The religious shocker on Feb. 11th. that got everyone's attention! The pope's decision, which he announced in Latin one day after the unpredictable Aquarian New Moon. Pope Benedict XVI (born April 16, 1927) with his Natal Uranus at critical 0 degrees Aries intercepted in his first house. This the oldest pope at 78 years old to be elected made his announcement during a meeting of Vatican cardinals. Yes he is the first pontiff to resign in nearly 600 years. It was perhaps the most shocking moment of his nearly eight years as leader of the world's roughly 1 billion Catholics Pope Benedict XVI announces resignation
He is the first pope to resign in 600 years.
The last pope to resign was Gregory XII in the 15th century.
And with the Pisces Stellium relating to prophecy and the Uranus-Pluto waxing squares to historical upheaval.
It might be a good time to look at: The Prophecy of the Popes, attributed to Saint Malachy These prophetic writings purport to describe each of the Roman Catholic popes (along with a few anti-popes), beginning with Pope Celestine II (elected in 1143) and concluding with current Pope Benedict XVI's successor, a pope described in the prophecy as "Peter the Roman", whose pontificate will end in the destruction of the city of Rome. A Video below covers the most common interpretaton:
As I have been saying when introducing the Year of the Serpent which commenced on Feb. 10, 2013...
"Mars meeting Neptune (exact Feb.4th) for a fantastical, visionary and spiritual merging. The last time this occurred in the faith-oriented, oceanic and musical sign Pisces was on April 14, 1849. We have sailed into uncharted seas. By the Virgo Full Moon on Feb. 25th. both angels and demons will have been observed and touched." Well today we had the Moon in religious-oriented and ocean-oriented Pisces meeting Mars and Mercury and square Jupiter in Gemini the news of his resignation (Pisces relates to abdications and stepping down via Neptune the ruler.) We will look at a bi-wheel chart with Benedict's Natal chart ( April 16, 1927 @ 4:15 AM CET - 1:00)on the outer wheel and a close time of the announcement for 11:46 PM in Vatican per Giovanna Chirri, the journalist who first gave the world the news of the resignation of the Pope Scorpio, the occult sign was rising when the announcement was made in Latin. Mars and Pluto were the rulers indicating a transforming and deeper agenda. Mars/Mercury in Pisces posited in the 4th house of ground zero where shocking Aquarius is on the house cusp of the IC set up the surprising reactions.
Chart Set for time of announcement
Now when we look at the dual wheel, we see the Pisces Stellium crossing Pope Benedict XVI's 12th house and where asteroid Astrea is positioned. Soon the Pisces grouping will be moving over his Ascendant @ 19 degrees 11 minutes and more secrets will come into the daylight. The Sabian Symbol for his ascendant : " A table set for an evening meal" relating to the fact that this was all planned ahead. The 12th house of course is about withdrawal, resignation, secrets and disolution - and bringing all this into the light as these planets cross his ascendant. The bottom line is that the 12th house deals with clandestine activities, prophecies and paradoxes nbsp;Speculations are running wild as to who will replace Ratzinger made even bizarre since ancient prophecy has a chance to be fufilled. Who Will Be The Next Pope
Paddy Power has Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson(born Oct. 11, 1948 in Western Ghana) ranked as a 4/1 favorite.
Peter aka Petrus Romanus is known as a superstar in the College of Cardinals,
a great communicator, and symbol of the global reach of the Church. Cardinal Peter Turkson not only has a Sun-Neptune conjunction in Libra trine Pallas in Gemini
and possibly Moon in Aquarius depending on time of birth a Mystic Rectangle and even a Double Yod Key. This rare double yod key would then include an independent Juno in Aries, Venus in cool,detached Virgo, Mercury, S. Node in secretive Scorpio and the Moon in the sign of the people Aquarius Chart below with Noon time of birth.