Hello Travelers. This will be a short post because I am busy working on the 12 zodiac videos for May.
All this week we've been seeing protest other Gaza War across college campuses. In speaking with my mom last night who lives in Washington state, she told me that there are protests there too.
And watching this all play out what are mine the incident of the Kent State massacre back in 1970. What happened was the students at Kent State were protesting the Vietnam war. At some point, the National Guard were called in, and that led to the injuring of 11 students with four being killed.
I'm posting up the charts both Kent State and I chose Columbia university in New York because it was the first protest that we were made aware of. I'm using Placidus, whole house system. But I also am going to post the transit chart set for 30 April 2024 because I feel that it is significant.
For the Kent State chart I would like to point out a few things: first we see a grand air trine between Libra in the 3rd, the DS Aquarius in the 7th, and Gemini in the 11th. The 3rd, 7th and 11th houses all houses in which we learn lessons of communication - the 3rd house being siblings, neighbors and early childhood educational experiences. The seventh house deals with partnerships - Friends, lovers, enemies and the 11th house deals with friends, groups and networks.
In the 3rd we find Uranus in Libra along with Jupiter conjunct the IC (home/homeland/city/state/country. Uranus in Libra can signify a “sudden upheaval to laws, justice, fairness, rallies, protests), Jupiter in Libra can signify a BIG upheaval to laws (secular and non-secular), justice, principles, fairness and too - Libra is ruled by Venus (values and value systems).
The 7th house (in Natural Astrology is Libra ruled by Venus) but here we find the DS (the other) in Aquarius ruled by Uranus. Aquarius is the sign of Brotherhood and Sisterhood and it also is an 11th house placement (Natural Astrology)- so groups, networks, etc.
The 11th house is Gemini ruled by Mercury - so we can think about siblings, neighbors, short distance trips, the media and broadcasting. But here in the sign of Gemini in the 11th we find Mars conjunct Venus by 2° - making it a complete Air trine where all bodies support each other. Mars here means heated, angry words that take hold quickly - next to Venus means that the messages and the fierceness of the words are really heart-felt.
In essence, it was an astrological perfect storm.
I’ve set the Columbia University chart for 4 May 2024.
First thing that jumps out is the configuration of (Leo/Aquarius) opposing each other by ASC/DS and Libra and Aries (Mercury conj NN oppose SN). I honestly do NOT know what to call this because Leo/Aquarius are fixed signs and Aries/Libra are cardinal signs. But you can clearly see that it makes a “square” of sextiles and trines.
1st House - Leo with AS (Leo is known for it’s bigger-than-life reputation, in the 1st is all about ME and the way in which I appear. It also brings in the energy of Aries (Natural Astrology) and by element (Fire). Leo is a youthful energy.
3rd House: SN Libra - we have been here before in the sense of fairness, justice and “the other'“.
4th House - IC Scorpio. This can be a tricky placement but I think it’s saying “look at our country, there are secrets we’re keeping and those secrets have to do with money” (the financing of Israel).
7th House - DS and Pluto in Aquarius. US v. THEM. The opposite of ME (ASC in 1st house). But ALSO in Aquarius, Pluto is serious and stands for Government trying to suppress the masses as well as control them. And because the orbit of Pluto is elliptical, this will go back and forth in terms of the Government trying to suppress the “Masses”.
8th House - Neptune conj Moon (Natural Astrology Scorpio - is it fantastical or about feeling deep compassion), along with Saturn giving stability and longevity.
9th House (Natural Astrology Sagittarius - ruler of laws and higher ED) - we find Mercury (direct) conj. NN and ***this is KEY*** — MARS has just moved 3 Aries (his natural ruler). Rhetoric. Heated Speech, anger, frustration and fear. The students are “becoming a danger”. They have - thus far - disrupted all activity on the various campuses.
10th House - Taurus (also ruled by Venus) but the 10th house is what you want to be known for, your legacy. Here we find a huge mashup of MC, Venus, Sun, Uranus conj. Jupiter. This is about large disruptions and interference and for how the colleges will be viewed in real life and in history. Jupiter is the ruler of the 9th house -higher ed, world- wide-web, publishing and most importantly - Foreigners and foreign countries. Having the Sun there just means that the situation will be highlighted where everyone can see what happens.
The final chart it set for 30 April 2024. I am watching the situation closely because it will no doubt bring violence to one of/or several of the campuses. I expect to see the Police/National Guard (Pluto) AND/OR the Lone Gunman (Mars) scenario - It could/can be one in the same. We are four days out from 30 April as I write this, but let’s just watch and see what happens.
With the trines and sextiles between the AS, MC, DS and trines between Jupiter, Uranus, DS - it appears to me that whatever happens will be an event that will go down in history.
Hi Tara,
I have been seeing the Vietnam War protest all over again with this Gaza crisis. The authorities still are not listening to the students who have the answer to peace. The answer to ending the war is to not feed it any more with money, weapons, and lip-service. We will get through this and in a much better place than we did in the 70's because the youth will mkae the changes needed.
My son is attending Kent State now and we are concerned about history repeating itself! There was a huge protest a few weeks ago when Kyle Rittenhouse spoke here. The conditions seem to be ripe for unrest. I appreciate you pointing out the astrological themes. I’m fairly new to astrology!