When an important person enters the world stage, I try not to take a peek at the birth chart because I can get obsessed. Also, I have other things to do which include working on birth charts. But with King Charles I couldn’t resist, so here are some of my thoughts.
First a disclaimer: I don’t believe in looking at a birth chart without the person sitting in front of me to give feedback. I don’t know King Charles as we don’t really run in the same circles. As Robert Hand, a Master Astrologer said, “You don’t know how much consciousness was pumped into the chart.”
King Charles III has the Sun in Scorpio, the Moon in Taurus, and the ascendant in Leo. Knowing these three points in the chart can give us 85% of the information we need to understand the total personality. All three of these important signs in Charles’ chart are in the fixed modality. Fixed signs are good if you want someone who will stay in the job and do the same thing day after day and not get bored. It’s good to have at least one fixed sign of the three in our birth chart. But Charles has all three. Having too many fixed signs can indicate stubbornness, and rigidity and become stuck in the old ways.
His chart is very similar to his Mom’s-- Queen Elizabeth II who had the Sun in Taurus, Moon in Leo and Capricorn ascendant. Both had Leo, the sign of royalty in their charts. Elizabeth’s Leo side was more hidden, Charles is right out there where you can see it.
The Queen was a Taurus, also a fixed sign like Charles. But there is a difference between Taurus and Scorpio even though they are both fixed. Taurus is an earth sign and doesn’t easily display emotions. Scorpio on the other hand is a water sign and is much more emotional and touchy-feely than Taurus.
The big difference between them is their rising signs. Charles’ ascendant is in the friendly extroverted sign of Leo and Queen Elizabeth had an introverted sign of Capricorn and tradition. The Rising sign is what we show the world. Because the queen’s rising sign was an introverted sign, she didn’t give many speeches or interviews. King Charles with Leo rising, an extroverted sign, will be much more public.
Sun in Scorpio
In my opinion, Scorpio has the greatest growth potential of all the signs. We know this because Scorpio has three symbols associated with it, while the other signs only have one. The first symbol is the Scorpion which can really sting if angered. Scorpios can be deadly enemies. The next symbol on the spiral is the snake that sheds its skin. Scorpios can let the old self die in order to be reborn. The last symbol is the eagle or the phoenix that can soar above all things and look down on all of the struggles and challenges of mankind. Some Scorpios can reach spiritual heights.
Scorpio is all about power. It is the sign of the Mafioso boss. That means that Scorpios need to learn how to use power in the right way. All Scorpios are born with this task. They usually have a powerful position, whether it’s a teacher, a nurse or a psychotherapist.
In Charles’ chart, there’s a conflict between Scorpio who wants to remain hidden and wield power behind the throne and Leo who wants to be seen. Scorpio is water, Leo is Fire and his Moon in Taurus is earth. I have noticed so many times that a child will have the Moon in the same sign as the mother’s Sun sign. It means that there is close compatibility. He perceives his mother as a Taurus and she was a Taurus Sun. He understood her.
Ascendant or Rising Sign is Leo
With Charles’ ascendant in Leo, he will be more accessible and will play the role of King very well. Leo rules Royalty. Others will respond to him because the ascendant is how others see us.
In Jungian terms, the ascendant is the persona or the mask we wear. Sometimes we can get stuck in our persona and only live through that one sign. Also, sometimes we can ‘wallow” in the moon and stay the baby only interested in our emotional needs defined by the Moon sign. It can be difficult to grow into and embody all three signs in our chart. That is the task we all share. Sometimes we live out one sign of the three for years and then live out another.
Moon in Taurus
King Charles’ Moon is in Taurus. The Moon represents one's emotional need. This need may be hidden but powerful. Our goals and aims in this life could be overthrown because our emotional needs are not being satisfied. The Moon is exalted in Taurus. It’s the best placement for the Moon because the Moon signifies our emotional nature and Taurus is a very earthy stable sign. Charles can be a rock in times of trouble. Charles’ emotional need is for stability. Taurus rules the earth, so he may have an emotional need to heal the environment. Queen Elizabeth’s Moon was in Leo, an emotional need to rule
Challenging Natal Aspects in the Birth Chart of King Charles III
While we are trying to develop a lifestyle, vocation, and relationships that will satisfy all of the three signs, sometimes, we are thrown for a loop by our challenging natal aspects. They represent our psychological complexes. So while making a deep dive into the meaning of the Sun, Ascendant and Moon signs is important, it’s also vital to try to understand those pesky challenging natal aspects. Below are the challenging aspects of Charles’ birth chart.
