Hayward Fault Prediction Using Solar Arcs Prediction

There's lots of chatter in the Bay Area about how the Hayward Earthquake fault is overdue. This fault line runs parallel to the famous San Andreas Fault, sort of on the other side of the bay. There are tons of people living in the area and the damage is expected to be pretty big if an earthquake hits. But, as Michael Lutin says, if you keep expecting a Uranian event to occur it won't happen because Uranus can only function if it can shock you unexpectedly.

So, I've been looking back at USGS lists of earthquakes that have hit this fault. It was stable pretty much all through the 20th Century, but there were 4 earthquakes in the second half of the 1800s that registered 5.8 or higher on the Richter Scale.

The Big Un before the San Francisco Big Un of 1906 was on Oct. 21, 1868. Last degree of Libra so keeps to Cardinal Sign stuff which makes me happy. That earthquake actually had about 5 planets in Cardinal so it was looking a lot like this year's planets: Sun in Libra, Moon Capricorn, Jupiter 7 Aries, Uranus 18 Cancer; Neptune 16 Aries Rx.

I'm fiddling around with these earthquake charts and am finding maybe a couple of trigger aspects to go along with the outer planet stuff. But it's taking forever.

First I want to show a sort of amazing cycle that potentially involves Solar Arcing the years that the USGS says previous earthquakes have occurred on the Hayward Fault. It involves "fuzzy thinking" so be fore-warned. The USGS doesn't give dates for the Earthquakes, only years, and I'm not sure if the years they give are estimates or not. They probably got them by looking at tree rings. What's interesting is that the earthquakes followed in succession through Solar Arc Progressions do sort of the same cyclic weirdness that the Parkfield Earthquake series does. I should get the link for what I found there and put it here: ____.

Here's what I've done. It's not science here. It's astrology. And Astrology is pretty amazing. (But it's not anal retentive astrology, there's a huge margin for vagueness, so if that bothers you move on and read somebody else's blog about how to deal with you Mother and Father. Also, this is copyrighted)

I looked up the placement for all the planets from Jupiter on outward plus the North Node for the middle of the year, July 1. And then I arced from the year of one earthquake to the next and so on.

The years are:

1315
(155 years)
1470
(160 years)
1630
(95 years)
1725
(142 years)
1868
(potentially 143 years)
2011

You will notice that they don't follow a rigid 140 year cycle. That was throwing me off until I finally stuck out my fingers and did the subtraction. The years are averaged.

The first earthquake on record happened in 1315. This was in the middle of a very long drought in California which is said to have happened between 1209 and 1350. The place must have shriveled up to nothing. If you've ever read the first paragraph of East of Eden you have read John Steinbeck's description of what the Native Americans were like. They were a lot like how Native Californians are now. Dehydrated. Zombies. I oughta know. That's why this blog is such an editorial nightmare.

Anyhoo, the connections between the Solar Arc charts move the planets all in the same direction together. Uranus and Neptune were pretty close together in 1315 when the first earthquake in the series hit with Neptune at end of Scorpio and Uranus in Sagittarius mid-degrees. So, they sort of remain together in motion. What's interesting is how they, and Uranus in particular, managed to line up in the same sign with the North Node in all the charts but one. The NN in the 1315 chart is in Taurus, at least on July 1, 1315. And Uranus is in Sagittarius, so they are 4 signs apart. This gives 120 degrees' difference, by sign at any rate. Since the Node moves so quickly it could have been placed far enough away from Uranus by degree to show a bigger difference.

The one year where things work out differently is 1725 which is the shortest space in the cycle, 95 years. Saturn that year is in the same sign as the Nodal Axis, in the sign of Pisces (at least as set for mid-1315).

This doesn't necessarily work out for earthquake prediction because planets and the Nodal Axis probably weren't in the signs that I set them up for. The Nodal Axis changes signs every 18 months. Jupiter changes signs once a year roughly. And Saturn about every 2 plus years.

The Parkfield Earthquake arcs are really amazing, though. The first earthquake on record had a bowl shaped chart with the planets spaced out evenly with each other about every 20 degrees so that every 20 years for a while they would line up with each other -- and there would be an earthquake.

