have the Aquarius (again, airplanes) North Node conjunct Chiron in the 8th House. That seems to be the common denominator. In the Hudson river chart, Mercury Rx is conjunct Jupiter over the 8th house cusp. In the Denver chart I believe that there was a Venus-Neptune conjunction in the 8th House. I attributed that aspect to the miracle part of the event but now think that it must be associated with the Aquarius North Node. And Aquarius is known to function better when accompanied by all sorts of happy friends. There are no malefics in the 8th Houses of these charts.

Neptune in the Hudson River Chart is just conjunct the 9th House cusp, so Neptune might still count, especially since these charts are describing events that happen to the Airline Industry which they co-rule.

For what it's worth, Mars at 15 Capricorn is angular and opposing the Ascendant from the 7th House. Mars rules accidents, interesting to see Saturn's influence on accidents here as Saturn rules preparation and caution. Mars trines Saturn in this (event) chart along with the 7th House Sun.

Alcides Moreno - Miracle

Alcides Moreno is the Window Washer in New York who fell 47 stories because the scaffolding he was standing on gave out. His brother who was working with him was killed on impact. Alcides survived and is expected to make close to a full recovery. It's a Miracle. CNN (I think) said that 47 stories is about the length of 2 football fields. Moreno would have hit the ground travelling with a force similar to about 4 times that of a high impact car crash.

Moreno has gone through multiple operations since the fall and his wife had been sitting at his side running his hand through her hair and over her face to try to revive him. On Christmas Day he woke up, got confused (or not) and started groping the nurse. That was his first sign of consciousness. Luckily his wife has a sense of humor. Then miraculously, Alcides immediately started talking, trying to explain his action. Men, I tell yah...

The Doctors say his survival is inexplicable, a Medical Miracle.

The accident occurred on Dec. 7, 2007 between 10:00am and 10:30am.

At 10:00 am, 26 Capricorn is Rising. Neptune (rules Windows) is in the 1st house along with Chiron and the North Node so this describes the general situation. At 10:30 am 5 Aquarius is rising. This keeps Neptune, Chiron, NN in the 1st House but adds Uranus, chart ruler. Uranus and Neptune co-rule Miracles and they are still in mutual reception.

Rex Bills says Saturn rules bodily falls so this rulership of the chart works. As Saturn was opposing Uranus (Miracles and Accidents) and both were squared by the Sun and Mercury in Sagittarius (Luck) they are strongly linked. In the 10am chart the opposition lands right on the cusp of H2 & H8 with Saturn on H8. This does describe the loss of Moreno's brother, Edgar Moreno, through Death.

Mars and Uranus co-rule accidents and they are trining in this chart with Mars in the 6th house of the workplace. Mars is Retrograde in Cancer and out-of-bounds which emphasizes its presence in the chart. I'm not very sure how that fits other than maybe it signals something overly emotional happening which caused the accident or a softened landing (Cancer). Moreno apparently rode the scaffolding down and it helped break his fall.

Moreno was extremely lucky. The Jupiter-Pluto conjunction in Sagittarius was conjunct within a degree on this date and Sun and Mercury were also in Sagittarius. (The Sun, Moon, Mercury and Jupiter all were parallel each other.) Sagittarius is the sign of Good Luck. Moreno's injuries are extensive, of course, but he managed to not suffer many head injuries or a broken pelvis, factors the Doctors say saved him.

In addition to the Uranus-Neptune mutual reception ruling over this Miracle in the 1st house the North Node seems to have been playing a part.The North Node changed signs from Pisces (Neptune) into Aquarius Uranus) right after the accident on Dec. 17. Also, Moreno is 37 years old so very close to having his Nodal Return (Destiny). It simply wasn't his Time.