Detectives and CSI crews may work for weeks, months, sometimes years searching and piecing together forensic evidence to find the vital clues in solving a crime. With the use of planetary positions, houses, fixed stars and Arabic parts, forensic astrology gives investigators a head-start in discovering valuable information that can hasten crime solving. In Forensics by the Stars, author B. D. Salerno, an astrologer for more than twenty years, provides insight into the fascinating world of solving crimes and understanding both natural and manmade disasters by applying astrological science to interpreting event charts and revealing the clues they contain. Providing interesting insights, Forensics by the Stars analyzes the murder of Marilyn Monroe, the Lindbergh kidnapping, several missing persons cases, and a number of natural and manmade disasters. Salerno explains how to interpret the event horoscopes and astrologic charts to help understand the outcome of certain events. Like threads of carpeting, blood spatter, or fingerprints, forensic astrology can reveal an astonishing amount of detail about an event. FORENSICS by the Stars Astrology Investigates By B.D. Salerno iUniverse, Inc. Copyright © 2012 B.D. Salerno All right reserved. ISBN: 978-1-4759-5602-3 Contents Acknowledgment.........................................................viiForeword...............................................................ixIntroduction...........................................................xiChapter One: The Lindbergh Kidnapping.................................1Chapter Two: The Murder of Marilyn Monroe.............................11Chapter Three: Missing Persons, Mysterious Deaths.....................19Chapter Four: Natural and Unnatural Disasters.........................61Appendix...............................................................851. Glossary of Astrological Terms......................................872. Table of Planetary Dignities........................................1013. The Triplicities....................................................1034. Symbols of the Planets and Signs....................................1055. The Arabic Parts (also called Lots).................................1076. Degrees of Danger...................................................1097. Bibliography and References.........................................111 Chapter One The Lindbergh Kidnapping On March 1, 1932, Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., baby son of the world famous aviator, was kidnapped from his East Amwell, New Jersey home, not far from my home town. Several weeks later the body of a baby was found in a wooded area about two miles from the home, which the coroner identified as Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. A media firestorm ensued, culminating in the sensational trial and conviction of Bruno Hauptmann, a German immigrant carpenter from the Bronx, who steadfastly proclaimed his innocence until his last moments in the electric chair. At that time, Lindbergh Sr. was enjoying superstar status in the media, having won acclaim by being the first aviator to complete a non-stop transcontinental flight in 1927 in his aircraft The Spirit of St. Louis. The kidnapping of the child was met with horror and anger by an adoring public. The trial was a media feeding frenzy attended by journalists from around the world. Such was its historic impact that re-enactments still take place at the Hunterdon County Courthouse in Flemington, New Jersey. I was fascinated by the story of this crime and wanted to try my hand at reading my first forensic horoscope. The resulting chart was revealing, if not startling, in its descriptiveness. See the In my studies of horary and event astrology I relied heavily on the writings of seventeenth century astrologer, William Lilly, and earlier classical astrologers. As Lilly suggested below, I cast my chart for the time the child was discovered missing and followed his advice from his Introduction to Astrology : "Of a thing suddenly happening, whether it signifies Good or Evil? "Erect your figure of heaven at the exact time of any event happening, or when you first heard of it: then consider who is Lord of the ascendant, and which planet disposes of Sun and Moon; and see if either of these be in the ascendant; and if more than one, take the most powerful; and let his position be well considered. If he be in good aspect with Sun, Jupiter or Venus; there will no evil arise from the accident, rumour, or whatever the event may be; but if you find that planet weak in the scheme, combust, or in evil aspect to Uranus, Saturn, Mars or Mercury, there will some evil occur." The chart was cast for 9:50 PM on March 1, 1932 in East Amwell, N.J. In the crime chart the horoscope Ascendant, or rising sign, is Libra. In an event or crime chart, the person in question or the missing person is shown as the Ascendant and the planet ruling that sign. Venus rules Libra, so besides the Asc