

This article illustrates rectification to show the validity of a version of birth chart no. 1 (Sibly chart) for the United States. The key tools used are loka planets, transits, secondary progressions (internal chart rectifying metrics), and declinations for all these.

The premise of this article is that anything that can be asserted astrologically can be tested.

Some background

First, the records of the Continental Congress were clear that the final day of the business of considering independence and making it formal took place during business hours (9 to 5) — daytime. It started in the morning of the 4th about 9:00 AM and ended in the (late) afternoon.

Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Ben Franklin all agreed that the adoption of the final language of the Declaration of Independence happened in (late) afternoon on the 4th. They were there and part of the Committee Five who finalized the Declaration and sent it to the publisher, so they are primary sources who would know. The agenda for that day’s meeting had a vote scheduled for approximately late morning to mid-day, but that does not precisely time when it actually took place and it was not until the Committee of Five finalized the Declaration that it was sent to the publisher.

So a time of 2-3:00 AM (Gemini rising) has no basis whatsoever in any fact, but is a mere symbolic representation of the USA as a Uranian nation since that planet is near the Asc of such charts. The association of the USA with Uranus is understandable, but it need not be conjunct the Ascendant to influence it towards constant themes of the liberty of its people and others. Other angular aspects by Uranus are possible.

Anyway, the expansionist nature of the USA’s activities are clearly more in line with Sagittarius rising than with Gemini rising. So some version of a Sagittarius rising chart is more believable.

LOKA planet positions in the nirayana (sidereal) zodiac

This is a concept taken from traditional Indian astrology (Jyotish, Vedic).

This tool gives clues about what planet(s) are the focus of the collective energies of the nation (or an individual) and should show in angular position and/or strong aspect to Asc and/or Midheaven. There are two indicators of loka planets, the Sun and Moon. The Lunar position usually indicates the prime loka, which is the consciousness energy most associated with recent or longstanding tendencies of development. So we are actually looking at a major theme in the soul history of the collective development of the entity born as the USA. So using a time of 5 PM and the Hindu/Lahiri Ayanamsha …

SUN at 22° was comfortably in Decan 3 of nirayana Gemini, Aquarius decan:

Solar loka: Saturn or Uranus.

MOON was at 6° comfortably in Decan 1 of nirayana Aquarius, Aquarius decan:

Lunar loka: Saturn or Uranus.

So it is between the traditional principal of Aquarius, Saturn, and its new (world) principal, Uranus.

Remember, the significance of the USA as a New World nation, the first of its kind, and clearly built upon the Uranian principle of liberation of the masses from monarchy and old world styles of government. That increases the importance of Uranus in these considerations. Because of the Uranian themes of personal liberty, individualism, mass consciousness and revolutions, and technological advancement I expect Uranus in angular position by house or aspect in the correct US chart.

Saturn at 12° Libra (tropical) and Uranus nearly 9° Gemini could in theory put both in major aspect with the Asc if it is 7-16° Sagittarius. Saturn could be sextile (60°) and Uranus opposite (180°).

What is the Ascendant (Asc)?

It is the WHO. The nation’s identity, mode of expression, physicality, geographical boundaries, the population, its spread and movement.

To start, I have chosen to place the Asc at exactly 10° Sagittarius for our purposes here.

Let’s Get Concrete: Astrology Meets Geography

The major 4 calculated points of an accurate birth chart for a nation will correlate with the geological directions relative to the location of its birth. The effectiveness of this is seen in traditional horary practice where these correspondences are essential and make horary effective (finding lost objects, etc). MC = south, IC = north, and obviously the Asc = east, DC = west.

Because the USA was born on the east coast in Philadelphia it had no further east to grow. This is why the USA cannot have a Gemini rising chart, which would reverse the population movement and growth from the west to the east. That didn’t happen because it couldn’t and because the USA does not have an east-heavy chart, but a west-heavy chart.

The geographic correlations can be illustrated by simply flipping the chart and imposing the US map on the chart:

Birthplace Philadelphia sits right about 40° north latitude. Westward from there, as indicated by the 7th house planets, takes us to California. Uranus, planet of technology is in the most due-west position indicating the silicon valley area (San Francisco), which is known as a technological center. You’ve also got the Venus-Jupiter conjunction in the west and slightly south position, pretty well in line with Los Angeles, entertainment capitol of the US.

Pluto’s position signifies the banking center of wealth, New York City, which is NE of birthplace Philadelphia. Good correlation there as well, and a population center.

The past to destiny line drawn by the Lunar Node axis runs from a NE position (S.Node, past life) correlating roughly to Britain to a SW position (N.Node, destiny) correlating roughly to Texas.

These population centers are important to note because during the particular historical time such moves of populations took place we should see a corresponding activation of the relevant areas of the US horoscope by progression — the Descendant. And we do if we use a chart with Asc +/- 10° Sagittarius, giving a declination of 22° south.

