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(originally posted on Sept 15, 2001)

I dedicate these words to all the passengers on these flights for whom I pray daily.
May their souls find rest, peace and return.

Last week, I posted my delineation of the terrorist attacks in terms of its relationship to the chart of the United States and the intention of the terrorists. This week, I want to focus on the four flights themselves, looking for any astrological differences that made UA93 and AA77 fail in their appointed mission. I am always interested in the astrological energies that help to set the right conditions for the evolutionary use of human free will. I think the heroics of the people on board UA93 and AA77 are a great example of the best in human beings.

This group of charts shows the "birth times" (departure time) for each of the flights. Though there is not much difference in planetary placement in these charts, notice that the two flights which carried out their mission with precision, AA11 and UA175, flying directly into the WTC and toppling both buildings, have Neptune in the 4th house. The two flights that did not succeed in their missions, UA93 and AA77, both have Neptune in the 5th house. I consider the flight that plowed into the Pentagon a miss, since passengers in last-minute cell phone calls said they were fighting the hijackers to keep them from getting to their intended target.

This Neptune placement becomes the defining signature of the charts and a great example of how a slow-moving "generational" planet can have immediate and personal implications. Neptune usually shows itself through several human emotions that I would imagine were prevalent among the passengers and the flight crews on all four flights: faith, confusion and denial. Neptune's house placement is the critical difference for how these emotions played out. The 4th house rules one's ancestry, familial belief systems, childhood environment, parental figures at home.

 

Many have commented that the flights which crashed into the WTC, seemed to have done so without much of a fight. In the past, hijackers have ordered flights to land in a new location and then proceeded to negotiate with a government. Passengers are saved by an external authority figure. Never before had we seen a hijacked plane used as a weapon. Note that Neptune is in Aquarius, the sign which rules new forms of radicalism and revolutionary behavior. I believe the passengers and crew on AA11 and UA175 were relying on the old model of hijacking, and felt putting up a fight might not in the long run, be in their best interests. The placement of Neptune in the 4th house which represents traditional cultural and "family system" behaviors, (hijackers and their hostages become a family system) shows that the crew and passengers of these flights clung to their hope of survival based on faith in an old set of rules for hijacking airplanes. They were in a total state of denial as to the reality of their situation.

As to the hijackers on these flights, they must have kept their intentions to themselves. Neptune placed in the 4th house of a natal chart, often signals a person who's childhood was strongly influenced by a deeply religious or alcoholic family. As a group, the hijackers were blinded by their faith in deluded terrorist leaders, who espouse twisted religious beliefs that call for martyring oneself to God through violent, revolutionary acts.

In all four charts, Neptune is in a Yod configuration with Jupiter (luck) in Cancer (the nurturer) and Pluto (power and personal transformation) in Sagittarius (our higher will). Jupiter resides in the 9th or 10th house, both of which rule nations and their people. Pluto resides in the 2nd house which rules action to ensure one's survival. Yods hold the potential for greatness and power, but usually are experienced as frustration borne from a constant search for answers. The placement of Neptune in the 4th house which created a state of denial in passengers on AA11 and UA175, frustrated the potential use of personal power.

As for the other two flights, UA93 and AA77, Neptune resides in the 5th house which rules creatively actualizing personal vision and leadership. The 5th house also rules using the physical body, and represents one's progeny. These passengers clearly behaved differently. They broke the rules, pulled out cell phones, contacted their families who alerted them to the reality of their fate. The hijacker's intentions were out in the open. At this point the influence of Neptune in Aquarius transforms itself from denial and confusion, to an inspirational force that calls for leadership and effective use of personal power for the good of humanity. These passengers were able to harness the power of the Neptune/Jupiter/Pluto Yod. They searched for an answer and got it quickly: it is our job to sacrifice (Neptune) our lives to save thousands of other lives.

We don't know how the hijackers behaved in this situation, but I would guess that the Neptune placement in the 5th was their downfall. This may have caused them to boast of their compatriots' success, assume they would also be triumphant and let their egos get in the way of caution.

So what can we learn from this interpretation? It is critical to realize that human beings have free will and yet planetary placements can seriously effect situational influences on human behavior. Astrology is best used as a tool to understand planetary placements and their help or hindrance in any given situation. In the end, we are all accountable for our actions no matter the planets may or may not portend.

© 2001 Lisa Dale Miller

©2001 Lisa Dale Miller
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