BIRTH CHART PETER R. DE VRIES:Crime reporter solves the Holloway case

It seems that Dutch reporter Peter R. de Vries found out where the body of Natalee Holloway is and what might have happened on the night of her disappearance. He is not willing to reveal more until his program will be broadcasted on Sunday 21:30 MET.

WHO IS PETER R. DE VRIES?
Peter R. de Vries has been hunting Joran van der Sloot ever since Natalee Holloway was reported missing and Joran van der Sloot - the last man who saw her alive - started telling different stories about what happened. There are a few messages on Astromarkt about Holloway and Van der Sloot, for example in the article about meeting people and in the article about sharing aspects in relationships. In december 2007 I wrote about the case:

"Another case of missing persons is that of Natalee Holloway. She vanished after a wild night in the Caribeans. Suspect is Joran van der Sloot, but there is no body to proof that Natalee is death, even. I mentioned in the article about sharing aspects this:

"He is born August 6, 1987, Willemstad. She is born 21-10-1986 Birmingham USA. He was the last person who saw her alive, it seems. As he suspected his and her faith are connected and so are their charts. Apart from the fact that his Mars squares her Pluto and Venus (...) they share :
- Sun conjunct Mars (he) and Sun square Mars (she)
- Sun square Pluto (he) and Sun conjunct Pluto (she)
- Both have Mercury conjunct Venus
- He has Jupiter sesqui square Saturn, she has the square"

When she disappeared Natalee had transit Mars semi square Mars and sesquisquare Pluto, activating the dangerous Mars-Pluto connection in her natal chart. Joran had Pluto conjunct Uranus that day and sesquisquare Venus. He also had Mars sesqui square Pluto. So coincidentally they had the same sort of transit on the same day, added with the aspects they already shared. Joran van der Sloot remains a suspect and was recently arrested for the second time, without any results. On December 8, 2007 they released him for the second time."

JORAN VAN DER SLOOT: PRETENTIONS AND KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
On the day he was born Mercury squared Jupiter and both were rising before the Sun. It tells us that exageration is prominent in his life. Sun in Leo with Moon in Capricorn, with a Sun trine Saturn...combined with the Mercury-Jupiter aspect leads to a character of 'keeping up appearances'. Probably he tried to make things look better than they were. He even wrote a book about himself (see picture above), with one chapter about Natalee Holloway in it (this looked a bit like what OJ did). The affair however was life changing for him (and her, unfortunately). The progressed chart shows that in the year of the dissapearance the progressed Sun sign of Joran changed...

SYNERGIE JORAN/DE VRIES
But what interaction is there with the chart of Peter R. de Vries (born 14th November 1956 in Aalsmeer)? The most narrow aspect in the chart of Joran van der Sloot is Mercury square Jupiter (the tendancy to exagerate or pretend). That aspect (in the final degrees of Cancer and Aries) touches the reporters' Northern Node (in the final degree of Scorpio). Neptune of Peter R. squares Mercury-Jupiter of Joran, out of sign and Pluto is making harmonious aspects with that aspect. Mars inconjunct Mars suggests an unbalanced battle. Their Moon's colide (Capricorn and Aries). Apart from the profession of Peter R. de Vries (who's speciality is criminal investigations) there is a personal conflict.

NEPTUNE AND PLUTO: DETECTIVE!
Neptune and Pluto together form the 'detective-combination'. Neptune and Pluto are in opposition with Zero Aries in the chart of Peter R. de Vries! The decective in Peter R. de Vries is challenged by the pretentions of Van der Sloot (Mercury-Jupiter). And as the men don't feel comfortable together (Moon square Moon) and there male senses (Mars) are in signs in discord, the personal link and drive was born.

WINNING AND PROFIT
Neptune is the oriental planet in the chart of Peter R. de Vries. Neptune recently squared the Sun of Peter R. de Vries. Neptune is symbolic for a.o. wine...Just days ago Joran van der Sloot threw wine over his face. Next Sunday Peter R. de Vries will have Transit Pluto exactly trine progressed Pluto. This marks the value of winning.

Above you see the time unknown chart of Peter R. de Vries and the transits of today.

The confession of Joran van der Sloot

Joran van der Sloot confessed, says the police in Peru. His progressed chart shows a combination of Mercury-Saturn and Pholus. Does this reflect an official (Saturn) self damaging (Pholus) statement (Mercury)? This combination of Mercury-Saturn and Pholus was already there in the natal chart (without hour of birth) and is repeated now.

Following the earlier messages about the birth positions of Joran van der Sloot, and the post about Van der Sloot being a subject again, here is something about his Mercury. Joran van der Sloot is a good liar (he is a poker player). Afflicted Mercuries point at the ability to vary and twist communications and mental state the hard way. (And some professions aquire a tough or flexible mentality or interest). There is a post about Mercury and lying on this blog here…

MERCURY IN BIRTH CHART
In the natal chart of Joran van der Sloot we see an afflicted Mercury exactly square Jupiter and sesquisquare Saturn. There is also a biquintile with Uranus. He can limit (Saturn), change (Uranus) or expand (Jupiter) facts or subjects of conversation. Those are the kind of qualities that a poker player needs, besides a poker face or a cap to hide your expression.

MERCURY IN THE PROGRESSED CHART: aspects combinations repeated!
In the progressed chart of Joran van der Sloot we see that Mercury moved fast. The afflicted Mercury is now exactly sesquisquare Jupiter and exactly square Saturn.
This means that the original nature of his communications are now ‘ triggered’ by progressions and that his mind has strong ups and downs now.