Right now, Uranus and the North Node are aligned by Solar Arc once again in Scorpio. Uranus has arced in to Scorpio which is where the North Node had arced to back in 1868. This only describes a 30 year period which doesn't hone things down very much. The North Node, by arc, is perhaps in Aries which makes things interesting considering that Jupiter, Uranus, the transiting NN and Saturn are also all in Cardinal.

Christchurch Earthquakes

Christchurch, New Zealand has suffered two serious earthquakes in the past 6 months. It looks like this place, known as the "Gateway to the Antarctic," is vulnerable to the Virgo/Pisces Axis. The first earthquake, 7.0, occurred last September when the Sun was at 12 Virgo. Today's earthquake logs Sun at 3 Pisces. Christchurch's Solar Arc Sun is at 14 Virgo, SA Uranus is at 25 Virgo. I found that interesting correlation with successive Solar Arc charts and earthquakes while studying the Parkfield earthquake series back whenever that was.

Christchurch's Nodal Axis is at a major Cardinal Point at 1 Libra (NN)-Aries (SN). I personally look for strong Cardinal sign tensions in earthquakes and this Axis has been going through major outer planet t-square transit of Saturn-Jupiter-Uranus-Pluto over the past year. Jupiter and Uranus have been passing together over this spot for almost a year at this point. And the Sun-Mars conjunction passing over Pluto-NN, Uranus and then Neptune-Chiron has been a pretty trigger happy set of transits.

Today's earthquake, an aftershock to September's quake, happened right in the middle of lunch hour with the Sun at 3 Pisces. This is one reason why it's done more damage. Also, it was a shallow earthquake which rattles things up more. The Christchurch cathedral has suffered major damage, which perhaps explains the strong Jupiter (Religion) and Neptune (Spiritual) transits of this earthquake.

First off, Christchurch is going through it's Neptune Return. Natal Neptune is a 2 Pisces. That's just for beginners. Pluto is in conjunction with the North Node right now so when doubled up with any other significant transit could bring some problems. And today's earthquake Pluto is exactly squaring earthquake (transiting) Jupiter. This Jupiter is conjunct Christchurch's natal Sun to the degree and is squaring natal Jupiter 12 Cancer.

Current reports say that there are about 65 dead and 100 unnaccounted for. I send my best thoughts to the suffering right now.

New Zealand Earthquake 7.0
Sept. 4, 2010 4:35 am (LT); (Sept. 3, 2010 16:35 UTC)

Sun 12 Virgo; ASC 20 Cancer; Moon 6 Cancer; MC 17 Taurus; NN

I wasted a bunch of time fiddling to see how the Eclipses might have contributed but my computer is set to calculate everything for New York time. There's a chance that the Sun-Moon conjunction of the July 10-11, 2010 Eclipse is conjunct the ASC of the September earthquake.

New Zealand Earthquake 6.3, Aftershock of Sept. 4, 2010 earthquake
Feb. 22, 2011 12:51 pm Lyttelton, New Zealand

Sun 3 Pisces (H10); Moon 25 Libra (H6); ASC 10 Taurus; MC 20 Aquarius; NN 30 Sagittarius (H10)

I suppose an earthquake which is considered an aftershock has different astrological indicators which will fine tune the charts. Don't have a clue what they would be.
--The Venus ruled Moon and Chart might be one.
--It looks like the IC/MC Taurus Axis is now the ASC/DESC Axis. That would make a lot of sense in Astro terms.

Christchurch, New Zealand given its name:

Mar. 27, 1848 Christchurch, New Zealand

Sun 7 Aries; Moon Sagittarius or Capricorn; NN 1 Libra

Jupiter 13 Cancer; Saturn 19 Pisces; Uranus 18 Aries; Neptune 2 Pisces; Pluto 26 Aries

The Parkfield Earthquake Series

Since the Astrology demands it and Monica at AstrologyMundo got me distracted by it, now I'm back to trying to look at Earthquakes and Astrology of California mostly. In preparation for the Shake Rattle n Roll. Wikipedia and USGS are an endless resources of fun. Unfortunately assembling the data without proper computer software probably makes this a useless study. Nevertheless, I think I have gleaned some pretty awesome information about earthquakes that have been hitting the Parkfield, California area with some regularity on an average of every 21-22 years. These earthquakes are great for a study of cycles. Someday I hope to be able to understand why they skip cycles.

