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The Trial of O.J. Simpson Moments in Time by Frank C. Clifford THE CRIMINAL TRIAL OF O. J. SIMPSON: JANUARY 24, 1995; 10:34:29 A.M. PST; LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA A gruesome double murder on Bundy Drive. A mesmer- (the 11th-house emphasis, his Sun trine Jupiter, and Mars ising slow-speed highway pursuit of a Ford Bronco on live trine Neptune from the 10th to the 2nd house). (See Chart 1.) TV. The “insurmountable evidence” demolished by the best It suggests his fame as a running back in American football as defence team that money could buy. The People v. O. J. well as his infamous association with two “knife-slashing” kill- Simpson was hailed as “the trial of the century”: The idol- ings (Mars in Gemini in the 10th). His chart also reflects the ised former football star and occasional actor had been the (now) overriding public opinion that he got away with murder most famous person in America ever to be arrested for mur- and that, in private, he was a possessive, physically threaten- der. Simpson was on trial for killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown ing, and emotionally controlling spouse (Jupiter in Scorpio on and her friend Ron Goldman. Forensic evidence (hair, blood, the IC square Saturn–Pluto). Given that Simpson’s Saturn– DNA, clothing fibres, hand prints, a sock, and a glove) con- Pluto in Leo in the 12th is square his MC–IC axis, his lawyer nected him to the crime scene — yet he was famously acquit- Johnnie Cochran skillfully portrayed Simpson as a victim of ted. Simpson’s nine-month trial divided America along racial institutionalised racism and police corruption. In Simpson’s lines and has since been the subject of dozens of documenta- natal chart, asteroid Cochran is conjunct (within a degree) his ries plus a recent TV series. Saturn, and by 1995 it had moved to conjoin Saturn in the The courtroom circus featured a diverse cast of charac- trial chart.1 Opposing attorneys Marcia Clark and Robert Sha- ters, from the single-mom attorney (Marcia Clark) leading the piro are in there, too: Asteroids Marcia and Shapiro oppose prosecution, to the freeloading houseguest (Kato Kaelin), the Simpson’s Sun in Cancer. racist cop (Mark Fuhrman), the star-struck judge (Lance Ito), It’s estimated that the murders took place around 10:10 O.and J. Simpson the various inept crime scene analysts. The trial irrevoca- Trialp.m. Simpson on June 12, 1994 in Brentwood, Los Angeles, some Natal Chart Natal Chart Jul bly9 1947, changed Wed the lives of everyone involved. Janweeks 24 1995, Tueafter a solar eclipse on Simpson’s Midheaven (MC). In 8:08 am PST +8:00 10:34:29 am PST +8:00 San Francisco,O. J.CA Simpson’s natal chart reveals his charisma and mar- Losthe Angeles, murder CA chart, Uranus and Neptune straddle the Capricorn 37°N46'30'' 122°W25'06'' 34°N03'08'' 118°W14'34'' Geocentricketability, as well as his silver-tongued legal “Dream Team” GeocentricAscendant (and oppose Simpson’s Mercury and his murdered Tropical Tropical Placidus Placidus True Node True Node 18° Ý 47' 12° ‰ 52' 25' 15° 14' 20° ‚ É Ü Š ˆ 23° ¼ 57' 07° ¿À 24' 01° ¸ ¿ 06° 26°23° ‚ 04° ‰ » » 23° ‚ ‰ 17° 27' º Š 27' 01° ‚ 01' 52' ˆ ½ 52' Œ 17° 33' 21° 18' 09° 25° ¸ ƒ 25' ¶ 48' 21' Š ˆ Á ƒ 16° 10 9 25° ‹ ‹ 06' 10 9 ‡ º ƒ ‹ 09' 00° 25° 24° 35' 51' 08° ˆ 21' ƒ 35' ¾ 10' 39' 11 8 10° 11 8 Œ ‹ ¶ 16' ‡11° ¾ 39' 10° É 09°„ ‡ 00' S48' Á 12°„ 10' 12 7 12 7 24° Chart 1: 24° 21° Chart 2: 21° „ Š Ü † 36' O. J. Simpson 36' 15' The Simpson 15' 1 6 1 6 S Trial Begins Œ Ý 48' 14' … Ê 10° 26°  2 5 2 5 Œ 30' 17° 52' 25° „ 33' 3 4 3 4 … 07' ‰ Ý 29° … † 51' Œ Œ 25° 21' ¼ 08° 08° 21' 45' 27' À ‡ ‡ ˆ 02° 17° 01° 15° 25' 20° 14' †  ½ Ê ˆ ‚ „ Placidus houses, 57' 23° 24' 07° True Node 18° ‡ 47' 12° ƒ 52' 16 THE MOUNTAIN ASTROLOGER STUDENT SECTION ex-wife’s Mars). The murders created a media frenzy and re- parties. Transiting Jupiter and Uranus were conjunct in the flected the status/celebrity–obsessed tabloid (later Internet) era sky and conjoining the original