USA: events in the summer of 1889

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Hello dear list members,

 

Over 120 years ago, when the Venus-Saturn period (same period as is operating now) was running, transit Rahu and Ketu were stationary in the MEPs of the 12th and 6th houses and in aspect to the natal nodes (a similar transit takes place in the summer of 2010). The main difference is that Rahu and Ketu were in opposite signs. Moreover, in 1889, they were stationary on the MEP degree of 20°, while in 2010 they will be exactly afflicting their nodal counterparts at 18°.

 

While the key to the analysis will likely be the transit of Saturn, given its sub-period, other slow moving contacts will likely be quite important as well. It may therefore be instructive to examine what happened in this similar period-transit combination in 1889 when contemplating what may happen next summer.

 

1. Johnstown Flood

 

 

 

 

 

 

"A Roar Like Thunder..."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On June 1,1889, Americans woke to the news that Johnstown, Pennsylvania had been devastated by the worst flood in the Nation's history. Over 2,200 were dead, with many more homeless. When the full story of the flood came to light, many believed that if this was a "natural" disaster, then surely man was an accomplice. Johnstown in 1889 was a steel company town of Germans and Welsh. With a population of 30,000, it was a growing and industrious community known for the quality of its steel. Founded in 1794, Johnstown began to prosper with the building of the Pennsylvania Mainline Canal in 1834 and the arrival of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Cambria Iron Company in the 1850’s.

There was one small drawback to living in the city. Johnstown had been built on a flood plain at the fork of the Little Conemaugh and Stony Creek rivers. Because the growing city had narrowed the river banks to gain building space, the heavy annual rains had caused increased flooding in recent years.

There was another thing. Fourteen miles up the Little Conemaugh, 3-mile long Lake Conemaugh was held on the side of a mountain - 450 feet higher than Johnstown - by the old South Fork Dam. The dam had been poorly maintained, and every spring there was talk that the dam might not hold. But it always had, and the supposed threat became something of a standing joke around town.

But at 4:07 p.m. on the chilly, wet afternoon of May 31, 1889 the inhabitants heard a low rumble that grew to a "roar like thunder." Some knew immediately what had happened: after a night of heavy rains, the South Fork Dam had finally broken, sending 20 million tons of water crashing down the narrow valley. Boiling with huge chunks of debris, the wall of flood water grew at times to 60 feet high, tearing downhill at 40 miles per hour, leveling everything in its path.http://www.johnstownpa.com/History/hist19.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jupiter

Saturn

Rahu

Ketu

 

31.12.1888

0°Sg00'

27°Cn13'R

28°Ge54'

28°Sg54'

 

30.1.1889

6°Sg20'

25°Cn08'R

28°Ge54'

28°Sg54'

 

1.3.1889

11°Sg35'

22°Cn47'R

27°Ge53'

27°Sg53'

 

31.3.1889

15°Sg00'

21°Cn18'R

25°Ge07'

25°Sg07'

 

30.4.1889

15°Sg55'R

21°Cn19'

21°Ge52'

21°Sg52'

 

30.5.1889

14°Sg07'R

22°Cn53'

20°Ge01'

20°Sg01'

 

29.6.1889

10°Sg32'R

25°Cn38'

19°Ge45'D

19°Sg45'D

 

29.7.1889

7°Sg15'R

29°Cn09'

19°Ge43'

19°Sg43'

 

28.8.1889

6°Sg07'

2°Le57'

18°Ge24'

18°Sg24'

 

27.9.1889

7°Sg45'

6°Le35'

15°Ge28'

15°Sg28'

 

27.10.1889

11°Sg46'

9°Le31'

12°Ge26'

12°Sg26'

 

26.11.1889

17°Sg27'

11°Le16'

10°Ge54'D

10°Sg54'D

 

26.12.1889

24°Sg06'

11°Le28'R

10°Ge41'

 

10°Sg41

 

The flood saw over 2000 people lose their lives in a horriffic natural disaster, one of the worst in the nations history.

 

In this regard, we can also consider that transit Saturn as 8th lord of death was stationary around 21° Cancer, thus afflicting the MEP of 1st house of self and the 3rd, 7th and 10th houses, as well as natal 2nd lord Sun. So, in addition to the harm the nodal station would have been expected to bring, 'obstacles and endings' would also be seen for the wealth and status of the nation as well as for the leaders of government due to the Saturn transit. At the same time, 'easy gains' would also have been possible...

 

2. Oklahoma Land Rush

Another interesting event in US history took place around that time, the Oklahoma Land Rush.

 

 

The Oklahoma Land Run of 1889 was the first land run into the Unassigned Lands in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The land run started at high noon on April 22, 1889, with an estimated 50,000 people lined up for their piece of the available two million acres (8,000 km²). The Unassigned Lands were considered some of the best unoccupied public land in the United States. The Indian Appropriations Bill of 1889 was passed and signed into law with an amendment by Illinois Representative William McKendree Springer, that authorized President Benjamin Harrison to open the two million acres

(8,000 km²) for settlement. Due to the Homestead Act of 1862, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, legal settlers could claim lots up to 160 acres (0.65 km2) in size. Provided that a settler who lived on the land and improved it, could then receive the title to the land.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Run_of_1889

 

We can note that the nodal axis was going over 4th lord Venus in the 6th house. The land the settlers overtook had earlier been alloacated for the westward relocation of native American Indians. With the nodes afflicting the 4th lord that Spring, this outcome is not surprising. Moreover, as many had used illegal means to claim land, many court cases sprung up afterwards.

 

During the 1800s, the U.S. government forcibly relocated Indian tribes from all over the country into the area known as Oklahoma Territory. The Indians' desire to keep the Territory for their exclusive use and occupation was complicated by the rapid growth of white population on its northern, eastern, and southern borders; and when the first railroad crossed it (1870-72), any effort to find an answer became hopeless. As other railroads built into, and across, the Territory, white men came in to lay out towns and open farms, some as employees or tenants of the Indians, others as plain intruders. In 1890, when the first Federal census was made of the Five Civilized Tribes, there was a population of 109,393 whites and 18,636 Negroes, as compared with a total of 50,055 Indians.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~itunassi/index.html

 

We can keep these events in mind, when considering what may happen next year.

 

Thor

 

 

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