PHOLUS AND MERCURY
In the natal and progressed chart of Joran van der Sloot, Mercury is in aspect with Pholus, the symbol of turning points and 'shooting your own feet'. In the natal chart Mercury is sextile Pholus, but in the progressed chart there is a 105 degree minor aspect. Progressed and natal Saturn are quindecile Pholus. The Mercury-Saturn-Pholus combination of the natal chart is again active in the progressed chart. We could read the combination as the official statement of a turning point or: ' shooting your own feet with lies'.

And now, confronted with the images of the hotel door on video, Joran van der Sloot confessed.

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PS His progressed Sun is trine Neptune now. See the Sun-Neptune-posts...

' Am I who I think that I am or am I who others say that I am,'

How about the effect of the 'harmonious' trine? Sometimes trines just make it easy to get isolated and lost with Neptune. It seems that he tried to sell information about the whereabouts of the death body of Natalee Holloway and that the FBI knew it. He was living in a false world of poker games, drugs and illusions.

Click 'sextile' to see more examples of the effect of harmonious aspects.

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Time's number 1 news item of 2010: the arrest of Joran van der Sloot

The arrest of Joran van der Sloot is Time's news of the year 2010.  For astrologers the most interesting point is that the interaction of positions in the charts of Natalee Holloway and Joran van der Sloot is very much in line with the circumstances (a sexual encounter ending in violence).

SYNASTRY

She has Mars square Pluto and sextile Saturn in her chart. That is a combination for danger of early death. His Pluto is square her Mars and that shows the issue of use or abuse of violence or force (sexual intimidation). Her Venus is square his Mars for passion. 

TRANSITS

There are even more violent connections between the charts on the day of Natalee's death.

And: on the day that Natalee Holloway vanished Joran van der Sloot had transit Mars sesquisquare Pluto! 

There was a lot of interaction with Mars and Pluto in their charts and there were transits between Mars and Pluto on that tragic day. 

- When she disappeared Natalee had transit Mars semi square Mars and sesquisquare Pluto, activating the dangerous Mars-Pluto connection in her natal chart. 

- Joran had Pluto conjunct Uranus that day and sesquisquare Venus. He also had T Mars sesquisquare Pluto

So coincidentallythey had the same sort of transit on the same day (Mars-Pluto) added with the aspects they already shared. And Mars-Pluto is a dangerous combination.

And... when he was arrested for killing another woman (Stephany Flores) Joran van der Sloot had again Pluto in aspect with natal AND progressed Mars. 

See all posts about Joran van der Sloot on this blog here...(via Google) or use the label Van der Sloot. Here is a guess chart of Van der Sloot (no hour of birth available) with the positions of the day of birth of Natalee Holloway (the transits).

Also visit: Astromarkt.net, for example the article about Mars and Pluto or about meeting people.

Uri Geller and Van der Sloot's ticket

Uri Geller offered Joran van der Sloot money for a ticket to Aruba, just before Joran van der Sloot was arrested. The idea was to hypnotize the man in order to find out the truth about what happened to Natalee Holloway. Geller says that he absolutely didn’t pay more than that and about 600 dollar for expenses. There is a link to his statement in this post.

PLUTO IN THE SYNASTRY WITH VAN DER SLOOT
Interesting for astrological reasons:
1. Venus-Pluto, the combination of earning money (the money axis)
- Venus-Pluto of Joran van der Sloot is exactly conjunct the Midheaven of Uri Geller.
2. Sun-Pluto
- Uri Geller’s Pluto is exactly conjunct the Sun of Joran.

Café Astrology uses the word ‘mesmerizing’ for the Sun-Pluto combination in synastry. (Mesmer is the man who first used a sort of hypnotism). I think that is fascinating! (another word in the Pluto-vocabulary).

A few months back a Dutch magician had a program about Uri Geller’s tricks, revealing and explaining them. His Pluto is exactly square Uri Geller’s Sun.
The Sun-Pluto interaction between charts is always challenging and intense. Often it is about values, authority, issues of life and death or influence. And sometimes there is a drama –or plain jealousy - connecting the lives of both of you.

GELLER
Uri Geller was born December 20, 1946 in Tel Avic at about 2 a.m. He is the famous 'spoon-bender'.
In his chart (above) Jupiter is the planet orientation (symbol of the international). Uranus is ‘calling’ (no major aspects in sign or orb 5 degrees). The prominence*) of Jupiter and Uranus promises successful use of techniques and being resourcefull.

HOW ABOUT YOU?
You read this blog probably because you have an interest in astrology. Tight Jupiter-Uranus combinations with Sun, Mercury, Venus or Midheaven are frequent in the charts of astrologers, as you may read in this post...

LINK to all posts about Joran van der Sloot:
http://astropost.blogspot.com/search/label/VanderSloot
Please use the labels for more examples of the mentioned aspects.

EXTERNAL LINKS
http://www.cafeastrology.com/synastry/sun_pluto_aspects.html

Statement Uri Geller about the ticket of Joran van der Sloot:
http://itricks.com/news/2010/06/uri-geller-describes-proposed-special-with-joran-van-der-sloot/

*)Angular planets, planets or the Moon rising before the Sun, planets without major aspects in sign (and orb 5 degrees) are prominent planets.

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Suspect again: Joran van der Sloot (Natalee Holloway case)

Joran van der Sloot has always been a suspect in the case of the missing Natalee Holloway and moved out of the Dutch Antilles and out of the Netherlands, first to Thailand and apparently later to Argentina, where he is now the suspect in the case of a stabbed girl (Stephany Tatiana Flores Ramirez, 21) who was last seen with him (just like Natalee Holloway was). The earlier posts about Joran van der Sloot are here and the news is here… In this post you see how the same sort of transit between Mars and Pluto links the disappearance of Holloway with this murder case and how Mars-Pluto was the key combination in the Holloway case. Let us have a look at the transits and progressions.

