Saturday Night Mystery | the astrology of the Disappearances of Madeleine McCann and Inga Gehricke and a new suspect comes to light - part I

On May 3, 2007 at 8:30PM while vacationing in Portugal, Kate and Gerry McCann, having put their three children to sleep (four year old Madeleine McCann and her two year old twin siblings), left their vacation villa for dinner with a group of other vacationing parents at a restaurant fifty yards away. They planned to return to the room and check on their children every half hour.

They have stated they left the villa's patio doors unlocked, so they wouldn't wake the children when entering through the locked front door. At 9:05PM, Madeleine's father returned to the room, and although noting the children's bedroom door was in a slightly changed position, confirmed all three children were asleep.

At 9:30PM, Madeleine's mother rose from dinner to check on the children and another guest and friend, going to check on his own children, volunteered to go and check for her which he did. He later admitted he never actually opened the bedroom door fully, so could only see Madeleine's siblings and not Madeleine herself.

At 10:00PM, Madeleine's mother returned to the room to check on her children. As she reached for the bedroom door, it slammed shut. Opening the door she noticed an open bedroom window, could see Madeleine was not in her bed, felt the icy terror of her discovery and the nightmare/search for Madeleine began ...

Over the years, there have been a few leads, but nothing that has ever amounted to anything solid. 

Madeleine has never been found.

The parents (especially Madeleine's mother, Kate) and even other dinner guests have been under suspicion at various times, based mostly on media speculation and the inability of the police to see the 'most likely' suspect clearly (we'll see why as we dive into the charts).

Last week, German police announced a man named Christian (they withhold last names for privacy reasons), in prison for another crime, is a suspect in this and another unsolved case of a missing young girl, Inga Gehricke. 

Let's unpack the charts.

We'll start with Madeleine.

(note - there are about 100,000 asteroids discovered to date and about 5000 of them have been named - I have added asteroid Madeline, McCann and Christian - the closest to the names of the victim and suspect - to these charts)

The first chart shows the 'event' of Madeleine's parents leaving the room for dinner.

The Moon is waning from the prior day's Full Moon in her detriment in murky Scorpio and is now Void in the first house - this is important because it helps set the stage for the suspect's invisibility and maybe for suspicion falling on the mother/moon.

The Moon in Scorpio is answering to ancient ruler Mars in the 4th house of home/family and conjunct Uranus - foreshadowing the violent and chaotic disruption that is coming. The base of this chart - that Neptune at 21 degrees in Aquarius - the sleeping group of children, at home, but not really at home; in a strange place. 21 degrees is an important (and not uncommon) degree. Neptune (ruler of Pisces - the final sign, endings) is exactly squaring Madeleine's natal Sun at 21 degrees Taurus.

Mars is at 21 degrees Pisces and ruling the chart (note Mars is at 20 degrees Pisces as I write this and was conjunct the event chart's Mars when the German suspect's story was announced).

Madeleine's Birth Chart

Madeleine's natal Sun (21 degrees Taurus) is conjunct her natal Ceres in the 8th house (death) which at 23 degrees Taurus is exactly conjunct her mother Kate's natal Moon (23 degrees Taurus) in the 12th house of loss and endings, karmic unravelings.

(In the myth, Ceres' precious daughter, Persephone, is abducted and raped by Pluto, Lord of the Underworld. And to clarify this would mean the Moon was exactly on top of Ceres as Madeleine was born.)

The Moon in Scorpio is also answering to modern ruler Pluto (dark, hidden, taboo, death/transformation - aka the lord of the underworld) exactly 30 degrees from the Moon from that second house of what we value/have ownership of and responsibility for.

Notice Chiron (that old, deep wounding) conjunct Neptune (endings/the past/karma) and the North Node of Fate conjunct Uranus/Mars (the traumatic action). Note Ceres (mother) in the 5th house of children in Aries, the other house answering to that chart-ruling Mars.

