This particular missing person’s case has always really bothered me….it strikes a chord, if you will. I’m not sure if it’s because she is my age, or because she’s a native Austinite, or maybe because it’s just really fucking tragic to have a loved one be missing for SUCH a long time (or maybe it’s a little of all of the above). Roxanne Paltauf went missing in Austin, Texas on July 7, 2006. The last time she was supposedly seen was around 830 pm that evening when she left the Budget Inn Motel off of Rundberg and IH-35 after a fight with her boyfriend. Anyone who is familiar with Austin is familiar with that area of town, and while it might be different NOW, back in 2006 it wasn’t the safest place (I’m not sure what the area is like now, truth be told; even though I still live in Austin, it’s been years since I’ve been around that area other than driving past on I-35). The story goes that she left the hotel WITHOUT any of her stuff and was never seen again. The boyfriend claims to have no idea where she went or what happened to her. The astrology below tells me that while he may not have actually been the one to hurt her, her certainly KNOWS more than he’s saying (such as where she went and who she went off with). The boyfriend happened to be much of the focus of the police investigation (can’t really blame them, because on the face of it, he seems the most likely candidate). However, there is another player involved in this case, who days after she went missing was found incarcerated for assault and he had Roxanne’s ID in his possession.
** Originally, when I wrote a lot of this blog post in 2020 (some of the post is new from October 2024), I didn’t use the names of the boyfriend and the other guy. Instead I refer to them as “the boyfriend” and the “other guy.” I’ll keep with that, but all the possible players in Roxanne’s case are open and known to the public. If you are more of a watcher than a reader, here is the YouTube video where me and Brandy Burrow discuss the astrology surrounding this case.
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So, the astrology surrounding the disappearance of Roxanne Paltauf reads like a story. Errr, let me rephrase that….it reads like a series of events that begin unfolding from the moment that she went missing (and even in the chart for the last time she spoke to her mother at 5:30 pm that day; this chart is mentioned in the YouTube video). The EXACT details of what happened between each of these events unfolding are things I’m still playing around with astrologically. And I know you’re not really “supposed” to use intuition when looking at last seen charts and stick strictly to the chart at hand (people that have written about this sort of stuff mention not letting your intuition “get in the way”), but my own Jupiter Retrograde can’t help itself in this regard. I only use intuition here to try and fill in the blanks between the actual things I SEE transpire in the chart (and I try to use it as sparingly as possible). Here is how I think all of this went down, step by step, from what we know about the case, from the astrology, and a little bit from my own intuition:
- Roxanne is represented by the Ascendant at 15° 17′ Capricorn, which makes her Saturn in the Chart by way of 1st disposition (Saturn at 11° 01′ Leo in the 7th House). So the 7th house is where she “starts” off here. I believe that she and her boyfriend were in some kind of argument at this point in time. I could take some guesses as to WHY they were fighting (feeling limited in the relationship seems highly likely, and I’m thinking something about feeling limited in her own power with him), but the exact reason she felt this way is up for grabs. I think it’s very possible that she ended up getting in over her head with this guy. I also think, with the harsh Venus/Pluto opposition and harsh Neptune/Mars opposition (and the places they fall in the chart), that there very easily could’ve been some kind of sex work stuff involved. I know this isn’t something that her family and friends want to read, but I do think it’s possible (and shouldn’t be discounted because it’s an unpleasant thing to think about). And I think if something like this *was* going on, it wasn’t ALL the time (that is just intuition speaking), but more when money was needed for whatever reason money was needed. I also think it’s very possible there was a “work” or “service” element going on here because the ruler of the 6th house, Mercury Rx, falls in the 7th. The fight very easily, in my opinion, may have had to do with just that; maybe he wanted her to do some “work” for money and she didn’t want to do this particular night? Or maybe their relationship was just feeling very limiting to her and her own power? Or maybe, just maybe, it was a little bit of both.