Parkfield is located in Monterey Country, California sandwiched out in the middle of nowhere between Highway 101 and the 5. They have a bluegrass festival once a year, that's how remote it is. It can be read about here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkfield,_California.

21-22 years indicates a few different cycles. Jupiter and Saturn have a conjunction about every 20 years so I was wondering if that would play a role. A person's first Uranus square also hits at around Age 21 so this could be significant in the spacing of the earthquakes. These are interesting planets to look at in terms of Astrology. Uranus is very significant in Earthquakes as it represents big, sudden, shocking changes of any type. Jupiter and Saturn working together is an interesting aspect to look at as Jupiter rules Expansion and Saturn rules Contraction and it seems that this is what Earthquakes are all about. Parkfield is on the San Andreas Fault line which is one of the biggest fault lines in the world and is where two major continental plates meet up. Sounds like a social Jupiter-Saturn combination situation if nothing else. Wonder if Jupiter-Saturn combinations are responsible for Blue grass festivals ...

Another cyclic type of activity I thought to look at after taking a peek at the dates of the earthquakes was the progressed Sun passage. This is most of all because Sun Spot cycles are said to go through an 11 year and then a 22 year cycle. The people who study Financial cycles really like this cycle.

(Off the subject, I found a page out of a book on Google called Investigations in Currency and Finance by William Stanley and Herbert Foxwell. From the Chapter on Financial Crises, p. 226, there is discussion about the Sun Spot cycles and a big one in particular happened in 1857. The authors were writing in the 19th century and predicted the long depression through these cycles apparently. Book is costing around $500 bucks on Amazon. The Sun Spots stopped all through August last year and the Markets dropped their skirts the next month. I think it's time to ask Dover Editions to resurrect this book from the grave.) Anyway, I'm sure that Stanley and Foxwell could have predicted the Parkfield and Grand Tejon Earthquakes without batting an eyelash. Money and Tectonics, it's all the same material objects in the end.

At any rate, the Sun heats up anything it touches, so it makes sense that it could be linked in someway with earthquakes. Gold, a Solar ruled object, motivates man to do all kinds of stupid behaviors, why not be the motivator also for the earth to crack around a little.

So, I was curious about any cycles having to do with the Sun. I began by looking at Secondary Progressions because of the fact that the successive earthquakes follow the Progressed Sun movement closely at first and then sort of in an out-of whack kind of way. (a long time ago I wrote a blog about how men in the Bush family were born in succession on each other's progressed Sun placements. Sun also rules "Kings." Unfortunately it doesn't specify Good Kings or Bad Kings, that's why discerning Virgo follows Leo in the Wheel).

The Solar Arcs are based on the movement of the Progressed Sun. All the planets move about 1 degree forward per year. This is relevant for our modern Solar type of society (that's based on the Greeks who were really into Apollo the Sun God, etc.). Any way, unlike the progressed planetary chart, the Solar Arc chart keeps the basic integrity of the birth chart so that when a Solar Arc planet lines up with a natal planet or angle, or transiting planet, the potential of the natal chart is activated in some way.

I found that Solar Arc Progressions showed some really amazing stuff. The Solar Arc activity is just really crazy for reasons that I think I have partially figured out at least.

You can read about the Parkfield Earthquake Series on Wikipedia. This particular spot has been studied intensely by seismologists. Astrologers that they really are deep down, they are fascinated by the regularity. The quakes have all been over 6.0 on the Richter scale which is big. The Scientists predicted that there would be an Earthquake by 1993 but nothing happened until 2004. But a 6.5'er went off in Coalinga on May 2, 1983 4:42pm Coalinga, CA which is thought to have distracted energies from Parkfield. Coalinga looks to be up NE of Parkfield maybe less than 100 miles away. At any rate, Uranus and Neptune were clowning around in control freaky Capricorn and there were a lot of other earthquakes happening that year. I think there was also some other major Eclipse or something. Down south there were major earthquakes in Big Bear in 1992 and in Northridge in 1994.

