War Erupts
On April 3, 1846, a new Saturn-Neptune cycle formed at 27 Aquarius in opposition to the Uranus-Pluto cycle at 28 Leo and conjunct the Declaration Moon. In less than three weeks issues on both borders came to a head.
On April 23, 1846, Congress passed a resolution to end the 1818 Convention agreement with Britain. Two days later, hostilities erupted with Mexico, near Brownsville, Texas at 8:00 in the morning.116
A Solar eclipse occurred that day as the dispositor Venus came out of shadow to the degree and near the minute of the stationary retrograde two months before.
The Solar eclipse inverted the occurrence of the Yorktown Solar eclipse at the end of the American Revolutionary War in the Uranus 1759 cycle. (making yearly event page)
Transits to Cycles and Eclipses on April 25, 1846.
- Solar eclipse 05 Taurus 04 on April 25, 1846.
- Stationary Mercury 24 Aries 54 conjunct Jupiter-Pluto cycle 23 Aries 57 orb 0.57.
- Stationary Mercury 24 Aries 54 opposition Saturn-Uranus 23 Libra 22 orb 1.32.
- Venus 20 Pisces 06 out of shadow stationary retrograde Venus 20 Pisces 04.
- Mars 19 Gemini 52 opposition Solar eclipse 17 Sagittarius 56 orb 1.56.
- Jupiter 19 Taurus 03 square Jupiter-Neptune 20 Aquarius 57 orb 1.54.
- Jupiter 19 Taurus 03 opposition Solar eclipse 18 Scorpio 08 orb 0.55.
- Saturn 29 Aquarius 06 opposition Uranus-Pluto 28 Leo 53 orb 0.13.
- North Node 07 Scorpio 11 conjunct Solar eclipse 07 Scorpio 26 orb 0.15.
- Lilith 27 Leo 58 conjunct Uranus-Pluto 28 Leo 53 orb 0.55.
- Lilith 27 Leo 58 opposition Saturn-Neptune 27 Aquarius 18 orb 0.40.
Transits to Paris Treaty Chart on April 25, 1846.
- Solar eclipse 05 Taurus 04 opposition Ascendant 06 Scorpio 10 orb 1.06.
- Sun 04 Taurus 58 opposition Ascendant 06 Scorpio 10 orb 1.12.
- Sun 04 Taurus 58 square Lilith 05 Leo 30 orb 0.32.
- Stationary Mercury 24 Aries 54 opposition Venus 24 Libra 26 orb 0.28.
- Stationary Mercury 24 Aries 54 square Jupiter 22 Capricorn 59 orb 1.56.
- Venus 20 Pisces 06 conjunct North Node 18 Pisces 43 orb 1.23.
- Mars 19 Gemini 52 square North Node 18 Pisces 43 orb 1.09.
- Jupiter 19 Taurus 03 square Midheaven 17 Leo 28 orb 1.35.
- Jupiter 19 Taurus 03 conjunct Chiron 20 Taurus 12 orb 1.09.
- Saturn 29 Aquarius 06 square Moon 29 Scorpio 43 orb 0.37.
- Uranus 11 Aries 36 square Uranus 11 Cancer 02 orb 0.34.
- North Node 07 Scorpio 11 conjunct Ascendant 06 Scorpio 10 orb 1.00.
- North Node 07 Scorpio 11 square Pluto 08 Aquarius 08 orb 0.57.
- Lilith 27 Leo 58 square Moon 29 Scorpio 43 orb 1.45.
The Solar eclipse on the cusp of the seventh house of war was square the Paris Lilith as the transiting emphasized Lilith was square the Paris Moon. The Yorktown surrender also had a prominent Lilith involved with a Solar eclipse. Venus, the dispositor of the eclipse, was square the transiting Mars in aspect to the emphasized Paris North Node. Pluto joined with Mercury to oppose an emphasized Paris Venus, as the transiting North Node was square emphasized Pluto, the ruler of mass death. (more on emphasized planets)
Pluto has been prominent on other charts of war. On May 14, 1801, the Barbary War had Pluto square the Federal Moon with the transiting Saturn opposing Pluto.117
The declaration of war on June 18, 1812, had Pluto conjunct the North Node of the Paris chart while Venus opposed Pluto, aspects that were very similar aspects to the start of the Mexican War.118
The Pearl Harbor bombing at 7:55 am on December 7, 1941, had transiting Pluto conjunct the Paris Lilith and square the Ascendant.119
Lilith at 27 Leo on the start of the Mexican War was conjunct the Lilith at 27 Leo on the Declaration 5:10 pm chart. Lilith and Mars were in a double whammy on the Federal chart with Lilith opposed to Mars as Mars was square Lilith. 