If we look over at the descendant/the perpetrator we see Taurus at 14 degrees (at 14 degrees Taurus we find the fixed star Almach which is the foot by which Andromeda is chained to the rock awaiting her fate at the hands of the sea-monster and the fixed star Menkar, the nose of the sea-monster said to bring "danger from beasts").

The ruler of that Taurus 7th house is Venus (at 24 degrees Gemini - note Venus is in Gemini right now and Mars is in Pisces right now mirroring this chart).

Venus is in the 8th house (transformation/death) and answering to Mercury in the 6th in Taurus, so back to Venus. We have this mutual reception between the 8th and 6th houses. So, the house of death and the house of activities/planning. Maybe the perpetrator has been/is watching. Maybe since the previous day when Asteroid Madeleine moved into semi-sextile with Asteroid Christian. Note the Sun is moving toward an exact conjunction with Mercury - blowing Mercury out/making him combust/invisible. Venus is opposing Jupiter, home in Sagittarius. So maybe our perpetrator is a foreigner, but that Mercury looks like he's a local - so maybe both somehow. Asteroid Madeleine is sandwiched between the perpetrator's two signs - Venus and Mercury. This event/this outside person closing in. Notice the 25 degree Venus on the descendant (the other/the enemy) of Madeleine's birth chart! Saturn at the top of the chart shows us the public judgement that is to come on this moment when these children are left alone - remember we are still on the first chart - the sleeping children left in the villa. 

Now, let's move ahead to the 10:00PM chart - what has changed?

Notice the Uranus/Mars is now at the bottom of the chart/the home/the base of the matter - the chaotic violence has happened. Madeleine is no longer sleeping. Notice the Moon (representing Madeleine now) is in the 12th house at the critical 29th degree of Scorpio - she is gone/disappeared. The Moon about to move into Sagittarius, which rules long distances, so we know she is getting farther away from this chart every minute.

Pluto (death/transformation) has moved into Madeleine's first house of herself, along with Sag's ruler Jupiter (the chart has moved to Sagittarius rising, so Jupiter represents Madeleine here, too) with Jupiter trining Saturn (death, karma).

Reality/fear/sobered up - the authorities are called in.

Venus has moved from 24 to 25 degrees Gemini, exactly sextiling Madeleine's natal Venus on her descendant.

The descendant is in Gemini now - answering to Mercury in Taurus answering to Venus in Gemini. The mutual reception - strength of the perpetrator continues.  

And now the Sun is exactly conjunct Mercury (the perpetrator) - he is combust/invisible. 

I think the power of that Void Scorpio Moon, coming right after the Scorpio Full Moon and that combust Mercury has helped this guy remain invisible and caused the authorities/media/public to be looking in the wrong places/tricked. 

Mercury also rules the top of the chart, that 10th house- he is feeling omnipotent/in charge. Because sadly he is!

Asteroid Christian has moved from the 6th house of planning/preparation into the 5th house of children (stolen childhood, the monster in the closet). Asteroid Madeleine is conjunct the descendant - in the control of the perpetrator. Asteroids Madeleine and Christian - are exactly semi-sextile (30 degrees apart) at 6 degrees Gemini and Taurus.

Asteroids would not be used alone, but in support of planets can paint a clearer picture. I don't know what the random chance of this connection now would be, but I would think rather low.

Of course, we can't know anything with certainty and we would need Christian's birth-chart to tie him in here more conclusively, but his named Asteroid is interacting with this chart and exactly with Asteroid Madeleine. His picture in the news is literally a textbook Gemini appearance - someone quick, chameleon, if male there is sometimes something almost feminine/gentle about appearance, a youthful appearance, well-set body, slim, long hands and arms, piercing eyes, a local person or someone working within the community. He was living in the area. He sold his vehicle the very next day. A very Mercurian/Gemini move to protect himself. The Void Moon in Scorpio, in the lunar cycle of the Full Moon in Scorpio, had strength, hid his horrible deeds and the combust Mercury made him invisible to the Sun (authority/the light). That Gemini could mean multiple perpetrators, or multiple acts/victims.

