The tragedy of the genious who turned

into a monster.

By
Gabriella Mittelman, Israel.

Gabriella Mittelman has been an Astrologer and

Numerologist for over 25 years, lately specializing
in financial astrology. Her career and education
were in the tourist business, where she worked as
Sales and Marketing Manager. With the outburst
of the Intifada, she dedicated herself completely
to Astrology. A 2 year course in Financial Market
Investments brought her closer to finance,
technical analysis Gann and through Gann, back
to astrology. The circle was closed. Today she is
the only astrologer in Israel publishing and
managing a financial astrology site for the Israeli
& world market. She approaches the market via
technical analysis as well as astrological
interpretations. She is an active member of several
trading groups, and trades both common stocks
and options. A member of ISAR, NCGR, AFAN
and several Yahoo-astrology forums.
http://www.gabriella-mittelman.com
http://astrologyandthemarkets.blogspot.com

he world was shocked, on July 20th

when the killing in Aurora,
Colorado was announced in the
news. A student, James Holmes, opened
fire in a cinema, during the new Batman
film, on the audience.
What happened to this boy, a brilliant
student till that day
to prepare, and do such
a thing? The answer
can be found in his
natal map and in the
transits of that day.

efore I look at the astrology map of

a person, I always check the date of
birth and the full name with the
help of Numerology and Tarot cards.
13 is the card of Death. This card shows
endings and new beginnings. Clients are
startled when this card comes out, but,

with normal people, it is a new possibility, a new window is opening up for them. I say
normal people, because James was not a common person. No. 13 is one of the most difficult
numbers in Numerology, because, it is built by 1 and 3, (ego and love) but added up, it gives
us a 4, which is ruled by Uranus, the revolutionist. (Uranus is out of bounds in the map).
We all saw what happened in the world when Uranus passed to Aries(the Arab spring)
So a no. 4 person will blow up one day surprising everyone around him.

James Holmes
Born 13 Dec 1987; hour not known,
Place of birth: San Diego California.

The month of birth was December, and here too we have the same number 1, the Sun, ego
and 2, the Moon, the mother figure. Moon in Virgo, shows the mother who is a nurse. 12 adds up
to 3, which is ruled by Jupiter; the planet of joy and expansion. A no.3 person would like to
make a show to be recognized, and applauded. 3 also has to do with children, and as I read
about James, he worked as a counselor for underprivileged children at California camp.
Jupiter, ruler of the 9th house of high studies, and life philosophy, hints about his studies and
success- until a point, when he cracked.
The day and the month added up gives us 4+3= 7 Neptune. Neptune rules drugs. I would not
be surprised if he will not stand trial, because of it.
The year of birth 1987, adds up to 25/7 Neptune. Neptune has many faces. It is the planet of
artists, of medicine and drugs, also shows how illusionary or not a person is. Neptune is the ether, it
dissolves things and issues.
So until now, this person is ruled by Uranus, Jupiter, and Neptune twice. These will be the
planets that I will check in the astrological map. At the first level. Then there are many
sublevels..
Also, I check the name. James Eagan Holmes adds up to 13 ! which is the exact day of his
birth, so here also he meets the Sun 1 , Jupiter= 3 and added up Uranus.
The vowels add up to 6, with shows his inner world, represented by Venus.
The consonants add up to 7 Neptune again.
One cannot just escape his fate.
Uranus and Neptune rule him here too.
Now, we can turn to the astrology chart. Since there is no official hour of birth, neither is the
place of birth 100% sure, I took the privilege to move the map. What I wanted to have is the
asteroid Chaos at his age now. By doing that, we got Neptune right on his ascendant, which
is nice if a person is a doctor, or a researcher, but otherwise it can show a person who does
not know himself, somehow hiding from his real self, until the veil falls, and he stands out
there naked, shouting to the world: Here I am! Acknowledge me. Neptune rules cinema, so this
person as if lives in a film, in an imaginary life.
As I wrote in my blog, extreme behavior comes from 4 planets in Sag., in the 12 th house of
subconscious. Since we are watching Uranus, Saturn, and the Sun planets that we found till
now in his data, are all there hiding, in the 12 house. Waiting.
But the most important planetary position is that of Mars-Pluto conjunction in Scorpio! I
have several charts of mass murderers, or of people who were victims, and there is some kind

