| Yesterday afternoon seemed so innocent enough | | | | most comfortable sign. We did not start World |
| until I turned on the news about 4 pm. The | | | | War II (aggressive quality of Mars). We would |
| horror of a mass shooting underway at Fort | | | | have preferred not to be involved in war-like |
| Hood, Texas erupted on my television screen. | | | | activities (Libra), but Germany did not allow a |
| The chaos produced by such a horrifying event | | | | choice. If Germany defeated Europe, we would |
| evaporated as authorities asserted control, locked | | | | be the next target. We had to act and not just |
| everything down, out, in, every direction known | | | | defend and justify. The best defense is a good |
| to man in an attempt to stop the killing, find the | | | | offense, so we went to war. |
| perpetrator(s), help the victims, supply the media | | | | The Capricorn Moon indicates that emotions had |
| with information, and more. | | | | to serve a purpose, be responsible, controlled. An |
| One of my first thoughts was "How do you | | | | aspect which occurs about every 45 years was |
| attack military personnel, on a military base in | | | | stamped into this chart with Saturn (the past) and |
| broad daylight?" Then rationality spontaneously | | | | Uranus (the future) conjunct in Gemini (intellectual |
| appeared in my brain. Just because they are the | | | | development and communication). This is a time |
| military and it is a military base on our own soil, | | | | of bridging between the past and its traditions and |
| they are not armed as they go through their daily | | | | the future and new paradigms and that signifies |
| duties. Can you imagine a military base on our | | | | important periods of time in the world's history. |
| own soil, with everybody armed to the teeth, | | | | The Fort Hood 7th house of partnerships and |
| hoping that everyone possessing a gun was in a | | | | alliances is the seat of this Saturn/Uranus |
| good mood? Of course they were not armed. | | | | conjunction (uniting), and we were part of the |
| Who was? The killer. | | | | Allies who were fighting the Axis nations. |
| As of what I know this writing (all from television | | | | Interestingly enough, I can see the Fort Hood |
| news sources), the suspect appears to be a lone | | | | natal connections fit quite easily into the USA |
| U.S. military officer, a Major, and of all things, a | | | | Virgo Rising chart I use as the basis for my chart |
| psychiatrist who treated soldiers for stress | | | | work for the country and its presidents. |
| related to military duty in wartime, our returning | | | | - Fort Hood's Venus (value systems) is tightly |
| Afghanistan and Iraq battlefront soldiers. He was | | | | joined (conjunct) to the USA Ascendant (coping |
| awaiting deployment to Afghanistan in late | | | | skills and personal projection). |
| November, a place he did not want to go. But | | | | - Fort Hood's Sun (identity) is holding hands |
| soldiers don't get to make those choices. | | | | (closely conjunct) the USA Neptune (spiritual |
| Television news was filled with speculation and | | | | essence, secretive actions). |
| questions about him. | | | | - Fort Hood's Moon (emotions, reactions) is in |
| Was he distressed about deployment, so | | | | conflict with (opposition) the USA Venus (value |
| overloaded on war stories from treatment of his | | | | systems) and Jupiter (expansion, cultural values). |
| patients, or was there something more sinister | | | | This base was developed as a response to the |
| afoot? In these trying days, terrorism tends to | | | | threat of domination by a powerful, aggressive |
| leap to the front of our minds. It is too early to | | | | nation. It was not something we as a people |
| know as of this writing because the man has not | | | | would want to do; it was something we had to |
| even been questioned and at this stage of the | | | | do... conflict! |
| game he is suspect only. We don't know who he | | | | - Fort Hood's Jupiter (expansion, cultural values |
| is or what might have prompted his behavior. I | | | | and impact) is right on (conjunct) the USA |
| have NO reliable information on him so I am not | | | | Mercury (communication and decision making), |
| entitled to an opinion. | | | | setting off the powerful USA Mercury/Pluto |
| This story will unfold naturally, but between now | | | | opposition (powerful communications for good or |
| and then there probably will be much speculation | | | | for ill). |
| and the rewriting of history. Listen and learn but | | | | - Fort Hood's Saturn/Uranus conjunction |
| keep your powers of discernment turned on and | | | | mentioned above sits on the USA Midheaven |
| know that the answers will continue to change up | | | | (goals, ambitions, world stature) and Uranus |