We have seen these 23-25 Gemini degrees many times in these kind of charts.

After analyzing Madeleine's chart it is easy to see this guy is a good possibility, but it was only after looking at the chart of the disappearance of another beautiful little girl - a five year old girl in Germany named Inga Gehricke who went missing while hunting for firewood during a family camping trip - that his guilt becomes a VERY strong possibility. At the time of Inga's abduction (which we will see next week looks more spontaneous than Madeleine's and happens very near Madeleine's abduction anniversary) Asteroid Christian is exactly opposing Asteroid Inge (the closest asteroid to her name)! He is again living in the abduction area and note these abductions happened in different countries and 8 years apart.

And we have transiting Venus in Gemini at EXACTLY the same degree in both cases.

AND this is the degree of Madeleine's natal Venus.

And her natal Venus is EXACTLY conjunct her descendant - 7th house cusp of other people.

AND we have a retrograde Venus in Gemini right now (as well as Mars in Pisces and Jupiter conjunct Pluto, all mirroring Madeleine's abduction/murder) and Venus will be back to this 25th degree in the beginning of August.

Maybe some long avoided justice?! Let's hope so.

And, God willing, some small bit of peace for these families just by finally knowing what happened to their precious children.

As to what happened to Madeleine McCann's remains we can look to the ruler of the 4th house/the end of the matter - Pisces/water or we can look to Saturn (in Leo) - fire, maybe he put her body into the water and burned other evidence? Maybe we could move the chart ahead and look at what he might have done after the abduction, but if this guy is the monster we warn our children about. The one under the bed. The one we have to think isn't real or none of us would ever sleep ever again. I'm not so sure we really want to know ...

We will look at beautiful little Inga's disappearance chart next week.



xo all

(there is also a theme right now about scapegoating and through Neptune we are back to the days of the witch trials and what happened to Kate McCann and her family has had the feel of the witch trials - let's hope all of that can be put to bed)

Weekend Astrology Forecast | Saturday, June 13, 2020 - Sunday, June 14, 2020 - Mars/Neptune start a new chapter, merging our actions with what the world needs, a wet spark is better than no spark, watch your boundaries

We are between Eclipses (next Eclipse June 20th/21st), between powerful outer planet transits - January 2020's Saturn/Pluto conjunction and December 2020's Jupiter/Saturn conjunction, and throughout the year dealing with the powerful three-peat of Jupiter/Pluto (next up June 30th). Any of these would be BIG and having everything happening at once is earth/life-changing, hence our troubled minds and nervous bellies.

I didn't get a post up yesterday, but we had an overload of Pisces/Neptune -  the Moon (in Pisces) trined Mercury in the morning and met up with first Mars and then Neptune last night. That was a whole lot of water/emotion and this continues into Saturday.

For many of us this could be way too much Neptune/Pisces for our mental health at this point.

We may need to find some solid ground here. Maybe physical work/activity. And give Neptune his due with some time spent with art, music, in water, extra sleep, relaxation, meditation, prayer. Use both. Balance.

Our intuition will be high now (unless we are clouding everything up with addictive substances like sugar) - movements/actions where we come from a HIGHER PLACE are supported - ie forgiveness, compassion, making art, making music, making space for something bigger/connecting to come into your life, making amends, wanting to do the right thing because it is the right thing and not needing credit, reaching toward God/our higher self/our ancestors.

Doing stuff out of guilt, playing a victim/martyr, self-sabotaging addictive behaviors, disappearing/hiding escapist actions - this is the stuff that will blow us off course in these drifting waters because this stuff is supported too, in the sense there is nothing here to stop us, and I know it's the weekend and some steam must be blown off - just use some common sense when navigating all this.