I don't have times for most of the earthquakes but that's just as well in studying them so far. All that extra information would have made the cycles more difficult to read. Here's the list:

1st of the recorded set is considered a foreshock (Uranus) of the biggest earthquake recorded in California, the Tejon Earthquake, which I listed in my 7.0 + blog entry a few days ago.

Jan. 9, 1857 - Full Moon, wonder if a time is available for this.
Sun 20 Capricorn; Moon Cancer maybe conjunct Saturn 11 Cancer Rx; NN 11 Aries
--(t-square: apex Jupiter-NN in Aries square Sun Cap opposing Saturn-Moon? Cancer)
--(Mars 27 Aquarius square Uranus 22 Taurus)

Feb. 2, 1881
Sun 15 Aquarius; Moon Aries; NN 25 Sagittarius
--(Jupiter-Saturn conjunction 16-24 Aries squaring Mars 15 Capricorn)
--(Mars 15 Capricorn trine Uranus 13 Virgo trine Neptune-Chiron 12-13 Taurus)

Mar. 3, 1901
Sun 13 Pisces; Moon Leo?; NN 27 Scorpio
--(Jupiter-Saturn-conjunct 9-15 Capricorn with Chiron at 5 Cap)

Mar. 10, 1922
Sun 20 Pisces; Moon Leo; NN 11 Libra
--(t-square: apex Pluto 8 Cancer squaring Jupiter-Saturn conjunction 6-17 Libra opposing Chiron 13 Aries)
--(Mars 10 Sagittarius squairng Uranus 11 Pisces)

June 8, 1934
Sun 18 Gemini; Moon Taurus; NN14 Aquarius
--(Jupiter 13 Libra trining NN 14 Aquarius).
--(Jupiter in minor aspect to Saturn 29 Aquarius)
--(Pluto 24 Cancer unaspected)

June 28, 1966 9:26 pm
Sun 7 Cancer; Moon 19 Scorpio; NN 24 Taurus
--(Sun 7 Cancer c. Jupiter 12 Cancer)
--(t-square: Mars 22 Gemini squaring Saturn-Chiron 30-27 Pisces opposite Uranus-Pluto 17 Virgo)
--(Moon-Neptune-SN conjunction 19-24 Scorpio opposing NN 24 Taurus)

Sept. 28, 2004 10:15 am - Full Moon
Sun 6 Libra; Moon Aries; NN 4 Taurus
--(Sun 6 Libra-Mars 2 Libra-Jupiter 1 Libra; Mercury 1 Libra opposing Moon Aries)

First thing I looked at were the Jupiter-Saturn relationships. What struck me was the popularity of these earthquakes among the Scientists. That sounds like a Jupiter-Saturn social thing. Sorry, but the National Enquirer effect is the only way to draw my interest in.

What I noticed was that Jupiter and Saturn were not only in relationship in a whole lot of these earthquakes but Jupiter is always in Cardinal Signs. Saturn is in Cardinal Signs for 4 out of the 6 quakes. And, one of the remaining 2 was 30 Pisces, right about to go into Aries (1966). Jupiter travels through one sign about every year so will be in a Cardinal Sign every 3 years. Saturn travels through one sign about every 2-21/2 years and will enter a Cardinal Sign about every 7-8 years (for 2 - 2 1/2 years). They have a conjunction about every 20 years. This has been said to have major political impacts on the world and is connected with shootings of U.S. Presidents and Tecumseh's curse. Obviously it didn't work because there was one when Bush became President and he lived.

3 out of six of these quakes occurred during a Jupiter-Saturn conjunction (1881, 1901, 1922). 1 out of six happened during a square of Jupiter-Saturn (1857). One happened during a minor aspect, sorry I think it's a semi-square, can't read those damn symbols (1934). The others were out-of-orb. Actually, it looks like only one doesn't show an aspect between the two planets. Jupiter has been in Libra for 3 times, in Aries for 2 times, and in Capricorn and Cancer one time each. This is interesting because in Northern California the big earthquakes tend to happen while the Sun is in a Cardinal Sign, namely in Aries and Libra. That's just weather and time of year stuff, I know, but still...

