Arizona Shooting Astro Analysis
To gain an astrological understanding of the Arizona shootings of Rep Gabrielle Griffords, a US judge, and others in Tucson Arizona on January 8 2011, students of astrology need look no further than the 2010 ingress horoscope for the USA and the January 4 partial solar eclipse set for America’s capital Washington DC.
January 4 Solar eclipse and the USA natal horoscope
The solar eclipse at 13 degrees of Capricorn directly opposed the Sun in the USA Sibley horoscope and squared Saturn in this horoscope. The Sun represents the country’s rulers and Gabrielle Griffords is an elected representative.
During a solar eclipse light of the Sun, which represents reason, is eclipsed, allowing repressed and irrational lunar energies to manifest.
Venus in Scorpio
In this solar eclipse horoscope Venus conjoins the Ascendant. Venus in Scorpio is regarded as a malefic – a planet which operates in a negative way. Venus is at 26º Scorpio, exactly opposite the Moon in the USA 2010 ingress horoscope.
In the 2010 ingress horoscope for the USA the Moon makes an exact square to Neptune which is in the 8th house of death. Saturn is the 8th house ruler placed in a powerful position conjunct the base of the horoscope (called the ‘IC’).
This connection between Venus in the solar eclipse horoscope for the USA and the Moon-Neptune square in the ingress horoscope for the USA is significant.
The solar eclipse and the shooting
Students of astrology who have followed my articles on antiscia will notice that the eclipse point at 13.39 Capricorn is exactly conjunct by antiscia the Midheaven of the Arizona Shooting horoscope. Antiscia have an association with hidden energies and the Midheaven is associated with public events.
This public tragedy has in some sense exposed hidden energies. Because this is a solar eclipse, it is the hidden lunar energies which are expressed. The powerful symbolism combining the solar eclipse with the Midheaven is a reminder of the power and energy contained within eclipses.
Meaning of an ingress horoscope
An ingress is a horoscope drawn up for a country’s capital at the moment the Sun reaches the vernal equinox, and represents the fortunes for that country over the 
following year. Planets which make aspects to significant points in this horoscope usually represent significant events.
The fixed star Algol
In the ingress horoscope for the USA the Moon is the Ascendant ruler, which is normally considered to be a most significant planet by astrologers. The Moon was conjunct the fixed star Algol in the eleventh house. Algol is regarded as a very malefic star associated with disaster and ‘losing one’s head’ in a literal or symbolic manner. Gabrielle Griffords was shot in the head.
The eleventh house is the 2nd house from the 10th house, the house of government, and therefore represents the government’s assets and support. Gabrielle Griffords was one of the government’s elected representatives.
Arizona Shooting Horoscope
The horoscope for the Arizona Shooting has the Moon, which is always symbolic of the action, conjunct the Ascendant at 7 º Pisces. The base (IC) of the solar eclipse is 7º Pisces. This connection is exact revealing a strong connection between the the shooting and the solar eclipse 4 days previous to the shooting.
The Moon also represents the common people, and its position on the Ascendant shows the emotional response of the American people to this disaster.
The use of ingress, eclipse, and event horoscopes.
Ingress horoscopes are one of the primary tools employed by mundane astrologers to evaluate the fortunes of a nation for the year ahead. When these horoscopes are combined with eclipse horoscopes, especially when an eclipse horoscope makes significant aspects to the horoscope of the nation, planetary connections can describe events accurately.
In this brief article planets and points in the event horoscope for the Arizona Shooting have been correlated with the ingress and solar eclipse horoscopes for the USA. This shooting event represents a release of repressed energies represented in the natal ingress and eclipse horoscopes.
The natal horoscope for the USA represents the national template for the USA. The ingress chart showed how these energies express over the coming year. The solar eclipse horoscope shows a specific focus or release for some of the energies contained within ingress horoscope. The event horoscope for the Arizona Shooting is one manifestation of this energetic release. There may be other manifestations which are beyond the scope of this article.
Your personal horoscope
Just as a nation such as the USA has a horoscope, which is set you for the moment of its beginning, so every person has a natal birth horoscope. In the case of an individual a solar return chart horoscope is used instead of an ingress horoscope. A solar return horoscope is set for the moment when the Sun returns to the exact zodiacal position it occupied at birth.
When eclipses make significant connections to the birth horoscope they show how energy is focused and manifested in life events.
When no exact birth time is available an astrologer would use the ancient technique of ‘horary astrology’ to forecast future events in addition to transits and progressions to planets in the birth horoscope.
I believe there may be a typo in the chart above for the time of the shootings – The chart denotes 1/9/2010. I thought it was 1/8/2011. Just an observation.
You are correct Heidi – thank you for alerting me – the typo has now been fixed. Regards Peter Burns
Wrong date, Jan. 8 2011. Changes the degrees.
Thank you Sherry for alerting me. The chart is correct but there was a typo which has now been fixed. Regards Peter Burns