Castor and Pollux - the Horsemen
On January 24, 1536, England's Henry VIII was involved in an infamous jousting accident that may have unwittingly changed the course of history. As the 44-year-old lunged forward, he fell from his horse and found himself trapped beneath the animal.
A 2016 study conducted by scientists at Yale University posited that in his later years, the Tudor monarch displayed symptoms consistent with a history of traumatic brain injuries. (Researchers compared the king’s injuries to those of professional American football players.) As a young man, Henry had embraced rough-and-tumble sports—particularly jousting—and he seemed to have a propensity for accidents. In 1524, the king failed to lower the visor on his helmet while jousting and suffered a blow to the head above his right eye. The injury caused serious migraines that persisted for the remainder of his life. https://tinyurl.com/nhhkwcmp
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages. As he aged, he became severely overweight and his health suffered. He is frequently characterised in his later life as a lustful, egotistical, paranoid and tyrannical monarch.
Presented here is Henry VIII’s horoscope as provided by Astro-Databank with a AAA rating. The King’s radix Sun [14cn34] is conjunct the stars Castor[13cn09] and Pollux [16cn12] in the head of the Gemini Twins.
Castor and Pollux are consistently associated with horses in art and literature. They are widely depicted as helmeted horsemen carrying spears. (see image) https://tinyurl.com/ysfjputu
The image is almost prophetic in the King’s context. While a jousting match is never with spears, the contestants do use lances. The ancient Lieber Hermetis says “they will be harmed in the head” and Diana Rosenberg links this area with brain injuries.
The Moon [10ar] is in Aries (head) conjunct the star Altais, in the Dragon’s neck and delta Cephei, in King Cepheus’ crown. Diana Rosenberg writes:
The King’s head is here; some are impatient tyrannical loners with an inner toughness and an arrogant, autocratic sense of personal superiority.
Among other things, she includes “head ailments, facial disfigurement and infections” for this position. At the time of the accident, the King’s progressed MC [10cn] had reached a square to the Moon [10ar] (set off by the Solar Eclipse of Dec 1535...see below)
The radix Sun is conjunct the TNP Admetus with both opposite Hades-Uranus (in the 5th house)
The Fifth House : It rules places associated with games and sport such as sporting arenas, resorts, gymnasiums. https://www.skyscript.co.uk/temples/h5.html
Martha Wescott delineates:
Hades-Uranus: Haste and impulsiveness invites mistakes.
Admetus-Uranus: Accidents that deal with falls.
On January 24, 1536, transit Mars [15cn] was conjunct the King’s Sun, activating the combination, leading to the historical accident.
But there is more to the story. Take a look at the chart for the Total Solar Eclipse [12cp] of December 24, 1535 (a T-square with the King’s Sun and Moon) that took place just a month before the unfortunate accident. The eclipse is placed in the mundane 8th house which H.S. Green writes is “unfortunate for the Monarch”. Moreover, it is opposite the Monarch’s Moon [10ar] triggering his major direction progressed MC square Moon. Progressing the eclipse chart to January 24, 1536 brings the eclipse to the descendant thereby triggering it.
The eclipse is conjunct the star Al Badah, pi Sagittarius in the Horseman’s head. Moreover, the MC which rules the Monarch is conjunct Pluto (radical life changing events). Pluto [decl.25S11] is Out of Bounds and parallel the Royal star Antares [25S17] linked to “head injuries or ailments”.
The King's natal Ascendant [13ge] is conjunct the stars Bellatrix, gamma Orion and Capella, alpha Auriga. About these stars, Diana Rosenberg writes, “the combination of the military (Bellatrix) and wheelchairs (Auriga), makes this an area of crippling disabilities usually caused by combat”.
According to one study, Henry's history and body morphology may have been the result of traumatic brain injury after his 1536 jousting accident, which in turn led to a neuroendocrine cause of his obesity with a waist measurement of 54 inches (140 cm), and had to be moved about with the help of mechanical devices.
But his obesity was certainly also linked to his eating habits!
From spit-roasted dolphin and songbird pie, to four-foot castles moulded out of icing sugar to jellies made from deer’s antler, and drinks flavoured with pure gold, the court of King Henry VIII ate some of the most unusual and astonishing dishes ever known. Yet what they ate and how they ate it has influenced the whole history of food. https://tinyurl.com/ykdsfw96
Can it be a coincidence that the Sabian symbol for his radix Sun appears to allude to sumptuous meals!
PHASE 105 (CANCER 15°): IN A SUMPTUOUS DINING HALL GUESTS RELAX AFTER PARTAKING OF A HUGE BANQUET.
KEYNOTE: The need that exists at an early stage of human growth to materialize the concept of fulfillment.
Radix Venus and MC are conjunct the Hyades.
Staggering increase in sexual urge, a dissolute life, excessive and licentious ways. [Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation, Elsbeth Ebertin, 1928, p.28.]
And as if confirming the above, is the Sabian symbol for the Ascendant
PHASE 157 (VIRGO 7°): A HAREM.
KEYNOTE: A fateful subservience to the vagaries or desires of the emotional nature.
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