Source: Noel Tyl, "Astrology: Mundane, Astral, Occult," p. 50, citing Dane Rudhyar's rectified chart in "The Astrology of America's Destiny."

"The exact time of the founding of the American states remains uncertain. "[Historian Manley Palmer Hall's] suggestion of 5.00 P.M. finds interesting support in the fact that the anniversary celebrations on 4 July 1778 began at 5.00 PM, and in other years seem to have begun at a similar time which the historian Channing (who believed the Declaration was signed later), regarded as 'early'." Campion (Second Edition, 1996), "The Book of World Horoscopes," p. 414.

Additional information: "On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress officially declared independence and formed the United States of America by adopting the Declaration of Independence. Written by Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, the declaration was a sweeping indictment of the king, Parliament, and the British people. It also set forth certain self-evident truths that were basic to the revolutionary cause. It said that all men are created equal, and are endowed by their Creator with rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. To protect those rights, men organized governments, and the governments derived their powers from the consent of the governed. But when a government ceased to preserve the rights, it was the duty of the people to change the government, or abolish it and form a new one.

"Thus the colonists were fighting for philosophical principles as well as specific objectives. The spirit aroused by the Declaration of Independence was an important factor in the ultimate American victory." The World Book Encyclopedia, CD-Rom edition, 1967.

Planetary position Table of Indipendence Declaration

 

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ZODIACAL POSITIONS
 IN THE CHARTS OF ALL PRESIDENTS

Planetary distribution in the Signes