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The coronation of a new monarch is a traditional focus for mundane astrology, and so -- as part of my ongoing exploration of that field -- I worked out the coronation chart of King Charles III of Great Britain as soon as I was able to find the time for the coronation. Since this is a subject of tolerably widespread public interest, I've gone ahead and made it a public post on my SubscribeStar and Patreon accounts, so those who haven't subscribed to either can still read it. You'll find it here: https://www.subscribestar.com/posts/887143
https://www.patreon.com/posts/82089830
It's an interesting chart, and leaves me thinking that Charles arranged for an astrologer to choose the date and time; astrological conditions are difficult all through this year, but the chart does as good a job to give the new reign a good start as it probably could. (A grand trine and a well dignified midheaven aren't to be sniffed at.) Now we'll just have to see what happens...
Isolated Moon...
Date: 2023-04-27 11:42 am (UTC)Viewing the chart superficially through Vedic astrological eyes, the one thing that jumped out at me is that all planets but one are lumped together in five successive houses with the Moon isolated with three empty houses on either side. In Vedic astrology, the Moon always does better when not alone (kind of like a timorous person who is fearful if living alone); I am not sure if the same is believed in Western astrology. I get the feeling that the mind of the king is ‘waaaaay out there’ and is divorced from virtually all aspects of his kingdom. (Yes, I am sure that the Grand Trine helps to mitigate it, but I see that as a person alone in a home who likes to chat on the phone with friends to keep himself from wigging out) But maybe that’s just my idiosyncratic take on the chart.
Ron M
Mundane charts of predecessors
Date: 2023-04-27 04:01 pm (UTC)Britain had four monarchs in the twentieth century, but only two coronations. The coronations were recent enough that sufficiently exact times of day might be available. Would you have any interest in interpreting the charts of George VI and Elizabeth II as a control?
Re: Mundane charts of predecessors
Date: 2023-04-27 05:07 pm (UTC)Re: Mundane charts of predecessors
Date: 2023-04-27 11:53 pm (UTC)It struck me that using election astrology to choose a coronation date and time is more likely to be an unbroken tradition than something that was abandoned and is being revived. The Royals are all about tradition after all and putting on sumptuous public ceremonies is their stock-in-trade. There is not much chance that any of it is left to chance.
Re: Isolated Moon...
Date: 2023-04-27 05:06 pm (UTC)Re: Isolated Moon...
Date: 2023-04-30 12:56 am (UTC)Any good introductory books on Vedic astrology available on archive.org you could recommend?
Thanks in advance,
Sapienter Si Sincere
Re: Isolated Moon...
Date: 2023-05-01 03:10 am (UTC)Sorry, but I don't frequent archive.org and am not familiar with searching it. Besides, there may not be anything because all the Vedic astrology books that I have read that are comprehensible to a Western reader are written by authors who are still very much alive. My introduction to the discipline was "Ancient Hindu Astrology for the Modern Western Astrologer" by James Braha (1986). Braha has several other more recent Vedic astrology books, too. David Frawley's books on astrology are also good. If you are fond of videos, I recommend Ryan Kurczak (https://www.youtube.com/user/RyansVedicAstrology) who is very systematic and provides a great deal of basic info for free. There are many others out there who are pretty good; it's often a matter of personal taste. Warning: Vedic astrology is so complex that to become proficient in it is pretty much equivalent to getting a PhD.
Ron M
Re: Isolated Moon...
Date: 2023-05-02 02:52 am (UTC)Many thanks for the references and the warning Ron M !
Sapienter Si Sincere