* Queen Elizabeth II has visited Baker Street Underground station to celebrate the Tube's 150th anniversary. We have at least two charts for the London Underground: Chart 'A' for the opening of The Metropolitan Railway (as it was then known) on 9 January 1863, circa 13:05 (1.05 p.m.) and Chart 'B' for the opening of "The Met" to the public the next day at about 6 a.m.
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HOROSCOPE NOTES
Chart 'A' seems to refer to the infrastructure: Mercury is at 29 Capricorn on the MC in the subterranean 8th House, with Mercury ruling the Gemini Ascendant. Chart 'B' seems to represent the 'public' - the 'face' of the subway system and the people using it: The Moon (public) is high in the sky ruling the 8th House, and Jupiter on the MC rules the Sagittarian Ascendant.
NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART
CHART 'A' EVENT DATA: The Metropolitan Railway, a.k.a. The Met, opened to dignitaries: 9 January 1863, circa 13:05 (1.05 p.m.) GMT (+0), London, England (51n30, 00w10). ASC: 5 Gemini. RR=B (from newspaper articles). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield (c) quotes “The Metropolitan Railway,” Times 10 January 1863, p. 10: “At 1 o'clock, between 600 and 700 ladies and gentlemen who had been invited by the directors assembled at the Bishop's-road station, Paddington, and proceeded in two trains, after a short interval spent at each of the intermediate stations, to Farringdon-street;” also: “Opening of the Metropolitan Railway,” Observer [London] 12 January 1863, p. 6: “On Friday . . . [t]he trains started shortly after one o'clock."
CHART 'B' EVENT DATA: The Metropolitan Railway, a.k.a. The Met, opened to the public: 10 January 1863, about 06:00 (6 a.m.) GMT (+0), London, England (51n30, 00w10). ASC: 18 Sagittarius. RR=B (from newspaper article). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield (c) quotes "Opening Of The Metropolitan Railway." Times 12 January 1863, p. 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 11 Jan. 2013. “On Saturday, the Metropolitan (underground) Railway was opened to the public . . . trains commenced running as early as 6 o'clock in the morning."
CHART 'B' below