trial’s Sun at 4° Aquarius. that this conjunction in Capricorn heralded. The trial chart (along with Simpson’s) has been activated But let’s look at the chart for the start of the trial (data many times since. Simpson attempted to profit from a book courtesy of Marjorie Rosen, who watched it live on the air). called If I Did It, a tasteless “fictional” account of the murder (See Chart 2.) The prosecutors (initiators) are symbolised by (seen by many as a confessional). Its publication was cancelled the Ascendant, the defence by the Descendant. Aries rises, on November 20, 2006, as transiting (TR) Saturn reached and chart ruler Mars is at the final degree of Leo (tightly square his Ascendant at 24° Leo and TR Mars was at 18° Scorpio to Pluto, which had just moved into Sagittarius). In attempt- on his IC. Despite the book’s being leaked on June 13, 2007 ing to pursue the celebrity (Mars in Leo at the final degree (with Neptune conjunct the trial’s Mercury at 21° Aquarius), conjunct Regulus), the prosecutors are fighting a losing bat- the Goldman family seized the legal rights to it, and the book tle: Malefic Mars is retrograde, the unfortunate South Node is was published on September 13, 2007. Synchronistically, this in their house (the 1st), and Mercury would turn retrograde on was the day O. J. staged an armed robbery in Las Vegas to the second day of the trial. Simpson and the defence are ruled reclaim some valuable memorabilia that he felt still belonged by benefic Venus in lucky Sagittarius near the 9th-house cusp. to him — Jupiter was at 11° Sagittarius, a full cycle from the Approval-seeking Judge Ito (represented by 10th-house ruler start of the 1995 trial. Saturn in Pisces) presided over the case and appeared to be The robbery trial began on September 8, 2008 with TR dazzled by the fallen hero in his courtroom and the celebrities Jupiter at 12° Capricorn (on the original trial’s MC) and trine who visited (asteroid Itoh is at 20° Libra conjunct the Descen- TR Saturn at 12° Virgo in the sky (they do say that karma’s a dant — on the side of the defence). When the “not guilty” ver- bitch). Simpson was found guilty under another Mercury ret- dict was read on October 3, 1995, Venus was at 21° Libra. rograde on October 3, 2008, the thirteenth anniversary of his Mercury was retrograde in Cancer at the time of the mur- original acquittal. He later lost a request for a new trial on No- der (Simpson was also born with a retrograde Mercury in vember 27, 2013 as TR Saturn reached 16° Scorpio (near his Cancer), reflecting the contamination of evidence and the al- Jupiter–IC). The recent TV dramatisation of the murder trial leged tampering that took place at the murder scene (Nicole (American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson) began Brown’s property). But that retrograde would also appear at on February 2, 2016, with Venus at 12° Capricorn, while the key times during the trial, which began as Mercury was sta- Uranus–Pluto square activated Simpson’s natal Sun in Cancer. tionary, ready to turn retrograde. The next time Mercury went retrograde (in Gemini: hands), Simpson tried on the gloves All data listed can be found at http://www.astrodatabank.com and proclaimed they were “too tight.” The final time was in Note Libra during the prosecution’s and defence’s closing state- 1. Cochran played the “race card,” and there was much tension and fear that ments (and the verdict), with Cochran famously saying, “If you a verdict of guilty would instigate further LA riots like those following the legal cannot trust the messenger, you cannot trust the message” debacle surrounding Rodney King, who — remarkably — has Saturn at 11° (Mercury) and “If it [the glove] doesn’t fit, you must acquit.” Pisces conjunct the Simpson trial’s Saturn. Acquitted Simpson was, but on February 5, 1997, he was found liable in a civil suit for the “wrongful death” of both © 2016 Frank C. Clifford – all rights reserved SEE AUTHOR BIO ON PAGE 23 AUG. / SEPT. 2016 17.
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