The Murder of Holly Jones
Toronto -Holly Jones was a happy, out-going, popular 10 year old. On May 12, 2003, she was walking the few blocks from her friend’s home to her own. It was around 6 pm and it was still light out.
Holly never made it home. Family, friends, neighbours and police searched through the night but no sign was found until the next morning when a bags containing parts of her body were found on the Toronto waterfront.
Holly Jones
Holly was born on September 14, 1992 at 4:30 am EDT in Toronto. (Birth time source = Holly’s aunt)
With a Sun, Mercury, Jupiter stellium trine to a Neptune/Uranus combo, Holly was expressive, popular, bouncy and cheerful.
Was Holly’s fate in her birthchart?
Holly’s Eighth house (death or transformation) is ruled by Neptune which, along with Uranus and the Vertex, is the focal point of a t-square with Moon and Venus. Uranus and Neptune are both planets that have to do with expanded consciousness and the Vertex is a point of ‘fated connection’ .
Holly's Murder
The time used for the murder chart comes from a 61 page statement made by Michael Briere at the time of his arrest in June, 2003:
“On the 12th…I always had the fantasy of having sexual relations with a little girl. So, I just got carried away, and I walked outside and Holly was…I didn’t know her, I’d never seen her before…it’s just coincidence.”
“I think I left my house maybe just a little bit before 6, 10 to 6, 5 to 6…and she was right there. So, I would say she was probably gone 25 minutes after, say around 6:25 – 6:30.”
.Influences at time of murder:
- by Transits -
- Mars/Neptune conjunct Saturn – Mars and Neptune are often associated with victimization and Holly’s Saturn brings the materialization: “I just got carried away, and I walked outside and Holly was…I didn’t know her, I’d never seen her before…it’s just coincidence.”
- by Progression -
- Pluto has progressed by Solar Arc to 1 Sagittarius 08, inconjunct Holly’s Natal Mars at 1 Cancer 12. Pluto inconjunct Mars is transformation through force majeur.
- by Solar Return - chart
- Solar Return is ruled by an Eighth house Jupiter, conjunct Vertex (fated encounter) and opposite Nepune, which may indicate confusion or vulnerability.
- Pluto is conjunct the SR ascendant; Saturn conjunct the SR descendant. Both are square to Mars, indicating a power struggle, oppression.
- Solar Point at the time of murder was 20 Leo, in the Eighth house, and square to Holly’s natal Pluto.
- Mercury is right on the mid-heaven, trine to Neptune and the N Node, representing the publicity, public displays of sorrow and a permanent memorial constructed in Holly’s neighbourhood.
Holly Jones and Michael Briere
Micheal Briere lived in the same neighbourhood as Holly. He was employed as a software developer and had no criminal record.
The police had surveyed the neighbourhood, asking the men for voluntary samples for DNA testing. Briere refused twice and he was arrested after the police tested a Pepsi container that he discarded. He confessed when confronted with the evidence.
Because we don’t know Briere’s time of birth, we don’t know exactly where his Sun was located but it is within one degree of 7 Libra and within one degree of the Moon in the murder chart.
Synastry
- the strongest connection between the two charts is Briere’s Pluto/Uranus conjunction on top of Holly’s Mercury, Sun, Jupiter.
- Pluto is the same degree as Holly’s Sun at 21 Virgo – one tries to suppress the other, separation, often through force majeur — Reinhold Ebertin
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