Earthquakes and History

[Rushwing]

What I've noticed so far after studying historical earthquakes is a large percentage of them occurred on the new moon.

Another thing I noticed was a great deal of earthquakes happen when saturn, neptune, uranus or jupiter are in the first degrees of aries, and years that these occur coinciding with grand crosses and oppositions of the outer planets including mars.

Often the sun is in opposition to the outer planet, conjunct with the moon (new moon)

I have messy handwriting, so I have to double check this and I'm not finished (only up to 1700s), but it seems to coincide with the term I know in vedic astrology which is when outer planets are GANDANTA (moving from water to fire) that this is a volatile time. (Thus having uranus, jupiter, saturn and/or neptune in the last degrees of a water sign or the first degrees of a fire sign, ESPECIALLY pisces/aries)

I'll just keep going with this . . .

 

[tikana]

hey Rush

hey
On dec 7 1988
at 10:41 am
spitak, armenia, experienced 7.5 earthquake that took 25,000 people

Planets were
pluto 13 scorpio
Uranus 0 cap
saturn 2 cap
neptune 9 cap
jupiter 29 taurus retro
south node 9 pisces
moon 22 scorpio
merc 18 sag
venus 17 scorpio
mars 8 aries


T

 

[dr. farr]

Interesting information from Tikana-thank you for the information!
Notice the earthquake trinity, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, all together in the same sign (Capricorn)
There had been a Total Solar Eclipse (in Pisces) on March 18, 1988.

 

[Rushwing]

I am finding that it isn't so much the sign of the planets, but which direction they are going, the phase of the moon, and also what degrees the planets are in (if they are about to leave a sign for example) Especially important is the number of planets that are in the same sign (like the chart is heavily weighted)

Imagine how the earth's gravity is affected by such conjunctions. More planets = more mass pulling in one direction. That's what I've noticed so far. Especially this year with the japanese quake, all the outer planets (save saturn which was/is in near or direct opposition) are in pisces-aries.

Thanks for someone finally replying to this thread, I kinda got lost in doing other things.. . but its worth following through someday : D

 

[Jesusistheway]

I had a dream in which was aqua blue in shade, that there was an earthquake (about an 8 magnitude) so then I started to feel it and it was very deep like it was making a huge crack in the ground of the house. Then not too long after that the tsunami came and it engulfed the inside of our house and I was gasping for air as it was making me float up to the ceiling. I wasn't afraid in my dream though I was more in survival mode. It could be psychological about me moving out? But then again a few days before there were two tornadoes in Mississippi I dreamt two tornadoes hit my local town. I scared my sister and mom when I told them this story. A tsunami has to hit LA it is so inevitable I need to get out of here anyway. America will go through accelerated natural disasters as stated by near death experiencers who were told this. Not as it was in the past but accelerated. Thank goodness the ruler of my tenth house is in the 9th house! So I have a better chance of leaving for good Just wish my family could leave here too. But anyways hope it was just psychological symbolism. Years back I had a similar dream I was told "waves" and a family was getting ready to leave CA with their boat and car and I sent a postcard by April. Never could figure that one out. It was so eery I did not like it one bit and I was home alone during a cat nap when that happened.

Sorry your guy's post on earthquakes brought me to share my dream

Btw, I have my moon in pisces haha.

 

[Lihirakash]

"...a large percentage of them occurred on the new moon."

"...a great deal of earthquakes happen when saturn, neptune, uranus or jupiter are in the first degrees of aries"

"Often the sun is in opposition to the outer planet, conjunct with the moon (new moon)."

"...when outer planets are GANDANTA (moving from water to fire) that this is a volatile time. (Thus having uranus, jupiter, saturn and/or neptune in the last degrees of a water sign or the first degrees of a fire sign, ESPECIALLY pisces/aries)"

For the earthquake involving Valparaiso, Chile on Feb. 27, 2010 3:34 AM local time, Neptune is in the last degrees of an air sign, possibly activating the stellium in its own sign, Pisces. But I don't see the other conditions you mentioned applying, unless you consider Uranus at 25 degrees 33 min Pisces in a late degree of that sign.

 

[CapAquaPis]

"...a large percentage of them occurred on the new moon."

"...a great deal of earthquakes happen when saturn, neptune, uranus or jupiter are in the first degrees of aries"

"Often the sun is in opposition to the outer planet, conjunct with the moon (new moon)."

