In the old days there was street justice, but nowadays people are turning to twitter for some tweet justice.
Last Saturday, July 13th, the same day that the Zimmerman trial ended in a not guilty verdict, Mars entered Cancer. Mars is badly placed in Fall in Cancer, but this does not make the warrior planet lose its power. Instead, it causes Mars to behave badly. Uncontrollable aggression, violence and heated tempers take over.
Cancer is an emotional water sign, who cares deeply about life and is very sensitive. Water is a feminine element and therefore reacts to things. Mars in Fall in a water sign - reacts violently. The planet of War in the sign of Cancer can make the general public and women (both ruled by the Moon) to react strongly as emotions run high. Sudden outbursts over life/death issues, family, home and country are most likely now through August 27th when Mars enters Leo.
Earlier this week, Juror B37 from the Zimmerman trial, signed a book deal with Martin Literary Mgmt. Many people reacted by publicly tweeting the agent and pointing out fact that she was the same literary agent that represented Amanda Knox and her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito's books as well as a book by OJ Simpson.
This backlash of tweets condemning the blood money profits caused the Martin Literary Mgmt to cancel the book deal with the Zimmerman juror B37. Jupiter is exalted in Cancer now so publishers can be counted on to do the right thing.
Tweet Justice was served.
What is interesting in this battle is that it was all done in silence, aptly described by Mars in Cancer, a water sign. Traditionally water signs are "mute" signs, preferring to act or attack in silent ways.
Mars in any water sign (Cancer, Scorpio, or Pisces) prefers to do things quietly. However, this doesn't make attacks by Mars in these signs (especially Cancer and Scorpio) any less lethal. Often times the victim doesn't see it coming.
As if having Mars in Cancer wasn't bad enough, it is getting progressively worse due to the fact that Mars is quickly approaching an opposition to Pluto on July 27th followed by a square to Uranus on July 31st. Mars is ticking off that infamous Uranus square Pluto that I wrote about in another article. Read here.
Mars in Cancer opposite Pluto in Capricorn causes confrontations and power struggles between the public (the U.S. is a Cancer country) and the traditional structures, like the court systems represented by Pluto in Capricorn.
Pluto also signifies corporate finance as in the Martin Literary Mgmt book deal with the juror that caused people to lash out via social media. This proved to be a success for squashing the "blood money" book deal.
It is important to note that Amanda Knox and George Zimmerman both have personal planets in the early degrees of cardinal signs. Knox is a Cancer Sun while Zimmerman is a Libra Sun. Since the Zimmerman trial, there have been many comparisons tying these two people together as they are both accused of murder and racism.
How things will turn out when Mars hits the Uranus-Pluto square has yet to be seen but as of now, Knox and Zimmerman are combined in the collective conscious going forward.
The next time Uranus will form an exact square to Pluto will be on November 1st 2013, when Knox's trial may still be underway. Knox's trial begins on September 30th as the Uranus square Pluto is applying closer together, which is potent time for things to occur under this disruptive aspect.
Whether these are the ingredients for the perfect storm has yet to be seen but it does not bode well for either Knox or Zimmerman in the future with their legal woes.