Retrograde in History · 2022
Izhevsk school shooting
On September 26, 2022, Mercury was mid-loop — retrograde in Virgo, tracing backward through 27°00′ of the sign.
WhenSeptember 26, 2022♍︎Virgo 27°00′Rx windowSep 10 – Oct 2, 2022
The record
On 26 September 2022, gunman Artyom Kazantsev killed eighteen people and wounded twenty-three others at a school in Izhevsk, Russia, before taking his own life.
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Coincidence, not causation: the date is real and ephemeris-based, but a retrograde window is observed, never blamed. For entertainment, not navigation.