First Round of Checks Using Transits

It is important to understand that transit aspects do not need to be partile (within 1° of exact) to be active. The vast majority of the time a transiting planet will not indicate the correct degree of a calculated point (Asc or Midheaven, etc). They operate in aggregate, typically within orbs of about 5° in the major longitude aspects, the exceptions being the sextile (about a 4° orb) and the quincunx (about 2° orb). (See Robert Hand’s classic work Planets in Transit.)

First we will see alignment in the transits for key event sequences in the nation’s history, especially those events relating to Who?, the relational dynamics and boundaries, and overall identity. Key events and decisions relating to these are especially seen in the transits of Uranus, Pluto to the calculated points of the chart (Ascendant, Midheaven).

The first of the Alien and Sedition Acts (Naturalization Act) was signed into law by President John Adams 18 June 1798. These acts defined who was and who was not an American citizen. Pluto was 22S00 declination, Saturn 22N32, parallel and contra-parallel the proposed Asc declination respectively. These transits indicate the taking of control of the identity, the Who of the nation.

Uranus was 13VIR45, squaring the proposed natal Asc area (range: about 8-18°). That indicates a change, a reversal of mind relating to those considered ‘others’, Uranus’s square putting it at the midpoint between Asc and Descendant (self and others). Notes Uranus’s position in the 9th house of foreign countries and foreigners.

What matters here is that Pluto and Saturn have much tighter orbs in declination, with Pluto’s only about 0°50′. So Pluto’s transit indicates roughly 21S10 – 22S50 range for the Asc. In longitude that is 5-17° Sagittarius. So we can confidently narrow the range to 8-17°.

Notice also the position of Neptune at 10° Scorpio, which makes a to-the-degree quincunx to DC representing the ‘others’ that were the focus of this legislation. Very good indication this Asc is pretty closely accurate.

The Uranus transit is a crucial factor in changes and reversals in relationships, which is exactly what happened the next month when the USA began the (undeclared) Quasi-War 7 July 1798 when Congress rescinded all treaties with France, switching allegiance to Britain.

Another event: the move of the capital from Philadelphia to Washington, DC 15 June 1801. Pluto was still in the area of 22° south declination was while Pluto was 21S29. So you can see the chart is performing as would be expected if we are including declinations.

Uranus was 22VIR05, within about 5° of the Midheaven of a chart set around 10° Sagittarius. So that made Uranus opposite the significator of the prime location for the nation’s capital, the undersky (IC).

President John Adams moved his office there on November 1st when Pluto was 22S25 and Uranus 29VIR59 / 0° north (as seen below). The orb for a Uranus conjunction would point to a natal Midheaven figure of about 25° Virgo to 5° Libra, about 7-17° Sagittarius for the Asc.

Those events of change are important since strong/stressful aspects by Uranus relate to disruption. Along the Midheaven/IC axis this relates especially to disruption of continuity in exercise of power (MC) and its location (IC).

The Civil War began 12 April 1861. This time Uranus 9GEM20 is within a degree of exact opposition to the Asc figure used.

The identity of the nation was momentarily split, but ultimately was reunited. This transit of Uranus (using a standard 5° orb) indicates a possible Asc at 4-14°, further narrowing the range to 7-14° in our averaging of recurring transits.

The Chinese Exclusion Act was signed into law by President Arthur 6 May 1882 with a virtual repeat of the Alien and Sedition Acts with Uranus this time at 14VIR32 again transited square the proposed Asc area in nearly exactly the same place. Note Uranus’s position in the 9th house again, which relates to foreign countries and foreigners.

So the transits establish pretty well a range of 7-14° Sagittarius.

Events of 9/11

There is no doubt they had a transformative effect on the USA. This reeks of Pluto and of course its transit had it conjunct this Asc and in the 1st house of identity.

The transits of Pluto 12SAG38, Saturn 14GEM45, and Jupiter 11CAN35 get attention. Because of the tighter orb for the quincunx by Jupiter it suggests an Asc of roughly 9°35′ to 13°35′.

Notice that Uranus had passed exact parallel to natal Moon, but was still pretty tight. This parallel transit happened before the conjunction could tighten and helps further confirm the general Asc area.

The Progressions: Internal Chart Rectifying Metrics

I coined the term Internal Chart Rectifying Metrics, (or planetary metrics) because I discovered these are keys to pinpointing the exact natal chart, sometimes to the minute of arc on the Asc (in longitude or declination).

These progressed planet-to-natal-point aspects work when in the culmination zone of 0°00′-05′ from exact. That’s the average arc the Sun travels for each rising sign to move over the Asc in daily in mundi rotation, thus narrowing the orb of influence for progressed aspects to only those that would reasonably result from a radix set in the correct rising sign.

Progressions work with far greater precision than transits do. The progressed aspects closest to culmination at any given time are the most active and influential in shaping windows of opportunity for particular kinds of events. So we look only to those progressed aspects capable of verifying a proposed chart or Asc degree (or its correlate Midheaven degree).

These planetary metrics synchronize with event sequences, chronological events linked by a similar theme. If Uranus at 8GEM55 was indeed close to the DC/west point of the USA birth chart, then it could have progressed to it relatively early in its history. That would time westward disruptions, changes, and movements.

