Manchester is yet again shaken by a traumatic incident after a terrorist attack on a synagogue by Jihad al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent, wearing what appeared to be an explosive vest armed with a knife. Two victims were killed, one by friendly fire from the police, who also shot the attacker.
The city does appear to be a magnet for violent events – with the Ariana Grande concert attack by Islamic extremists on 22 May 2017 which killed 22 people and injured 1,017. An IRA bombing in 15 June 1996 in which 212 were injured after a 1,500-kilogram lorry bomb was detonated, the biggest bomb in Great Britain since the WW11. And the Manchester United football team Munich plane crash of 6 February 1958.
There are two charts for the city which has an ancient history. One is 14 May 1301 JC Royal Charter, which does have a hard-edged, high-risk, brutal Saturn Mars in Leo opposition Pluto.
And the City Charter of 29 March 1853 which has an Aries Sun plus a rebellious Uranus Pluto conjunct in Taurus; and a Gemini North Node opposition Jupiter square Mars in Pisces – which last does seem sensitive to events. At the moment the Solar Arc Sun is forming a Mutable Grand Square opposition Mars and square the Jupiter opposition South Node. In 2017 for the Arena concert bombing, tr Saturn in Sagittarius opposition Mars in Gemini was also rattling that Mutable T square. In 1996 the Solar Arc Uranus in last decan Virgo was triggering the Mars square Jupiter.
The earlier chart of 1301; had a nerve stretched tr Uranus opposition Neptune in 2017. In 1996 the tr Pluto opposition tr Mars was sitting across the 1301 Sun; with a Solar Arc Sun opposition Neptune. The 1958 plane crash was also a highly Neptunian event.
Both charts appear to work well enough. The Mars square Jupiter on the 1853 chart on the face of it does not seem overly violent. But Sakoian & Acker describe it as destructive, providing a drive to use collective power and social sanction for self-aggrandizement and gratification of passions. They associate it with people who glorify war and go on holy crusades, can be fanatical.
City and even town charts do work well if the dates can be found.
Thanks Marjorie.
The 1301 chart looks like the chart that was activated. Tr Saturn quincunx the Saturn-Mars. Tr Uranus conjunct the Sun-Jupiter with tr Pluto making a trine and tr Mars at 6 Scorpio making a quincunx.
Peterloo Massacre 16th August 1819 as well.
Peterloo Massacre chart has Pluto/Chiron/Saturn at 27/28/29 Pisces. Saturn was retrograde at 27 Pisces at the time the Manchester synagogue attack occurred.