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Saturn-Neptune: Handcuffed for feeding pigeons

 


 

The video captures a January 7, 2026, incident in Harrow, London, where a woman in her 40s was handcuffed by six officers after throwing bread to pigeons, breaching a local Public Spaces Protection Order prohibiting bird feeding to curb litter and vermin....Public backlash, including comparisons to under-enforced serious crimes like short rape sentences, underscores tensions over disproportionate policing of minor infractions in resource-strapped UK forces. https://x.com/i/grok?conversation=2009952474271203613

 

 

The incident on January 7, 2026, in Harrow, London—where a woman in her 40s was handcuffed by multiple police officers and fined £100 for throwing bread to pigeons, in violation of a local Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) banning bird feeding to prevent litter and vermin—has sparked significant public outrage. Reports describe her being detained by around six officers plus council enforcement workers on Wealdstone High Street, with bystanders questioning the heavy-handed response to such a minor, compassionate act.


 


This event aligns strikingly with the themes in the current solar return chart for the UK (based on the January 1, 1801, 00:00 LMT London founding horoscope). The Saturn-Neptune conjunction (in late Pisces, building toward its exact alignment in early 2026) symbolizes the fusion of rigid structures/laws/authority (Saturn) with compassion, idealism, dissolution of boundaries, or misguided empathy (Neptune). When this conjunction squares the solar return Ascendant at 26° Gemini (with Mercury nearby at 28° Sagittarius), it highlights tensions between enforcing rules and human kindness/mercy— the kind of "laws that punish compassion" .

 

Adding to the synchronicity: β Columbae (Wazn), at approximately 26°25' Gemini tropical , sits very closely on or conjunct the solar return Ascendant (26°09' Gemini). The dove (Columba) is a universal symbol of peace, gentleness, innocence, hope after turmoil, and divine messaging (e.g., Noah's dove signaling the end of the flood). Wazn itself, meaning "weight" or "measure" in Arabic, carries astrological connotations of balance, discernment, spiritual gravity, quiet moral guidance, and a gentle yet resilient nature—often tied to themes of carrying burdens, renewal after difficulty, or innocent self-sacrifice. In mundane astrology, a fixed star like Wazn on the Ascendant of a nation's solar return can manifest as collective events involving these dove-like qualities: acts of harmless compassion (feeding birds = innocent kindness) being weighed/ measured harshly against bureaucratic "weight" ( heavy policing). The disproportionate response —six+ officers handcuffing a non-threatening woman for a tiny act of feeding pigeons—mirrors the "punishment of compassion" under rigid Saturnian laws dissolving into Neptune's foggy overreach or misplaced priorities.

 

This is not mere coincidence; fixed stars often highlight symbolic undercurrents in mundane charts, especially when so precisely aligned. Here, the dove star on the Ascendant underscores a year where the UK's national "persona" (Ascendant) confronts tests of mercy vs. authority, innocence vs. regulation—precisely as seen in this viral, backlash-inducing event just days into 2026. Public comparisons to under-enforced serious crimes (e.g., short sentences for rape) further echo the imbalance: compassion for minor acts met with zero tolerance, while larger societal issues feel neglected. This fits the Saturn-Neptune square to the Gemini Asc/Mercury axis, emphasizing communication breakdowns, public discourse, and debates over fairness/proportionality


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