Decumbiture Chart: Pope Francis
TLDR: Applying horary tech to the pontiff's pneumonia.
This decumbiture chart in the tradition of Christian astrologer Nicholas Culpeper, cast by SL Stone, briefly delineates Pope Francis’ pneumonia using horary technique. In addition to citations below, source material from the following informed the delineation: William Lilly, Christopher Warnock, Wanda Sellar, Judith Hill, and Jeffrey Wolf Green.
On Valentine’s Day 2025, Moon was transiting Virgo conjunct Pope Francis’ natal Neptune in a T-square with Saturn Pisces and Chiron Gemini. The latter was activated by transit Jupiter Gemini stationing direct, ten days earlier. Pope Francis’ natal chart hosts a second T-square, also Mutable. That same trine by degree was conjunct transit Saturn Pisces in his 8th House of Transformation.
Pope Francis’ presumed Cancer Ascendent and natal Pluto, both in his 1st House of Self, were activated by Mars’ current retrograde cycle. It would have been a miracle had the pontiff not fallen ill, considering.
He’d attempted to avoid hospitalization; likely he took to his private bed earlier than the 14th. (Media estimates report “several” days prior; possibly when Jupiter stationed?) However, the date of Pope Francis’ admission to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital was selected for my horary question of dis-ease. It’s the most significant marker of the Catholic leader’s inability to remain upright and at his post.
The 14th is what Nicholas Culpeper considered a Critical Day for any decumbiture chart, though my delineation lessens detriment due to the Mutable Earth Moon’s placement in the chart’s 3rd House. There, the Caduceus carried by Hermes finds compassion, comfort, and care through Mercury’s shared rulership.
Finally, let’s evaluate Pope Francis’ decumbiture chart under the scope of Cardinal Earth placements. Factor in some of his actions during Pluto’s tour of the natural 10th House of Legacy. There’s no support for Capricorn in the current Big Sky; across the opposite axis Cardinal Water is seeing a lot of transit action, now from Mars and then later this summer from Jupiter.
Winter brings “a phlegmatic by reason of age and complexion,” per Culpeper — Pope Francis’ just celebrated his 88th solar return and his elemental nativity constitutes a cold, moist nature. Natal Moon/Transit Neptune’s 3rd House conjunction denotes there is something hidden and/or unclear about the Vatican’s communication about Pope Francis’ condition.
Outcome is mortally unfavorable by way of 12th House of Spirit and mutual Saturn Pisces conjunction. His 20 degree point of Chiron, activated by transit Jupiter in the nativity and decumbiture charts, indicates “death by drowning” which portends the possibility of Pope Francis succumbing to lung dis-ease. The timeline to reveal the next phase of Crisis sets New Moon Pisces as a Critical turning point, and the imminent Virgo Lunar Eclipse as less favorable still.
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