Mars meets Neptune every couple years and ends/kicks off a cycle - so what do you want to do with this? How can we merge our actions/what we do to get what we want with something greater than ourselves/with what the world needs/with what we came here to do? With our Pisces natal house theme?

We talked about Saturday and Sunday in the weekly:

"SATURDAY - Now, we're at the Quarter Square Moon already - Sun in Gemini, Moon in Pisces.

This is the pressure point in between last week's Lunar Eclipse and next week's Solar Eclipse. Maybe we are rethinking information/decisions. Things will not be so cut and dried/black and white now. Questions will just produce more questions. There won't be just one way forward/one answer that will fix everything. With Pisces, sometimes we have to just let go and trust bigger hands than ours are steering this ship.

This is also the day Mars, making his way through foggy Pisces, catches up with Pisces ruler Neptune.

Mars (from Sagittarius) squared Neptune back at the end of January. Something here might connect back to then.

Maybe we are taking action on our dreams. Men (Mars) could be transcending (Neptune) what it means to be masculine - this is the potential for some spiritual warrior high vibe stuff to be happening.  

We might need to turn the other cheek/fall on our sword. 

Sometimes when Mars meets Neptune our actions just kind of dissolve into nothing.

Or we might kind of float into a situation that is dis-empowering. We are diluted by foggy thinking, indecision, our escapist tendencies. We could be self-sabotaging, self-sacrificing. The victim. With Mars in Pisces we can't push, but the Sun's in fast moving Gemini, so we can't move like a slug either.

What house does Pisces rule in your natal chart? What is the 'theme' of that house?

Keep in mind this is a space where your boat is not so tightly anchored to the dock anyway/where it has always paid for you to go with the flow. Now here comes fiery Mars (although he feels a bit exhausted to me) to help you reach for higher ground. Tippy toes. Fingers toward the skies.

Mars may be tired (and a little wet), but he's always got his spark.

And a spark will get us farther than no spark.

Just keep your personal boundaries and prioritize your mental health with this.

And SUNDAY - The Sun in Gemini is semi-squaring Uranus and inconjunct Pluto.

So, we are alerted to some potential future problem as we move the conversation/our ideas (for some people this could be about a local community or sibling or transportation situation) toward something new and maybe liberating and at the same time we have this rock and hard place with a retrograde Pluto - so trouble with authority/power. Maybe someone else is trying to manipulate/put us in our place through information/words. Maybe our choices/decisions are blocked by someone/something more powerful. Pluto always creates the feeling of life and death, so this could be stressful. Try to keep a lid on any words/conversations that might be too far out there and could kick you in the ass later. Be willing to adjust."

Go with the flow, but don't let yourself get lost at sea. You still have that compass your grandpa gave you for third grade Girl Scouts for a reason. Venus is retrograde - we don't even know what we want yet, let alone know what actions to take to get it/get there. Mars in Pisces can't push without just floating away from his intended course, so, of course results that come in now will be hard to pin down. There is right timing with all of this that we just can't see yet. Have faith.

Back with the Saturday Night Mystery - looking at the Madeleine McCann case (recently back in the news), and, also looking at its connections to another case - a missing little girl named Inga in Germany.


xo all

photo by the amazing anyaanti

Today's Astrology Forecast | Thursday, June 11, 2020 - confusion, what we used to love, feeling our way through this, healing conversations, what do we value now, a need to rest and recharge

The Moon is in mystical/magical "I need a nap" Pisces now, turning our focus to less practical pursuits - artistic, spiritual, compassionate/charitable, endings, healing, the past, rest. She will square a retrograde Venus at 10:34PM EDT (avoid things like constructive criticism, passive/aggressive language) and then, if you are still awake, change things up when she sextiles Uranus at 11:20PM EDT.

The big news today, with themes that echo, as important themes often do - we have the Sun squaring Neptune (Gemini/Pisces, 20 degrees) and Venus sextiling Chiron (Gemini/Aries, 9 degrees).

