November 2, 2023: Sam Bankman-Fried is found guilty on all seven accounts of defrauding customers of his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange.
His chart progressed to November 2, 2023
Event markers for a guilty verdict in a court case are a discordant progressed aspect to the ruler of house 9; and a discordant progressed aspect to Sun and Jupiter with progressed discord predominant.
Progressed Sun at 16 Aries 51 in house 12 (disappointment/prison) was square (damage to his self-esteem/disgrace) birth chart Uranus – planet of sudden turn-arounds and change – at 17 Capricorn 06 in house 9.
Progressed Midheaven (his reputation) at 8 Pisces 20 in house 11 was opposition (dishonor) birth chart Jupiter at 8 Virgo 56R in house 5.
And progressed Mercury at 29 Pisces 06R was square progressed ascendant at 29 Gemini 24; progressed Venus 28 Pisces 54 – the cusp ruler of house 1 (him) – was square progressed ascendant; and progressed ascendant was square birth chart Moon (his mind and mentality) at 28 Pisces 50.
Progressed Moon at 22N11 in house 12 was parallel birth chart Uranus at 22S44.
The event was timed by transit Mercury sextile progressed Uranus (house 9); transit Mars trine birth chart Sun; and progressed Midheaven sesquisquare progressed Saturn (the cusp ruler of house 9).
October 3, 2023: The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried opens in New York. He faces seven criminal counts related to the collapse of the crypto empire he built, including wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering.
A second criminal trial is slated for March 2024 that will deal with additional charges brought after his extradition to the US from FTX’s headquarters in the Bahamas.
Mars his dominant planet in close conjunction with the Midheaven (his reputation) is cusp ruler of house 7 (open enemies, the prosecution and his business partners) and house 12 (his secret enemies, disappointment and prison).
Progressed Sun moved to house 12 in December 2019.
His chart progressed to October 3, 2023
Event markers for legal matters and court cases are a progressed aspect to Jupiter (the law) and a progressed aspect to the ruler of house 9 (the court) and house 7 (the prosecution).
Progressed Mars – the cusp ruler of house 7 – at 7 Pisces 10 and 10S03 in house 11 was parallel birth chart Jupiter at 9N30 and semisextile birth chart Midheaven at 6 Aquarius 55; and progressed Midheaven at 8 Pisces 15 in house 11 was opposition birth chart Jupiter at 8 Virgo 55R in house 5.
Progressed Sun at 16 Aries 26 in house 12 was sextile progressed Saturn – the cusp ruler of house 9 – at 16 Aquarius 21; and square birth chart Uranus in house 9 at 17 Capricorn 06.
Progressed Moon at 21N59 in house 12 was parallel progressed Uranus at 22S38 and birth chart Neptune at 21S27 in house 9.
The event was timed by transit Midheaven sesquisquare birth chart Uranus (house 9) and transit Mercury sesquisquare birth chart Mars (house 7).
(The positions of birth chart and progressed Midheaven won’t be precise).
January 3, 2023: Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty in a Manhattan Court to criminal charges that he cheated investors in his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange and caused billions of dollars in losses.
His chart progressed to January 3, 2023
Event markers for his court appearance are a progressed aspect to the ruler of house 9 (the court) and house 7 (the prosecution).
Progressed Sun at 16 Aries 02 in house 12 was sextile progressed Saturn – the cusp ruler of house 9 – at 16 Aquarius 18; and progressed ascendant at 28 Gemini 42 in house 2 was sesquisquare birth chart Saturn at 13 Aquarius 23.
Progressed Mars – the cusp ruler of house 7 – at 6 Pisces 35 was semisextile birth chart Midheaven at 6 Aquarius 55 activating their birth chart conjunction.
The event was timed by transit Sun semisextile birth chart Mars (house 7) and birth chart Saturn (house 9).
(The positions of birth chart and progressed ascendant won't be precise.)
December 12, 2022: Sam Bankman-Fried is arrested on fraud and conspiracy charges in The Bahamas where he lives.
His chart progressed to December 12, 2022
Event markers for his arrest are a progressed aspect to the ruler of house 7.
Progressed Mars – the cusp ruler of house 7 – at 6 Pisces 33 and 10S17 was semisextile birth chart Midheaven at 6 Aquarius 55 and parallel birth chart Jupiter at 9N30.
The event was timed by transit Mercury semisquare progressed Mars (house 7).
November 11, 2022: FTX files for US bankruptcy protections and Bankman-Fried resigns as its CEO. His net worth is zero.
His chart progressed to November 11, 2022 – the day his life fell apart
The event markers for his resignation as CEO of FTX and FTX’s bankruptcy are a progressed aspect to Saturn and the ruler of house 10 (his business).
Progressed Sun at 15 Aries 53 in house 12 was sextile birth chart Saturn in house 10 at 16 Aquarius 17; and progressed ascendant at 28 Gemini 34 in house 2 (his finances) was sesquisquare birth chart Saturn at 13 Aquarius 23 in house 10.
Progressed Moon at 12 Taurus 38 in house 12 was square birth chart Saturn and birth chart Mars.
The event was timed by transit Sun semisquare and transit Venus semisextile progressed Saturn in house 10.
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