the astrology of the disappearance of summer wells | part II - saturday night mystery

 



In Part I we talked about the events leading up to five year old Summer Wells' disappearance on June 15, 2021 in Rogersville, Tennessee. We looked at the natal charts of Summer, her mother and a suspect I found when searching the registered sex offender data base in her area. 

 

Now let's see what the 911 call chart can add to the picture.

 

Part I is HERE.

 

This is the chart for the time Summer's mother, Candus, after frantically calling her husband, Summer's father Don at work, calls 911 to report Summer missing. It's unclear how long Summer has been missing/how long Summer's mother and brothers have been searching, but Candus says only minutes have gone by.


Let's unpack the chart (I have added the asteroids that very tightly conjunct the angles and dispositors).

 

The chart has a 25 degree Scorpio rising - a late degree/possibly too late/something's already happened/already decided/already done. We know Algol (at 26 degrees Taurus and to the ancients considered the most malevolent star in the galaxy) will be conjunct the DC. 

 

Scorpio is the sign of secrets, obsession, what is buried, sex, intimacy, merged money. Scorpio has both a modern and an ancient ruler. His ancient ruler is Mars - here at 2 degrees Leo in the 9th house, conjunct EXACT asteroid Hera and asteroid Aphrodite (also exact on Summer's natal Aphrodite). In Leo, Mars is answering to the Sun in Gemini in the 7th house of other people/partners/enemies. Gemini rules children, siblings, communication (remember this is the 911 call chart and everything ends with Mercury here) the local area and transportation. Mercury, the ruler of Gemini is conjunct the Sun, combust, so not playing by the Sun's rules, strong enough in his home sign, but nonetheless indicating danger here. Scorpio's modern ruler is Pluto. Here, at 26 degrees Capricorn EXACTLY trining the DC's Lilith/Phaeton conjunction. Asteroid Ceto (think of a monster rearing its head, and in particular a sea-monster) is conjunct the Ascendant. The 1st house also shows where the victim is at the time of the crime and Scorpio rather well illustrates her going down into the basement to play with her toys.


Another stand-in for Summer is the Moon - Summer's middle name is also Moon, so I feel most comfortable with this significator for Summer. The Moon is near the top of the chart, at 27 degrees Leo in the 9th house. The Moon squares the IC/DC (along with asteroids Ceto, Lilith and Phaeton) and is tightly conjunct asteroid Thereus (the stalker/kidnapper we talked about in THIS post). The 9th house rules things at a distance, what is foreign to us, the outdoors/churches, higher education, among other things. The Moon is answering to the Sun in Gemini, so pulls us back into that 7th house of the perpetrator and that unpredictable Mercury. So, for the Moon we have a loop from the 9th house to the 7th.


The 7th house represents our perpetrator (among other things) and here we have 25 degrees Taurus, conjunct malevolent fixed star Algol and the chart's Lilith/Phaeton conjunction. We talked about Phaeton HERE - the son who flew his father's chariot dangerously and crashed to Earth and we all know the story of Lilith, Adam's first wife, running away from the garden. So, is this Summer running away from the garden and getting lost/hurt/falling to Earth, remember this all ends in an out-of-bounds Mercury (child not playing by the father/the sun's rules)? Or are we seeing a rebellious/outcast/malevolent perpetrator, not playing by society's rules, stealing Summer away in a vehicle (Phaeton of the fast-flying chariot can also represent cars/vehicles in charts). 

 

The ruler of Taurus is Venus - here at 16 degrees Cancer in the 8th house of sex/death/transformation - the ruler of the 7th in the 8th is not a good sign for Summer. 16 degrees Cancer is Summer's natal Thereus placement (the stalker/kidnapper) and conjunct Candus's natal North Node (fate). Taurus on the DC might also speak of injuries to the throat/lust based crimes. A Taurus physicality, remember this is our perpetrator's house - might be of short or thick stature, if male - a broad man with a beard, high forehead, dark hair. The Descendant's loop is 7th house, 9th house and 8th house.


What else can this chart tell us? That 6th house (the day-to-day life/health) Uranus/Ceres might speak of an accident in nature. Also daily living in a volatile/chaotic place in nature. Also a detached/maybe unpredictable mother. Also a traumatic maternal inheritance. The 4th house (home, the end of the matter) Pisces speaks of a kind of unfocused home life, maybe drugs/alcohol/lies/mental illness - there are other things this might be about, but we can see this in the parent's interviews. The 'end of the matter' in Pisces might indicate water as a final resting place, the story continuing a familial/karmic story-line or maybe we never find out what happened here (I hope not!). The 7th house Sun - remember the 7th house is the perpetrator's house, but also the house of partners and this is the chart of the 911 call to the police, not a last seen chart - might speak of the father or another older man, and this will also be about the call pulling the police (authority) into the story. Hera (jealous wife) conjunct Aphrodite (beautiful young woman/girl) exact on Mars (ruler of the chart and a stand-in for Summer) along with Summer's natal Saturn/DC conjunction makes me think she is a 'daddy's girl' which can sometimes engender some mixed feelings in a mother, although remember we saw in Candus's natal chart her own focus on Summer. The 911 chart is a mixed bag.

