John Thompson
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On the 10th of September 1984 at 09:05 at Leicester University, Sir Alec Jeffreys had a eureka moment when he discovered DNA/genetic fingerprinting. Although our first impressions of this bring the criminal world to mind, Jeffreys himself was glad that this wasn't its first application, for he saw too many legal challenges that wouldn't have done his cause any favours. The first application was actually to do with an immigration case, and then paternity issues. Reading about this on the fortieth anniversary of discovery, I immediately thought of Nick Kollerstoms booklet 'The Eureka Effect' and his studies of scientific discoveries. In that booklet he noted the mixture of both quintile and septile series of aspects as being clearly involved. When I checked the chart for these aspects, I found that Mercury was quintile to Saturn whilst Jupiter was septile to Saturn; Saturn is the ruler of the 4th of ancestral inheritance, whilst Mercury and Jupiter [in trine] shows sound thinking and has a sociological association with scientists. In Kollerstom 's introduction of scientific 'Eureka' moments, he quotes Arthur Koestlers 'The Act of Creation', when he says 'That moment was, Koestler explained, an experience of 'bisociation' when two previously unconnected frameworks or 'matrices of logic' came together. This really does speak of Mercury/ Jupiter and Saturn combinations in the highest form. The ascendant has Libra rising, with Venus strong in conjunction; Libra talks of making connections between people, as also intellectually based observations. The full Moon across the 6th/12th axis and Pluto in Scorpio in the 1st has so many ramifications for medical application, and with Mars 0 Uranus opposite Chiron across 3rd/9th Gemini/Sagittarius polarity the legal implications and global application are easily understood. When using antiscia we find the full Moon is on the ascendant, and the Mars 0 Uranus at the IC [ Chiron at MC]. Something else of note is that in 1977 [the year of Chiron's discovery]Fredrick Sanger was the first to sequence the first complete genome, just as Jeffreys took up his post at Leicester University. I'd always thought of Chiron somehow being related to DNA/genetics, and with its 51 year orbit is it related to the septile aspect? I remember another astrologer [can't remember who] saying that the 'natural' time phase of women entering the menopause is around 51 when Chiron returns, and the progressed Sun is septile its natal position. Jeffreys was born on the 9th of January 1950 in Oxford, and a brief look at a noon chart shows that Chiron has both a quintile from Mars and a septile from Jupiter [both within half a degree] ; Jupiter [conjunct stationary Mercury] is also bi-quintile Uranus. This seems to indicate someone who dedicates his energy to specific tasks, with a zeal for intellectual pursuits with a great measure of success [note it was Mercury and Jupiter making these not so minor aspects to Saturn in the discovery chart]. If we look a little deeper at this configuration, we find Pluto is semi square to Uranus [indicating breakthroughs of the unseen/underlying], in trine to Chiron and quincunx the Sun [at the IC of discovery] The Sun also squares Neptune in Libra and trines Saturn which is square Chiron [good for medical imaging]. Jeffreys made his discovery after extracting DNA from cells, attaching it to photographic film and then left it in a developing tank. When he finally looked at the film he made his discovery.
The first conviction of a criminal through the use of Jeffreys discovery came on the 22nd of January 1988. Two girls in Leicestershire had been raped/sexually assaulted and murdered in 1983 and 1986 respectively. The police had asked Jeffreys for his help, and to their dismay he proved their prime suspect was not the murderer. The police then decided to DNA test over 5,000 men from the area but to no avail. Later on Colin Pitchfork [born 23rd March 1960] was identified, after a colleague of his was overheard saying he had given a blood sample to cover Pitchforks back; he was arrested on 19th September 1987, with Mars on discovery Sun, Saturn on discovery Mars and Chiron opposite discovery Neptune. Mars = blood, Saturn = solid proof and Neptune in Sagittarius those who try to evade the law.
