At least 164 people have been killed and 971 injured in two Venezuela earthquakes which struck at 6.04/5pm La Guaira last night. The 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes which struck within a minute of each other were among the strongest to strike Venezuela in more than a century.
The disaster happened with Mars in late Taurus conjunct the destructive Fixed Star Algol; and a potentially damaging yod onto Pluto inconjunct South Node sextile Sun. Pluto was also trine Uranus conjunct Sedna sextile Neptune – the new era with a few unfortunate additions.
The Venezuela 5 July 1811 3pm Caracas chart has Solar Arc Neptune conjunct the Cancer Sun with tr Saturn just one degree over the conjunction to the Sun – bringing high uncertainty.
This years two Lunar Eclipses set for the quake zone did indicate problems. The March 2026 has the unfortunate Scheat conjunct and emotional Venus on the Ascendant and the Black Moon on the MC.
The approaching 28 August 2026 Lunar Eclipse has the Moon on the Midheaven opposition Sun IC square Uranus on the Ascendant.
Usually notable events occur when planets sit close to the axis of the chart; and eclipses can trigger events earlier than the set date.
The August 2026 Solar Eclipse also has Uranus on the Descendant.