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Ovason goes on to explain, “The building of the federal city began formally April 15, 1791,
when a number of Masons gathered together in Alexandria. Their purpose was the
enacting of a Masonic ceremonial laying of the first marker stone for the new city, which
would soon be called Washington.”

The architect chosen to design the White House was James Hoban. David Ovason writes,
“The date when Hoban became a Mason is not on record, but in the year following the
laying of the cornerstone for the President’s House he would become Worshipful Master
of Georgetown Lodge No. 9.”

On October 13, 1792, the Freemasons held a cornerstone laying ceremony for the
President’s House, later to be called the White House. The following quotation from the
Charleston City Gazette, November 15, 1792 provides an eyewitness account of the
ceremony.

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“On Saturday the 13 inst. The first stone was laid in the south-west corner of the
president’s house, in the city of Washington, by the Free Masons of Georgetown and its
vicinity, who assembled on the occasion. The procession was formed at the Fountain Inn,
Georgetown... The ceremony was performed by brother Casaneva, master of the lodge,
who delivered an oration well adapted to the occasion.”

Ovason describes the horoscope drawn up for the day the Masonic cornerstone ceremony
for the President’s House was laid.

“In the arch of the skies on the day the foundation stone for the White House was laid,
there was a most interesting conjunction. Shortly before noon, the moon had entered the
same degree as the Dragon’s Head (a node of the moon). Both planet and node were in
23 degrees of Virgo.”

Let me take a moment to define what is meant by “a node of the moon.” The lunar nodes
describe two areas in the heavens where the Moon’s orbit around the Earth intersects with
the Earth’s orbit around the Sun. At least as far back as Medieval times, these points of
intersection, the lunar nodes, have been called the Dragon’s Head, and the Dragon’s Tail.
Following is a graphic that demonstrates this concept.

Note the direction of travel of the moon. Traveling counter clockwise from the point marked
“Ascending Node” is the Dragon’s Head. From the “Descending Node” is the Dragon’s Tail.