[This article was previously published on
The Classical Astrologer 014 June 2018. The text remains almost identical, with some minor, but important corrections]
For many people, the events of 9/11 are considered clear and fully explained. Whether these people are in the majority is another question. Still, I have no intention of addressing the still-mounting number of theories, except to point to the level of uncertainty, the improbable nature of much of the official story and the vast array of alternate theories about what happened on that bright September day in New York close to 23 years ago.
It should, however, be borne in mind that whoever was the mastermind of the attack has not been revealed with any real clarity to this day. That in itself is a great mystery since the usual purpose of such attacks is to draw attention to a specific cause and present an ultimatum.This was hitherto the way terrorist attacks have always worked. They usually convey a further threat, yet to be delivered, or involve the taking of hostages to be used for leverage during bargaining. Anonymous terrorist attacks were all but unheard of before the events on 9/11 in New York. We do know that Osama bin Laden was reported by US media to have stated that although he he admired the attacks, he couldn’t take credit for them.
The astrological community was quick to tally who had been able to predict the event, with many saying it would be impossible to predict the precise date and the exact place. To the best of my knowledge, nobody did just that.
Just as mysterious as the details of the event itself is the astrological prediction of the event, which was overshadowed by the attention on Robert Zoller, who was at the time riding on a wave of enormous astrological celebrity, in no small part due to his many contributions to traditional and particularly Medieval Astrology. Even today on
Astrology Restored he is listed posthumously as “the world’s leading proponent of Medieval Astrology.” In the same place, he is credited with the prediction of the attack on New York,
This is the graphic representation of the Total Solar Eclipse of 11 August 1999 to which Zoller refers in what was later coined a 'prediction." One of the most fundamental rules for the judgment of an eclipse is that it must be visible to have any influence on a given area. In this case, although it is a very impressive eclipse, it is not visible on US soil. In fact, the maximum point of this eclipse is over Romania, on the other side of the world. It does, however, pass through several European and Middle Eastern countries and onward to Pakistan and India, as far as the Bay of Bengal. The duration of the eclipse was 2 min 23 s.
This detail is one of the most perplexing elements in Zoller’s prediction. It simply wouldn’t qualify; yet he is meticulous in explaining the time frame of the alleged effect. The 1999 eclipse apparently had an effect that lasts 30 months. He doesn’t say why. However, we are fortunate to have his own words, on the larger topic, published in his Nuntius newsletter. He writes
” From September we are entering a period of increased danger to us in the West. In an earlier Nuntius I said that there is an increasing threat to the US citizens and this is particularly so on the Eastern sea boarder. I have also said that this threat is linked not so much to a new boldness in terrorist planning but more to US incompetence. At that time I couched those remarks as being non-astrological so as to play down the warning but I say again as was said in the July Nuntius if the US does not cease acting incompetently, it will invite the depredations of adventurers such as Osama bin Laden and Saddam. This is a wake up call. Our way of life and cultural values (& our lives) are at stake. “
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