A second larger 7.1 earthquake has struck southern California causing damage and injuries but no fatalities so far. The fear is that other quakes will follow which if they occur in heavily built up areas will do more damage. The 1994 6.7 Los Angeles quake killed 57 and cost many billions of dollars.
Earthquake prediction is an inexact science but notably the two largest 20th Century ones – the 1906 San Francisco quake and the 1994 LA one – happened with strong almost exact Uranus Neptune aspects, the first in opposition, the second in conjunction. There’s nothing like that astrologically around for many years to come.
On the California chart, 9 September 1850, both the 1906 and 1994 quakes had Solar Arc Neptune in hard aspect to the Uranus Pluto on the CA chart – the first conjunct and the second square. In both cases also the California Neptune in early Pisces was also badly rattled, in 1906 by tr Saturn in Pisces and the Solar Eclipse conjunct; and in 1994 by Solar Arc Mars conjunct the CA Neptune. Neptune often crops up with natural disasters because of the confusion they cause; and in aspect to Pluto especially for devastation. Again there is nothing similar. And it may also ‘require’ more than one aspect to show up at the same time when the quake is activated.
On the Los Angeles chart, 4 September 1781, at the 1994 earthquake the Solar Eclipse three months previously was in Scorpio with the Eclipsed New Moon close to Pluto and all three conjunct the LA Jupiter. Again Jupiter often shows up at disasters – the amplification effect. There was also a Solar Arc Uranus just over the conjunction to the LA Pluto by a few months. The Solar Arc Saturn was moving towards the opposition to Mars which is accident prone.
The 1906 San Francisco 7.9 quake which killed 3000 people and destroyed 80% of the city, happened on the tr Neptune opposition Uranus in Capricorn which was sitting exactly on the San Fran Cancer Sun, 29 June 1776. Solar Arc Uranus was conjunct the SF Saturn for a massive jolt; and the Solar Arc Neptune was a year past the conjunction to the SF Pluto. The previous Solar Eclipse in early Pisces conjunct Saturn was square the SF Uranus and Solar Arc Pluto.
The California chart has Solar Arc Pluto Uranus opposition Saturn now; and Solar Arc Sun conjunct its Neptune in 15 months’ time. But its most tumultuous patch looks around 2023 when the late Aries Solar Eclipse will conjunct its Uranus Pluto with tr Pluto square and tr Neptune trine; and tr Saturn conjunct the Neptune; with Solar Arc Saturn moving from a hard aspect to Mars to Mercury. It may, of course, not be an earthquake, but it will be an exceptionally turbulent time.
The Los Angeles chart has a rebellious and unsettled tr Uranus square its Pluto this year and early in 2020; with Solar Arc Pluto in a confusing and devastating conjunction its Neptune in two years’ time. But nothing like as tricky as the early 1994 influences ahead.
The San Francisco chart has its Cancer Sun very close to the week’s Solar Eclipse with angular planets on the eclipse chart located there for a crisis or two. With tr Pluto trine Neptune this year and next; and an accident prone Solar Arc Saturn conjunct the SF Mars in 2021. But again not as strong as the 1906 influences.
Hi Marjorie
Astrodienst has a different natal chart for LA. On it Mars is 9 degrees Cancer – close to the 10 degrees of the eclipse chart 3 July. I found that interesting.
Poor California: earthquakes, wildfires, droughts…. Was listening to an interesting NPR (National Public Radio) segment the other day in which a prominent meteorologist predicted that there will be what he termed “climate-change refugees” in coming years. He envisioned a mass exodus from such high-risk zones as California, the southeastern coast and gulf states (hurricanes) and midwest (floods and tornados). Will there be nowhere to run? Seems not, unless you fancy life on the moon.
You can run but ya cannnot hide, Julie. Living in the Rockies? Or live in the Olympics & Cascade Mtn ranges? Maybe Montana and the Dakotas – good luck with them locations. I do not doubt that “climate change refugees” will be one of the Top Ten hits w/i 20 or 30 years. But, they’ll only bring their social issues with themselves.