The Parkfield quakes seem to have a real Jupiter-Saturn networking ability. First off they are attracting the Scientists. Next off, they seem related to other earthquakes. The first recorded Parkfield quake was in relation to the Grand Tejon quake. The 2004 quake is said to have been delayed by the Coalinga quake in 1983. Parkfield's placement is in Central California so perhaps this quake is balancing the stresses between Northern and Southern California.

At any rate, Jupiter-Saturn. Expand-Contract. Good to remember.

Next thing I noticed were the progressed Sun phases. For the first 3 quakes, the progressed Sun of the previous earthquake would be within conjunction of when the next one would happen. The progressed Sun of the Jan. 1857 quake is conjunct the event Sun of the Feb. 1881 quake to the degree. The degrees start getting more and more off after that. Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, but within close orb. The Pisces Sun Earthquake of 1922 was followed by a 2nd Pisces Sun earthquake in 1934. Both possibly had Leo Moons. Pisces/Leo combinations are drama queens and need a lot of attention, what can I say? Both of these earthquakes happened while Jupiter was in Libra (17 Libra in 1922 and 14 Libra in 1934). The 1934 earthquake, of course, was the first to happen out of the 21-22 year phase and knocked the whole rhythm whacky. That must have been when they brought in the Bluegrass Festival as Pisces/Leo loves music and has bad taste. The 2004 earthquake also had Jupiter in Libra.

The Earthquakes skipped Aries Sun (April) and Taurus Sun (May) and then had two June earthquakes in a row. 18 Gemini in 1934 and 7 Cancer in 1966. Parkfield didn't have an earthquake in the early 1990s as predicted but it would be nice to think that it would have been while the Sun was either in Leo or in Virgo. The next and most recent quake was in 2004, 38 years later. It was with a 6 Libra Sun.

And the 38 years difference between 1966 makes close to a Nodal Return in Taurus. This is interesting because in Astrology the rulers of earthquakes are generally considered Uranus (sudden, shocking events) and Pluto (big crises, underground). These points tie in with the original 1857 earthquake chart. The North Node of the 1966 earthquake was at 24 Taurus conjunct the 1857 Uranus 22 Taurus. The 2004 earthquake was at 4 Taurus conjunct the 1857 Pluto 4 Taurus. Taurus is an earth sign so it seems that having these two planets that rules earthquakes in an earth sign would somehow lead to something significant. Banking certainly has been going through big changes since these planets plowed through Taurus together.

At any rate, this led to a closer look at the Solar Arc Progressions. I began to notice that the spacing between Uranus and Pluto in the chart is set up with a distance of about 18 degrees. This means that in the series, the Solar Arc Pluto was within orb of conjunction with the event Uranus for the first 3 earthquakes in the set. Their going out of sync sort of lines up with why the phases started going out of sync.

But it gets more interesting than this. The chart for the 1857 quake is a Bowl Shape possibly held within boundaries between a Capricorn Sun and a conjunction of Moon-Saturn in Cancer. This means that all the planets are held within one side of the circle by an opposition. In this case the opposition would have been extra strong as it was between the Sun and Saturn, and possibly included a Full Moon opposition.

There are strong conjunctions spaced out within this bowl which shift in time through the Solar Arc Progressions to line up with each other about every 20 years. (In a Solar Arc chart all the planets progress one degree per year following the progression of the Sun). The Progressed Sun has been hitting these conjunctions and setting off the earthquakes. At the same time the Moon would have been opposing them. This is major Full Moon bombardment aspects.

The conjunctions are as follows:

Sun 20 Capricorn. Chiron-Mercury 5-6 Aquarius (p.Sun 1881). Mars-Venus (p.Sun 1901) Aquarius-Pisces. Jupiter-NN Aries (p.Sun 1934). Pluto 4 Taurus (p.Sun 1966). Uranus 22 Taurus. Saturn-Moon? Cancer. The orbs aren't exact for the progressed Sun conjunctions to the natal chart but are fortified by other conjunctions of the Solar Arc charts to the beginning charts and to the following event charts. What I don't understand is the lack of an earthquake in the series as Progressed Sun hit the 1857 event chart Uranus. That should have been a doozy. The Progressed Sun will hit natal Saturn, possibly Moon sometime around 2030 at which time the Solar Arc chart will perfectly oppose the 1857 earthquake chart.

