Astrology Explored

July 31, 2008

Spec. Megan Touma and a married Sgt. Edgar Patino began their relationship when both were stationed in Germany.
Patino transferred in January to Fort Bragg, N.C., and a pregnant Touma followed six months later. A day after she arrived, police said, the two met in a motel room near the Army base.Touma’s decomposing body was found in the room’s bathtub a week later.

Patino was in court on a first-degree murder charge Wednesday, a day after he was arrested in Touma’s death at the home he shares with his wife in nearby Hope Mills. Police said he admitted fathering 23-year-old Touma’s unborn baby.Patino acknowledged being in Touma’s motel room June 13, the last day her room key was used, police said.

What can astrology tell us about the man who allegedly murdered his pregnant lover?

Edgar Patino Lopez was born:

May 5, 1981, to Anna Lopez and Norberto Patino, in Isabela, Puerto Rico. His father Norberto served 13 years in the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of staff sergeant.

Described as a “good kid”, he couldn’t wait to leave home because:

According to his younger brother, Emanuel, and another relative who asked not to be identified, Patino grew up under tough circumstances. He and Emanuel were taken from their mother at a young age in a contentious custody battle after their parents’ divorce. Family members said Patino’s father had an ugly temper.

So we get a snapshot of the father, angry, vindictive, controlling, classic signs of a person who abuses women. Does this mirror in Patino’s chart?

Edgar has all his personal planets, except for the Moon, in the sign of normally slow to anger Taurus. All of this energy is in tension aspects to the planet of the unexpected, Uranus, so yes, he has a slow simmering temper that can erupt at any time. Especially with his Mars sitting on top of his Sun, his anger is fused into his personality.

Sakoian and Acker has this to say about Mars in Taurus:

If Mars in Taurus is afflicted, there can be a preoccupation with sex and sexuality and an excessive attachment to money and material goods. These people can be jealous and possessive, especially where love and sex is concerned.

With his Mars in Taurus and his Moon in the gad-about sign of Gemini, playing the field comes naturally to Edgar. This is his way of having control over his feelings, especially those about woman. His intense feelings leads him to believe he has a right to have whatever he chooses regardless of his marital status.

But this lover didn’t want to pay to play. Taurus doesn’t want to lose his house or any of his possession in a messy divorce. As the police finish their investigation, they may find that filthy lucre was at the bottom of this sad situation.