
The astrology of extreme weather

The Dust Bowl of the Great Plains

Peak of the dust storms
"On November 11, 1933, a very strong dust storm stripped topsoil from desiccated South Dakota farmlands in just one of a series of bad dust storms that year. Then, beginning on May 9, 1934, a strong two-day dust storm removed massive amounts of Great Plains topsoil in one of the worst such storms of the Dust Bowl. The dust clouds blew all the way to Chicago where dirt fell like snow. Two days later, the same storm reached cities in the east, such as Buffalo, Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C. That winter, red snow fell on New England. On April 14, 1935, known as "Black Sunday", twenty of the worst "Black Blizzards" occurred throughout the Dust Bowl, causing extensive damage and turning the day to night. Witnesses reported that they could not see five feet in front of them at certain points. The dust storms were so bad that often roosters thought that it was night instead of day and went to sleep during them."
The Astrology of the Great Depression
The Rahu major period and Rahu minor period began in April 19, 1919. Some historians consider this year the birth of Modern Times. During this year, Einstein´s Theory of Relativity, which added phenomenal new insights into the laws of nature, was confirmed with scientific experiments. As RAHU is the indicator of materialism, illusion and greed, it should come as no surprise that Einstein's major scientific advance was for many a symbol or demonstration of the superiority of man's intellect over ancient "superstitions" like faith. Rahu also heralded a new era of acquisitive greed, later termed the Roaring Twenties, when booming share prices and the creation of enourmous new paper wealth pushed conspicous consumption of the wealthy to a new level in the USA.
In this SAMVA USA chart, Rahu is placed at 17° 47' Aries in the 10th house. As such it is well placed, but it afflicts the 10th house, 2nd house and the 6th house. However, due to the strength of the 10th lord MARS, 6th lord JUPITER and 2nd lord SUN in the SAMVA USA chart, the damage it inflicts on these houses is less. However, being placed prominently in the angles, it makes materialistic greed pronounced in the national affairs during its periods. Importantly, along with Ketu, Rahu also afflicts the 4th house. During transit afflictions, Rahu can also result in setbacks associated with the indications it touches. Following the first part of its major period, the Roaring Twenties, when a lot of prosperity was created with rising asset values and general materialistic glee, the second part was associated with the destruction of this wealth and tremendous misery. The bubble burst in late October 1929, just after the Ketu sub-period had begun. At a time, when transit Rahu was afflicting natal Rahu and the 10th house MEP and transit Ketu was afflicting natal Ketu and the 4th house MEP. Like an explosion, suddenly the greateast depression in the history of the USA descended on the nation, involving the most massive destruction of paper and real wealth in the history of the country. The situation was made far worse by a crisis in agriculture, housing market and communal harmony, all indications of the 4th house. It is the crisis in agriculture we consider here.
The Astrology of the Agricultural Crisis
Between 1930 and 1933, the US economy went into the tank. Output contracted by almost one third and the unemployed increased to affect almost a quarter of the workforce. This development is also explained by the greatest drought to hit the USA. While the crisis hit during the sub-period of the great functional malefic Ketu, its depths were felt during the sub-period of Venus in the chart, which lasted from November 6, 1930 to November 6, 1933. During this time, the Dust Bowl developed in earnest, but it peaked during the sub-period of the Sun lasting to October 1, 1934 and during the Moon sub-period lasting until April 1, 1936. This is explained by transits in the chart. During the sub-periods of the strong and well placed Sun and Moon, the economy began to grow again from 1934 to 1937, associated with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt´s initiative to revieve the economy from 1933 to 1936 with the New Deal.
Between 1930 and 1933, the US economy went into the tank. Output contracted by almost one third and the unemployed increased to affect almost a quarter of the workforce. This development is also explained by the greatest drought to hit the USA. While the crisis hit during the sub-period of the great functional malefic Ketu, its depths were felt during the sub-period of Venus in the chart, which lasted from November 6, 1930 to November 6, 1933. During this time, the Dust Bowl developed in earnest, but it peaked during the sub-period of the Sun lasting to October 1, 1934 and during the Moon sub-period lasting until April 1, 1936. This is explained by transits in the chart. During the sub-periods of the strong and well placed Sun and Moon, the economy began to grow again from 1934 to 1937, associated with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt´s initiative to revieve the economy from 1933 to 1936 with the New Deal.
It is the transits behind the drought we look at next in the SAMVA USA chart. In late 1930, transit 6th lord Jupiter was around 23° to 27° Gemini from where it afflicted the sub-period lord Venus. From September 1930 to May 1931, transit 8th lord Saturn was moving through 20° to 27° Sagittarius and 6th house, in mutual opposition with transit Jupiter and also conjunct the natal Venus. Adding to the strain in early 1931, transit 6th lord Jupiter became stationary at 18° Gemini in the 12th house from where it fell into a mutual aspect with natal Ketu in the MEP of the 4th house. At the same time, transit Ketu became stationary at 21° Virgo in the MEP of the 3th house from where it afflicted the 11th house, which hosts the Moon, while transit Rahu afflicted the MEP of the 1st house - owned by the Moon. From August to October 1931, transit Saturn became stationary at 24° Sagittarius, on top of the natal Venus. Such massive afflictions involving natal 4th lord Venus, Ketu in the 4th house, as well as the Moon, are consistent with the outbreak of a drought in the USA.
Notable afflictions are also seen at the peak of the drought induced dust storms in late 1933 to early 1935. From early 1933 to early 1934, there were stationary afflictions of the 20° Cancer MEP in the 1st house, owned by the Moon. In early 1934, there were also transit to transit and natal to transit afflictions involving transit Rahu and transit 8th lord Saturn around 25° Capricorn. In late 1934 and into early 1935, transit Rahu went stationary at 8° 11' Capricorn, from where it exactly afflicted natal 1st lord Moon at 7° 23' Taurus and the 11th house.
The North American heat wave of 1936

Astrological explanation

Sources
The Dust Bowl:
The 1936 North American Heat Wave:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_North_American_heat_wave
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_North_American_heat_wave
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