This means, of course, that the chart is constantly bombarding itself. Pluto is bombarding Uranus. The t-square of apex Jupiter-NN are always squaring Saturn-Moon? opposing Sun.

I also progressed the 1857 earthquake which shows interesting stuff which is sort of difficult to make sense of. Wish I had the time of that earthquake to understand placement of the moon. Right now p.Sun is conjunct p.Mars in that chart and prog. Mercury is about to come out of Retrograde. If Secondary Progressed Charts affect earthquakes this looks sort of nasty. Jupiter next hits a Cardinal Sign in Jan. 2011 in the sign of Aries. There's this t-square thingee coming up involving Saturn-Uranus-Pluto as well.

L.A. had its shake rattle n'roll day in which it informed the public about how to act during such an emergency but Northern California has done nothing.

Having lived through an earthquake and the aftermath I have some recommendations. Keep in mind that I'm being silly here but these are very useful to know about beforehand.

• Hang Ikea chandeliers from the ceilings in every room in your house. The first thing people do is to look at the ceiling to figure out if it's an earthquake. Chandeliers are very pretty and will tell you because they swing. Ikea chandeliers are flimsy and won't kill you when they fall.
  
• Next, keep a 12 pack of beer in the refrigerator. The electricity will go out and everyone will be thirsty and you will need to make friends with your neighbors.
  
• Keep a loaded camera and fresh batteries available for taking pictures. CNN will buy them. CNN will buy anything. And this will later buy you a bus ticket out of town. This is your moment to tell people that you're an artist.
  
• Stay away from Windows, they break. If you go outside where there are tall buildings you will get cut into tiny pieces.
• Likewise, if you're on the bottom floor of a building realize that you may very well squash. Find out if you're living on bedrock or landfill. Landfill is remarkably unreliable.
  
• Call the Fire Department to get information on how to get people out of elevators once the power goes out. Do this before the earthquake and post it next to the doors of the elevator. People panic in elevators. Okay, so they might not scream but they will have to pee soon. And no matter how many people you know who can make all kinds of cool crafty crap with duct tape and rope these supplies are never around when you need them for getting people out of elevators.
  
• It's also really cool to know where to shut off the gas and water mains. The electricity will go out on its own, it always does.
  
• Keep a full set of clothes in the bathroom at all times. Every damn earthquake I've ever been in the news has covered a story about some poor schmoe who got stuck naked in the shower. It's embarrassing.
• Those are my suggestions. You can tell I'm useless in an emergency. I tend to have laughing attacks.
  

"Boots" Is Walking

The San Jose Mercury News is skewering a local Silicon Valley Financier/Socialite who is currently charged with bilking some investors out of $3 million. The paper gave his Birth Date and some aspects of his biography so I had to take a look. Everyone in Northern California is a frigging liar but almost nobody ever gets caught, so it's really odd to see such a Spectacle. Normally these kinds of crimes are East Coast. The article is a lot of fun. Because this guy,, whose nickname is "Boots" after his Grandfather is a 3d generation Californian from a wealthy family we get kind of a Dallas meets Grapes of Wrath type of story in the paper. Born with Golden Spoon in Mouth, Business with Daddy, Midas Touch, Breaks out on Own and even more Success, Mansion with 3 gates, Blond Bombshell wife, buys Sports Teams, Jets around World.

William J. "Boots" Del Biaggio III
b. July 11, 1967 (place of birth San Jose?)

Sun 19 Cancer; Moon Leo or Virgo; NN 4 Taurus

With natal Sun in Cancer and the Nodes on the Taurus/Scorpio Axis one can instantly see the need for Security and interest in Money and Investing. If the Moon is in Leo this is further emphasized. From the looks of his Glittering wife I'd say he's got a Leo Moon.

I almost never get around to looking at Solar Arcs in a chart but they are extremely interesting in Boots' chart.

