I was just going over some notes to post when I heard the ME said today she died from hanging. Oh dear. (this clears the confusing statement made yesterday, "death by asphyxiation caused by sleeping pill overdose" which just didn't make sense as a box of benydryl isn't anywhere NEAR enough for a lethal overdose. So where did the asphyx. come in, I wondered.
After astroquest's comment about the 5:45 pm chart perhaps being a starting point I am inclined to agree. ( And the other charts Marinka posted become more significant, I think, in light of what we now know.) Jup ruling ASC in the 8 H: now we know she caused her own death. The moon making a card. cross, squaring MC, IC and pluto: not only a CC; but the whole ordeal became very public (MC) and also involving hundreds of people searching around her home-IC). She had her plan of action, evidently, and began the "action"-cardinal signs-when she left home. Saturn was also quincunx the DSC in Gemini: stress on communication with others. This is chilling: Part of Fortune in 5:45 chart is 25 scorp: the opposite point where there can be stress is Algol 25 Taurus-"losing one's head"-yes, her head was profoundly affected.
6:50 pm: mars conj. MC-"a force against self", mars rules 4 H. Both anaretic=unstable. This is 30 minutes after she was last seen-and 20+ miles away. Had she chosen this site beforehand or did she drive around looking for an out of the way place? This we will probably never know, but it is fitting, I think. Pluto rules the 10 H: this location did become very public. Did she take the benydryl then, to calm herself down/sedate herself somewhat so she could carry out her plan?
7:33 pm: Pluto conj. ASC. Transformation of the body. The ME said they felt she died shortly after disappearing, so this would fit. (As gruesome as it is, they will probably come up with a good approximation based on stomach contents.)
One thing that really strikes me is all that cancer in the 7 H. in the charts. There definitely is a family dynamic present here we may never know about-and probably don't need to know about-it's their family and their right to privacy. I do wonder about that text from her mother at 6:22 pm that she never answered.
As sad as this is for everyone, there is one element that I find unsettling and that is that she clearly did not want her body to be found: phone off, secluded area, and even in the detail of closing the gate behind her. Anyone who has lived/lives in rural areas is familiar with a common courtesy with gates-anyone's gate-and that is to close it if you have passed through it. To leave it open would arouse suspicion, in this case, or at least be noticeable; because people in general are very good about closing the gate. (At least in Montana, where I grew up).
The logical consequence of this would be adding so much grief to the family and an extension of the searching by LE and volunteers. Was this action further testimony to her despairing state of mind-she wanted to TOTALLY disappear? Is the alternative motive an act of vindictiveness even plausible: leaving her family without closure for a long time? That seems so out of character with the persona shown to the public. I personally have to believe it was the former. Perhaps others have some thoughts on this.
There is a memorial service Friday evening, I believe. I do hope that brings everyone some peace and the strength to find a way to continue.
As sad as this case was, it also affected me profoundly on a personal level, as my adult son died suddenly of an accidental pain medication overdose last August. I know what devastation a phone call can bring to parents and family members; your life will never be the same. And for the death to be a suicide is unimaginable.