Sun/Neptune can be exhausting, especially if we have been busy/dealing with information over-load. Neptune is like the Sun is seeing through water - so nothing is clear and crisp. Information can be uncertain. This is not the best energy to make a clear-headed decision. Squares are tension/frustration - the necessary kind that causes the energies to wrestle and shift.

Keep an open mind if you are espousing magic to muggles or the nitty-gritty details of something to wizards. And this could be happening inside us - some right-brain/left-brain fighting or fatigue.

The good news, Venus (retrograde) is making her second healing sextile (opportunity) to Chiron.

This is a repeating aspect and Venus is at her second pass here (two of three), so, we are going back to something from mid-April for another look/feel. Maybe we are talking/thinking again about a Venusian issue - love, our money, our resources, our values, beauty, women/a woman, or our self-esteem.

The stuff we are still corded to from the past is pulled back into our life via a conversation/situation/interaction.

Maybe we are reconciling with someone/something we used to care about or maybe an idea from the past resurfaces now to see if it can catch our attention/our heart through better timing.

Just keep in mind tonight's lunar square and keep any conversations/communications light and loving. Venus in Gemini is not looking for a deep commitment now, and we have one more pass at this left in mid-July.

Also keep in mind, with Sun/Neptune there aren't any flashing green lights (well, there could be, but we probably can't see them clearly either) - we can't see how this will all work out/or maybe how to make it all work out, but we know (!) any delays will only prove helpful.

Like fog or heavy rain on a road trip that requires the stop at a diner for a cup of coffee and then we miss the ten car pile-up.

The ways through a Neptune square are - forgiveness, compassion, time/patience (the way water erodes rock), going with the flow, letting go, waiting things out/rest, creative outlets, art, music, meditation, prayer (God, our muses, our ancestors, our past life superpowers are standing by).

Neptune may make facts and details confusing now, but our intuition/creativity is operating at a level something like Superman's x-ray vision. On the other hand, if we are just feeling the wipe-out part of Neptune, and not so much the inspiration - the healing will come through rest and letting things go now. Hydrate. Get in or near water.

Either way, let's be kind to ourselves and each other. We really are all in this together.



xo all

photo by the talented GretaTu

Today's Astrology Forecast | Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - liberating words, brainstorms and hare-brained ideas, everyone gets a seat at the table, twists and turns, all day void moon

Get it done early!

The Moon, in freedom-loving and unconventional Aquarius goes void at 10:35AM EDT off a trine to the Sun - our monthly Waning Trine, this month Aquarius/Gemini.

This speaks of moving forward/into the future with an open mind and by allowing all voices to be heard. It's a time for liberating language and surprising connections. As long as we don't expect ideas/communication/the information to be settled just yet, and understand this is part of a process, headway can be made now.

Think both brainstorms and hare-brained ideas here. No one can tell which-is-which right now, so everything/everyone gets a VOICE.

Just keep your words thoughtful/intellectual. Focused on facts/ideas and not emotions. Keep it short and sweet - well, it doesn't have to be sweet - but know attention spans will be short. It's a time to share new concepts and objectives (out-of-the-box stuff), voice your opinion AND allow other people to voice theirs. Skip that final part and you'll have a real mess to clean up later.

Keep in mind yesterday's admonition about the baby and the bathwater and don't allow yourself to speak in a way that derides the people you don't agree with or who don't agree with you.

After talking to the Sun, the Moon will be void ALL DAY, so stick to routine matters and don't launch anything into the world you want "something to come of". Do the stuff you do over and over anyway or work with something that already exists for best results and you will find the void most stretchy and productive. No impulsive purchases. Roll with any twists and turns since nothing will come of them either.

We are in the Eclipse spin cycle and it's a long one this month - stay flexible. Seek variety. And smart, unusual company.


xo all

another photo by the amazing anyaanti