The Mercury article says that Boots rose to prominence in 1994 when he was only 25 by starting a bank with his Father that catered to small businesses who were otherwise overlooked by bigger banks. He seemed to have a Midas Touch with this business. Natally, Boots has Jupiter in Leo at 10 Leo. His Solar Arc Sun-Mercury conjunction was passing over it just around this time. Leo is one of the resource houses that rules Risk taking and Jupiter lends Luck and Expansion to whatever it touches.

SA Jupiter was also just passing over natal Venus in Virgo. As Venus rules Money in the chart and also his North Node in Taurus (Banking) this is also a very positive aspect. A third whammy explaining the success with money is that N. Venus (money) actually trines Boots' North Node in Taurus (banking, money), also very beneficial.

Boots got married in 1995 and has had 3 children with his wife. He left the bank and started an Investment Fund company on his own in 1997. Solar Arc Venus moved into Libra which it rules. Libra rules Marriage & Partnerships. 1 Libra is an Aries Point which brings a person into the limelight. He and his Wife were noted socialites.

Natally Boots has the mid-60s conjunction of Uranus & Pluto at 19-22 Virgo. In 1997 this was squaring his natal Sun-Mercury Rx conjunction. The build up to this could explain his need to break away from his Father. Uranus rules Rebellion and Pluto rules Power and in the Square Aspect to the Sun these two planets would "challenge" his Ego. And also they challenged his Mercury which is Retrograde showing that his thinking is probably not always as clear as it ought to be.

Another area of concern would be that natally Boots has Mars conjunct the South Node in Scorpio. His impulsiveness and early success may pose some problems for him, especially in relation to Scorpio type subjects, of which Investing is a strong factor. (Should have stuck with Banking, sign of his North node). If he were to get into a tight spot he might pull some stunts and the banking business is certainly under a lot of pressure these days. Also, SA Mars was just past conjunction with natal Neptune in Scorpio at this point. Actually this was in place from earlier on. It gives a lot of charisma to an individual. And sometimes can make a person want to see how much he can get away with. Boots lived in luxury with his family in a Mansion and gave money away to all kinds of charities. His interests were veering towards Sports as he was buying some teams.

Transit wise, Boots is going through his Uranus opposition (which includes Pluto because of the natal conjunction) and his Neptune Square. This is the beginning of the mid-life crisis. The Pluto square was 2002-5, extra long because of the involvement with Uranus.

Interesting that he got caught during a Mercury Retrograde. Seems appropriate with a name like "Boots" and its Mercurial affinity with Walking. As a matter of fact, the Sun-Mercury Rx-Venus conjunction that's occuring in the sky as all of this broke out is conjunct Boots' Solar Arc North Node which is at 13 Gemini this year. He's going through another Jupiter transit as t. Jupiter in Capricorn is opposing his natal Sun-Mercury conjunction in Cancer. He is seen to be humiliating his wealthy established family. His marriage has broken up.

This also shows his interests in turning to the Sports business. Especially since Solar Arc Jupiter is conjunct natal Pluto-Uranus. I wouldn't have looked at these aspects and thought they were bad, maybe just over stimulating. I wonder if Boots may get lucky and wiggle out of this situation.

Boots is going through multiple other Big Klunker Aspects right now. First, Natal Chiron (wounding) is at 30 Pisces. This is an Aries Point which brings his wounds to the limelight. As Chiron also bestows Teaching Wisdom it may also be responsible for his inherent skills at Investing. Currently, however, Chiron is being squared by SA Neptune and t. Pluto both from the Capricorn Aries Point. Wanted or not, that spells out more limelight. Noel Tyl has described the Neptune-Pluto combination as "Ego Wipe Out." I think that Chiron is often involved when one gets "caught."

There's another Significant Arc: Solar Arc Pluto-Uranus are conjunct Boots' natal Mars-South Node conjunction. With the South Node representing one's darker side and placed in the sign Scorpio which is already known for its dark side, Boots is really getting a 1-2-3 Rich Kid punch from that Mars-Uranus-Pluto combination. He's overworked all his boundaries during all the Jupiter-Neptune transits and now is paying the price.