The astrology of Falling Man

The Astrology of Falling Man

Last night watching the documentary - 9/11 The Falling Man - by Henry Singer 2006 - which I had seen before in 2007, but watching it again on late night TV like many things, made me also very curious about the Astrology of the moment and the Falling Man. The capture of the image of the Falling Man became one of the most famous and horrific photos of recent times. Famous because of it’s depiction of a man having decided that he would rather jump from the towers than to be choked by toxic smoke or burn to death. This iconic image embedded in our psyche called us all to wonder at what we would do in such circumstances.
It is not 100% certain as the documentary reveals that the falling man was indeed a 43-year-old employee of the Windows on the World - Jonathan Briley - but many clues do show that it was. It is perhaps not important to identify the Falling Man as someone in particular, but that he did represent to us the archetypal Unknown Soldier. As one person interviewed in the documentary says,
“ the I hope we're not trying to figure out who he is and more figure out who we are through watching that”

Gwendolyn, 9/11: The Falling Man

The Astrology Chart for the time the Photo was taken was 9:41am nearly an hour after the planes first hit. The Moon ruler of the midheaven in Gemini and Jupiter in Cancer with the North Node also in Cancer inbetween all in the 9^th house, tell us abit about the story that would come from the photo. The quote sums up the astrology of this moment perfectly. The ruler of the 9^th Mercury is in the 12^th house, adding to the intrigue and the mystery and the search to identify the man.

The documentary showed a birth date for the man identified , as March the 5^th 1958. A person born on this day - would have had an exact Venus Neptune square and most karmic of all , the North Node Neptune and Jupiter all conjunct in Scorpio retrograde. Without knowing any more details of the Man, the transits to his astrology during that photo, show transiting Pluto and Saturn which are opposite each other, squaring this man’s Sun and Mercury in Pisces . Neptune is also square natal Neptune and conjunct natal Venus.

If we look at a Solar sign chart which we often do for someone without a birth time, we know he is a Pisces, in death identified as the sacrifice and the victim, the man with incredible faith, that showed to the world the pain of this disaster, like the tarot card, the Hanged Man, often identified as the Pisces archetype, upsidedown falling having decided to take the incredible leap of faith. Neptune, Jupiter and the North Node are in his solar charts 9^th house, again strongly reflecting his faith and belief. The man who became known as the Falling Man Jonathan Briley and his fate, is identified even stronger through the astrological images and symbols. Perhaps this really was the Man who through a Photo bought us such a strong image of the victims sacrificed on that horrendous day.