Transit Pholus trine natal Sun (easy to shoot in your own feet or easy turning point in life)
Transit Neptune quindecile natal Sun (being seen in a strong focused negative light)
Transit Jupiter sextile Pholus (lucky turning point)
Progressed Sun trine Neptune (realization of a dream or day dreaming)
Transit Pluto trine P Mars and quindecile natal Mars (danger, violence)

And it is the last mentioned transit that fits in the pattern. Because Mars-Pluto keeps coming back in the life and relationships of Joran van der Sloot (who is a pathological liar and a poker player: Mercury-Jupiter affliction - he even wrote a book about the case of Natalee Holloway!). Mars-Pluto is the key to the story.

On the day that Natalee Holloway vanished Joran van der Sloot had transit Mars sesquisquare Pluto! There was a lot of interaction with Mars and Pluto in their charts and there were transits between Mars and Pluto on that tragic day.
- Natalee Holloway’s Pluto Mars is afflicting Pluto and square Joran’s Pluto.
- When she disappeared Natalee had transit Mars semi square Mars and sesquisquare Pluto, activating the dangerous Mars-Pluto connection in her natal chart.
- Joran had Pluto conjunct Uranus that day and sesquisquare Venus. He also had T Mars sesquisquare Pluto

So coincidentallythey had the same sort of transit on the same day (Mars-Pluto) added with the aspects they already shared. And now Joran van der Sloot has again Pluto in aspect with natal AND progressed Mars.

For more about Mars and Pluto together, see Astromarkt or use the label. Here is the chart with progressions and transits (BTW The chart in this post is the guess chart of Joran van der Sloot as estimated by Nico van den Bos (Astrologie Zeeland). His day of birth is known, the true hour of birth is not.)



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Supportive father of Joran van der Sloot died

Joran van der Sloot, the suspect in the case of the disappearance of Nathalee Holloway, was allowed to attend to his father's funeral, even though he is ' persona non grata' on the Antillian island where he used to live. Paul van der Sloot died last Wednesday. It is easy to see the reflection of the support, help and protection that he gave his sun. His Jupiter is trine the natal Sun of Joran van der Sloot. Here you see the chart of the day of birth of the father and on the outside are the transits on the day that Joran van der Sloot was born.

Joran van der Sloot is probably the last person who saw Nathalee Holloway alive. She is still missing. For more about the Holloway case on this blog, see this link...

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The meeting of the charts of Stephany Flores and Joran van der Sloot

Stephany Flores met Joran van der Sloot on a bad day. Joran van der Sloot had transit Pluto square Mars. Stephany Flores' progressed Mars was inconjunct Pluto. That is reflecting the danger of having to defend yourself and a violent act with a risk of a lost). That is exactly the same interaction as with Natalee Holloway (see below)*)...Mars-Pluto is a difficult and sometimes violent aspect combination.

SHARED MARS-NEPTUNE
Also, he has Mars sesquisquare Neptune and she has Mars square Neptune in the natal chart. Sharing Mars-Neptune with another person is not easy. On Astromarkt I wrote about that:

Mars-Neptune: Being without job, sharing drugs or alcohol or medications. Maybe they are working together in a health or non profit organization. A relationship that does not cheer up…

And that is sometimes an understatement, apparently. There is more, of course, not just in their charts (and we don't know the hours of birth) but also in situation (reflected by the Ascendant) and position (MC). There is (luckily) not much chance to meet a killer and not all women born on Stephany's birthday ended their lives in a hotel room last May.

SYNASTRY
In an earlier post I mentioned the present astrological situation for Van der Sloot (the combination of Mercury-Jupiter-Saturn and Pholus) now that he confessed his crime. His Jupiter and Mercury are square and are square Stephany's Sun, too. His Saturn is sesquisquare her Sun. And his Pholus is sextile her Sun. Her Sun is (in a way) at the crosspoint of his difficult aspect combinations in the natal and progressed chart. And the Sun is the symbol of life...

CONCLUSION
Stephany met the wrong kind of guy on a bad day at the wrong spot.

READ ALSO
See Astromarkt ' astrology of meeting for more about the charts of people meeting each other and the effects. Sometimes people meet at the wrong moment or someone meets the wrong person at the wrong time...

Many thanks to the person who mailed the birthday of Stephany Flores! Here are the positions for Stephany Flores birthday, transits and progressions and for Joran van der Sloot and Stephany (his natal guess chart -hour of birth is unknown- and the positions in transit for her day of birth).


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*)ABOUT THE MARS-PLUTO CONNECTION BETWEEN NATALEE AND VAN DER SLOOT:

Natalee's Mars is afflicting Pluto in her birth chart (and maybe her Moon is inconjunct Pluto)...
Her Mars squares Joran's Pluto.
And her Venus squares his Mars.

When she disappeared Natalee had transit Mars semi square Mars and sesquisquare Pluto, activating the dangerous Mars-Pluto connection in her natal chart.
Joran had T Pluto conjunct Uranus that day and sesquisquare Venus. He also had T Mars sesquisquare Pluto.

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Corrected chart of Joran van der Sloot and how about rated hours of birth

There are several posts about Joran van der Sloot on this blog. The official hours of birth of Joran van der Sloot and Natalee Holloway remain unknown. Nico van den Bos of Astrologie Zeeland thinks that Joran’s hour of birth must be 13:58 (1:58 p.m).  He corrected the time unknown chart for this hour.

For those interested in a try out, here is the link leading you to the corrected charts of Joran van der Sloot and Natalee Holloway: 

http://communities.zeelandnet.nl/data/astro/index.php?page=13&showpage=7075

And here is the link to all posts about Joran van der Sloot on this blog Astropost:

http://astropost.blogspot.com/search/label/VanderSloot

HOW ABOUT YOUR CHART CORRECTION?

