Prince William’s Royal Wedding Horoscope: When to Get Married
March 6, 2011 by Nina Gryphon
Prince William and Kate Middleton are set to marry on April 29, 2011, but will they live happily ever after? An astrological analysis of their wedding date reveals many challenges in this marriage, but also offers useful lessons on choosing your best times to get married. This is called electional astrology, because we are electing the best moment for the marriage ceremony, which will result in the best marriage possible between the two people. Of course, no elected date will make a harmonious marriage between two incompatible people, but choosing the best time can certainly smooth over the rough edges. (To have me find the best moment for your wedding, contact me.)
Prince William’s Wedding Horoscope
The royal wedding horoscope is set for April 29, 2011, 11:00 am, British Summer Time, London, England. You might wonder whether this horoscope has been elected; I believe that it is a time set by an astrologer. In fact, I believe that Charles and Diana’s wedding was also astrologically elected. Looking at the horoscope for William and Kate’s wedding, I suspect that the astrologer was working with significant time constraints and was making the best of a challenging astrological configuration.
Prince William’s Son?
The ruler of the 5th house of children is Mars in Aries; a masculine planet in a masculine sign. Jupiter is strongly placed in the 10th house, and closely conjunct Jupiter in Aries, another masculine planet in a masculine sign. It is clear that the intended effect of the chart is to get at least one male child, which is the #1 goal of any royal marriage. However, there is some misfortune for the child – Mars is a malefic planet representing violence and strife. Yes, Mars is in its own sign, Aries, but a malefic is what it is – at its best, it brings a little evil, rather than a lot. Mars rules the 6th house of the children’s health, so that could be one difficulty facing the children from this marriage.
Good for Prince William…Not for Kate
The horoscope is strongly configured to favor Prince William as much as possible, but is rather unfavorable for Kate. It may be that given the time constraints, the astrologer (presumably paid by the royal family) could only strengthen the significators of one party to the marriage, and that would be the prince. Kate’s happiness and well-being, whatever good personal characteristics she may have, is not nearly as important to the royal family as that of William.
Prince William is shown by the Sun, both because it rules the 1st house of the husband, and because Sun is the general significator of husbands in marriage charts. The Sun is strongly positioned in the 10th house at the top of the chart, so William will be very much in charge in this relationship. The Sun is also in Taurus, a fixed sign, so he will want to stay in the marriage and will insist on getting his own way. The good news is that the Sun is received by Venus, so William is generally liked by Kate. The Sun is conjunct the malefic star Hamal, which brings violence, danger, and head injuries. Other than the fixed star, however, the Sun is in decent shape, and William should largely benefit by the marriage.
Kate is represented by Venus, because she is the woman in the relationship, and also by Saturn, ruler of the 7th house of spouses. Venus is in bad shape in the wedding horoscope; she is in its detriment in Aries, and opposite Saturn. Venus is in the 10th house, so the issues in this marriage will be well-documented and made very public. Saturn, Kate’s other significator, is in the 4th house of endings, specifically “how the marriage ends” – Kate may well suffer in the marriage; will it end prematurely? I think there is a strong possibility of this. Kate is going to have to deal with some tragedy; Saturn rules the 8th house of death – a situation troubling for her, but not necessarily a negative from the royal family’s perspective. Remember, the paying client (here, the royal family) always gets the better end of the electional chart, and it looks like Kate is getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop in this chart and marriage.
Not Much Happens?
The odd thing about this horoscope is that the Moon is placed in the cadent 9th house, and is void of course (not within orb of aspect of another planet). Given that the Moon shows the flow of events in this marriage, the marriage looks oddly directionless. Does nothing happen in this marriage? The Moon is also weak because it is waning, and is located in the terms of Mars, which is a malefic place for her to be. The medieval astrologer, Sahl bin Bishr, says of the void of course Moon that it represents “futility and annulment, and turning back from [one's] purpose, and the impediment of that same purpose.” Annulment is not what you want to see in a marriage chart; void of course for the Moon represents isolation, and the lack of a meaningful connection made – again, perhaps the last description for a horoscope of a relationship.
