Since I have never looked at pre-trial or trial charts, Soulscape, give me a head's up on what planets and midpoints I should be analyzing!
Am I right that Jupiter might represent the Law, and Saturn the defendant? What about the Sun? I would expect Venus to be important, since young women are involved...
Hi Housemouse,
First, please reverse the times on the charts: the pretrial (11-5) starts at 9:00 am and the trial (11-17) starts at 9:30 am.
The 1st House & its Ruler is the prosecution: Sagittarius & Jupiter.
The 7th House & its Ruler is the defendant: Gemini & Mercury.
Sagittarius rises for both charts but on the Trial chart, it is at 29:32 degrees. If they change the venue to any appreciable distance from Orlando, that may possibly push the Ascendant into the next sign, Capricorn. I am a little hesitant to make a judgment on the Trial chart until I know for sure where the venue will be.
The 10th House is the Judge/ Jury (Virgo & Mercury in the Pretrial chart and Libra & Venus in the Trial chart set for Orlando.
The End of the Matter (how it will turn out) is ruled by the 4th House and its Ruler (Pisces & Jupiter in the Pretrial chart and Aries & Mars in the Trial chart set for Orlando.
In a chart of this type, either the prosecution will prevail or the defense will prevail. Once we have the venue for the Trial, we should be able to tell who is likely to prevail.
Another way to look at this is to compare the biwheels of Caylee natal & the two trial dates and then Casey natal and the two trial dates and see who is under the most stress. That could indicate who will **lose**.
Unfortunately, we still don't have Casey's time of birth.... I sure wish we could get it. Housemouse, try using a Sunrise chart for Casey instead of the 12:00pm estimated birthtime. This puts the Sun on the Ascendant degree and can be quite enlightening, even though it's still just a guess at the birth time.
I thought it was interesting that the Sunrise chart Ascendant degree is 25 Pisces, which is partile (in the same degree) square Caylee's natal Hades (the mother from hell...)
By the way, will you check the birth info you have for Casey & confirm whether we're looking at the same chart? I know we've been using 28 Pisces for her natal Sun but when I ran a birthdate for 3-16-86, 6:38 am EST, Warren, OH (80:49W 41:14N), I got Sun at 25:35 Pisces.
Thanks,
Soulscape