Neptune Conjunct Venus –
I don’t think this is a good aspect to have in a king, but It is a very good aspect for an artist. Neptune signifies yearning and on Venus, it represents a yearning for affection. This aspect is all about romanticism and idealism in relationships. The expectations can be too high for an ordinary person to fulfill and this yearning could manifest as falling in love with someone unobtainable. Neptune represents sacrifice, so this could lead to playing the victim or savior in a relationship. As I said, I don’t like this aspect for a King, but Charles may have hidden artistic talent or problematic relationship issues that we don’t know about.
Pluto Square Sun
Pluto rules Scorpio, and Charles’ Sun sign is Scorpio so these together make King Charles a double Scorpio—a very powerful monarch. Pluto signifies a compulsion and obsession. When Pluto is in a challenging aspect to the Sun, it signifies a compulsion and obsession to be important and to be the best. There is a need to exercise power and there may be power struggles when young, usually with the father. It’s very important for them to cultivate humility so that they don’t get carried away with power. They could expect too much of themselves and others and could be combative.
Eclipses
Eclipses are indications of significant changes in a person’s life. The most important eclipses are those that are conjunct or opposite the lights (Sun and Moon) in the birth chart. The Eclipse on May 16, 2022, at 25 Scorpio fell on Charles’ Sun, and the eclipse on Oct 25, 2022, at 2 degrees of Scorpio will oppose his Moon.
The following interpretations are taken from Christine Teal's book on Eclipses.
An Eclipse on the Sun could indicate a reward, a gift, coming into prominence--being noticed. But it could also lead to an identity crisis, possibly feeling unequipped to handle what is expected. It could indicate the loss of a benefactor.
An Eclipse on the Moon could indicate changes involving family members. A woman may play a significant role. It could create moodiness and be drawn to the past.
These eclipses also impacted and will impact Queen Elizabeth’s chart since their two charts are so connected. The Eclipse on May 16 was on her Saturn, which represents her authority and her professional role.
The eclipse of Oct 25, 2022, will be opposite her Sun. Something or someone uplifts or degrades her identity.
Eclipse energy can last for six months and up to three years. After the eclipse has passed there is usually an event that is triggered by Mars or the Sun hitting the eclipse degree. Therefore, the May 16 eclipse on Charles’ Sun and his Mom’s Saturn was activated on August 13, 2022, when transiting Mars opposed the eclipse point. I’m not a royalty watcher so I don’t know what happened on that date and if the event was known to the public.
The Oct 25, 2022 eclipse at 2 degrees of Scorpio that will oppose Charles’ Moon and conjunct Elizabeth’s Sun will be triggered on April 23, 2023, when the transiting Sun is at 2 Taurus. Now you may think that the eclipses affecting Queen Elizabeth’s chart will no longer matter because she has passed. But as Jung noticed, the birth chart keeps working after we die. I have watched this phenomenon many times. Something about her will be in the news next April 23, 2023.
What’s Transiting Pluto Got to Do with It?
Pluto is leaving Capricorn of tradition and moving into revolutionary Aquarius in March 2023. It will be in there a few decades. The Pluto sign defines a generation. Everyone today picks on the Boomer generation for feeling entitled. Well, they were born when Pluto was in Leo and they are entitled and special.
The sign of Aquarius is anti-king, and anti-monarchy as it rules the common people. Prometheus the myth for Aquarius was one of the gods living on Olympus. He looked down on humanity and felt sorry for us. So he rebelled against the gods and brought fire to mankind. I think that during the time of Pluto in Aquarius, we could see the dismantling of royalty, not just in Britain but wherever there is a ruling class. The last time Pluto was in Aquarius was 1778 and 1798. Those were the years of the ratification of the American constitution, the enlightenment, the publication of the Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft, and the French Revolution.
Stay tuned,
Janet Kane
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