When to Get Married: Lessons Learned from the Royal Wedding Horoscope
From William and Kate’s wedding chart, we can see there are a few things to avoid when choosing your wedding date and time. For best results and to ensure the strongest possible start to your marriage, I recommend that you have an astrologer choose your wedding date. The royal wedding horoscope shows us what not to do:
1. Avoid the Moon void of course. You do not want a marriage in which nothing happens, or that forces either of you into isolation! This is easy to avoid, as the void of course periods typically do not last very long. Do not place the Moon in the malefic or cadent houses (houses 3, 6, 8, 9, 12) – no need to borrow trouble.
2. Make sure the planets symbolizing both the husband and wife are strong. If you want an equal marriage, in which neither party suffers disproportionately, strengthen the Sun, Venus, and the rulers of the 1st and 7th houses. Both of you deserve to be happy.
3. Avoid the malefic planets (Mars and Saturn) predominating in the horoscope. This rule has exceptions, for example, if the malefic rules both partners’ charts, but it is best not to try this at home.
If you are interested in finding the best time to marry, contact me to discuss your priorities for your marriage, and to learn how astrology can help you bring out the best between the two of you.
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You’re back! Yea! Happy days are here again. Great article & utterly fantastic site. Looking forward to more blog entries.
Good to see you again, Nina. Thanks for the thoughtful post. I hope all is well with you!
I would think that every effort should have been made to pick the optimal astrological time for both Prince William and Kate, rather than rush ahead with these frightful astrological aspects toward Kate– after all, what is the big rush to matry in April–rather than, say August? They’ve dated for 7 or 8 years already!?
Hi Nancy,
Yes, one would think so, too. However, looking at this horoscope really made me think that in royal marriages, the main goal is the perpetuation of the royal line of descent, rather than the individuals’ happiness. And in creating royal heirs (especially boys), this chart really excels. Unfortunately for Kate and William, that is about it.
Regards,
Nina
Hi Eric,
Thanks! I appreciate your visit – have been planning it for a while and am excited to be able to devote more time to astrology.
Regards,
Nina
Hi Molly,
Thanks for visiting. All is well, but the last two years have been extremely busy! Still, difficult to stay away from blogging about astrology for very long…
Regards,
Nina
What does “the sun is received by venus” mean? I am not familiar with that aspect. Thanks.
P.S. I also wondered if you would do a synastry analysis for Kate and William…I seem to remember some sun mars squares between them. That’s not great.
Hi Suzanne,
The Sun is received by Venus, because the Sun is in Taurus, Venus’s sign. However, I should add that “reception” proper only happens when the two planets are also in aspect, which is not the case here. My comment was just another way of saying that the Sun is in Venus’s sign.
I have not looked at their synastry, but I am sure it is fascinating. There must be something interesting going on for him to date her for many, many years.
Kind regards,
Nina
Prince William is Sag rising which gives him Gemini on the 7th house. Wouldn’t that show multiple marriages?
I note his Venus is in late Taurus one degree away from a conjunction with the fixed (and very malefic) star Algol. Hellenistically speaking it’s in Saturns bounds so that gives him quite a fixed Venus which could counter the 7th house mutable influence. How will we, or will we, see Algols influence?
P.S. Wouldn’t you want the “moment” of “I do” versus the time the wedding starts?
There could be a big difference in time from the start of the proceedings to the moment of I do?
What’s the consensus of opinion for this?
First off I am THRILLED to see you online again. I thought somebody bad had happened to you. So welcome back!
Now since the wedding has already occurred would we look to the moment they were pronounced man and wife? That was at 11:20 am London time.
Finally you’re back! I was waiting for your beautiful articles. Thanks, Sara