A corrected chart is a chart with an estimated hour of birth based upon the correspondence between events in an individual's life, transits and progression. When there is no hour of birth available for you, you could give it a try to find a possible hour of birth. Personally, I have an offical hour of birth and my mother;s time (just 3 minutes later). I have tried to find the exact minute a few times and I ended with possible hours of birth between 12:25 and 12:45. The official time is in the middle:)! 

AND THE CHART RATING ON ASTRODATABANK?

A lot of charts of VIP's are corrected or estimated charts. That is why the work of Astrodatabank to find the true hour of birth and mention the source or controversy is so valuable and appreciated. 

For example the chart of Joan of Arc, that is a DD-rated chart. An AA-rated chart is one with birth certificate in hand (like Barack Obama's chart:). A DD-rated chart has a date that is not verified. Always check the rating to see if you can use the chart as a tool for understanding transits and progressions!

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The chart of Amanda Knox and the synastry with Meredith Kercher

To my surprise: Astrodatabank has the hour of birth of Amanda Knox. This is the AA rated chart. The transits show the positions of the day of birth of Meredith Kercher.

Meredith Kercher was murdered and Amanda is supposed to have been on the scene of the murder or to have participated in the murder. Reason for murder (says the judge): Meredith didn’t want to participate in a sexual orgy. Amanda has been convicted but she appealed. In this and more posts I will have a deeper look at her chart, the transits, the progressions and the synastry with the victim, starting with the interaction of the positions in the charts of Amanda Knox and Meredith Kercher. The interaction of their charts (between Sun-Neptune and Mars-Pluto) shows us the nature of their relationship in the eyes of us, the beholders. Their names are/were connected by an act of violence (Mars-Pluto) and by suspicion (Sun-Neptune: to see in a negative light). 

Holloway case: Joran van der Sloot confesses (again...)

On this blog you find a lot about the case of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway (see the positions on her day of birth, transits and progressions for today) and about the person who might have been the last one to have seen her alive: Joran van der Sloot.. A few days ago he appeared on Dutch television with another confession, this time he even showed emotions. But, good to realise this, the confession had been offered to television last year, before the father of Van der Sloot died and has been questioned. He never mentioned a specific place where he left the body of Natalee. Follow the link to see more about his chart (no hob).

Remember? Natalee made a school trip to a tropical island and spent the night with two local boys. She never came back.
It is a story about the effect of Mars-Pluto. The combination of these planets keeps coming back in the natal positions, the synastry, progressions and transits of the day of the disappearance and ...of today.

Natalee Holloway had Mars tightly square Pluto in the natal chart.
Her Mars afflicted the Pluto of Joran, who has Uranus semi square Pluto (and a very wide Mars-Pluto conflict, with both planets in aspect with Saturn).

DATE
When she disappeared Natalee had transit Mars semi square Mars and sesquisquare Pluto, activating the dangerous Mars-Pluto connection in her natal chart.
Joran had Pluto conjunct Uranus that day and sesquisquare Venus. He also had Mars sesqui square Pluto.

So coincidentally they had the same sort of transit on the same day, added with the aspects that they already shared;**) the combination of danger.

COME BACK OF MARS-PLUTO
The progressed Sun of Natalee is now square progressed Mars and progressed Mars is quindecile (165 d.) Pluto.

Joran has the same kind of combination now: Transit Pluto trine progressed Sun and sesquisquare natal Pluto.

The same aspect combination that is dominating the relationship and the date is being highlighted again this year. See the charts.
Maybe this aspect offers a challenging chance to change his lifestyle and come up with the truth. It would be a consolation for her family to know where her remains are. Up to know there is little evidence that Joran van der Sloot feels sorry for the family.

RELATED
All about the case, including the chart of day of birth of the father…
see this link

**) The Kennedy's shared a Mars-Pluto aspect and can we see them in another perspective than that of the violent death of one of them? There are also Mars-Pluto combinations in some famous cases of abuse. And I know of more than one couple with this synastry, who didn't die or vanish, just had painful and intense arguments. Mars-Pluto is about the use and abuse of force,violence, strategy, influence and politics. Mars-Pluto relates values and challenges to aggression, sex and activism. It depends on the rest of the chart, the circumstances and situation, gender, genes and 'level' in what way the Mars-Pluto aspect will make the use of power an issue in the life of the individual(s) involved. In general Mars-Pluto is reflecting the drive to win and dominate and the effects of exploiting this energy. See the label for more. Here you read what I wrote on Astromarkt about sharing Mars-Pluto (both having an aspect between Mars and Pluto):

Mars-Pluto: could be destructive as it is about using power and force. In a team of sportsmen this aspect can empower the joined forces.

PS I could add something about the combination of P Sun trine Neptune and transit Pluto (Joran van der Sloot's chart) and I didn't, in order not to complicate the post. But I like to mention it anyway. There is more on this blog about Neptune-Pluto (see the labels) , and here is something in addition:
I think that the key to the combination might be the value (Pluto) of secrets (Neptune). Authors of detectives, detectives, magicians and spies (and maybe also poker players?) have prominent Neptune-Pluto combinations in their charts. When the combination appears by transit or progression you might be forced to be discrete, to keep a secret or ...reveal it at a certain price only. It is just the theme (the value of secrets and mysteries) that is important. How you handle it depends on character, situation and conditions. But, it is always about knowing what the others don't know...yet.


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EMMY AWARD FOR PETER R. de VRIES For documentary 'Natalee Holloway'

The Emmy Award received by Peter R. de Vries, the Dutch crime reporter (Case of Natalee Holloway), yesterday, shows the importance of transits over progression. These are the transits over the natal positions:

transit Uranus conjunct his prominent Mars on the MC
transit Neptune still within orb square the Natal Sun

And where was the award? Here it was...

