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I'd always wanted to jump the bus over the gap! And I got a day off and a tenner for it, to boot! - Albert Gunter

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Albert Gunter's background

What makes Albert Gunter such a great example?

Albert Gunter's background

Albert Gunter was a London Bus driver and on 30 December 1952 he found that Tower Bridge started to open as he was driving his bus across it. Faced with the dilemma of either stop and slide backwards, perhaps tipping off the bridge, or brave the gap, Albert, a former tank driver, promptly decided to go for it, accelerate, and jump the slowly widening gap.

Not only did he answer his own dilemma of what to do in the heat of the moment, but also answered a question posed by the bridge itself from the day it opened - what would happen to a vehicle crossing as the bridge opened? Could a vehicle jump the gap? Albert was the focus as two of the greatest London icons joined together in dramatic fashion

What makes Albert Gunter such a great example?

Birth of Albert Gunter

What is particularly notable is that not only was Albert Gunter born with Sun, and possibly Moon, well balanced between an opposition of Neptune and Uranus, but on the day of the jump that opposition was picked out by a conjunction of the Sun with his natal Uranus.

Sadly, we don't know exact times, either for Albert's birth, nor the bridge jump, although it has been claimed to have been in the evening. So I have set his birth at midday, and the jump at 6pm. But I have also discounted Earth and Moon positions.

The aspects at the time of Albert Gunter's birth were

Sun sextile Albert Gunter's Uranus

Sun trine Albert Gunter's Neptune

Saturn sextile Albert Gunter's Uranus

Uranus sextile Albert Gunter's Sun

Uranus sextile Albert Gunter's Saturn

Uranus opposite Albert Gunter's Neptune

Neptune trine Albert Gunter's Sun

The chart shown is Albert Gunter's birthchart, together with transits to match, highlighting his natal aspects.

Birth of Albert Gunter and the time he jumped Tower Bridge in a Bus

The transits at the time of Albert Gunter's bus jump were

Transiting Sun sextile Albert Gunter's Sun

Transiting Sun conjunct Albert Gunter's Uranus

Transiting Sun opposite Albert Gunter's Neptune

Transiting Mercury opposite Albert Gunter's Pluto

Transiting Mars square Albert Gunter's Jupiter

Transiting Jupiter sextile Albert Gunter's Sun

Transiting Jupiter sextile Albert Gunter's Venus

Transiting Jupiter square Albert Gunter's Chiron

Transiting Uranus trine Albert Gunter's Mercury

Transiting Uranus square Albert Gunter's Mars

Transiting Chiron sextile Albert Gunter's Venus

The chart shown is Albert Gunter's birthchart, together with transits for the time of jumping the bridge gap at 18:00pm around the outside. Aspect lines [traditional] are between the transits and his birthchart.

The Opening of Tower Bridge and the time Albert Gunter jumped it in a Bus

After 8 years of construction work, Tower Bridge opened on 30 June 1894, and it is perhaps not so surprising to see that the obvious question posed by the bridge, was later answered is such stunning style, but the astrology of the two events also shows that connection.

The transits to the opening of Tower Bridge at the time of Albert Gunter's bus jump were

Transiting Sun opposite Opening's Sun

Transiting Mercury opposite Opening's Jupiter

Transiting Mercury sextile Opening's Saturn

Transiting Mars square Opening's Venus

Transiting Jupiter opposite Opening's Uranus

Transiting Uranus square Opening's Saturn

Transiting Uranus sextile Opening's Chiron

The chart shown is for the opening of Tower Bridge set at midday, together with transits for the time of jumping the bridge gap set at 18:00pm around the outside. Aspect lines [traditional] are between the transits and the bridge opening chart.