- Next, by way of dispositions, we have the Sun at 15° 46′ Cancer (since Leo, where Saturn falls, is ruled by the Sun), which is DAMN NEAR EXACTLY CONJUNCT the Descendant/7th House Cusp. Sun on the angles in this sort of chart usually indicates that the Ascendant person is in some kind of real danger. I actually feel that this placement is indicative of both the boyfriend AND the other guy. I’m not sure if the boyfriend and the perp were friends (I feel like they had some kind of association with one another), but I do feel like this is possible and that he may have even been present IN SOME WAY while the argument between Roxanne and her boyfriend was going on (either in person, or maybe they were just texting at the time and setting up the meeting?) I think her boyfriend probably got pretty nasty with her, told her that she WAS going to meet up with the other guy (for whatever reason), and that she would get her stuff back when she was done (keeping her personal belongings as a sort of collateral – this particular part is intuition (and maybe even a little bit of common sense)). Whatever the circumstances actually were, she was in danger at this time, at 8:30 pm. She gets angry at her boyfriend and leaves the hotel room to go off with the other guy.
- Next, by way of dispositions, we have the Moon (since Cancer, where the Sun falls, is ruled by the Moon) at 6° 11′ Sagittarius in the 11th House. Now we have her actually WITH the other guy, and I feel like she KNEW this other guy (either because her boyfriend KNEW him or she actually knew him herself). Another reason why I feel like this is where they “come together” is because the Moon is co-ruler, and the other guy is represented by the Moon as well (because the Descendant/7th house rules over the perpetrator in question and by way of first dispositions, he is represented by the Moon since the Descendant here is in Cancer). I don’t think that she thought she was in any danger with this guy (even if she didn’t want to be with him at the time).
4. Next, by way of dispositions, we have Jupiter Rx (since Sagittarius, where the Moon falls, is ruled by Jupiter) at 8° 59′ Sagittarius in the 10th house. Now, the 10th House is representative of a lot of things in these sorts of charts. It can show law enforcement and the public’s response to the case, and it can also show the place where the perp lives. In this particular case, right now, I think it shows that he took her back to where he lives (or lived). In my opinion this is the last place that she goes alive, because I think it’s here that she probably departs.
**I’d also like to point out that the 10th House cusp and Jupiter fall along via Combusta which is from 15° Libra to 15° Scorpio and is notorious for a bunch of violent fucking fixed stars. This is just another reason why I get the feeling that his apartment was her last stop among the living.**
5. Next, by way of dispositions, we have Pluto Rx (since Scorpio, where Jupiter falls, is ruled by Pluto) at 24° 53′ Sagittarius in the 12th house. This is when he disposes of her body. Pluto falling in the 12th house in a chart like this can definitely indicate death. The 12th house tells me that the piece of shit did a good job of hiding her (which is really fucking annoying and disheartening).
**Honestly, the retrograde motion of Pluto makes me think that he initially put her one place, and then went back and “re-did” it down the line (hid her away somewhere else). I actually think it’s very possible that he ended up burning her remains when he he went back and redid what he did the first time (I think he probably ended up feeling law enforcement breathing down his neck and needed to move her somewhere else once he became a person of interest).
6. Next, by way of dispositions, we go BACK to Jupiter in the 10th in Scorpio (because of the mutual reception between Pluto and Jupiter in this chart). This tells me that after disposing of her body, he went back to his apartment.
**Something about Jupiter in the 10th makes me think that THIS is why he’s gotten so lucky evading law enforcement. And while I think her body can be found, I’m not sure him (or anyone else) ever “hang” for it.
Other things that stand out in this chart are as follows:
*The 7th House shows the perpetrator, as I mentioned above. This can be the way the perp looks, acts, etc, and the 7th House in this chart is stacked with shit to look at.
-We have the Sun right along the Descendant, which gives the perpetrator a fuck load of power in the situation.
-Mercury is an interesting one in this chart, because on the surface it doesn’t appear to be a major player, but I believe that it is (especially in terms of identification of the perp). MERCURY IS RETROGRADE. Why is this important? Because the motherfucker that I think actually killed her IS FUCKING DEAF/LEGALLY HEARING IMPAIRED. Mercury retrograde is known to fuck up communication on a mundane level, but in a chart like this IN the 7th House (which helps to describe the perp), it sure stands out as the perp having some kind of difficulty with communication.
–Saturn falling in this house tells me that the perp is OLDER than she was (and he was older than her by a good 10 years – both players in this were older than her by a decade). Saturn, as I mentioned before, is representative of Roxanne, meaning she is IN HIS DOMAIN.
**Saturn is also representative of the body, which makes me think think he felt that he had POWER over her body, both dead and alive.
