The annular solar eclipse (often called a "ring of fire" eclipse) on February 17, 2026, occurs at approximately 28°49' Aquarius (with both Sun and Moon conjunct there), and is placed very significantly on the Ascendant at Washington DC. This is a New Moon solar eclipse, marking potent beginnings, resets, and fated shifts in Aquarian themes: humanitarianism, collective progress, innovation, friendship, groups, technology, rebellion against outdated structures, and ideals of equality or universal brotherhood. Aquarius is classically depicted as the Water-Bearer pouring out life-giving waters from an urn, symbolizing the dissemination of knowledge, love, compassion, and peace for all humanity—often transcending personal boundaries in favor of the greater good.The eclipse's tight square to Uranus (at around 27°-28° Taurus in the chart, conjunct the fixed star Algol in the head of Medusa) adds intense, electrifying tension. Uranus, Aquarius's modern ruler, br...
Multiple people are dead, including the suspected attacker, after a mass shooting at a secondary school in British Columbia in Canada on Tuesday afternoon, according to police. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) responded to the shooting at the rural Tumbler Ridge Secondary School at approximately 1:20 PM local time and issued a localized emergency alert ordering residents to shelter in place. https://www.rt.com/news/632284-canada-school-mass-shooting/ The shooting occurred at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in the town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. This is a remote community in northeastern BC's Peace River region, with a population of about 2,400, located roughly 1,000–1,155 km (around 600 miles) north of Vancouver, near the Alberta border and in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.The precise geographic coordinates for Tumbler Ridge (and specifically the area of the school incident) are approximately 55.1238°N, ...