Astrology: Turia Pitt
I follow standalone progressed charts regularly and have found them to often reveal vital timing information. Many examples, but one I remember well was when Mars was conjunct my midheaven about a decade ago. On that day I dived off my surfboard after kicking out of a wave and landed head-first on a sandbank, the only reason it crunched the cartilage rather than breaking my neck was the fact that I hit it completely vertically.
The reason I'm writing this is that I have come across some astrologers in the past who've said they don't believe the progressed standalone chart works.
Here's a good example of it in operation.
Turia Pitt was born in French Polynesia on 24 July 1987. You'll see her 4 degree off exact square from Mars to Pluto in her natal chart, but not enough there for one to predict what happened to her.
Wikipedia - "On 2 September 2011, Pitt was competing in an ultramarathon through Western Australia's Kimberley region, when she was caught in a grass fire. During a subsequent inquiry, she stated there was "nowhere else to go" when the competitors tried to outrun an out-of-control blaze that swept up Selena Gorge, just outside Kununurra. Pitt suffered burns to 65 percent of her body. It was several hours before medical help arrived and she was air-lifted out. Doctors did not expect her to survive her injuries."
If you look at her progressions, you won't see it other than Mars semi-square her Mercury, which is usually not enough to fire off such a life threatening event : www.luckydays.tv/TuriaPittProgressions.jpg
If you look at her solar arcs, all you'll see is the back end of SA Neptune square her Jupiter: www.luckydays.tv/TuriaPittSolarArcs.jpg
If you look at her transits for that day, all you'll see is Venus square Saturn, which is not normally an accident causing aspect : www.luckydays.tv/TuriaPittTransitsSep2011.jpg
But if you look at her progressed standalone chart, you'll see the cause. Progressed Mars conjunct Sun. I've seen enough to rest my case.
You can read about how Mars square Pluto natal potential transformed her life here : https://www.turiapitt.com/
Update March 2026: Possible Proof of Karma
Some will dismiss this as coincidence but to me it looks like something is going on.
I've just read about the case of 23 year-old Mackenzie Lueck who was murdered folling a Tinder date. Her body was burned:
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I ran her birth date through Sepharial's 360-degree interpretations. He described the zodiac degree influences over a hundred years ago. For only two of those degrees does he mention that a degree can indicate that this person murdered someone in a past life.
She was born on March 8, 1996, with Mars within a degree of conjunction with her Sun. Every astrologer knows that that will increase a person's chances of being burned, and that progressions and aspects to this conjunction could well time the events.
However, something far more interesting caught my eye. Here's what he said about her natal Venus position at 2 degrees of Taurus:
It is a degree of impotence; the karma of one whom in a previous life was driven to murder in a fit of despair.
If you study her progressions, you'll see the natal potential, Mars conjunct Sun, Uranus square Venus and Pluto square Mercury all tightening after birth, a very ominous natal promise.
Coincidence? I doubt it. Too many converging rivers. In my opinion, it looks like evidence of karma in action.
Here is her full degree report.