The shooting of an MIT physics professor at his home two days after two economics students were gunned down at Brown University, Rhode Island has ended with the suspected gunman found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
The assumption is that the shooter, Carlos Valente, 22 January 1977, Torres Novas, Portugal, had been a fellow student years before of Nuno Loureiro, the professor he killed, but their paths had diverged since then with one successful, the other not. Valente had studied at Brown 25 years ago.
Valente was a Sun Aquarius, with a Saturn in wannabe important Leo in a can-be-autocratic square to Uranus, and a highs-and-lows square to Jupiter. He had a can-be-hostile Mars square Pluto as well as two yods – Mars in Capricorn sextile Venus inconjunct Saturn; and a wide-ish yod of Pluto sextile Neptune inconjunct Jupiter. He would be lacking in self-esteem from Saturn, needing to mature if his actions were not to be self-defeating – and over grandiose with a stressed Jupiter.
He had been through an undermining phase recently with his Solar Arc Neptune conjunct his Sun so his morale would be low. And he may have had his Solar Arc Mars conjunct his Pisces Moon, triggering his anger. The Libra Moon at the Brown University shooting was conjunct his Pluto triggering his Mars square Pluto as well.
Brown University was founded 15 September 1764 in Providence, Rhode Island, with a Virgo Sun and South Node, square Mars in Sagittarius (conjunct Pluto) and trine Saturn in Taurus; plus Mercury opposition Uranus square Jupiter in Cancer. High vitality, high in the rankings and good at producing entrepreneurs.
At the moment it has its Solar Arc Pluto exactly conjunct its Virgo Sun for a shuddering halt, all the more so with Solar Arc Mars following along behind in coming years; and tr Saturn Neptune square the Mars Pluto conjunction through 2026, with SA Neptune conjunct the Saturn in 2027 – the repercussions will be felt for a considerable time ahead. The university Neptune is also catching tr Uranus in square until April 2026; with both Solar Eclipses of 2026 rattling its Neptune as well. So a confused and shaky time. At the shooting tr Mars was also conjunct its natal Mars for an added alert.
Tragic case.
The combo of ‘wannabe important’ Leo and status driven Mars in Cap is a tricky one I think. Both signs tend to seek external/material validation. His peers’ success likely left him seething.
Thanks so much Marjorie, I noticed also that transit Pluto was almost exactly conjunct his Sun that day. I can imagine he had strong emotions that day and it can signify a rebirth of oneself but also death. Tragic all around.
Wow! Marjoir I can’t believe you did this analysis in about 15 minutes. Thanks again. Here is the
suspect’s speculative chart. Aquarius and Uranus rule PHYSICS in which he majored. The transits and
Skolar Arcs seem to chsck out for his suicide
https://ibb.co/zWhSdLhc
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