I would like to remind all to keep praying for Brenda Shawe. She was hospitalized and they lost her two times. But, this gal is determined and she was back home and doing better the last time I heard from my friend up in Baltimore. She is a real fighter and won't let cancer get the best of her. Pray friends, Pray. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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We have heard so much about the snipers and their shootings that I thought I would take a look at the situation through the Astrological aspects of the Fixed Stars. How many of you have considered the Fixed Stars in your Astrology interpretations?

I discovered their importance 30 years ago when I began studying Astrology and found they worked amazingly well. There are some good ones and some very bad ones.

Thanks to Lois Rodden's follow-up on the two snipers, I decided to go a bit further. You can go to:

and see the chart there. There is one difference I do with charts with unknown birth times which differs from this chart. From my early studies it was drummed into my head that you use a Noon GMT birth time, which would be 7:00 AM CST because he was born in New Orleans, LA.or so it is believed. For those of you who compute your own charts in different time zones, look to the Noon GMT equivalent. In the chart done by Lois Rodden, she uses 12 PM Noon, CST.

In the early teachings, a Noon birth was given to royalty, Kings, Queens, etc. I do not feel John Allen Muhammad nor John Lee Malvo fit that criteria. However, since we do not pay attention to the Moon, Ascendant nor MC with unknown birth times, we can safely consider the other planets for Fixed Star purposes.

Now, the first thing I took into consideration was that all of this began on the date Mercury was stationing to go direct. This is a very strong aspect especially on a 29° - the degree of tears! Secondly, Saturn was also at 29°02 Gemini ~ another degree of tears. . . not to mention the first shooting in Rockville, MD had the Part of Fortune on yet another 29°56' Leo! Gee, a cheerful way to begin this mess.

So, let's look at John Allen Muhammad (aka Williams) and the Fixed Star Alphard conjunct Uranus. All of the interpretations are taken from **Vivian Robson's The Fixed Stars & Constellations in Astrology, as follows:

ACRUX 10°46' Scorpio with Neptune:

[quote] Is of the nature of Jupiter. It gives religious beneficence, ceremonial, justice, magic and mystery, and is frequently prominent in the horoscopes of astrologers and occultists. [unquote]

NOTE: After doing this study, I frankly wondered if he was not in some way involved in Astrology because of the prominent 29° displayed all over the shootings. Did he know?

ALHENA 7°59 Cancer with Mars

[quote] Superficial nature, fond of pleasure, ease, luxury, ornament and display [unquote]

ALPHARD 26°10 Leo with Uranus

[quote] Disgrace especially through love affairs, evil habits, unbalanced mild, tendency to great crime, bad for gain and marriage, downfall through love disappointment. [unquote]

FACIES 7°12 Capricorn conjunct his Mercury

[quote] It is of the nature of the Sun and Mars, and causes blindness, defective sight, sickness, accidents and a violent death [unquote]

MANUBRIUM 13°52 Capricorn with Jupiter

[quote] Trouble and loss through legal matters, danger of judicial sentence or banishment and exile. [unquote]

WEGA 14°14 Capricorn with Jupiter

[quote] Loss through legal affairs, favourable for gain, danger of imprisonment [unquote]

Looks to me like the Fixed Stars indicate a very troubled life for this sniper. When using the Fixed Stars, each Ascendant, MC and all house cusps also count. I might add, they are very important as well. One of my friends son was a paperboy years ago and he had a Fixed Star on his 3rd House Cusp (neighborhood) relating to dog bites (and I have forgotten the name, so don't ask) but it was activated and he was bitten by a dog. His Mom had to rush him to get checked by their doctor. If I find the name I will let you know later.

Now, let's take a look at his companion, John Lee Malvo whom I also drew a chart for:

so you can see what he looked like as we go along.

ALPHERATZ 13°11 Aries with Venus exactly.

[quote] Influence: According to Ptolemy it is of the nature of Jupiter and Venus, and to these Alvidas adds Mars also, It gives independence, freedom, love, riches, honour and a keen intellect.