–Mars is actually IN the 8th house but because it’s SO CLOSE to the 7th house I’m kind of reading it in both. This makes me think Mars shows her death AND his anger. Mars in Leo is very prideful here in this chart, aggressively so, and I feel like she may have done something that set him off. I actually don’t think that this was on purpose on her part, but she did something that killed an illusion OF her for him (Mars opposite Neptune in the 1st), and/or “triggered” him in some way. I’m actually getting the impression that she did something that hurt his pride (maybe it was a language barrier of some kind that got screwed up?). Whatever it was, it set him off in what feels like a blind rage. Maybe he was delusional enough to think that she actually liked him and it wasn’t just transactional? Maybe he was just violent in general and looked for any excuse to unleash his rage (he has a record that would indicate this seems possible)? Whatever actually caused this, I do think it shows some anger problems on his end.
**Mars is also the traditional ruler of the Scorpio 10th house in this chart. This is another reason why it seems like she was hidden away well. We have BOTH rulers of the 10th House in this chart (Mars and Pluto) in houses that deal with things being hidden from view (8th and 10th houses respectively).
-This chart has a few applying or “sinister” aspects that need to be mentioned. An applying aspect is when a faster moving planet is forming an EXACT aspect with a slower moving planet, and thus gaining power.
**The Moon at 6° 11′ Sagittarius in the 11th house is APPLYING to an exact trine with Saturn at 11° 01′ Leo. The Moon moves quicker than Saturn, which is why it is applying. This aspect is important because we are talking about both the rulers of the Ascendant and Descendant here. This aspect becomes exact when you push the chart forward to about 5:40 am on the morning of July 8th, 2006. This makes me think that she passed, more than likely, around this time (if not before then).
**Mars is APPLYING to an exact trine with Pluto Rx. Contacts between Mars and Pluto can be part of a “death” pattern, and because of the trine aspect these planets are working “nicely” together.
Where do I think she is? I think there are a couple of possibilities. The radius was set using the Ascendant at 15° 17′ Capricorn. I have seen this technique using a couple of different things in the chart to create the radius (I so wish that someone would get back to me on WHAT exactly SHOULD be used to create the radius…..I digress), but the Ascendant seems to be used a lot of the time. So that’s where I started, with the actual marker used being her last known location, the Budget Inn Motel. Below you will see a picture of the radius with different lines on the map. The marker on the map in the middle is the location of the Budget Inn Motel:
Now, after you set the marker and the radius, you can see that you’re looking at a pretty big area. You then want to look at different angle and planet degrees that stand out (using the 360° zodiac to find the bearing for the lines). For the mapping I decided to look at the Descendant/Sun line (because this one just stands out as a glaring “danger” marker in this chart), and the area from Saturn in the 7th House in Leo to Mars in the 8th House in Leo. Saturn is a good line to map in forensic astrology (even if it didn’t stand out so much in the chart) because Saturn represents “the body.” Here is the translation of the above to the 360° zodiac:
-The little wedge from the Descendant/7th House at 15° 17′ Cancer and the Sun at 15° 46′ Cancer would translates to 105° Cancer (the bearing you would use).
-Saturn at 11° 01′ Leo translates to 131° 01′ Leo (the bearing you use)
-Mars at 20° 53′ Leo translates to 140° 53′ Leo (the bearing you use)
–Even though it’s almost 10°, I would consider that WHOLE area on the map between the Saturn and Mars lines as being an area that should be searched.
If I were in charge of her cold case, if it hasn’t already been done, I feel like the Saturn Line, the Mars Line (and the area between these two lines), and the Descendant/Sun line need to be hit hard looking for her if there ever happens to be another search. The other lines should be looked into as well, but the area zoomed in on below I feel like is particularly hot. I feel like they need to focus specifically around the area of Decker Tallgrass Prairie Preserve if that hasn’t already been hit (this area is in the red circle in the map below; it falls between the Saturn and Mars Lines). Her remains (what’s left of them) are probably out in the open, but hidden. Maybe in some kind of big drain pipe that is out in the middle of this place (or near one). That’s an example of what I mean by out in the open by hidden….something like that.
I would really love to see this family get some closure on her case and to find healing SOME kind of healing. I know I’ll help any way I can. If you have any information on Roxanne’s whereabouts, please contact Austin Police Department’s missing person’s unit at 512-974-5250.
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