Colin Pitchfork Noon Chart Pitchfork has the Sun at 2 Aries, square Jupiter and in sequi quadrate to Uranus in Leo which opposes the midpoints of Moon 0 Mars. This is an arrogance with a high potential for sudden acts of extreme violence. Saturn in Capricorn is also tightly quincunx Uranus, an aspect of being out of step with societal norms and with Venus opposite Pluto an obsessive desire nature. At the time of his arrest the transiting Node sat in tight conjunction with his natal Sun, and bringing all the hard aspects of Moon/Mars, Jupiter and Uranus with it. Transiting Uranus was square his progressed Node, and curiously the progressed Noon chart ascendant had joined Uranus with progressed Moon opposite, and transiting Jupiter was conjunct progressed MC; transiting Chirons antiscion opposed his natal Jupiter. Conviction By far the most intriguing of these charts is that of the discovery, for since Pitchforks conviction the police have used this technology extensively in revisiting cold cases. Transiting Pluto was conjunct Saturn [ruler of IC] within 3 minutes of arc, the transiting Saturn 0 Uranus was conjunct Neptune with transiting Mars conjunct Uranus. This really was groundbreaking territory with so much more to discover. As far as Pitchfork is concerned, transiting Node was opposite its natal position and in square to natal Chiron, the midpoints between Saturn 0 Uranus and Neptune = Pitchforks progressed Jupiter showing his inevitable loss of freedom etc.
We could go on and on with this, but would rather leave others to experiment themselves. For those that are interested, please do look at the synastry of Pitchfork and Sir Alec Jeffreys for it is quite phenomenal.
The first conviction of a criminal through the use of Jeffreys discovery came on the 22nd of January 1988. Two girls in Leicestershire had been raped/sexually assaulted and murdered in 1983 and 1986 respectively. The police had asked Jeffreys for his help, and to their dismay he proved their prime suspect was not the murderer. The police then decided to DNA test over 5,000 men from the area but to no avail. Later on Colin Pitchfork [born 23rd March 1960] was identified, after a colleague of his was overheard saying he had given a blood sample to cover Pitchforks back; he was arrested on 19th September 1987, with Mars on discovery Sun, Saturn on discovery Mars and Chiron opposite discovery Neptune. Mars = blood, Saturn = solid proof and Neptune in Sagittarius those who try to evade the law.
Colin Pitchfork Noon Chart Pitchfork has the Sun at 2 Aries, square Jupiter and in sequi quadrate to Uranus in Leo which opposes the midpoints of Moon 0 Mars. This is an arrogance with a high potential for sudden acts of extreme violence. Saturn in Capricorn is also tightly quincunx Uranus, an aspect of being out of step with societal norms and with Venus opposite Pluto an obsessive desire nature. At the time of his arrest the transiting Node sat in tight conjunction with his natal Sun, and bringing all the hard aspects of Moon/Mars, Jupiter and Uranus with it. Transiting Uranus was square his progressed Node, and curiously the progressed Noon chart ascendant had joined Uranus with progressed Moon opposite, and transiting Jupiter was conjunct progressed MC; transiting Chirons antiscion opposed his natal Jupiter. Conviction By far the most intriguing of these charts is that of the discovery, for since Pitchforks conviction the police have used this technology extensively in revisiting cold cases. Transiting Pluto was conjunct Saturn [ruler of IC] within 3 minutes of arc, the transiting Saturn 0 Uranus was conjunct Neptune with transiting Mars conjunct Uranus. This really was groundbreaking territory with so much more to discover. As far as Pitchfork is concerned, transiting Node was opposite its natal position and in square to natal Chiron, the midpoints between Saturn 0 Uranus and Neptune = Pitchforks progressed Jupiter showing his inevitable loss of freedom etc.
We could go on and on with this, but would rather leave others to experiment themselves. For those that are interested, please do look at the synastry of Pitchfork and Sir Alec Jeffreys for it is quite phenomenal.