With Venus: Neat and tidy appearance, quiet life, good health, fond of pleasure and society, fortunate in speculation [unquote]

BUNGULA 28°28' Scorpio with Saturn 27°53 Scorpio

[quote] Studious, well read, materialistic, self-seeking, favourable for gain, accumulation of money and property and legacies though not without quarrels, favourable for marriage though some domestic disturbance, eldest child may be afflicted early in life. [unquote]

DABIH 2°56 Aquarius with Jupiter 2°40

[quote] Influence: According to Ptolemy it is of the nature of Saturn and Venus; and, to Alvidas, of Uranus and Saturn co-joined in square to Mercury.

With Jupiter Hypocrisy, dishonesty, high legal or ecclesiastical preferment but ultimate disgrace. [unquote]

GIEDA 2°42' Capricorn with Jupiter 2°40

[quote] Government position, preferment in law or Church, marriage abroad, favourable for gain and inheritance. [unquote]

SABIK 16°51 Sagittarius with Uranus 17°31

[quote] Sincere, sober, retiring, melancholy, thoughtful, calm and patient in trouble, clergyman or associated with the Church, some physical disability, separated from friends and relatives, some great sorrow in the life, occupied in doing good but disappointed in results, rarely marries. [unquote]

Now, looking at this young sniper's Fixed Stars, it would appear he could have been led into a decent life, but with the Fixed Star Dabih and his association with the older sniper, he could have had a decent life. But that was not to be the case.

I made a composite of the two of them. Now, normally we use exact birth times, but I have found through years of experimenting, that we can tell a whole lot about people using charts without exact birth times. In this case, the composite tells the story ~

and what a story it tells! We start with a 29°27' Capricorn Ascendant. So, we know this is not a good relationship. Then we look at the Fixed Stars contained therein and we start with the worst of all:

ACULEUS 24°39' Sagittarius conjunct Saturn.

[quote] Influence: Of the nature of Mars and the Moon. It affects the eyesight and causes blindness of one or both eyes if in conjunction with an afflicted luminary, or in conjunction with a malefic that afflicts the luminaries. The opposition appears to be equally effective. [unquote]

ALGOL 25°03' Taurus - EXACTLY conjunct Mars (a gun!!!)

[quote] Legend. Algol represents the head of the Gorgon Medusa who was slain by Perseus. Medusa, who was the only mortal one of the three Gorgon sisters, was originally a beautiful maiden, but her hair was changed into hissing serpents by Minerva in consequence of her having become by Neptune the mother of Chrysaor and Pegasus in one of Minerva's temples. This give her so fearful in appearance that everyone who looked at her was changed into stone.

Influence of the nature of Saturn and Jupiter. It causes misfortunes, violence, decapitation, hanging, electrocution and mob violence, and gives a dogged and violent nature that causes death to the native or others. It is the most evil star in the heavens.

With Mars, or if Mars be elevated above the luminaries when Algol is angular, the native will be a murderer who will come to an untimely end. The same is caused by Algol angular or with the hyleg [unquote]

NOTE: In the Composite chart, Algol is in the 4th house conjunct Mars!

FORAMEN 23°03 Libra conjunct Uranus

[quote] Of the nature of Saturn and Jupiter. It causes peril, dignity, piety, usefulness and acquisitiveness, and gives danger to the eyes.[unquote]

Now, if we examine the Composite chart closely, we find a YOD! This Yod is located between the worse planets, naturally. We have Saturn sextile Uranus, both inconjunct Mars - the gun!! Mars conjunct Algol exactly. This tells me that if the two of these men never met, John Lee Malvo's life could have taken an entirely different turn.

By the way, many people call the Yod the "Finger of God" and it still makes me wonder just how accomplished John Allen Munhammad was in Astrology, as he placed that Tarot card for the Police to find stating "I am God" ~ food for thought.

Remember - the Composite chart gives the energy these two men created! Being separated, the youngster will probably begin showing his true traits.

The first six shootings were done while Mercury was Stationary Rx at 29° Virgo squaring Saturn at 29° Gemini. On the 7th shooting on October 4th, Mercury was beginning to go Direct and no longer on that degree of tears, but Saturn remained, now with a separating square from Mercury. Saturn sat there until October 21st when the Moon also reached 29°02' Aries which ended the shootings.

I am sure we are all glad they were apprehended. Now we can all breathe a big sigh of relief. Remember to watch those Fixed Stars.

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