We can go back to earlier events to see progressed Uranus at 10GEM00 on 15 June 1800 when the US Capitol is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, DC.

Pres John Adams was then the first to inhabit the new White House beginning 1 November 1800: progressed Uranus 10GEM01.

The first land addition modifying the proportions and body of the nation (Asc) was the Louisiana Purchase, the treaty of which was signed 30 April 1803: progressed Uranus 10GEM08. That added the middle western and plains territories, including all of present day Montana.

Lewis and Clark set out westward to explore those western territories in May 1804 while prog Uranus was 10GEM09, (reaching the Pacific Nov 1805).

Uranus in tight aspect or progression to the DC or relational point also brings up the matter of changes, even conflicts in relations with others. The War of 1812 was soon to come and began June 18th of that year. Uranus had progressed to 10GEM25 and its declination 21N58, very close the DC declination for a proposed chart set at 9-11° Sagittarius.

The British burned the White House and capitol buildings 24 August 1814 when Uranus progressed to near 21N59.

In 1819 Spain ceded the Florida territory to the US while progressed Uranus was nearly 22N00.

On 15 June 1846 the Oregon Treaty was signed, adding it to the western US while progressed Uranus was 22N03.

But Jupiter also progresses to this spot during the Gold Rush of 1849 (for which the San Francisco ’49ers are named). Jupiter was moving southward in its progression (from its natal 23N16 declination) and through the 22N00 range during the gold rush period.

24 January 1848 the gold rush officially began while progressed Jupiter was 21N59. Jupiter progressing to the DC/west point while gold was being discovered out west and the population and economic growth that happened then is a near perfect astrological picture of it.

The Civil War began officially 12 April 1861 when progressed Uranus was near 22N03. This event really represents the culmination of Uranian energies to the DC/relational point. So not only was Uranus in transit at 9GEM20 right near the DC, but its progression apparently had it in culmination of parallel to that point.

There were distinct differences of notions about freedom and who deserved it that brought the north and south to war. Liberation of slaves and entire people groups is very Uranian and impossible to ignore here in its progression to this possible Asc area. Then the Civil War ended May 1865, slaves were emancipated, and in December 1865 the 14th Amendment was ratified making it official as progressed Uranus had turned back a bit 22N02.

Then the US went on acquiring territories — Alaska this time, as progressed Uranus was still 22N02. When the US last acquired territory with Hawaii 7 July 1898, progressed Uranus was 21N55 within culminating range of the proposed DC 22N00 for 9-11° Sagittarius.

Remember Jupiter’s southward progression to the 22N00 area during the gold rush? It began progressing northward again in the 1900s and in the 1950s came back within range (+/- 0°05′) of the 22N00 area. This echoed the prosperity of the gold rush and marked the decade of the greatest growth the US has probably ever seen:

“The US in the 1950s experienced marked economic growth – with an increase in manufacturing and home construction amongst a post–World War II economic expansion.” – wikpedia

However, there were other activations of this DC point in the 22N00 area in 1926 and 1965 by the progressed Sun:

US intervention in Nicaragua — troops landed there 3 May 1926 when progressed Sun was 10SAG12 / 22N00. Sun’s transit or progression over the Asc marks a moment of strength and confident exercise the strength of one’s identity. That is exactly what happened here true to Sagittarian expansionist and Uranian/DC interventionist fashion. These declination progressions over +/-22S00 effectively narrow the Asc range to 9-11° Sagittarius, but this progression specifies it more precisely in longitude.

The Vietnam War — the first US troops arrived in South Vietnam 8 Mar 1965 when progressed Sun was 22N00. Similar theme to when Sun progressed to conjunction to Asc — exerting strength in the expansive fashion of a Sagittarius rising personality.

If it were just a matter of the Uranus progression alone it would still be pretty convincing, but with the added Jupiter progression during both periods of marked prosperity and growth, it leaves little doubt that what we are seeing is the culmination of contra-parallel aspects by two different planets (Uranus, Jupiter) to the correct natal Asc and progressed Sun reinforcing it by conjunction and parallel.

But wait, there’s more.

Mars first progressed to the 28° Virgo mark that is the Midheaven of this chart during a record-setting heat wave in the US June-July 1936. As you know Mars is fire (principal of the cardinal fire sign Aries).

When the US declared war on Japan 8 December 1941 Pluto had progressed to 27CAP05, exactly trine natal Midheaven of a chart set at 10SAG13.

When US dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima 6 August 1945 progressed Pluto was at 27CAP11, within 0°04′ of exact semi-sextile with natal Moon [topocentric] at 27AQU14.

I’m sure you don’t need to be told of Mars’s association with war.

President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 into law 26 July 1947, creating the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Security Council. Progressed Mars was in the 10th house of the chart and its declination 0N48 closely parallel natal Midheaven [0N47]. This was the birth of the military-industrial-intelligence complex.

And progressed Mars was exactly parallel that declination 30 Aug 1947, the day US announces the discovery of plutonium fission, suitable for nuclear power generation. (That month was also when the Fernwood Park riots took place.)

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