 

The followers of the missing person group I originally did these charts for are very focused on the parents and we can see the parents issues in this chart (I don't have the father's birth date to look at his chart), so it's a possibility, but I am just not leaning in that direction. I should add the other children have been removed from the home ... so maybe the police are.

 

There is no way to know what happened from these charts. 

 

I think with Candus we are seeing this mother/daughter karmic trauma - lost daughters - (Candus's own mother lost a grown daughter who has never been found) and not her actual involvement (the perpetrator's Taurus ruler is in Cancer the sign of the mother). The Moon in this chart is also the mother, and at the top of the chart, the spotlight turns to her. The Moon's squares to the angles also makes me think she doesn't know what happened, but we would need birth times and not just dates to see houses for more clarity. 


Keep in mind everything in a chart is never just one thing.


To link back in to my suspect's chart - he has a natal Thereus/Ceto conjunction (stalker/kidnapper/monster) in the middle of Taurus. I can't see the house without a birth time, but natal aspects are activated by transit and at the time of Summer's disappearance transiting Thereus and Ceto were squaring each other (so activating his opposition) and the transiting Uranus/Ceres conjunction was on his natal Thereus/Ceto. His natal Phaeton is exactly conjunct Candus's natal Venus and remember transiting Venus was exact on Summer's natal Thereus and conjunct Candus's North Node of Fate. And our suspect had transiting Pluto (king of the underworld) on his natal Venus which was conjunct Summer's natal Tantalus (desires connected to heinous crimes). His natal Aphrodite was conjunct Summer's so was also being hit with the transiting Mars/Aphrodite/Hera and he has a natal Hera/Mercury (Hera exactly conjunct the Ascendant of this chart) in Scorpio. 

 

Of course, I don't know that this guy did anything. There is alot of potential in charts that is never activated/acted upon. There are many ways this story - that seemed determined to play itself out - could have played itself out. We can line up with all kinds of things we do not actually experience. That said though, hopefully the police do look into him.


A friend has emailed me some ideas to add locational astrology to these mysteries, so I might add that to this post at a later date if it shows anything. We can see the chart has alor of 2's and 20 something degrees, so maybe 2 -2.7 miles connecting to the case? I don't know. 

 

In the meantime, Asteroid Diana keeps coming up for me, so I think it's time to get back to the royals. And for a big picture post about the rest of 2021 and what all the 22's in 2022 might be showing us!


Enjoy your night - back with the weekly tomorrow.


xo all

Today's Astrology Forecast | Thursday, August 19th, 2021 - BIG result. Here is the outcome of the changes we have been making or the outcome of our avoiding making the changes!


 

 

The Moon is in sober and winter-ruled Capricorn now - we are nurtured by rules and boundaries and our goals and how many cans of peas we have lined up in our cupboard. She trines Uranus at 2:58AM EDT (getting comfortable with change/the unusual) and sextiles a retrograde Neptune at 3:58PM EDT (this is Saturn/Neptune manifestation energy - making our dreams real). She goes void off her meeting with a retrograde Pluto at 7:59PM EDT. She is void for the rest of the night. 

 

This is also the day the Sun opposes Jupiter (retrograde) and Uranus stations retrograde. 

 

The Sun met up with Jupiter back on January 28th, 2021 kicking off a new story - here's the high-noon chart for that. Something coming to light/results/BIG culminations or maybe a second chance - do you feel lucky? - with something from that time period. 

 

This opposition is also about the push/pull between what we want to do and what we think we should do - the BIG 2021 story-line of personal freedom vs collective responsibility.

 

Happening with Jupiter at 27 degrees Aquarius, EXACT on the United States birthchart's Moon, the people - and, also conjunct the 21 degree Uranus in Aquarius from October 7, 2001 when the U.S. led coalition first bombed the Taliban in Afghanistan a few weeks after 9/11 - and just as Aqua's ruler Uranus stations retrograde. 

 

(back in October 2001, the North Node was also in Gemini, the Sun was EXACT on the U.S. natal Saturn. Saturn was opposing Pluto and Mars was opposing Jupiter)

 

With Uranus stationing retrograde today and the Sun/Jupiter in Aqua answering to him, there could be a quick pulling back, revisions/re-thinking (in the case of the U.S. in Afghanistan this week's aspects coupled with this weekend's second Full Moon in Aquarius ensured a BIG result - Jupiter/Sun is opposing Biden's natal Chiron, so he is certainly feeling this one and not in a good way).

