Tributes to the late Queen Elizabeth 11 on what would have been her 100th birthday evoked rose-coloured memories of steadier times when she seemed the bedrock of the country. Having vowed her life in service at her coronation she ploughed the same furrow for nearly 70 years.
Born 21 April 1926 2.40 am London. She was not expected to succeed to the throne until her wayward uncle the Duke of Windsor abdicated when she was 10, leaving her insecure father no option but to become king. George V1 was a charming Sun Sagittarius with Venus in Scorpio on his Ascendant and Jupiter in Leo on his Midheaven. But a troubled Neptune Pluto in his 8th, a legacy from intergenerational tangles, which opposed his Sun and Mercury plus an agitated Scorpio Moon conjunct Mars gave him an unsettled temperament which made his stalwart service during WW11 all the more laudable.
Elizabeth partly due to her demanding mother’s upbringing had the discipline to face a long road ahead when he died a few weeks before her 26th birthday. She had an obsessively conscientious Saturn in Scorpio on her midheaven in a Fixed T Square to Jupiter Mars in Aquarius in her 1st house opposition Neptune (and Moon) in Leo in her 7th. Enduring, persevering, stubborn, she needed and exemplified order and discipline. Pluto in her 6th added to her workaholic tendencies and insistence on having things done her way.
Her Taurus Sun would incline her to rural interests in horses and dogs but falling in her 3rd house she was more quick witted and intelligent than she came across. Venus and Uranus in her 2nd gave her a love of money and though her Saturnine inclinations were towards austerity her spending on her racing stable must have been extensive.
Her South Node fell on her Ascendant so her tendency would be to fall back into taking an independent role so close relationships would require an effort.
Her Sun/Moon midpoint was square her Uranus emphasising that point. But luckily Prince Phillip’s Gemini Sun (and Mars) were conjunct her Sun/Moon for a liaison, while not always easy, that stood the test of time. Their wedding chart from 20 November 1947 was truly difficult with a Mars Saturn conjunction and Saturn conjunct Pluto in the 8th opposition Moon square North Node opposition Sun – so not exactly a rousing send off.
Prince Philip, 10 June 1921 9.46pm, Corfu, had a high-vitality Sun Mars in Gemini which fell in her 5th house not only of children but also social fun, so he would be a lively antidote to her rigorous duties. His Venus in Taurus was conjunct her Sun for deep affection and he shared her Moon and Neptune in Leo. He also had a Libra North Node so like her did not always find close relationships and the compromises involved easy.
Plus with her dedication to her role, he would feel cut out which he made plain. Their relationship chart did have a composite Mars opposition Saturn hinting at a relationship where one partner had to suppress their identity and wishes to make it work. But there was also a fated yod of composite Sun sextile Uranus inconjunct Saturn which bound them together. In latter years he was her rock.
Her Accession, 6 February 1952 5pm, when she was holidaying in Kenya, came when there was a sombre Sun opposition Pluto; with the tr Pluto conjunct her Neptune for a devastating experience. There was also Jupiter in Aries opposition Saturn square Uranus opposition Venus for a sudden emotionally upsetting change. Her Coronation 2 June 1953 was a happier affair with a 10th house Sun Jupiter in Gemini trine an Aquarius Moon; with a well-starred Half Grand Sextile from Venus opposition Saturn Neptune sextile Mars Mercury and sextile Pluto. [Saturn being close to Neptune when Elizabeth 1 was crowned in 1559 as well.]