Six months of Duchess training lie ahead for Meghan, as the Queen’s assistant private secretary moves in to teach her the Royal ropes.
HM Queen is clearly determined to get this one right. Not surprising since HMQ’s Taurus Sun falls in Meghan’s 10th house of career and status and more to the point HMQ’s doggedly conscientious, dutiful and conventional Saturn MC in Scorpio is conjunct Meghan’s can-be-wayward 5th house Uranus; plus HMQ’s doggedly hard-working 6th house Pluto is conjunct Meghan’s Mars which will put the clampers on some of Meghan’s volatility.
It’s a relationship with a good cross-over with Meghan’s Leo Sun almost exactly conjunct HMQ’s Moon; and Meghan’s Venus in hard-working Virgo is exactly opposition HMQ’s Venus in Pisces which is equally a good match. But it will be restrictive there’s no doubt.
Their relationship chart displays a good deal of affection and encouragement from Sun Venus opposition Jupiter square Moon. But there’s also a heavyweight composite Mars opposition Saturn, trine/sextile Pluto. Learning to supress her personal needs will be part and parcel of the Queen’s message. Duty before all and it will grate at times.
Meghan’s relationship chart with Camilla has an encouraging Mars trine Jupiter, sextile Moon. But with Camilla’s Pluto Saturn in Leo conjunct Meghan’s Sun and Meghan’s Mars conjunct Camilla’s Moon Venus, there may be some gritty moments and underlying resentment as Camilla takes control.
Prince Charles’s Pluto is also conjunct Meghan’s Sun and his Scorpio Sun is conjunct her Uranus – so she may feel hemmed in or subservient when he’s around, which will test her patience, though she has a 4th house Pluto so she’ll be used to tensions and power struggles within a family. With Charles, there’s enough affection and friendliness in the relationship chart to smooth over rough edges.
Stepping into the minefield of rivalries and hierarchies within the Royal Family will be daunting. The Duchess of Cambridge looks as if she needs to keep her distance with a composite Moon Mars square Venus Uranus, a competitive Sun Mars, and a struggle for the upper hand Jupiter Pluto. William has some of the same need for space, but also seems mesmerised by Meghan with a composite Sun Venus square Pluto.
Of the younger generation, Sophie Wessex will be helpful to a degree but its not a natural friendship. Beatrice will put a good face on things but will be aggravated behind the smiles; Eugenie looks less inclined to turn on the faux charm and will be more distant. The latter two perhaps because they see themselves sliding down the pecking order.
Jeez all these ‘experts’ deciding who Harry should’ve married, what Meghan should’ve done and will their marriage last. He loves her end of story! I wonder how many of your friends and family have said the same about your relationships?!
Good question. No one ever said a peep about my afflicted marriage (ended 1983). Family members tended to keep the peace, never say anything. Of course, that was 1950’s. Child abuse and spousal abuse was completely ignored into the 1960s. Always keep the pease, under threat of physical domination, after dinner.
Personally, I think somebody like Princess Sikhanyiso Dlamini of Swaziland would’ve been better suited for Prince Harry than Meghan Markle. After all, Princess Sikhanyiso Dlamini is a REAL princess. Plus, Princess Sikhanyiso Dlamini has always been known to be a free-spirited, somewhat rebellious, “wild child” – just like Prince Harry.
However, Princess Sikhanyiso Dlamini is highly educated (she’s more educated than Prince Harry [who ever went on to university]) and she has multiple degrees that she’s obtained from universities from around the world (Prince Harry barely graduated from Eton). So, Prince Harry might feel a bit intellectually inferior to somebody like Princess Sikhanyiso Dlamini.
Now, that I think about it, maybe Princess Sikhanyiso Dlamini and Prince Harry wouldn’t be such an ideal match after all – Harry seems too dull by comparison.
Chris Romero
Jacksonville, Florida
lorri asked “Why are you all so negative about this marriage?”
Maybe cynicism? Every Royal wedding is the wedding of the century. Every Royal marriage is a fairy tale romance. I remember when Lady Diana Spencer was marrying Prince Charles and how most analysts and astrologers predicted a perfect match based on love, suitability and a long, fruitful and successful marriage. A fairy tale romance they said. I heard one astrologer even going so far as to say there couldn’t be a more perfect match. I believed it at the time because I wanted to believe it and any naysayers be damned. To be fair to those astrologers – I don’t know if their own prejudice/bias or fear played into their predictions. I say this because Di fever was all over the world (Di-mania). We all loved (obsessed over) her. She had a charisma that was electrifying that I haven’t seen in a public figure since. Any magazine with her face on it flew off the shelves in lighting speed and all the girls wanted her look. Often the TV news had Diana as their leading story. I know in America all everyone talked about was Lady Di and the upcoming nuptials and it didn’t end when the marriage was finalized either. So I believe most of the astrologers either got caught up in the hoopla, loved Di so much and hoped for the best or feared they would be ostracized if they did predict possible problems that might lie ahead. Lets face it, nobody wants to rain on anyone’s parade, but in the long run I felt duped and disappointed. Ever since then I’ve been cynical about Royal marriages and the media that covers them.