Transit Jupiter*) trine progressive Midheaven within 10 MINUTES of orb
Transit Saturn trine progressive Sun

The transit of Neptune square natal Sun refers to the negative publications in the Netherlands about the way the documentary was made and about the (little) effect it had. No arrests have been made since and there is still no vital evidence against Joran van der Sloot. The body of Natalee Holloway remains missing. Because of retro gradation of the planets the same combination as in February is active now, now that he is being rewarded for the documentary that he released in February 2008. At the time he was invited to come to the USA and his documentary was shown on American television. As he said yesterday: 'They seem to appreciate this in the USA'.

There is more about the case of the missing American girl and suspect Van der Sloot in the post about missing people. I wrote:

"Another case of missing persons is that of Natalee Holloway. She vanished after a wild night in the Caribbean. Suspect is Joran van der Sloot, but there is no body to proof that Natalee is death, even. I mentioned in the article about sharing aspects this:

"He is born August 6, 1987, Willemstad. She is born 21-10-1986 Birmingham USA. He was the last person who saw her alive, it seems. As he suspected his and her faith are connected and so are their charts. Apart from the fact that his Mars squares her Pluto and Venus (...) they share:
- Sun conjunct Mars (he) and Sun square Mars (she)
- Sun square Pluto (he) and Sun conjunct Pluto (she)
- Both have Mercury conjunct Venus
- He has Jupiter sesquisquare Saturn, she has the square"

When she disappeared Natalee had transit Mars semi square Mars and sesquisquare Pluto, activating the dangerous Mars-Pluto connection in her natal chart. Joran had Pluto conjunct Uranus that day and sesquisquare Venus. He also had Mars sesquisquare Pluto. So coincidentally they had the same sort of transit on the same day, added with the aspects they already shared. Joran van der Sloot remains a suspect and was recently arrested for the second time, without any results. On December 8, 2007 they released him for the second time."


Above is the (at the time with HOB unknown!) chart with the progressions in February/March 2008. You also see this chart of Peter R. de Vries in the former post about him and more in an earlier post about Peter R. de Vries.

*)For those who are not familiar with the interpretation of planets and their transits: Jupiter is almost similar to success. And to 'travelling and international'. Jupiter seems to perfectly express the USA Emmy Award for the Dutch crime reporter. The investigations that he does on television (the public eye) are nicely symbolized by Neptune/Pluto opposition Aries Point, Neptune dispositor of the Midheaven in Scorpio ruled by Pluto.

Joran van der Sloot wins pokergame

The former suspect in the case of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, Joran van der Sloot, won a few thousand euros in a poker game, according to the Dutch newspaper 'De Telegraaf'. In order to win a poker game, you need to have a poker face or (on the internet) you need to be good at boasting. Joran has a tight square between Mercury and Jupiter and that says: 'talk' (Mercury) 'big' (Jupiter). So he can.

At the moment transit Mars trines his progressed Pluto. Transit Pluto is trine progressed Mars. So it is a good moment to win (Pluto) a battle (Mars).

See former posts:

Mercury and lies

Mercury square Jupiter in Joran van der Sloot's chart

Case Natalee Holloway and the charts with more links

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Charts of the Casey and Caylee Anthony case

This post is about the charts of the case of the death of little Caylee Anthony and the trial against her mother, Casey Anthony. These charts show similar aspect combinations when compared to those of other (such) criminal cases: Mars-Pluto, Mars-Saturn-Pluto and Sun-Neptune. Those are the combinations of use and abuse of force or violence, untimely death and question marks about whereabouts or identity. 

CASE

Mother Casey Anthony is supposed to have been born on March 19, 1986 in Orlando and her daughter on August 9, 2005. Mid June 2008 Caylee vanished and on December 11, 2008 her dead body was found in a wood. The question is if Caylee was accidently killed or if her mother murdered her (and then she might get the dead penalty).  Fact is that the little girl died and that her mother hasn’t been able to come up with a plausible story.  What she told and did up to now is at least strange, even if she was not involved in her daughter’s death.

SIMILARITIES

Charts don’t tell right from wrong. They just show patterns. Those patterns correspond to those in similar cases. See for example http://astropost.blogspot.com/2007/12/missing-people-re-release-of-joran-van.html). They are:

1.   Mars-Saturn-Pluto (combination of untimely death)

Mars is square Saturn and sesquisquare Pluto  with Pluto as the apex in the midpoint yod with Mars/Saturn (Mars/Saturn opposition Pluto) in the chart of little Caylee. Venus is involved with this trio, too. The Mars-Saturn-Pluto combination was also prominent in the chart of little Jonbenet Ramsey. I quote myself:

There is a grand square of Sun, Moon, Mars and Pluto. Mars and Pluto are prominent in her chart, as they are connected to Zero Aries by hard aspects (135 degrees). Mars is on cusp eight, the house of Pluto and Mars opposes Pluto. It is clearly seen that there is a danger to die (8) because of an act (Mars) of violence (Pluto). 

Also see the post about Mars-Saturn-Pluto and the death of Osama bin Laden:

http://astropost.blogspot.com/2011/05/marssaturnpluto-midpoint-combination.html

2.   Sun-Neptune (disappearance)

When someone’s ‘being’ or existence is unclear, Neptune is part of the picture. In the post about missing persons Neptune is clearly present. Caylee Anthony has a narrow opposition of Sun and Neptune in the natal chart.

3.   Mars-Pluto synastry (combination of danger of aggression)

In the case of Joran van der Sloot Mars-Pluto is exactly showing us what happened: use of violence, see http://astropost.blogspot.com/2010/12/times-number-1-news-item-of-2010-arrest.html
To avoid any speculations: Mars-Pluto interaction doesn't have to resonate violence between two persons. It all depends on circumstances, gender and situation. The Mars-Pluto energy could also be the reflection of intense competition. Aspects mean an issue or theme, not an act!