| to and beyond the moment of clarity. Just | | | | (independent, unique, forward seeking). |
| because we come to a conclusion will not stop | | | | - Last but definitely not least, Fort Hood's Pluto |
| the speculation. Just remember it is just | | | | (power) sits directly on (conjuncts) the USA North |
| that...speculation. All I have to work with for this | | | | Node (cross-cultural and international relating). Did |
| article is the event itself. | | | | Fort Hood fit into the jigsaw puzzle we call our |
| Astrologically, everyone may want to set a chart | | | | nation? Absolutely. |
| for 1:30 pm (approximate) on November 5, 2009 | | | | Why the massacre November 5, 2009 at this |
| for Fort Hood, TX. By itself, that chart can't tell | | | | base? We must move this chart ahead in time by |
| you much. That was a moment in time that was | | | | progressing (day-for-a-year measure) for Fort |
| so dire, but that same moment existed around | | | | Hood the day of the event. Does anything explain |
| our globe without such tragic results. What made | | | | what happened here? |
| this moment in time so different for Fort Hood? I | | | | - Fort Hood's progressed (current) Saturn/Uranus |
| needed a birth chart so I searched Fort Hood's | | | | joining (conjunction) is even tighter (stronger) to |
| history to see if I could pick out its moment of | | | | each other and to the USA Midheaven/Uranus |
| birth. I think I found the day, but did not locate an | | | | joining explained above. |
| exact time. With a little more searching I might be | | | | - Fort Hood's progressed (current) Sun (identity) |
| able to locate it, but I can get an approximate | | | | and Venus (value systems) are at odds with |
| chart without it. I prefer exact. I don't always get | | | | (opposed) both the natal and progressed Saturn |
| what I want. | | | | Uranus tie, but closest to Uranus (unexpected |
| Fort Hood was started when the U.S. was in the | | | | events). |
| middle of World War II. We were fighting the | | | | - Fort Hood's progressed (current) Moon |
| German blitzkrieg. We needed a huge location to | | | | (emotions) is right on (conjunct) its speculative |
| develop and test our own weapons and to train | | | | catastrophe and death point (8th house cusp). |
| the operators. Texas was known for a lot of | | | | - Fort Hood's progressed (current) Jupiter |
| open space. The base of operations for a new | | | | (expansion, cultural values) is right on the |
| Tank Destroyer Tactical and Firing Center was | | | | Descendant/Ascendant axis of actions involving |
| announced by the U.S. War Department on | | | | "others." Any aspect on an angle tends to be |
| January 15, 1942 as Killeen, Texas. Completion | | | | quite critical in nature and effect, and does set off |
| was set for Aug 15, 1942 and initial occupation of | | | | the USA powerful communications for good or |
| the site in camp form did occur by mid-August. | | | | for ill right on the money (tight conjunction). |
| The official opening occurred September 18th. | | | | - Fort Hood's speculative progressing (current) 8th |
| I chose September 18, 1942 as the appropriate | | | | cusp (death, catastrophic events) is right on its |
| birth date for the facility because that is the | | | | natal Node (karmic implications). |
| official date stated for the opening of the base | | | | - Fort Hood's progressed (current) Neptune |
| and it was fully functional at that time. It was | | | | (spiritual essence) is right on (conjunct) its natal |
| ready to do and provide what it was created for. | | | | Mars (aggression, assertion). This has a couple of |
| The time between the announcement of the | | | | twists to which to pay attention: 1) Progressed |
| selection of the site and the official opening was | | | | (current) Neptune is in the progressed (current) |
| nine months, an amazing coincidence. I see the | | | | 8th house of catastrophic events. 2) This event is |
| date of choosing the site as conception, the | | | | a culmination of something with a longer history |
| period of gestation as the intermediate stages | | | | because this aspect is slightly past exact. It |
| including the camp atmosphere as the base was | | | | strikes me as a matter of time... when, not if a |
| completed, and the official opening as birth. Now | | | | catastrophic event would occur. What about the |
| we need the time of day. | | | | energy of the day as it relates to the Fort Hood |
| In what I was able to access, I did not find a time | | | | charts or the USA chart? |
| of day. As time progresses we may be able to | | | | - Diurnal (day) Ascendant (moment of impact) is |
| access that as well. If so, the chart would be | | | | 6 Capricorn 39, very close (conjunct) to the Fort |
| more accurate and reliable, but we can make do | | | | Hood Moon (emotions and reactions). If the official |
