The Day Kentucky Got a Meat Shower

Something quite bizarre occurred in 1876 over a parcel of farmland in Bath County, Kentucky. It has never been explained. Chunks of meat-identified by those who described it as red and raw- suddenly rained from the sky. A woman named Mrs. Crouch was standing on her porch making soap when it happened. The meat was strewn across the ground, with people stumped for an explanation. Already bizarre in itself, the astrological chart of that moment offers an unexpectedly astute view on what might have influenced this bizarre event.

In astrology, the Moon's aspect to the Ascendant can frequently act as the trigger point-the initial impetus for an action or series of events seemingly coming out of left field. On this day, right around the time that the meat shower began, the moon conjuncted the ascendent in Gemini. Gemini is a restless, inquiring sign always on the lookout for something just a little different. He played the role of catalyst, allowing the improbable to occur.

Mercury (planet of communication and thought) was opposed to Uranus (the planet of unpredictability and sudden change). This opposition creates a strong clash between orderly expression and the drive to disrupt. When these two planets come into aspect, it often results in unexpected, even bizarre events breaking through everyday reality.

Meanwhile Mars (the planet of action and force) is conjunct Neptune,(ruler of illusions and the surreal). They are in the sign of Taurus. Taurus is a sign dealing with physical reality, tangible experiences, and material goods. Usually, Mars in Taurus pours energy into manifesting real, concrete results, though, in this case, Neptune adds something unusual or fantastic to this.

The combination put Neptune's bizarre and otherworldly product into real-world form, physically. It really physically manifests, and in this case, that means pieces of real meat falling out of nowhere.

In short, the stars aligned in the weirdest way possible. The Moon in Gemini flipped the switch, Mercury and Uranus stirred up chaos, Jupiter and Saturn tore a little hole in reality, and Mars with Neptune in Taurus made it all real.

The Kentucky Meat Shower might never make logical sense, but astrologically? It checks out as one of those universe pranks that reminds us just how strange it can be when it’s bored.