MORE ABOUT THE CHARTS…

Mercury square Jupiter and the natal chart of Joran van der Sloot

There is much disagreement about the question if Joran van der Sloot did or did not kill Natalee Holloway but there is a lot of agreement about the idea that he is a liar. The tightest aspect in his natal chart is Mercury square Jupiter for exaggeration of communications. See below for an explanation of the way the combination of Mercury-Jupiter might produce over-communicating.

In the article about Mercury and Jupiter on Astromarkt (only in Dutch) you see this:

Especially when there is a conflict between Mercury and Jupiter receivers of the message notice that facts are sometimes just opinions and opinions are broadcasted as if they were facts.
In other words: the messenger is not always thrustworthy and switches opinions from day to day. That is because the facts have to be adjusted to the conviction, from day to day. Another problem is: who remember all of his exaggerations? The person born with a hard aspect between Mercury and Jupiter will have trouble to remember them all and the audience feels as if the speaker is twisting and turning facts.

The conflict Mercury/Jupiter is a conflict of bad judgement, not being willing to hear the truth and not always wanting to know the real facts. Sometimes they mention facts that they even don't believe themselves, so how can the receiver of the message belief it? In the case of politicians who have to express the opinion of the party, but in fact have another idea it is sometimes clearly visible. With Mercury/Jupiter afflictions one does not always tell the facts, but when needed they say it all (even if that is indiscrete).

The sesquisquare of Mercury with Saturn in combination with the square of Mercury and Jupiter tells us that there is a serious disadvantage for Van der Sloot in saying too much and in making up stories.

Of course, there is an advantage in being able to talk much and make more of the facts than they really are. Salesmen benefit from it, so do authors of fiction and columns or blogs when they need a lot of words to fill their pages. It is the person with the tool in hands, who decides how to use it.

Mercury is the planet of communications and communicators. Journalist, writers, teachers, messengers, books, pens, prescriptions...they are all part of the world of the symbol Mercury.

Jupiter is the planet of higher education, develpoment, growth, convictions and wisdom. Church leaders, coaches, stimulating persons in general, advisors, cars, horses and guides belong to the world of the symbol of Jupiter. Jupiter makes things better (most of the time) and Jupiter makes things greater.

So when Mercury is related to Jupiter the communication skills are greater and sometimes the contents of the message will be made greater than it is. And sometimes with this combination in your chart, you just talk too much.

Click on 'VanderSloot' for earlier messages and links to posts about the case of the missing Natalee Holloway.

Charts of the Natalee Holloway case

Nico van den Bos (Astrologie Zeeland) has estimated the birth hours of Natalee Holloway and Joran van der Sloot, using transits and progressions. This is the link to the article (in Dutch).
And here are the guess charts.

The guess charts inspired me to have another look at the case and the charts of those involved.

MOON-PLUTO
At the estimated hour the position of the Moon in Natalee's chart (inconjunct her Pluto, his Pluto and quindecile his Uranus, quintile his supposed to be Midheaven) seems to be the key to it all. It tells us that Natalee might have been attracted to dangerous males, just like Karen Homolka, who also has Moon inconjunct Pluto. See the article about the Moon-Pluto effect in the charts of Homolka and Bernardo...
In Dutch astrologer Martin Boot’s book ‘Van Ram tot Vissen’ the inconjunction of Moon and Pluto is referred to as ‘seeing submission as a way to express love’.

Natalee’s Moon has some tight aspects. The Moon is inconjunct Pluto, trine Mars and opposition Saturn. The Moon (symbol of the woman and early years) is connected with the combination of unnatural death (Mars, Saturn and Pluto), all in the 7th or 8th degree. Yet, the tighest aspect is Mars square Pluto. I have written about Mars-Pluto on my site Astromarkt and in short: it is about the use and abuse of violence and the drive to win (or having to defend yourself). (There is also a Mars-Pluto connection in the charts of John and Jacqueline Kennedy, BTW).

It is that combination of Moon, Mars, Saturn and Pluto that is in aspect with the Pluto and Uranus of Joran, in the 8th and 23rd degree. For example: her Mars is semi square his Uranus and square his Pluto.
I like to mention that more persons born in Joran’s month have hard aspects with Natalee’s Mars. But…they were not as close as Joran was.

VENUS-MARS-URANUS
On the day of her disappearance she had transit Uranus trine progressed Venus and transit Mars square progressed Uranus. With the used hour of birth, Mars would also be inconjunct her progressed Ascendant. The picture is that of a sexual adventure (Venus, Mars and Uranus) with possibly also disproportional activity or getting hurt.

The solar return chart of her last birthday has Sun square Saturn (so she had Transit Saturn square Sun in the year before her death) and Venus square Pluto. Saturn would be in her 8th solar house that year, with the estimated hour of birth.

4x NEPTUNE for JORAN
While Natalee has an adventure and possible accident (Mars-Uranus) in her chart on the day of her disappearance (31 May 2005), with the data used by Van den Bos, the following day Joran would have:
- progressed Midheaven trine Neptune (1)
- transit Neptune was square his progressed Ascendant (2)
- Neptune was also opposition natal Midheaven (3) That is a lot of Neptune!
- + In the solar return chart for 2005 the natal Sun was opposition …Neptune (4).

(Without hour of birth there is not much in the chart)

He was a suspect right away. But there was no evidence. Neptune is the planet of hidden things, drugs, alcohol, concealing, secrets, fantasies and mist. And Neptune is involved when a person in missing or...when a person is being suspected. So I don't think astrology tells us 'who done it'.

BTW: In 2005 in the progressed chart of Joran van der Sloot Sun, Venus and Mars (in conjunction) changed sign. His life changed. In the tertiary chart (based upon the estimated hour of birth), the Ascendant was conjunct Venus and he was having fun that day. The next day – or in the night - the Moon squared Uranus: shriek!

