Murdaugh Murders: a Southern Scandal (2023)

There’s nothing like an on-going murder investigation and trial to catch the imagination of a nation, especially when it involves a powerful family dynasty of lawyers who also happen to be rich.

If you look at any recent news reports, you can see that the man at the centre of this scandal is a liar and a cheat, but is he a cold-blooded killer of his wife and youngest son? I’m not sure.

Alex Murdaugh (June 17, 1968)

The ‘truth’ about this birth chart is as muddied as Alex’ testimony. The timing is randomized, the place is the same as where his family home is now, and yet a whole lot jumps out of the chart, anyway. There are two interactive Yods: one pointing at Neptune, and the other pointing at Saturn. As this man is still alive, I won’t delineate these aspects, but other astrologers can take note, especially as they don’t depend on an accurate birth time. This man tells lies for a living…

The Murder of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh (June 7, 2021)

Before I show you how Alex’s chart lines up with their deaths, please note that the locals around the family home call them the “murdahs” (murders). It seems appropriate, somehow.

Because the timing of the murders is known, I took notice of the only inconjunct between the Moon and the Ascendant. This is a conflict between emotional needs and getting the job done. Hmm. (And with Alex’s Sun/Mercury/Venus/Mars conjunction in Gemini, his tendency would be to act first and cover his tracks later. There is also a bit of ‘love/hate’ there, too.) And, no matter how much he doth protest that he didn’t murder them, I am inclined to believe that he did shoot them, perhaps in a fit of pique. So, a cold-blooded killer, he is not, but in full rage, maybe. (The ‘event’ Neptune and his natal Moon line up with 1° of each other.)

What do you think?