Earthquake at L’Aquila, Italy

A strong earthquake struck Italy at 3:32 am, epicenter near L’Aquila, an historic town with a population of about 70,000 people. Twelve hours later, the death toll has risen over 100 with thousands homeless.

L'Aquila Earthquake

L'Aquila Earthquake

The chart for the earthquake is ruled by Saturn opposite Mars, Uranus.

  • Saturn is the old, the traditional, structures, those things that appear permanent.
  • Uranus is dramatic change.
  • Mars is energy, action, passion.
Italy Transits to Solar Arc

Italy Transits to Solar Arc

This Saturn, Mars, Uranus combo does not strongly affect Italy’s chart unless you consider the Solar Arc Progressed chart.

  • the ruler of the ‘land’ (4th house) of Italy has recently become Venus.
  • Progressed Venus is now 21 Virgo next to Progressed Saturn at 23 Virgo
  • Transitting Uranus has been opposite Progressed Saturn for a while (and there are reports that there have been tremors in the area since March 20) but it needed the energy of fast moving Mars for action to materialize.
Italy Solar Arc

Italy Solar Arc

I found it very interesting the the Solar Arc Progressed chart shows all the points *exactly* sextile to the original chart. Because a Solar Arc Progression moves approximately one degree a year, this would happen sometime around 60 years but there would only be a few weeks when the sextile was exact.

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One Response to “Earthquake at L’Aquila, Italy”

  1. giulia on April 7th, 2009

    hi! it was really terrible.. i dont live near aquile but here a lot of people felt the shake!

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