A maverick inventor, a sunk submarine and a dead female journalist all add up to quite a mystery off a Copenhagen island. Initially Peter Madsen claimed he dropped Kim Wall onshore, but now says she died in an accident onboard his vessel, and that he dumped her body in the sea. A torso minus head, legs and arms has now been found though not yet identified.
Madsen, 12 January 1971, has now been accused of negligent manslaughter and police suspect he scuppered his privately-built and crowd-funded submarine deliberately. He has a reputation as a loner, hot tempered especially with journalists who give him a bad press, but not violent.
He’s a Sun Capricorn in a controlling trine to Pluto, sextile an ultra-determined and unforgiving Mars in Scorpio, square Uranus and trine Saturn in Taurus – so a heavyweight chart. With a short-tempered, hard-edged Saturn opposition Mars square an Aquarius Node – channelling his aggression into a cause. His Mars is in an enterprising conjunction to Jupiter, which in turn is conjunct Neptune Venus in Sagittarius. And his Mercury in Sagittarius in an intense, dogmatic square to Pluto. A talented man with a strong craftsman/builder 5H; and unorthodox/genius/breakthrough 13H – but not an easy temperament.
Kim Wall, 23 March 1987, was a highly respected freelance journalist, who had worked in dangerous spots in the world, and was researching a feature about Peter Madsen. She had written for the New York Times, Guardian, Vice and the South China Morning Post.
An intrepid Sun Jupiter in Aries square Neptune Uranus, she had Mars in stubborn Taurus inconjunct Saturn in Sagittarius – certainly go-ahead, drawn to a high-adrenaline lifestyle, and could be gritty. She wasn’t a great combination with Madsen, with her Mars conjunct his Saturn and trine his Sun, so it would be a sparky mix. Their relationship chart has a competitive and fairly explosive composite Sun Mars square Uranus and trine Pluto – not well-designed to be together in a confined space.
He’s not looking too happy ahead with various Mars midpoints getting elbowed into 2018 and then tr Pluto conjunct his Sun in 2018/19.
such a shame.. i am sure they will find him guilty… her venus on his north node – which is all tied in with the cluster of both mars, and his saturn on the fixed axis.. i would gamble he definitely is guilty here.. it is a bit hard to see these squares to the nodal axis in his chart in particular – thanks the way the houses are done in your chart, however i note that she has a venus/mars square – feeding into this set up for being with someone who you love and hate at the same time… dangerous set up and i would have advised her against spending any time with him.. interestingly enough the nodal axis transiting at present is exact opposite it’s place in madsens natal chart… the eclipse just past is right on this too, so no surprise all this is coming out… sorry to hear about it all..
John, A week is enough time to lose the Sun square Uranus and trine Saturn; and move the Sun to sextile Mars Jupiter Neptune which will help to soften some of the harsher aspects on Madsen’s chart. House positions will also make a difference.
What do you do with that conjunction of Mars in Scorpio Jupiter Neptune in Sagittarius? It’s quite a mix, especially sitting midway between the Sun trine Pluto.
I didn’t get the Sun square, but my Moon is conj Uranus. The conjuction around the beginning of Sag (along with Venus in Sag too) is very useful for my art, though the occasional spanner in the works is the Mars-Saturn opposition conj Scorpio Asc (I’m not sure if that’s all in orb though – 18th Jan?)
The Mars Saturn is too wide to be an opposition really. You won’t get the same as Madsen when tr Pluto is conjunct your Sun in 2022/23 since Pluto is also sextile your Mars/Jupiter midpoint then which will give a confidence-surge and is good for starting new projects. And by 2024 tr Pluto sextiles your Jupiter for two years which is also upbeat. Watching out, of course, for over-optimistic expectations with Neptune lurking close by.
Marjorie
I was born nearly a week after Madsen, so wondered if Capricorns of my vintage can expect similar challenging times (in general, not chart specific) over the next few years. My chart only differs with his in that Mercury moved on into Capricorn, and my Cap Sun is in the 3rd house.