The 2nd major travel disturbance involving planes in a week, Mercury’s current Retrograde in Aquarius is amidst its’ own sense of turbulence. Everywhere one may look at present is bearing witness to these usual delays, sudden changes and inconveniences in various methods of transportation.

Yet, not everything Mercury stirs up is meant to cause such impending disasters while it is in Retrograde. So just how did some geese end up being in the wrong place at the wrong time, seemingly not looking where they were going? Taking an intimate look at the birthchart of Flight 1549, the placement of Uranus holds the answer.

Uranus rules over all occurrences that are unexpected, disasterous and accidental in the world, second in line to Mercury himself. In the birthchart, planets that are close to the Midheaven, (the most prominent high point in the chart) cast a mighty effect upon the life or event through their influence. With a 16 degree Midheaven in watery and illusionary Pisces, Flight 1549’s Uranus sits just 3 degrees away at 19 degrees Pisces.

Hmmm….a sudden surprise involving a flying travel mechanism that ends in the water… Even the 16 degree Midheaven is interesting to note. Equally known to cause challenge, the 16 can emit energy that escalates into being in the hurricane winds. There was something blessing this flight however, for our new hero pilot “Sully,” responded to the impact of Mercury’s confused birds by remaining the eye of the storm.

As much as Mercury’s tricks are causing flux in Aquarius, the planet of fortune, wisdom and luck Jupiter, has just entered the sign that loves humanity. Undoubtedly it is these two planet’s proximity right now that eased Flight 1549’s life threatening change of plans to conclude with a miraculous happy ending.

Another indication of numerical protection over this event is the very digits making up Flight 1549. Add them all up together, and you’ll arrive at 19. Known as ‘The Prince of Heaven,’ the 19 is considered, by the sagely Chaldeans, to be the most fortunate of all the compound numbers. Looking again to Uranus’s 19 degree placement which denotes, even under those out of the blue obstacles, there will be a successful outcome.

Speaking of heavenly success, we’ve left the best for last as we wholeheartedly congratulate Flight 1549’s obvious hero and then some, Chelsey B. “Sully” Sullenberger III. We’ll bet Sully wasn’t aware that there was this mighty story to be composed from the letters with his name. As his uncanny Lexigrams reveal, even if it takes until 57, our name at birth is always ready to continue to unfold our truth.