Iran earthquake and the Taurus eclipse

Residents in the United Arab Emirates have reported tremors across the country, after a 5.22 magnitude earthquake  struck Qeshm in Iran on Tuesday morning. The UAE’s National Centre for Meteorology and Seismology confirmed the Iran earthquake to local news site Emirates 24|7. It was also confirmed the epicenter was 60km east Qeshm in southern Iran. Al Arabiya News; Tuesday, 27 May 2014 

Earthquakes are found to be associated with eclipses and important planetary conjunctions and oppositions. This becomes especially true if they fall very close to the line of horizon i.e. the cusps of the first and seventh houses, or of the meridian i.e. the cusps of the tenth and fourth houses. Of these two lines, that of the meridian is more important; and that of the lower meridian i.e. the cusp of the fourth house is the most important of all.  In addition to this, certain of the zodiacal signs are more closely associated with earthquakes than are others. The four fixed signs are very important in this respect; and of these Taurus and Scorpio are more often related to great shocks of earthquake than are any other signs, when eclipses or important conjunctions occur therein, or when oppositions or squares are thrown to major planets therein. H.S.Green, Mundane or National Astrology

H.S. Green’s book on Mundane Astrology written around WWI is still considered a bible of sorts amongst astrologers.  In addition to the rules mentioned above milder earthquakes can also occur if the eclipse aspects the angles especially the fourth cusp (IC).  Here the eclipse occurred in Taurus and formed a sharp quincunx to the IC. Also note that at the time of the eclipse, the very stressful Cardinal Grand Cross of Mars-Jupiter-Uranus-Pluto was on the angles and on May 20, Mars [9li]  stationed direct on the IC [8li]  signalling the “tension release phase” of the Grand Cross.

Progressing the eclipse chart by the solar quotidian method brings the MC to a conjunction with the eclipse (within less than 2 degrees) on May 27, the date of the event. Also on the night of May 26 (17:06 IT) transit Moon [8ta52] triggered the solar eclipse.