"...when outer planets are GANDANTA (moving from water to fire) that this is a volatile time. (Thus having uranus, jupiter, saturn and/or neptune in the last degrees of a water sign or the first degrees of a fire sign, ESPECIALLY pisces/aries)"

For the earthquake involving Valparaiso, Chile on Feb. 27, 2010 3:34 AM local time, Neptune is in the last degrees of an air sign, possibly activating the stellium in its own sign, Pisces. But I don't see the other conditions you mentioned applying, unless you consider Uranus at 25 degrees 33 min Pisces in a late degree of that sign.

Then there was the Aug. 18, 1906 earthquake and Mag. 9.5 superquake of May 14, 1960 (the Mag. 8? Feb. 29, 1960 tremor was a precursor) shook the same region of Chile, were thought to been astrologically connected. The planets Neptune and Jupiter was foretold by an astrologer back in July 1906 writing for a newspaper and he informed the Chilean navy on the possibilities of the earthquakes that year and he stated for the future. Oddly, the 1906 San Francisco and 2011 Tohoku quakes are theorotically tied to Chile's, and astrologically speaking: Aquarian California and Aries Japan are twin-triplets.

In geographical astrology, Chile is a Jovial-Neptunian ruled or Sagittarian-Piscean country: a very high growth economy (Chile is among the most prosperous nations in Latin America) except the majority live in adjacent poverty had a negative impact on Chile in terms of socioeconomic life. Jupiter is the planet of luck, contentment and prosperity: Chile has a non-tropical mediteranean climate. Then comes the nature of Neptune lessens the country's democratic, progressive or western/ European orientation...not to mention the thin shape of a coastal/maritime country with high seismic activity.

In Christmas time 2011, comet Lovejoy made an overhead appearance above Chile, farther north are the tropic of Capricorn where the sun was overhead and the new moon on the night of December 24-25. Indigenous and Latin American prophets find this to be a strong sign. The past June 14, 2010 and (future) Nov. 14, 2012 total solar eclipses are in opposite ends of Chile, and the June 21, 2012 transit of Venus across the sun is observable in Chile...but how closely connected were the Inca, Aymara, Shuar or Mapuche with the Maya, Aztec, Olmec or Toltec way north over in Mexico 5000 miles away?

 

[sandstone]

bhuj india earthquake
26 jan 2001 8:46 am
20,000 dead, 165,000 injured. 40% of city of 250,000 destroyed..

hi rushwing, interesting observations and thanks for sharing.. the new moon area - planets close to zero aries - and - large clusters in same signs - are all interesting observations to make..

zero aries is the nodal axis for the earth essentially. the aries point is given weight in some astro circles and i think it has relevance.. for this point to be active, a planet can be square, opposite and perhaps even 8th and 16th harmonic to it as well.. in the chart data Lihirakash posted one will note the outer planets saturn,pluto and uranus all in the vicinity of this point.. and like the data for bhuj i posted there are a strong cluster of planets in the same vicinity, although in Lihirakash's chart they cross over 2 signs.. might be better to think of large clusters in one area, as opposed to large clusters in 1 sign as then your idea would apply to all 3 charts including tikana's with 8 in a 57 degree radius..

i have not looked at the other charts as they were missing a specific time.. thanks all for sharing..

 

[Lihirakash]

There is an interesting correlation between the eclipses that comprise a particular Saros series and the site of occurrence of major earthquakes. The location on earth where an earthquake strikes appears related to the paran lines seen in the astrolocality map associated with the eclipse that falls immediately prior in the Saros series.


So, for example, in the attached astrolocality map of the lunar Saros 140 series eclipse that occurred on 05/13/1976 at 23 Sco/Tau 08, Los Angeles lies on the Sun MC / Moon IC paran line. Then in 1994, which was the year when an eclipse next in line in the Saros 140 series occurred, Los Angeles was struck by an earthquake when the North Node was conjunct the Saros 140 eclipse degree of 1994. This pattern holds true for the entire Saros 140 series, where earthquakes are seen to occur at paran lines corresponding to the Sun/Moon, Mars, Uranus, Saturn, Neptune, and North Node. Of note, the Sun/Moon paran line was involved in the last three years that there was a lunar Saros 140 series eclipse.