 

So, maybe we reach this RESULT/illumination and something changes direction (an unexpected change although not totally unexpected) or this 'result' is somehow liberating or we get a recess/rest as recent changes settle in and dealing with them becomes more of an 'inside job'. Rewards might come in now and/or we might have to adjust any overly-inflated expectations. Uranus is in Taurus so we will be collectively reviewing/revising/rethinking our values, our resources, our income, our money, our self-esteem. Jupiter was at this same degree back at the end of April, so something now could tie into something then. Uranus will be retrograde until January 18, 2022.


More about Uranus retrograde in the weekly HERE.

 

xo all 


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Weekly Astrology Forecast for Creatives | August 16th - 22nd, 2021 - BIG results, hope and optimism, change, change, change, second Aquarius Full Moon brings back old opportunities, expansive results and real progress with what is right in front of us


 

Let's unpack this BIG powerful week!

 

We've got some prickly inconjuncts, yes, and a square that could bring some relationships tension/contractual squabbles and power struggles as the week starts, but look toward the end of the week - multiple trines - arguably the best aspect in astrology, the Sun opposing Jupiter (BIG results), a second Aquarius Full Moon, this time conjunct Jupiter and answering to a powerful stationing Uranus! And Mercury meets Mars mid-week for the first time in two years. Turning points. Progress with what is right in front of us. Change is coming. Change is HERE.


MONDAY - Mercury squares Juno then inconjuncts Saturn, Venus enters Libra

TUESDAY - Sun inconjunct Pluto

WEDNESDAY - Mars and Mercury inconjunct Chiron, Mercury meets Mars

THURSDAY - Sun opposes Jupiter, Uranus stations retrograde

FRIDAY - Mercury trine Uranus

SUNDAY - Venus trine North Node, Mars trine Uranus, Full Moon in Aquarius, Sun into Virgo


MONDAY - Mercury @ 8 degrees Virgo squares Juno (in Sagittarius), then inconjuncts (9 degrees) Saturn in Aquarius


This could show up as contractual issues/relationship disagreements, problems with the details vs the big picture. The inconjunct to Saturn could pull in rules/authority/maybe group dynamics. The good news - this is also the day Venus, ruler of relationships/balance/compromise - comes home to Libra.

 

After being cramped up in tidy Virgo, she can breathe again in her home sign of Libra and now there is room for other people. Venus in Libra is about love and partnership, collaboration and compromise. Venus in Libra is about balance.

 

This transit (until September 10th) makes Libra Suns and Risings, who are already naturally attractive, even more so - both physically attractive and more able to attract what they want/need. Everyone's Libra house gets more attractive, too (what house was Libra in when you were born? where is it in your progressed chart?).


We will be attracted to what we find 'beautiful'. We will be attracted to what we find 'just'. We will be attracted to what we find 'peaceful'. And these are the qualities people will find attractive in us and our work in the world. These are the qualities we'll want to bring to the table (and yes, flowers that would be a good thing to bring to the table now, too) to attract whatever we are wanting to attract now, particularly in the area of life housing your natal (and progressed) Libra.

The potential for peace increases as we (the collective) move from critic (Virgo) to diplomat (Libra).


The potential for people pleasing increases, too. Balance is the key now. Making life too much about the other person is Libra's shadow side. It's easier for some to just give in to something to have "harmony" than to work out the tough win-wins, but we need to honor ourselves as well as the other person.
 

In Libra, there is power in groups and alliances - but the emphasis (for now) is on the shared human experience of connection rather than on what might emerge later. It's not the time for thinking about how it will all play out, what we are getting or giving. It's just the time for the experience. 

 

We come into real harmony when we can see each other clearly. We don't have to always agree with each other.


TUESDAY - the Sun @ 24 Leo inconjuncts a retrograde Pluto in Capricorn. Our need for attention/appreciation/to 'show 'em what we've got' is somehow in conflict with authority/the rules/our security. This is our ego vs power/control. The Sun is strong in Leo, but Pluto still brings the feeling of life and death. We might lose some power/standing. Some will go down fighting. Loosen your grip and you won't be down for long. Maybe something has to go to make room for something BETTER. The Moon will be in Sagittarius, trining the Sun and sextiling Sag ruler Jupiter - hope/optimism/thinking BIGGER will be our way through this one.


WEDNESDAY - Mercury meets Mars @ 12 degrees Virgo and both inconjunct Chiron. Our thinking/ideas/communications/the FACTS and our actions are working together - in Virgo, we are being practical, efficient, organized. They last met in September 2019, so that story folds up and a new one begins.