JUPITER INCONJUNCT SUN
Astrology does tell us that Natalee had a certain tendency to be attracted to the wrong kind of men. And that Joran has the potential to be a great pretender with a lot of energy and strength. Her Jupiter inconjunct his Sun might indicate that she there was no balance in the way that she had confidence in him.

JORAN’s CHART
- His natal chart has an oriental Jupiter, the symbol of travelling and convincing. He was born in The Netherlands, grew up on the Antilles and lived or lives in Thailand now.
- The Mercury square Jupiter tells us that he is communicating a lot (and probably boasting). He also has Mercury biquintile Uranus for creatively changing the facts whenever it is suites him. Mercury is sesquisquare Saturn, too. With three potentials for lying, the risk that he won't tell us the truth is gigantic. We know that he recently won a nice sum of money in a poker game.
- Pluto (symbol of money, force, sexuality, life and death and power) is conjunct the Ascendant. That is often so in the charts of people who are 'protected' in a way. Venus is square Pluto for a desire to earn a lot of money. Venus is sesquisquare Uranus. The combination of Venus, Uranus and Pluto tells us something about radical and impulsive sympathies and affection. And Uranus-Pluto tells us about a possible arrest (Uranus-Pluto) related to women.
- Mars and the Sun are on top in the chart corrected by Van den Bos. The important placements and positions for Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Pluto in the possible chart reflect successes and an enormous drive and energy with the potential of success. If he was born at 13h58, why would he be involved in criminal activities?
- Joran has 60% of his placements in fire signs and that means that he is full of energy, possibly overactive. Mars might be on Midheaven. That means that his acts, energy and drive are of importance for his name and career. But what if they were wrong? Mars is sesquisquare Neptune and that does not mean he is a criminal. Lawyers and judges also have this aspect often. But Mars-Neptune has the potential of doing the wrong thing. The chart of Joran seems to me the chart of a capable liar. And that corresponds with what we know.

MEETING
Anyway, with or without hour of birth, their meeting was full of stress and challenge:

Her Mars is afflicting Pluto in her birth chart (and maybe her Moon is inconjunct Pluto)...
Her Mars squares Joran's Pluto.
And her Venus squares his Mars.

Sometimes such meetings turn into a drama. Venus and Mars added with Mars with Pluto introduce a sexual component as the link between them. Mars with Pluto sometimes refers to using violence or force. We don't know what happened, but we do know there was sexual attraction involved. And that Natalee did not return home.
Would the estimated hour of birth have been hers, I would not have been surprised if her remains were found these days, as in her progressed chart the Midheaven is inconjunct Pluto (a discovery, but…). For the sake of her family, I hope they will find out what happened to her body.

Read also
Moon-Pluto in the Ken and Barbie case

Missing people

The astrology of meeting people (on my site Astromarkt)

And of course...the labels below

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Case Natalee Holloway (Joran van der Sloot) and the charts

The case of the missing Natalee Holloway is a continuing case and I have written several posts about it (see links below).
Last Sunday evening Peter R. de Vries presented a television program with Joran van der Sloot (suspect in the case of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway) in the 'starring role'. A member of the De Vries-team pretended to be willing to buy Thai girls and Joran accepted 1000 euro to deliver them, but he did not have them yet. I don't know what the legal result of this action will be, but Joran fled his home in Thailand, anyway. For my earlier posts about the case and the connection between the charts of Natalee and Joran, see:

Birth chart Peter R. de Vries
Missing people (Holloway case included)
Emmy Award Peter R. de Vries for Holloway case

Peter R. de Vries at present has afflicting transits of Uranus and Neptune, but last Sunday transit Jupiter was conjunct his progressed Midheaven for a lot of viewers and compliments. Meanwhile Natalee's body is still missing...

UPDATE HOLLOWAY CASE: Joran says he was just telling foolish lies...

A few minutes ago, in the Dutch opinion program 'Pauw and Witteman', Joran van der Sloot (supposed to be the last man who saw Natalee Holloway alive) said he was only joking and telling his 'friend' (an undercover reporter of Peter R. de Vries's team) 'what he wanted to hear' and that this (confessing a crime) was foolish of him. If Joran van der Sloot WAS just telling foolish lies...that would explain the lack of activity in his chart and perhaps also the fact that he has not been arrested so far (he was in the disco tonight).

The other side is the chart of Peter R. de Vries with Neptune square Sun (just like in the case of mr. Corbyn who said that a super storm would destroy parts of Holland and Britain in November 2007)...Would this really be another case of a failed media hype? If the confession was false, that would be a disappointment (Neptune!) for Peter R....Yet, the transit of Pluto trine P Pluto worked: ABC already bought the broadcasting (Sunday). To be continued...

Relationships and sharing aspects

 This post is about sharing the same aspect. For example when you have the same aspect in your chart as your partner, boss, family or enemy has.
Sharing aspects are reflecting shared experiences. 

People live and work together. Sometimes the planets in their chart interact. Sometimes people share an aspect. I mean, that in their charts both have a meaningful connection between the same two planets. When it is exactly the same aspect, this aspect is vivid and active in their relationship. It is exactly what they share. Continue for an indication of how to interprete shared aspects and for examples (like the shared aspects of Joran van der Sloot and Natalee Holloway). 

Slow answers, lies and Mercury's aspects

It takes longer to tell a lie, than to speak the truth. That is what British scientist discovered. As Mercury is the symbol of messages and information, and Saturn is the symbol of time, I started thinking about Mercury-Saturn's effect and all combinations that influence the way that people communicate. It is a long story:)

There are several ways of lying. You can simple not give any info, you can lie as a habit and you can twist the facts. Here are a few ideas about Mercury's aspects and the effects, with examples.

