James Holmes massacred at least 12 people in the Batman Cinema Shooting of 20 July 2012. NBC has reported that he was born on 13 December 1987. We have no time or place of birth at the moment but can see some dark themes in his chart, particularly Sun conjunct Saturn and Mars conjunct Pluto. People with Sun conjunct Saturn “often have a difficult childhood as Saturn represents restriction, and as both Sun and Saturn can represent the father…shyness, depression or being too critical of the self and others.”
The social isolation which can result from Sun conjunct Saturn is intensified because both are on the fixed star Ras Alhague. This star in general is associated with “mental depravity” and with the Sun has made him a “suspicious” and “solitary”, and Saturn with this star has increases his unpopularity. Transiting Pluto passed through his Sagittarius stellium from age 14 to 20, more darkness during those critical years for developing social skills.
So with this aspect alone on this fixed star we have a social misfit, a loner, and will will no doubt eventually hear his lawyer say he suffers depression at least or some other mental illness. Darker influence comes from Saturn in the sting of the Scorpio. The fixed star Lesath gives “danger, desperation, immorality and malevolence.” James Holmes has Mars conjunct Pluto which is also malevolent and gives strong desire to control others. It is interesting to note that the chart for the shooting has Mars square Pluto.
Yet another interesting link when comparing the horoscope for James Holmes to that of the Batman Cinema Shooting Horoscope is that James has Venus and Ceres square Jupiter, and in the shooting chart these three are all together. Venus is actually in the same spot as the June 4 lunar eclipse, and directly opposite James’ Mercury. His natal Mercury is on the fixed star Ras Algethi which “corresponds to boldness and a drive to gain power”. This star has much the same influence has his Mars conjunct Pluto.
The Sibly horoscope for the U.S.A. has Ras Algethi rising so it could be said that James Holmes is a personification of the image which the U.S.A. projects to others in this world. Curtis Manwaring commented on this shooting chart on our Facebook Page that “Another attack on gun laws is coming”. I suspect that this shooting will at least spark some public debate on this issue given the conjunction between James’s Mercury and the American Ascendant.
Update August 4 2012
Thanks to Kenneth D. Miller we now have a AA rated birth time for James Holmes: Born 13 December 2012, 9:04 pm, La Jolla, California. Thank you to our Facebook friend Carole Devine for sharing this new information.
Birth time for James Holmes: 9:04 pm from Kenneth Miller http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Holmes,_James_Eagan
Then dear Jamie James Holmes has a strong Sagittarius – Leo emphasis in his chart. Well, the first “Sagitturius – Leo emphasis” celebrity that came to my mind is Nero! Apparently they both exhibited similar paranoid / megalomaniac traits. And there is even a certain bust of Nero where he looks very much like James Holmes!
Hi Thomas. I think the stronger influence on his stellium is the main star in constellation Ophiuchus I mentioned rather than the sign Sagittarius. Nero was hardly like this guy though, he was a ruler who never lost a war. His enemies (who did not appreciate paying tax for Nero’s cultural projects) wrote the history which makes you think he was a paranoid megalomaniac.
Also, when comparing charts of people born so far apart in time, we should use precession correction to see the synastry.
Dear Jamie most of the historians describe Nero as a paranoid megalomaniac. It is an historical fact that he killed his own mother. Although an emperor, the man was singing and playing the lyre in public as if he were a common musician – obviously craving for attention and admiration. When he was performing nobody was allowed to leave the theater. He was a theater maniac, as James Holmes is (Holmes “performed” too in a theater…). Precession is taken in consideration anyway when we say that both Nero and Holmes are Sagittariuses with a common Leo emphasis (Nero’s Moon – Holmes’ Ascendant).
Thomas, which historians described Nero as a paranoid megalomaniac? A megalomaniac has delusional fantasies of power, yet Nero became ruler of the greatest empire on earth at age 17. His enemies were plotting against him for years so it was not paranoia which led him to torture and eliminate them.
You are not taking into precession if you still say they are similar because they had planets in the tropical sign of Sagittarius.
Nero’s other rising star with Sun Pluto was Sheliak in constellation Lyre (now tropical 19cap03, then tropical 21sag43) “The child of the Lyre will sing beguiling songs at the banquet, his voice adding mellowness to the wine and holding the night in thrall. Indeed, even when harassed by cares, he will rehearse some secret strain, tuning his voice to a stealthy hum and, left to himself, he will ever burst into song which can charm no ears but his own.” http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Sheliak.html
I expect this was his release when the intense pressure of his fate became too much.
Manilius also wrote of the Lyre rising: “When the constellation of the Lute rises into the mighty heavens, there shall be born a man to investigate wrong-doing and punish the guilty (“and champion the unjustly accused”) he will get to the bottom of crimes by sifting the evidence for them and bring to light all that lies hidden under the silence of deceit. Hence, too, are begotten the merciless torturer, the dispenser of penalties, whoever insists on the truth and abominates evil, and the man whose profound understanding will put an end to disputes.”
(Ficicula was a torture rack used in Rome, similar in shape to the Lyre.)
Dear Jamie I quote below some of the ancient historians who describe Nero as an unbalanced tyrant: Pliny the Older, Tacitus, Epictetus, Fabius Rusticus, Cluvius Rufus. Additionally, paranoia and megalomania do not automatically dissipate in someone simply because he became an emperor. Remember the maxim: “Absolute power corrupts absolutely…”
So you see tropical Sagittarius sign has different fixed stars in it now than 2000 years ago. For James Holmes, his Sun Saturn is on the fixed star Ras Algague (tropical 22 Sag) “misfortune through women, perverted tastes and mental depravity.” http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/RasAlhague.html
Nero’s AC Sun Pluto is on the fixed star Dheneb (tropical 22 Sag) “ability to command, liberality, success in war and beneficence.” http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Dheneb.html
well we now see why he went loo loo trying to fulfill mommy’s (moon) expectations ($)..he really should have been studying sports photography or acting..no wonder the red hair………..Leo roared….here’s where an astrologer could have helped this family..don’tcha think?
Thomas Gazis- thank you for posting that. I never knew that about Greece but would love to visit sometime. I will also check out those artists you mentioned. Do you believe that sun square moon is a karmic aspect?
Dear Olivia everything is “karmic” in our horoscope – under the point of view that our “soul” chose this particular horoscope in order to be incarnated through it and take the specific lessons dictated by it. All the more, they are “karmic” the strong, prominents aspects in our horoscope, like the Sun – Moon square aspect!