For more examples, please see http://forum.astro.com/cgi/forum.cgi?num=1326989202

See also my posts from Jan. 21, 2012 on this website: http://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/showthread.php?p=357169#post357169

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[Lihirakash]

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Looking at the astrolocality map of the lunar Saros 140 eclipse of 1994, one can see that the paran line of Sun DC / Moon AC passes through the Oregon/California border, the Sun AC / Moon DC line through central Europe and eastern Africa, and the Sun MC / Moon IC line through the Koreas, Phillipines, Indonesia and western Australia. This suggests that these locations may be more susceptible to an earthquake that could strike in 2012 when the North Node is approximately 1 - 3 degrees past the eclipse point of the lunar Saros 140 eclipse this year (14 Sag/Gem 10), or, in other words, about Jan. 26 - Feb. 19.

 

[sandstone]

lihirakash

good stuff! i looked at your thread on the other site and the links to the charts... are you sure those aren't planetary midpoint lines, as opposed planetary parans? okay, now i see they are planetary parans giving the location when the sun and moon coincide with culmination and ic point for los angeles for example..

chris carolan wrote a book called the saros cycle making connections with the stock market and the saros cycle.. many astrologers have tried to time events based off eclipse data, lunar or solar.. following the history of a particular saros cycle is another interesting study to see if certain ones connect more strongly with certain types of events..

 

[Lihirakash]

are you sure those aren't planetary midpoint lines, as opposed planetary parans? okay, now i see they are planetary parans giving the location when the sun and moon coincide with culmination and ic point for los angeles for example

It's interesting that you mention midpoint lines. Yesterday, Jan. 22, 2012, a magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck Big Island, Hawaii. If you look again at the astrolocality map of the lunar Saros 140 eclipse of 1994, you see that Hawaii is at the midpoint of the Jupiter AC and Pluto AC lines. Or, represented another way, as the circular chart of the eclipse relocated to Big Island, Hawaii, you see the AC conjunct the Jupiter/Pluto midpoint:



My hunch is that during the time period when the North Node is conjunct the eclipse degree of the current year, less intense earthquakes occur at locations corresponding to midpoint lines, and stronger earthquakes take place at locations at or very close to planetary lines. But this is just a guess.

 

[Lihirakash]

following the history of a particular saros cycle is another interesting study to see if certain ones connect more strongly with certain types of events



In every year that there has been a Solar Saros series 133 eclipse (at least as far back as 1958) there has been a majorly devastating natural disaster:

Solar Saros 133 eclipse on Oct. 12, 1958.
July 9, 1958 - earthquake along Alaska generates a mega tsunami:

On the night of July 9, 1958 an earthquake along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle loosened about 40 million cubic yards (30.6 million cubic meters) of rock high above the northeastern shore of Lituya Bay. This mass of rock plunged from an altitude of approximately 3000 feet (914 meters) down into the waters of Gilbert Inlet (see map below). The impact generated a local tsunami that crashed against the southwest shoreline of Gilbert Inlet. The wave hit with such power that it swept completely over the spur of land that separates Gilbert Inlet from the main body of Lituya Bay. The wave then contiuned down the entire length of Lituya Bay, over La Chaussee Spit and into the Gulf of Alaska. The force of the wave removed all trees and vegetation from elevations as high as 1720 feet (524 meters) above sea level. Millions of trees were uprooted and swept away by the wave. This is the highest wave that has ever been known.
From http://geology.com/records/biggest-tsunami.shtm

Solar Saros 133 eclipse on Oct. 23, 1976.
July 28, 1976 - "deadliest earthquake of the 20th century":

At 3:42 a.m. on July 28, 1976, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the sleeping city of Tangshan, in northeastern China. The very large earthquake, striking an area where it was totally unexpected, obliterated the city of Tangshan and killed over 240,000 people - making it the deadliest earthquake of the twentieth century.
From http://history1900s.about.com/od/horribledisasters/a/tangshan.htm

Solar Saros 133 eclipse on Nov. 3, 1994.
Oct. 4, 1994 - major earthquake in Russian Federation:

A major earthquake (magnitude Ms 8.1) occurred near Shikotan Island, in the South Kuril Island Group of Russia's Far East, at 13:23 UTC, October 4, 1994 (0:23 a.m. Oct. 5, local time). The quake was extensively damaging in the Kuril Islands, killing 11 people and injuring 242. It caused several landslides and generated a destructive tsunami. 8 people died from the direct effects of the tsunami. It was a sudden event, without any short- term precursors or foreshocks.
From http://www.drgeorgepc.com/Tsunami1994RussiaKurils.html

In all cases, the natural disaster occurred within one to three months of the eclipse.