The Astrology of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Art Heist: A Crime of Luck and Secrecy (Oooof)

A 35-year Search for the Culprits and the Art Leads Me To The Stars (I only just thought to do this!)

The Cosmic Crime: Unraveling the Astrology Behind the Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist

It’s only the largest personal theft in history. The stolen art pieces are classics, worth billions of dollars. Degas, Vermeer, Rembrandt, and more. 13 pieces taken in 81 minutes. I wrote a piece about the crime which you can read here.

Starting at 1:24 am on March 18, 1990, down the street about a mile from where I spent my whole childhood, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was robbed by two dudes. 

Yes, luckily no one was hurt. 

81 minutes the two dudes were inside. I want to call it bumbling, because so much of it was – but when the effect is this devastating and long lasting, that minimizes it. 

No one was every held accountable for the theft or having the items. None of the pieces have been returned. 

The museum looks like this. We still pissed and want it back. And by We I mean Bostonians and art lovers and women cuz this is 35 years and overdue for some info.

Why the Gardner Heist Hits Close to Home: A Personal Connection to the Crime

That I became a journalist means I’ve personally followed this because it’s personal. The museum changed my life. I want this solved and so can’t let it go. (I have Mars in Scorpio, after all.)  That I’m an astrologer too, means we gotsta look at this from a moon and stars and planets and asteroids. Often with crimes we don’t have the exact time. This we do. To the stars…

Now this is for information and I do not think this will solve it but you never know and I think it fascinating so let’s go…

Come down my obsession rabbit hole….

Initial Impressions: What the Astrology Reveals About the Gardner Heist

First Looks Were Not What I Hoped.

Honestly, when I looked at the chart I was rather bummed lol. Pisces Sun, Sag rising, Sag Moon. I mean luck was on their side. (Did they have an astrologer though?!) Big time luck. It’s triple Jupiter, its largesse and luck. Biggest heist in history tracks. Pisces being about art tracks. Biggest dollars and pieces and oevres tracks. 

I did not like this start. However, when I looked for the progression chart, the time is ripe to breakthroughs in this era. No accident I am doing this work now. 

It’s important to remember that astrology progresses. The stars change. People have free will. Luck can run out.

Here is the first ever look at TDIY at the astrology of a crime

The Moment of the Heist: A Deep Dive into the Astrology of March 18, 1990

March 18, 1990, 1:24 a.m., Boston, Massachusetts.

Sag Moon 12^th house, Pisces Sun 3^rd house. 

It’s giving zero fucks at heart for the effect on others and also a deep awareness of how this affects others. It’s giving I have my own morals and so rationalize it. It’s giving me me me in the worst way. Childhood pain that rendered one insensitive and unwilling to look within? (Donal Trump, Jeff Bezos, and Saddam Hussein have this moon.)

Lilith in Scorpio 10^th House. 

Pluto in Scorpio 11^th House.

It’s like, the eff you to people finding out anything, its all about silence and planning and cunning and ruthlessness and secrecy at a max when you have much Scorpio. The 10^th and 11^th house means its fame, business and legacy, as well as to community and people and technology. Scorpios will take secrets to the grave. They do it for themselves. They do it because they think it’s right and that’s all that needs to know. They are super sensitive and knowledgeable about emotions and psychology, so they can cut so deep it takes lifetimes to heal – both themselves and others. Remember, what we do is something we too have to suffer the consequences of. 

Thing is, Pluto and Lilith are the ultimate disruptors too. Lilith lives for it, is here to do it and knock people off their high horses so they wake up. Pluto is Scorpios ruler in modern astrology and is all about death and rebirth. Destruction and rebirth. In the house of community and social circles and hopes and dreams. Ooof.

Although it is Sag rising only by a few degrees, most of the first house – of identity -nis Capricorn. That’s business. That’s money. That’s building. That’s legacy. That’s long lasting, discipline and organized. Combined with that tinge of sag luck, ooof. Hence 35 years and nothing if you are paying attention.

However, Neptune, Uranus and Saturn are all in Capricorn. It’s a first house stellium. We’ve just gone through an 18-year Pluto in Capricorn rebirth. That foundation breaking and change making has occurred. The old patriarchy that ruled during this robbery is over red rover send dominos falling back over. 

Mars in Aquarius is also 1^st house, too. Ooooh! That’s the action planet and now with Pluto in Aquarius – the sign of power to the people and Down with the King (Run DMC style) – the systems that kept secrets in place are gone. Aquarius freak flag and all about everyone is becoming the thing. 

AND Aquarius leads off the second house. The Aquarius stellium has Venus and North Node in the Second House. Dude! Crumbling. The Pluto in Aquarius wrecking ball is here. In their house of earned income, values. Venus is art and beauty and also money. North Node is a best future outcome. 

Girl. This is where it gets good!

Mercury in Pisces is also third house along with the sun, as is Fortune in Aries. I know. We just had Aries in North Node, and now have Pisces in North Node. 

Here’s where it gets interesting, and especially in the next year or two: seventh house Chiron and Jupiter in Cancer 7^th. Relationship wounds are Chiron in 7^th house, and Jupiter makes it bigger. With Jupiter heading into Cancer, this could blow the pains and issues apart. 

Eight house Leo featuring South Node Leo and Vertex. The fates at play big time in the house of mysteries. And with Karma South node there when its opposite sign sits in Aquarius with Pluto now for the next 15ish years….oooh. 

A New Era: How Current Astrology Could Unveil the Truth Behind the Gardner Heist

Flash forward to now. The progressed astrology is ripe for a breakthrough of this crime. 

Keep in mind now we have Pluto in Aquarius, Saturn in Pisces and South Node Virgo, North Node Pisces, Neptune in Aries.

Now the chart has Ascendant and North Node in Aquarius. With Pluto in Aquarius it is a time for destruction and rebirth of whatever is…not well built.

With Vertex in Virgo 8^th house…fated mysteries and connections got some karma coming to it. As Virgo sits in South Node of Karma for next 18 months, stay tuned.

Fortune and the moon are in Pisces, as are Venus and Mars. 

With the North Node, Mars, Venus and Fortune in the second house, and the moon now in the 3^rdhouse where the sun was, and everything together…it’s giving chickens coming home to roost. 

It’s giving time for breaks in the case. 

It’s interesting too, the number 13. The number 13 corresponds to Venus, the divine feminine.

So, what do you think about the astrology of the crime? Solveable? Will someone spill the beans or will pieces be recovered another way?

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