| with a generic chart for that day. Official openings | | | | opening of the base was closer to 8 am, it would |
| usually occur during the daylight hours. If there | | | | be on the money (conjunct). |
| were any ceremonies, probably mid-day would be | | | | - Diurnal (day) Node (karmic impact, cross-cultural |
| normal. I chose corporation chart rules, a noon | | | | relating) ties are strongest to the Fort Hood |
| mark chart. A corporation's time of birth is | | | | progressed Jupiter (expanded and cultural values) |
| determined by when the state body approves | | | | and the speculative Ascendant/Descendant angles |
| the corporation charter and declares it legal. Most | | | | (coping skills and partnership skills) and to the USA |
| legislative bodies meet between 8 am and 4 pm. | | | | powerful Mercury/Pluto opposition (powerful |
| If I have to guess at a time, I will choose the | | | | communications for good or for ill). |
| middle of that period or noon. If by chance you | | | | - Diurnal (day) Moon (emotions, reactions) is right |
| have a date stamp on the corporation charter, | | | | on (conjunct) the USA Mars (assertion |
| use that; but if the date stamp is not available, | | | | aggression) and the Fort Hood catastrophic or |
| use noon. It is not perfect, but it is a decent | | | | death 8th house. |
| ballpark. The angles and the house spread may be | | | | - Diurnal (day) Jupiter/Neptune (philosophy, religion, |
| wrong, but the ten bodies themselves and the | | | | inspiration or delusion) is right on (conjunct) our |
| Node will be reasonably accurate, with the Moon | | | | USA Moon (the people, emotions, reactive, we |
| having a range of plus or minus 2 degrees. Good | | | | are the universe of man). |
| ballpark! In addition, a noon mark chart will put the | | | | - Diurnal Saturn (responsibility, discipline) is right on |
| Sun in the 10th house, a good location for the | | | | (conjunct) the Fort Hood natal Mars (assertion |
| identity mechanism of a business entity. That is | | | | aggression) and the Fort Hood progressed |
| the chart I chose for Fort Hood. Ideal? No. | | | | (current) Neptune (deception, illusion). This is a |
| Reasonable? Yes. As I did in my previous | | | | more important aspect than it first appears. Fort |
| research and articles on the country and the | | | | Hood was born with a Saturn/Uranus conjunction |
| presidencies, I will read only conjunctions and | | | | (described above). When transiting planet(s) |
| oppositions, tight orbs of influence. I do have | | | | assume their original relationship in the sky OR the |
| limited space in this article. | | | | axis to that original relationship (opposition), a |
| The Fort Hood chart has four planets in the 10th, | | | | resonance can occur. Even if it does not touch |
| three in Virgo, one In Libra, plus the North Node is | | | | degrees exactly, all charts that can resonate will. |
| also in the 10th in Virgo and it is adjacent to the | | | | The original aspect was a conjunction. The current |
| speculative midheaven. Let me repeat that. Virgo | | | | Saturn/Uranus opposition that is giving the world a |
| (practicality, reality, down to earth detail and | | | | fit, the battle between conformity and change, is |
| discernment) is on the Midheaven (goal, mission, | | | | triggering that natal potential. That current Uranus |
| accomplishment). The Node (new avenues of | | | | (unexpected events) is right on the opposition |
| relating, cross-cultural and moving towards the | | | | (conflict) to the USA Neptune (spirituality, illusion |
| future in nature) is joining it closely (strong). Venus | | | | and delusion). This is a spiritual test for the whole |
| (social and financial values and relating) is next, | | | | of the USA and not just Fort Hood. This also |
| also in Virgo (service, detail oriented, punctual). | | | | implies spiritual or religious overtones. If you look |
| This is the chart of a base dedicated to the | | | | only at the day of the event, you miss so much. |
| development, testing and training of equipment. | | | | You must look to the birth chart, its progressions |
| The Sun (identity of that which has been started) | | | | and the effects of the day upon those two |
| is next also in Virgo. | | | | charts first. Fort Hood cannot be separated from |
| Close by at the very end of Virgo is Neptune | | | | the country it serves. Look to the birth and |
| (spirituality, imagination, hidden from view | | | | progressing USA charts as well. Once we have |
| activities). That fits this scenario. Much of what | | | | clarified the information on the shooter who is |
| goes on here is closely held secrets or military | | | | only a suspect at this time, we will be able to |
| intelligence). Last but not least is war-like Mars, | | | | enlarge our understanding of this tragedy. |
| which has just crossed over into Libra, not Mars' | | | | |