BP - A corporate chart analysis


I don’t usually do retrospectives, but I thought a little investigation of this was in order.

We are talking about a company that has its progressed Saturn stationed on its natal IC and close to its Sun. Much is expected and responsibility can’t be shirked with that. However could we have predicted just what this would bring and when?

There are lots of astrological analyses of the BP spill, but I just wanted to look at a chart that I haven’t seen considered. BP was obviously incorporated in England. And the spill took place at a drilling point offshore in the Mexican gulf. The trouble with using the gulf chart is that one only sees it in retrospect. I was wondering whether the company chart could tell the story too. But rather than use the UK chart I though I would relocate the chart to Houston (after all oil and Houston are pretty much interchangeable in the US). The chart is stunning even before applying transits, so I checked: BP US HQ is indeed in Houston.

Here is the chart. We see that Neptune conjoins the MC in the Houston relocated chart. It also squares the Asc. Mercury and Saturn sit on the descendant. Where oil is transformed into money we have a potential problem. BP only bought Amoco in 1998, so transits prior to that weren’t a direct problem. Frankly though its not a good chart and so it proves.


The tri-wheel is set for the leak day. We have progressed Sun trining progressed Mars, both at zero degrees (Leo and Aries) it’s great for oil drilling; we’ll get plenty ….. But the Progressed MC is squaring natal Uranus in these months – we are in for a big surprise. With the South Node on the MC things can only go backwards. The transiting Sun reaches 0 Taurus. Boom. (Chiron is at 0 Pisces too). Pluto is situated on the progressed Ascendant trine Jupiter. Oil is literally gushing out. Uranus sextile the natal Moon, Jupiter quincunxes the progressed MC to make it all much more public. Progressed Moon also highlights the Asc that month opposing Mercury and Saturn. BP becomes Biggest polluter. Oh dear.

So the conclusion is that a chart for BP in Houston would have been enough to predict some difficulties.

A month later, and Jupiter/Uranus sits on the progressed Mars at 0 Aries. Oh, well (no pun intended), once Saturn gets to 0 Libra it should be under control…

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