What's happening in California with the mass shootings?

 

With 3 mass shootings since the weekend,’ what’s going on in California’ is a topic that has been on my mind and as well as others.

A quick look at the chart (California) showed me that Mercury is square Mars (and Mercury) in the 12^th house. The 12^th house rules subversives as well as hospitals, jails, crime and asylums.

When Mercury is stationing, either direct or retrograde it is moving very slowly if at all. While Mercury turned direct January 18^th, it is still moving very slowly. When a retrograde planet moves this slowly the affect lasts longer and the incidents that occur can be significant when it aspects other planets. Mercury typically rules young people and Mars rules men as well as guns. Mercury will remain in a square to Mars and Mercury in the birth chart of California for at least the rest of this week.

Pluto is making its way through the 3^rd house of the California chart which rules neighborhoods. Pluto is a destructive force as anybody who has experienced a significant and harsh Pluto aspect will tell you. Pluto is said to ‘destroy, so it can rebuild in a better way.” Pluto is square Uranus and Pluto in the California chart, and Pluto is associated with crime, gangs, criminals and ‘the underworld.” Pluto will be back and forth in this position for the next 2 years. That said, it does not appear to me crime and violence will get any better in California over the next several years. Perhaps Pluto’s entrance into Aquarius for 20 years beginning in 2025 will change the situation some, but it appears to me even then, problems will persist for at least a while.

I wish I had more positive news to report, but the chart is simply what it is.