Suited & Connected Issue 46

Eli Lilly and Company, doing business now as Lilly, is an American multinational pharmaceutical company with products sold in approximately 125 countries. The company was founded in 1876 by Eli Lilly, a pharmaceutical chemist. As of October 2024, Lilly is the most valuable drug company in the world with a $842 billion market capitalization, the highest valuation ever achieved to date by a drug company. Lilly is known for its clinical depression drugs (e.g. Prozac), yet its primary revenue drivers are the diabetes drugs Humalog (insulin lispro) and Trulicity. Lilly was the first company to mass-produce both the polio vaccine and insulin. While most of Lilly’s history has included extremely positive outcomes for society, in 2009, Lilly pleaded guilty for illegally marketing Zyprexa and agreed to pay a $1.415 billion penalty that included a criminal fine of $515 million, the largest ever in a healthcare case and the largest criminal fine for an individual corporation ever imposed in a U.S. criminal prosecution of any kind at the time.

Prozac is a Lilly drug to treat clinical depression

Insulin Lispro is one of several Lilly drugs used to treat diabetes.

In July of 2024, CNN reported that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved versions of tirzepatide and semaglutide to treat both type 2 diabetes and obesity. Eli Lilly manufactures tirzepatide under the brand name Mounjaro for diabetes and Zepbound for chronic weight management, while Novo Nordisk manufacturers semaglutide as Ozempic for diabetes and Wegovy for weight management.

Eli Lilly, born July 8, was the 7 of Diamonds/King of Diamonds. His parents — father Gustavus Lilly, born August 23, was the 3 of Clubs/3 of Spades; mother Elizabeth Lilly, born October 14, was the 8 of Clubs 4 of Spades. Father and mother were ‘suited and connected’ in their astrological ruling cards (the 3 of Spades to the 4 of Spades.

Eli Lilly (1838–1898), a Union Army officer, founded the company initially known as Eli Lilly and Company in 1876.

Pictured aboved is a share of the Standard Oil Company, issued May 1, 1878. It was founded by John D. Rockefeller, considered a smart and shrewd businessman — and merciful or merciless depending upon your philosophical perspective. By the end of the 1870s, was refining over 90% of the oil in the U.S. Rockefeller had already become a millionaire ($1 million is equivalent to $32 million in 2023 dollars).

John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American industrialist and philanthropist —one of the wealthiest and philantrhopic Americans of all time and one of the richest people in modern history.

Pictured above, John D. Rockefeller as an industrial emperor, in a 1901 cartoon from Puck magazine. Critics accused Rockefeller of engaging in unethical practices, such as predatory pricing and colluding with railroads to eliminate his competitors in order to gain a monopoly in the oil industry. In 1911, the U.S. Supreme Court found Standard Oil in violation of anti-trust laws and ordered it to dissolve. With that historical fact duly noted, it must be acknowledged that Rockefeller did donate more than half a billion dollars to various educational, religious and scientific causes through the Rockefeller Foundation. Among his activities, he funded the establishment of the University of Chicago and the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University). In 1864, Rockefeller married Laura Celestia “Cettie” Spelman (1839-1915), an Ohio native whose father was a prosperous merchant, politician and abolitionist active in the Underground Railroad. Laura Rockefeller became the namesake of Spelman College, the historically black women’s college in Atlanta, Georgia that her husband helped finance.

A Reflection of John D. Rockefeller’s love of nature: The late conservationist and philanthropist made significant contributions to several national parks including Grand Teton, pictured above.

Looking at the above infographic, just about the only major (U.S.-based) oil player that does not have significant ties to Standard Oil Company is ConocoPhillips

John D. Rockefeller, born July 8, was the 7 of Diamonds/King of Diamonds. His father William Rockefeller Sr., born November 13, was the 7 of Clubs/Jack of Clubs; and John’s mother Eliza Davison, born September 12, was the Queen of Clubs/10 of Spades. John D. Rockefeller benefitted in two ways from his parents’ card alignment dynamics: his parents were ‘suited and connected’ (Jack of Clubs astrological ruling card to Queen of Clubs birth card, plus he had a matching number with his father (7).