of relationship between Mars and Pluto. Mars, the planet of war, Pluto the destroyer. They
get an extremely high resonance when in Scorpio!
Only looking at the upper part of the chart we have: Point of Murder, Point of Disaster conjunct
Pluto, The Anareta is the highest point in his chart, on the South Node, Point of end on the
cusp of the 9th house of studies, and house of law. Praespe, the fixed star is in the 8th house, in
Leo. This fixed star speaks about: inner drive, reclusiveness, blindness, murder, tragedy, fires.
it is unfortunate.
http://www.astrologycom.com/fixedstarsold.html

The other important points to look at are the Nodes. In the chart I made, the nodes fell on
the 4-10 house axis. The South Node in the 10th. Steven Forrest, in his book: Astrology and
Reincarnation writes: people remember lifetimes in which they were somehow famous,
or in which they participated in pivotal historic turning points. The South Node would
push a person be remembered in history in a negative way. There are unsolved issues from
the past that haunt this individual in the present tense.
Well, all we can hear now in the US news, is that they want to take away all the guns and
weapons from people. This will raise a great scandal, even a war. Since the killing in Aurora
people bought more guns, and ammunitions. What will develop of this situation, if they will
have to turn the weapon in to the police?
But, getting back to Jamess map: He was a clever student, but something happened 1 or two
years ago, when he met Jupiter. In the natal chart his Jupiter is stationary. At the age of 2 it

turned direct. We dont know anything about his childhood. But this surfaced when he got
22-23, and he started to buy guns. The act was triggered, when transiting Mars squared
transit Pluto, and made an opposition to Tr. Uranus. Also, big actions, sudden actions are
under the effect of Jupiter and Uranus. This angle too was prominent in other killings in
history.
Based on Sepharials degrees on the Zodiac, Uranus in transit on the day of the killing, was at
7 Aries, is the degree of life and death.

In the news now: James sent to his psychiatrist his plan in details, a few days before the
killing. No one opened the envelope.

Is he capable to stand trial? What else shall we find out about him??

Time will tell.

****
After this article was published, around a week later, the exact birth time of Holmes was
unearthed by US astrologer Kenneth Miller with birth certificate in hand.
Name

Holmes, James Eagan

Gender: M

born on

13 December 1987 at 21:04 (= 9:04 PM )

Place

La Jolla (San Diego County), California, 32n51, 117w16

Timezone PST h8w (is standard time)

This brings a change in the Ascendant, putting it on 18 Leo.

Sepharial teaches us about this degree: Medical ability (18-22^). And he was a medical
student.
Due to the change in the hour, we receive the Moon at 29.42 in Virgo, in the second house, of
self-esteem. Steven Forrest writes about 2nd house Node: The feeling in the soul that we
could have written a great novel, and did not. There is a residual feeling of having missed the
boat- and be a kind of person who will always miss it.
The Moon is conjunct the South node, which already shows us a low self-appreciation, and
some problems with mother or other women figures.
Some of my colleagues abroad mentioned the asteroid Aurora, which I included in his map.
Is it a coincidence that Aurora is conjunct his Moon??

The fourth house speaks of the mother, and of our childhood. Here, in his natal map, it is
signified by Scorpio. Scorpio is a very difficult sign, usually has some skeletons in the
cupboard.
We will find the Arabic part of Point of Murder at the IC. Mars and Pluto rule Scorpio, and
both form a MIDPOINT between natal Moon and Uranus, the planet of revolutions and
surprises.

Uranus, Saturn, the Vertex, Mercury and the Sun- all are in the 5th house, in Sagittarius. Age
wise, based on the Huber system, he just passed those planets, and they were a trigger, for
something fatal to happen in his life at that age.
The asteroid Chaos, I used in my first article, is now in House 9, of world events, and ones
philosophical views on life. Together with the point of End. Chaos is at 11 degrees Taurus, in
exact opposition to Pluto, planet of destruction, in Scorpio.
In that article I also mentioned Steven Forrest about past lives influences, based on the
Nodes.
He writes about the South Node in Virgo: we may possibly be looking at real guilt- an
unresolved response to some dark deed.