Ep#12: The Great London Beer Flood & 1814 Zodiac Back

2/14/2024: On today’s episode Valerie covers St. Giles-of-the-Fields, rookeries, and the saga of the Great London Beer Flood. Amy Jo’s Zodiac Back outlines Modalities & Elements, Mutable Signs, and astrology through Valentine’s Day colored glasses.

Cover Photo: A 19th century engraving of the event

1. The rookery in St Giles, London, 1849

2. William Hogarth’s famous print, Gin Lane, warned of the perils of cheaply available alcohol, 1751

3. The Horseshoe Brewery, 1800

4. Map showing the brewery and surrounding streets, including New Street

5. Engraving showing the interior of a 19th century brewery

6. 1814 Outer Planets

7. 1814 Chart

8. Boomers are feeling upset with Pluto in Aquarius

9. Beer WILL explode in the freezer

10. Happy Valentine's Day. We love you. And we Ain't a'Woofin!

Sources/Photo Sources

The Great London Beer Flood Sources:

https://www.history.com/news/london-beer-flood

https://landmarksinlondonhistory.wordpress.com/2017/12/06/st-giles-rookery-the-lost-london-landmark/

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/great-plague/#:~:text=The%20earliest%20cases%20of%20disease,fleas%20that%20caused%20the%20plague.

https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/about/journeytyburn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-London-Beer-Flood-of-1814/

https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/great-beer-flood-1814-what-happened/

https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/the-london-beer-flood/

https://www.history.com/news/london-beer-flood

https://zythophile.co.uk/2010/10/17/so-what-really-happened-on-october-17-1814/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/396815312/?terms=Beer&match=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cFCvZL-JGA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPoX5nnknUY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVeKaI5SNGk

The Great London Beer Flood Photo Sources:

https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/the-london-beer-flood/

https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/great-beer-flood-1814-what-happened/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood#/media/File:Horseshoe_Brewery,_London,_c._1800.jpg

https://www.history.com/news/london-beer-flood

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-London-Beer-Flood-of-1814/

1814 Zodiac Back Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Valentine

https://www.history.com/news/real-st-valentine-medieval

https://www.history.com/news/6-surprising-facts-about-st-valentine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_19th_century

https://wwaw.eclipsewise.com/lunar/LEprime/1801-1900/LE1814Feb04Nprime.html

https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/31000

https://mooncalendar.astro-seek.com/solar-and-lunar-eclipses-1814

https://www.astro.com/swisseph/ae/1800/ae_1814.pdf

https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1804&context=ocj

https://dpuspecialcollections.omeka.net/exhibits/show/imminent/star

https://www.reddit.com/r/astrology/comments/lgzd7w/why_valentines_day_and_aquarius_season_go_hand_in/ 

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1814 Zodiac Back Photo Sources:

https://www.nbcnews.com/better/lifestyle/ok-boomer-diving-generation-what-does-it-mean-ncna1077261

https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/a28eud/friend_put_some_beers_in_my_freezer_and_forgot/

https://www.journal-news.com/entertainment/attractions/how-was-valentine-love-expressed-the-1800s-new-butler-county-exhibit-has-amazing-examples/vzZJdJveSMZiEhCCQ5m0SL/