I’m cynical because the media pushes the fairy tale narrative to benefit them with readership circulation, and the merchants who push the fairy tale to up their sales (‘you too can look like a Princess’. In this case a Duchess but they still are using Princess in their ads). The Royal family pushes the idea they are still viable and modern. And if there is a whiff of scandal the media pounces on it because it sells even more papers and magazines – build it up, then tear it down. I’ve seen this story before. Nothing has changed.
What I hope for Meghan, with her new found fame, is that it is used to raise tons of money for charities and good causes. She isn’t going to save the world folks but she can play an important role even if she is only a duchess. With that cancer rising that might just be the ticket, but with Mars in cancer in her 12th, I see a woman who possibly put a lot of ambition in seeking her own security in a sneaky sorta way. And with the composite chart of the Queen and Meghan there is that Mars opps Saturn in the first and seventh houses. There could be authority issues with its motto reading: “YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME”.
It is ironic that an ambitious, intelligent, artistic American feminist would choose this life no matter how much she loves her Prince and especially seeing that she’s a fire Leo (yeah, yeah I know it rules Royalty). But all that earthy and watery energy in the Royal family could dampen her fire. So I don’t have sympathy for Meghan but I don’t have animosity toward her either. In fact my chart is pretty harmonious with hers and I would probably like her personally although that cancer rising and her Mars would eventually grate on my nerves. I hate clingy, touchy-feely, crabby people. On the plus side, they are nurturing and sensitive too.
I think Meghan would be helpful to spotlight charities that rules the 12th house like hospitals, mental health issues, drug/alcohol addiction and the forgotten outcasts of society, as Diana’s was a champion of AIDS, the physically handicap, etc, etc… It’s possible she will give way to any of her own ambitions for much greater causes and then people will definitely fall in love with her. If she wants to be taken seriously I think this is a must. Otherwise she’s just another pretty face, dressed in overly priced cloths, living a undeserving rich jet-set lifestyle with the occasional ribbon cutting ceremonies thrown in.
Anyway, thank you Marjorie for this posting. As always very enlightening, educational, for those of us who continue to learn astrology, very entertaining too. Your insights and forecast are the most spot on than any astrologer I’ve encounter.
It’s tricky for media astrologers when celebs/Royals marry since you don’t want to sound like a sourpuss and there’s no such thing as a perfect relationship. Look at HMQ and Philip – grim undercurrents; the Wessexes – not exactly all singing, dancing and sentiment.
Years ago I was hauled in to do footballer Paul Gascoigne on his wedding day which was clearly going to come to blows and end in tears which it duly did. But standing out in the sunshine with a TV camera pointed at you, it’s not easy to sound like the bad fairy at the christening.
But I know what you mean. Having grown up with Woman’s Own centre spread pics of Royals on my bedroom wall, I was horror struck to discover in later life that the great love affair between Louis and Edwina Mountbatten was a total sham and a worse-than-imaginable mess.
Will do Charles and Diana later.
Oh my. I sincerely hope Meghan (whoops, I mean the Duchess of Sussex), and the Duke (Harry), will be happy together. But it does sound quite stressful. American media was so focused on their perception of glamour… they really glossed over the tremendous responsibility involved. The focus here in the states was the glamour our media projects onto the royals.
The Duchess of Cambridge has the upper hand because of her position. It may turn out they get along fine.
If Kate can do it, so can Meghan. If the marriage fails and she decides to walk out, still she gets much more out of it.
Why are you all so negative about this marriage? i’ve seen some difficult marriage charts work very well and thise full of trines end up dead as a doornail. Difficulties can be creative and not everyone runs away from life at the first sign of stress. I think Meghan is a brave, tough girl and capable of coping. And why is self sacrifice so unfashionable these days? Is life just about what makes ME happy?
Well, some folks need to create life. “If she only knew ahead of time…” I see the tabloid headlines all about her previous marriage. Why hasn’t HIS story been told here on Marjorie’s site? Hmmm, now there’s a useful request.
Many of us are backing the both of them. Yah, Meghan has a choppy lifestyle ahead given that her wild life with her wild child husband is officially reigned-in.
Time to cook dinner…
She’s a prisoner in a gilded cage.
Is this marriage going to work?
Who indeed.The former Ms. Markle can still do what she should have done when the subject of marriage came up.Run screaming into the night.
Perhaps someone more compassionate than a Hilton…?
Who on earth would want to be a Royal?!