The Solar eclipse at 05 Taurus opposed the chart of Mexican Independence Lilith at 04 Scorpio and the Moon at 05 Scorpio.120
In the days that followed, General Taylor won the battle of Palo Alto on May 8, 1846, though outnumbered, with only 2,000 to the 6,000 Mexican troops. He won the battle at Resaca de la Palma the following day outnumbered four to one as the newspapers praised his successes and daring tactics.121 General Taylor rapidly gained war hero status due to his victories but also owing to reporters who covered the war in glowing detail for an intensely interested citizenry.
The war correspondents covered multiple facets of the heroics and the horrors for the American public. These journalists shared the dangerous conditions of being with the army as they wrote their stories. They developed systems to get their stories to the newspaper publishers with combinations of pony express, railroad, or boats as couriers. The battlefield reporters would add their own views of the war and the expansion of the country as the partisan newspapers had their own slant as Democrat or Whig.
President Polk asked Congress for war on May 11, 1846, on the day of a Lunar eclipse at 20 Scorpio that opposed the Paris Chiron at 20 Taurus. The eclipse was square the Jupiter-Neptune cycle at 20 Aquarius.122 Transiting Mercury and Pluto were at 25 Aries to aspect the Jupiter-Pluto cycle at 23 Aries and Saturn-Uranus at 23 Libra. Venus at 04 Aries and Mars at 00 Cancer aspected the Uranus-Neptune at 03 Capricorn. President Polk implemented a three-prong approach to the war. General Scott was sent to central Mexico, General Kearny to California, and General Taylor to northern Mexico.123
117. Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger, Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates, 54-55. Flag pole cut down on May 14, 1801 at 2:15 pm.
118. William L. Langer, An Encyclopedia of World History, 769.
119. Eric Foner and John A. Garraty, eds. The Reader’s Companion to American History, 827.
120. Nicholas Campion, The Book of World Horoscopes, 211. Mexico Independence September 28, 1821, 6:00 pm LMT Mexico City, MEX.
121. Alexandria (DC) Gazette, May 26, 1846, 2; Eric Foner and John A. Garraty, eds. The Reader’s Companion to American History, 722-723.
122. Paul Boyer, editor, The Oxford Companion to United States History, 497.
123. Alan Brinkley, The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People Third Edition, (New York: McGraw, 2000), 374-376.
The war correspondents covered multiple facets of the heroics and the horrors for the American public. These journalists shared the dangerous conditions of being with the army as they wrote their stories. They developed systems to get their stories to the newspaper publishers with combinations of pony express, railroad, or boats as couriers. The battlefield reporters would add their own views of the war and the expansion of the country as the partisan newspapers had their own slant as Democrat or Whig.
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Notes
116. Hunter Miller ed., Treaties and other International Acts of the United States of America Volume 5, 69; Matt Matthews, U.S. Army on the Mexican Border, (Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press, 2007), 20; American Republican Baltimore, May 11, 1846, 1; The Guard, Holly Springs, MS, May 15, 1846, 1. Accounts cited Thornton Affair at 8 o’clock in the morning. 117. Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger, Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates, 54-55. Flag pole cut down on May 14, 1801 at 2:15 pm.
118. William L. Langer, An Encyclopedia of World History, 769.
119. Eric Foner and John A. Garraty, eds. The Reader’s Companion to American History, 827.
120. Nicholas Campion, The Book of World Horoscopes, 211. Mexico Independence September 28, 1821, 6:00 pm LMT Mexico City, MEX.
121. Alexandria (DC) Gazette, May 26, 1846, 2; Eric Foner and John A. Garraty, eds. The Reader’s Companion to American History, 722-723.
122. Paul Boyer, editor, The Oxford Companion to United States History, 497.
123. Alan Brinkley, The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People Third Edition, (New York: McGraw, 2000), 374-376.