Heartbreak in Texas
An Inquiry into Eclipses and Texas's Extreme Weather
Living as I do just outside of Houston, I have been watching the news of the tragic flooding in the Texas Hill Country with heartfelt sadness. The images of our state’s devastation have been shocking. The rescue and recovery operations are still actively happening and help is pouring in of all forms as many here pray and hold vigils for all those directly impacted.
Kerrville and the Hill Country hold a special place in my heart. Over the years I have fond memories of attending music festivals and enjoying recreation as many Texans do along the rivers there. It is truly one of the friendliest and kindest places on earth with great people. It is also one of the most beautiful places in our state. So, it is a very normal thing every summer to see many people camping along the rivers, swimming and enjoying the water as a respite from the Texas heat. That very situation turned so deadly this week as we have so sadly witnessed. Everyone here is quite heartsick, especially about the children who lost their lives in this tragic event.
In thinking about all of the extreme flooding events, I recalled that with Hurricane Harvey, the spring eclipses of that year (2017) were astrologically highlighted for the Houston area. So this morning I was curious, if the same was true for this event. I checked the eclipse chart from this spring in regards to our recent flooding events.
Below is the map corresponding to the above chart.
Spring’s March 29, 2025 eclipse was taken in relation to central Texas for the location. You will see Kerrville located northwest of San Antonio, though the town of Hunt is further west of Kerrville and is not shown. In this chart, Saturn was on the ASC with the North Node and Mercury during this spring’s solar eclipse, following very near to the path of these areas of central Texas flooding. Some have commented in the media that communication (Mercury) was a main problem in the recent flooding since the rivers rose so rapidly and cell towers were not functioning, and there was no way to get adequate warning to the campers about the dangers of the rising waters without sirens or other warning systems.
Hurricane Harvey
Date: August 25, 2017
Time of Landfall: 10:00 pm
Location of Landfall: Port Aransas
Looking through this made me wonder about other extreme weather events that have occurred in Texas.
Below is the chart/map for the spring eclipse (Feb 26, 2017) prior to Hurricane Harvey. Notice especially Uranus on the ASC straight through Houston.
In this chart we also saw the presence of Jupiter opposing on the DC, which tends to amplify the other planets it is in contact with. Hurricane Harvey dumped 50 inches (and in some places more), causing catastrophic flooding the likes of which Houston and the entire nation had not seen since Katrina (a cat 5) hit New Orleans.
Notice too that farther east, for this year’s March 29th, 2025 eclipse chart, Neptune is on the ASC straight through Houston. The month of August has seen 25 recorded hurricanes and the month of September has seen 30 recorded hurricanes, making those two months the most likely time for such a storm to take place.
Just following this line of thinking, I took a look at a few more storms from the past and the eclipses that occurred right before them to see what I would find. I looked at 1900, Alicia, Rita, Ike, Tropical Storm Allison and last year’s Hurricane Beryl. The two that stood out the most were the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 and Tropical Storm Allison, which I have added below.
The Galveston Hurricane of 1900
Date: September 8 , 1900
Time: 12:00 midnight
Location: Galveston, TX
Sept. 8, 1900 Galveston Hurricane Chart, Neptune at 29 Gemini
For more in depth history of this storm including rare film footage visit Library of Congress. This weather event was known as the deadliest natural disaster in American history, killing as many as 8,000.
Eclipse from earlier that summer of 1900 - Uranus is with the Node
Eclipse of June 12, 1900 with Uranus and Node on the MC.
Tropical Storm Allison
Date of Event: June 26, 2001
Time: 8:00 am
Location of Initial Landfall: Matagorda, TX
Below is the chart for the eclipse prior to Tropical Storm Allison. It shows Saturn on the MC near the site of the landfall of Matagorda. During this storm, the city of Houston came to a standstill as the storm parked over the city for an extended number of days. It dumped massive amount of rain that the city’s drainage system could not handle, cutting off highways and bringing local travel to a standstill.
As this is an inquiry, I am not making claims of causality, but simply noticing that for at least a handful of major weather events, there seem to be some indications with the eclipses that occur just prior to the event.