A broadcast documentary I saw in July 2025 reminded me of the apocalyptic scenes experienced by locals living on Maui Island Hawaii in August 2023 when fire and wind transformed their world and their sense of security.The historic resort township Lahaina was most severely affected - as if bombed into oblivion
Having studied extreme weather in depth using astro-analysis I know the same major factors also play a role in severe environmental events.
The Maui event reveals multiple factors with clarity and serves as a case study example as we head into uncharted territory on this planet.
Timeline 2023
April Solar eclipse 29’50 Aries
May Lunar Eclipse 15 Scorpio
July 29 Lunar nodes 28’57 Aries Libra exact square Pluto 28’57 Capricorn
29 Cardinal = 14 Mutable by semi and sesquisquare
Aug 1 Full Moon 9 Aquarius
August 2 Mars 14 Virgo trine Uranus 14 Taurus
Aug 5 Mars 16 Virgo opposite Saturn-Neptune midpoint 16 Pisces
Aug 7 Jupiter 14 Taurus square Sun 14 Leo
Aug 8 1st Qtr Moon 15 Taurus
Aug 8 Outbreak of fierce fire and severe winds
Prior eclipses April & May 2023 played a major role in pointing to the genesis factors that would create the severe annihilating event and mass fatalities :
It was July 29 when Pluto and the Lunar nodes activated the Cardinal sign energy that corresponds to fire/heat [Aries] and material structures /objects [Capricorn] as well as imbalance [Libra] due to the stress angle from Pluto.
The May eclipse in fixed signs Taurus and Scorpio evokes the potentials of Leo and Aquarius as well. These signs have potential expression re physical objects money/wealth and their destruction as well as the role of the Sun [Leo] and the Wind [Aquarius]
The Aug 1 full Moon heightened the energiy of Mars and 14 Virgo has a sesquisquare angle to the April eclipse.
Uranus gave chaotic power to Mars enabling wind-driven destruction of things and the built landscape.
Mars connecting to the Pisces energy of Saturn and Neptune can explain fuel and chemical explosions as Mars ignites volitile gases and combustible materials.
14º Taurus Jupiter squaring the 14º Leo Sun is a major activator of solar sourced energy and both link back to the May eclipse promising much material destruction -as did the Moon at first quater position 15 Taurus.
Such a complex mix of factors is typical in major events.
Clear connections are evident in the planetary and prior eclipse positions.
The genesis factors can precede major events by not only weeks but also months if you know where to look
Cardinal and Fixed sign groups are strongly associated with very extreme survivalist and existential periods and events.
Both these very challenging themes were evoked by the prior eclipses in 2023. Astrologers know that eclipses are not a one-day wonder: they have a long reach within at least the 6 months after they form -but can also overlay the next eclipse pair if triggered by a planetary or other factor
The Maui example is a very strong demonstration of how many factors colluded to create mass destruction. Not all events have such readily detectable traces to follow but the key players in severe environmental events like this are the same as in extreme weather: outer planets eclipses lunar cycle nodes and Mars is often an aggravator.
