Earthquake strikes San Francisco Bay area at New Moon

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 has shaken northern California, reports the US Geological Survey. The USGS said it struck at 03:20 local time (10:20 GMT) four miles (6km) north-west of American Canyon, at a depth of 6.7 miles. The site is 51 miles from Sacramento and about 30 miles north-east of San Francisco, where many Twitter users say it woke them up. There were no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage. BBC, August 24 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-28918600

In his book “Mundane or National Astrology”, H.S. Green gives us the following rules:

“Earthquakes are often found to be associated with eclipses. An eclipse is always liable to cause seismic disturbances where it is visible, especially if it falls very close to the line of the 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.”

Shown here is the chart for the Lunar Eclipse of  April 15 at American Canyon, California. Notice that it falls on the meridian axis. Also straddling the meridian axis is the energetic Grand Cross comprising Mars-Jupiter-Uranus-Pluto.

Richard Tarnas associates Uranus-Pluto with “the unleashing of the elemental forces of nature in various senses (the tangible increase in signs of extreme climate change, volcanoes and earthquakes, tornadoes and hurricanes, tsunamis and floods, undersea oil eruptions, mining disasters).”

Progressing the eclipse chart to August 24, brings the Grand Cross to an alignment with the horizon triggering the earthquake.

But as we have seen in several previous posts, if the faraway cause is an eclipse, it is usually also accompanied by an immediate cause such as a lunation. Tomorrow’s New Moon is placed on the horizon axis at the location of the earthquake with Neptune occupying the descendant.

Poseidon, later adopted into Roman myth as Neptune was known as “Earthshaker”.  Poseidon mated with Medusa - the only mortal gorgon – and she gave birth to their child, the winged horse Pegasus.

Here the descendant is  conjunct the star kappa Pegasi,[9pi08] in the the Flying Horse’s forefoot. It was said of Pegasus that  earthquakes took place when he stomped his feet.