Start of a glide; (Pictured left) Wilbur in motion holding one end of glider (rebuilt with single vertical rudder), Orville lying prone in machine, and Dan Tate (at right), in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on October 10, 1902. It was the Wrights’ genius and vision to see that humans would have to fly their machines, that the problems of flight could not be solved from the ground. In Wilbur’s words, “It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.” With over a thousand glides from atop Big Kill Devil Hill, the Wrights made themselves the first true pilots. These flying skills were a crucial component of their invention. Before they ever attempted powered flight, the Wright brothers were masters of the air.

Photo from 1910 -- Orville (left) and Wilbur (right), now manufacturing two airplanes a month, attend an air meet in Belmont, New York where they introduced their newest airplane, the Wright Model B. The "B" would sell for $5000 each and become the most popular model for the Wright brothers

Family Ties: Orville Wright, was born August 19, the 7 of Clubs/2 of Clubs; Wilber Wright, born April 16, was the 5 of Diamonds/9 of Diamonds. Their parents — father Milton Wright, born November 17, was the 3 of Clubs/7 of Clubs, and mother Susan Catherine Wright, born April 30, was the 4 of Clubs/Jack of Spades. Father and mother were ‘suited and connected’ (3 of Clubs to the 4 of Clubs) to each other. Additional boosts for Orville particularly was he had identical card (7 of Clubs), his birth card to his father’s astrological ruling card, and Oroville’s astrological ruling card (2 of Clubs) was ‘suited and connected’ to his father’s 3 of Clubs birth card.

Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught lawyer, legislator and vocal opponent of slavery, was elected 16th president of the United States in November 1860, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War. Lincoln proved to be a shrewd military strategist and a savvy leader: His Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for slavery’s abolition, while his Gettysburg Address stands as one of the most famous pieces of oratory in American history. In April 1865, with the Union on the brink of victory, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln’s assassination made him a martyr to the cause of liberty, and he is widely regarded as one of the greatest presidents in U.S. history.

Abraham Lincoln (1920) is a colossal seated figure of the 16th president of the United Statess. Sculpted by Daniel Chester French and carved by the Piccirilli Brothers, Located in the Lincoln Memorial (constructed 1914–1922) on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the statue was unveiled in 1922.

Abraham Lincoln, born February 12, was the King of Diamonds/6 of Diamonds; his father Thomas Lincoln Sr., born January 6, was the 8 of Spaedes/3 of Clubs; Abraham’s mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, born February 5, was the 7 of Spades/2 of Spades. Abraham Lincoln’s parents were ‘suited and connected’ — Thomas’s 8 of Spades birth card to Nancy’s 7 of Spades birth card.

Pictured above is The Babe Ruth wax figure in exhibition at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in San Francisco. There was nothing artificial or phony about Babe Ruth’s rags to riches story. At the age of 7, the trouble-making George Human Ruth Jr. became too much of a handful for his busy parents. Ruth's family sent him to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, a Catholic orphanage and reformatory that became Ruth's home for the next 12 years. Ruth particularly looked up to a monk named Brother Matthias, who became a father figure to the young boy. Mathias, along with several other monks of the order, introduced Ruth to baseball, a game at which the boy excelled.

Over the course of his career, Babe Ruth went on to break baseball's most important slugging records, including most years leading a league in home runs, most total bases in a season, and highest slugging percentage for a season. In all, Ruth hit 714 home runs—a mark that stood until 1974. Ruth was only with the club for a short time before he was called up to the majors in Boston. The left-handed pitcher proved immediately to be valuable. Over the next five years, Ruth led the Red Sox to three championships, including the 1916 title in which he pitched 13 scoreless innings in one game — a record to this day.

George Herman Ruth Jr. aka “Babe Ruth”, born February 6, was the 6 of Spades/Ace of Clubs; his father, Gerge Herman Ruth Sr., born January 30, was the 10 of Clubs/10 of Spades; and Babe Ruth’s mother, Catherine Schamberger Ruth, born July 12, was the 3 of Diamonds/9 of Spades. Parents were ‘suited and connected’ — father’s 10 of Spades to mother’s 9 of Spades.