 

Maybe there is a specific "correct/right" thing we have to do/say/fix. We will know what this is - what to say, what to do.


The two planets are in an uncomfortable inconjunct to wounded healer Chiron, so maybe we need to have an uncomfortable conversation or take an uncomfortable action to get this new story started.


Bottom line for this merger - we want to be walking our talk now. We want our words aligned with our actions. We want our actions to be in line with what we are thinking about/talking about for best results. And this is Virgo - so think practical fixes.


THURSDAY - Uranus stations retrograde at 14 degrees Taurus. Change/a need for progress or freedom is intensified or something changes course/slows. If we have been hit by a curve-ball recently things may smooth out a bit. For people being directly hit - the changes may intensify. If we have been considering a change this might be the week we make it! 


Happening in Taurus - collective ruler of our second house this might bring financial changes, an income source might dry up and we are going to have to innovate! Uranus in Taurus is also impacting our resources/food/supply chains, Earth changes (weather) and our personal freedom.


The best way to work with Uranus/chaos/disorder/CHANGE is to loosen our grip on things. Stay open to changing your mind and direction. Expect the unexpected. Maybe what seems totally crazy right now, will make sense later on.


Keep in mind Uranus is retrograde for five months of every year and for most people it is like background noise. We don't really notice unless he is touching our charts directly or he is an uber important part of our natal chart (I'm taking to you Aquarius/Aquarius rising). And if he is, this retrograde might amp things up (appear to get worse or more urgent), but what is really happening is we are being FREED UP for better and newer opportunities. 
 

If his station hits your chart directly (planets/points around 14 degrees of Taurus, Scorpio, Aquarius and Leo - like ME) creating change/chaos (ultimately liberation) - you are probably already feeling this! If something is impeding our progress (remember Uranus rules the future) it has to go.

 

At the same time the Sun @ 27 degrees Leo opposes a retrograde Jupiter in Aquarius. This can bring a BIG result. Here is the outcome of the changes we have been making or the outcome of our avoiding making the changes! 


FRIDAY - Mercury @14 degrees Virgo trines that retrograde Uranus (in Taurus) - here is REAL OPPORTUNITY for practical/focused CHANGE. Say it again. Say it differently. Ask again. A new idea can pop right into our head. Be out and about. Prime the pump. Talk about change/the new. Change is smooth. Things fall into place. The future is RIGHT HERE NOW.


SUNDAY - A BIG Full Moon - the second in future-focused Aquarius - conjunct a retrograde, but expansive/optimistic Jupiter (old opportunities coming back around, a second change to change our beliefs, internal expansion), then the Sun moves into Virgo and says - enough partying (has anyone been partying?) - it's time to get healthy/get to work. Mars will be trining (brakes off) Uranus, Venus will be trining (brakes off) the North Node - I like this one ALOT!


Back with a BIG Full Moon post! And some other posts to add in our emotional week through Luna (plus we'll get back to last week's Saturday Mystery with Part II as we look at some other possibilities via the 911 call chart).


xo all


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Today's Astrology Forecast | Thursday, August 12th, 2021 - pick your battles, when over-helping isn't helpful, maybe good enough is good enough or then again maybe it isn't, what's most important


 

 

The Moon is in Libra now - we are nurtured/nourished through our relationships, partners, balance, peace, fairness. Her only aspect; a smooth trine to a retrograde Saturn in Aquarius. Good for re-balancing group goals, our friendships, our causes, online interests, our connection to the collective. 


This is also the day Mars (in Virgo) squares Juno (in Sagittarius) and Venus (also in Virgo) opposes a retrograde Pallas (in Pisces). The Mars/Juno might speak of our precise/practical actions or fixes not sitting so well with a partner or within a contract or with a woman. Or maybe one person is being practical and the other one is all 'pie-in-the-sky' hopes and dreams. At the same time, Venus, also in Virgo, wants everything to be correct and orderly and Pallas in Pisces is more forgiving/creative/nonspecific/maybe impractical. What we want (details) may not line up with our plans or someone else's (which might be more "free-flowing", creative or lalaland).


With Virgo squares and oppositions any Virgo nitpicking (maybe even over-helping) can put us at odds with other people. 

 

The Moon's trine to Saturn is the way through - detach a bit, be polite/fair, don't overthink the situation, gather any needed intelligence, seek balance and emotional maturity. This is an air trine - so talk/think/communicate/be social. Keep in mind Saturn is retrograde, so whatever this is, old responsibilities/commitments will likely play a part. Keep in mind, too, the Venus/Pluto from yesterday is still in play and the Moon is answering to Venus now. Some old relationships/commitments may be ending. We might have to release our need to control everything/get it all just right. Focus on what is most important and on what is falling into place.

 

xo all 


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