MERCURY-SATURN
To start with slow answers, I know persons who speak the truth very very slowly, mostly because of a desire to be as accurate as can be. They are not lying, then. Most of them are specialized educated persons who are aware of the impact of what they say or of the responsibility that they have as an official spokesman. That is why they are careful and that is why they like to limit themselves to established facts only. It is the Mercury-Saturn-effect with a lot of 'uh's' between the words:) Of course, Mercury-Saturn CAN be an aspect that reflects lying. Saturn happens (...) to be the symbol of time...and of restrictions. You just don't tell it all, sometimes because it is not official, or allowed or decent.

Statistics often don't work the 'other way around' and sometimes tests in artificial situations are not similar to the effects in the real world. Sometimes slow answers are true. A certain percentage is just thinking before speaking: the Mercury-Saturn effect. In fact, some of those Mercury-Saturn-speakers deliberately hesitate to make the other aware of the importance of the answer!:)

Read more about Mercury-Saturn on this blog Astropost!
Science and Mercury-Saturn
Mercury-Saturn, just thinking...

OTHER LIES (with examples)
MOON-MERCURY
Moon-Mercury lies are the lies you tell because they are being expected in your group. You simply adept your story to the public. The Moon-Mercury lies are the every day, common lies. The way you behave shows that you are lying when you have a Moon-Mercury (= emotions-brains) conflict in your chart. Sometimes it is very obvious. Then you shake your head saying yes, for example.
Only in serious case there might be a habit (Moon) of lying (Mercury). For example, Joran van der Sloot is known for his incredible changing stories and if he was born in the morning, his Moon is opposition Jupiter and inconjunct Mercury. Or what about the case of Josef Frizl? This man has Moon square Mercury (and Mercury at Aries Point).

MERCURY-MARS
Mercury-Mars is speaking too fast and too soon, sometimes it lead to stutter and sharp words in discussion. People who work with words often have this aspect in their natal chart: words are being used Mercury-Mars is about information used as a weapon: and of course you only select the sharpest and fastest ones.

Example of Mercury-Mars and Mercury-Uranus aspect:
Chart of Samuel Huntington

MERCURY-JUPITER
Mercury-Jupiter's effect is that the message is exaggerated in order to convince the other. Big mouths, big words and sometimes great ideas are born with Mercury-Jupiter contacts in the sky. The other side is that the receivers of information tend to notice that too many words are being use to convince them. The vocabulary is large, always. Take for example Barack Obama, who is a great speacher. He has Mercury opposition Jupiter(1).

Read also about Joran van der Sloot's Mercury-Jupiter

MERCURY-URANUS
Mercury-Uranus' effect is 'hectic' as the combination means 'information on impulse' (re: Mars-Uranus for acting on impulse) and provocative information (just a little different from what the others think). Uranus is the planet of change and Mercury of info, so lies of the Mercury-Uranus-kind are quick lies and often communication techniques like changing subject when it comes to telling the truth or at worst by twisting words and facts to end up with a completely different story.

Prominent Mercury's and Uranus are in the charts of David Cern`, artist and Hitler.

MERCURY-NEPTUNE
In the scientific test mentioned above, fantasy was used and the symbol of fantasy is Neptune. Neptune is also the symbol of what is 'unlimited'. And fake. Mercury-Neptune hides facts (remains silent), invents facts or simply misunderstands the information and is confused. Lying with a Mercury-Neptune is easy and is done by giving misty information or by 'pretending' facts.
Sometimes people with a prominent Mercury-Neptune combination in their charts become the victim of false information or others simply don't believe what they are saying because it sounds like if the person is inventing it (thinking too long, known for having a fantasy etc....). When you have to invent stories because you are an author, this aspect can be a blessing, but in real life it is not easy. For an example, see the charts of Gerard and Guillaume Depardieu. BTW, Brad Pitt (actor) has Mercury sextile Neptune, tightly.

More about Mercury-Neptune on this blog Astropost:
about the Friedman case.

MERCURY-PLUTO
Mercury-Pluto's effect is that in order to impress the audience facts are being manipulated (for the stronger effect), a sort of communication strategy that makes the receiver of the message feel uneasy. Often the information is 'inside' information, by an expert or a politician. In few cases this aspect reflects the possibility of the power of words and knowledge (dangerous information). Example?
The author of James Bond..., Ian Fleming, who was the personal assistent of the Director of Naval Intelligence of the Royal Navy in World War II. He was telling 'strong stories' with inside information.

COMBINATIONS OF ASPECTS WITH MERCURY
Combinations of aspects or midpoint combinations with Mercury alter the interpretation or give us more insight. Take for example the late Dutch prince Bernhard with Mercury conjunct Pluto and inconjunct Uranus for very strong and controversial (political) opinions. This combination also reflected his traffic accidents. Sometimes he just wanted to be too fast.

MERCURY AT WORK
About Mercury and the profession, see my site Astromarkt...

(1) Barack Obama's Mercury is related to more objects in the chart, by major and minor aspects: a septile with Mars, opposition with Jupiter, half semi square with Uranus. This combination can be interpreted as the combination of an inventive (Jupiter-Uranus) debater (Mercury-Mars).

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Flash back 2010

BEST WISHES!

It is almost New Year (for me it is only about 35 hours to go)! Time to look back...What was important news on Astropost in 2010? I listed some of the posts. Number one is for the RC Church and abuse, number 2 is for Pholus' effect and number 3, 4. 5 and 6 are for family news like obituaries, weddings, divorces and births, followed by crimes (Amanda Knox, Joran van der Sloot and the murder of the unlucky lottery winner) and: a disaster (Haiti), WikiLeaks and Facebook, of course. Continue for the more than 30 links to even more posts...