Astrology of Mount Etna’s eruption

Europe's tallest volcano erupted on Saturday blasting smoke into the air and spewing hot lava. Mount Etna, on the Italian island of Sicily, is in almost constant activity, although the last major eruption was in 1992. It is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, close to Messina and Catania. It lies above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian  and is the highest mountain in Italy south of the Alps.

Earthquakes generally follow close on the heels of eclipses and especially in those countries where the eclipse falls on the meridian or nadir. Also if there be any planets in fixed signs at the moment of  eclipse, then earthquakes will occur in those parts of the world where such planets are either rising, setting, culminating or on the nadir. Earthquakes happen more frequently when there are planets especially Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars in the signs Taurus and Scorpio.

These rules from Raphael’s Mundane Astrology would apply to a volcanic eruption should an eclipse  with the considerations listed above occur in an area close to an active volcano.   Shown above is the chart for the lunar eclipse of 18 October at Mount Etna. Notice the position of Saturn with the Moon’s Node in Scorpio on the nadir fulfilling the condition given by Raphael for seismic activity.

On Saturday, 26 Oct the Last Quarter Moon triggered a Moon Wobble. These occur when the transiting Sun makes contact with the Lunar Nodes. The powerful contact occurs when the Sun and either the North or South Lunar Nodes are in the same sign, which is the conjunction, or when the Sun is square, 90 degree angle to the Lunar Nodes. During a Moon Wobble the instability factor is high giving rise to seismic activity. [1]  

[1] http://www.signe-astrology.com/moon_wobbles.htm