The Princess Returns

Is anyone else loving the reappearance of Kate Middleton aka the Princess of Wales today?

Yes, I know: colonial fuqery, world going to hell in a handbasket, unwokeness, kleptocracies, privilege, artifice, looted bling, more important things to worry about, anachronisms, regality is a relic, anarcha-everything…

BUT the Princess returning with todays ‘Trooping the Color’ ceremony is an unmistakable vibe lift.

Her timing is so astrologically immaculate that I also think she may be a witch and I mean that as a compliment.

Last seen in public at 11 AM on Dec 25 – three days after the British Midwinter Solstice, she reappeared at 11AM on June 15, eight days before the Midsummer Solstice.

Would it have been more numerologically neat if she’d selected a date three days before or after the June Solstice? Kind of but it’s not like this woman can pop up at a Tuesday night pub raffle or the opening of a new pottery studio.

The Princess reappeared as the ‘royal’ star Regulus rose above the horizon and no matter that it was invisible in the daylight: emperors and empresses of the ancient world would have gladly parted with their weight in gold to calculate such a moment for a public debut.

Even now, in digital, A.I everything 2024, I guarantee that there are astro-advisors to powerful older-school leaders noting this sort of thing.

In terms of Kate Middleton’s personal astrological points, the Moon was conjunct her natal Mars in Libra, augmenting her stamina. The current Mars in Taurus aligned with the Midheaven of the moment, reinforcing the public robustness of her appearance yet also aggravating her Mercury + Venus in the health sector.

Though this gives credence to the idea that the appearance was pushed upon her and could strain her recovery, I disagree. It reflects the moment and her determination to make a magnificent victory statement – by princessy and political standards – despite the shadowy internal journey of the last several months.

It seems chosen. This is not a reluctant appearance a la Monaco’s sad Princess Charlene, an Aquarian athlete dragooned into frocks and formality..

This princess is Leo Rising and the Sun in her birth-chart, the astrological ruler, is in the 5th house, the realm of Leo: the adoration of the public is a tonic for her, remedial even.

And even allowing for the fact that the crowd were presumably avid royalists, they revere her. I watched the actual live footage – minutiae of the British military, their regalia and all – so I can attest to the tangible elation when the Princess rolled out in her carriage with the children, notably no hubby.

She was immaculate in a crisp white midi-dress with black trim and a wide hat at a jaunty tilt – a super-metaphysical nod to the Solstice? I’m joking: to me her look was Mars metabolized, the fashion/celebrity version of a high-tech jet flyover. Not so much ‘I will survive’ as ‘I will survive, thrive and then rule.’

Even though it was obviously de rigeur for the moment, I love that her Irish Regimental Guard brooch has eight points like the Star of Ishtar and that the Latin motto on it is – Quis Separabit – Who Shall Separate Us.

Clearly rhetorical, it’s a ‘you wouldn’t dare’ statement and the traditional interpretation is that it’s a shortened version of “who shall separate us from the love of Christ.“

But it could also refer to the Princess and her husband – if you believe the mistress/Rose theory – or ‘who shall separate’ the Princess and her adoring public. Because, if nothing else, this nearly six-month long absence from the media has sent her popularity soaring beyond an already high benchmark.

I felt momentarily sorry for King Charles as while everything went smoothly, his daughter in law received far louder cheers and clear delight from the crowd.

I stand by my unpopular opinion that he selected the crappiest coronation date, possibly as a snub to his astrology-loving former wife or to make a maverick break with the tradition set by Queen Elizabeth I.**

Should it matter if this Princess of Wales outshines him by dint of just turning up? Hypothetically, no.

But the King is a Scorpio with Leo rising and Pluto in Leo squaring his Sun – he’s super-plutonic and power-aware. First he lived in the shadow of his revered mother, than that of the incandescent Diana and now…?

Oh and the horses are still restless, it seems.

*A centuries-old ritual, the ‘Trooping the Color’ ceremony resonates on multiple fronts. It’s a performative acting out of the process armies used to go through before a battle, to ensure that the troops knew which color flags and regalia were their side and which not.

Princess Diana was the single-most vital factor in ensuring that anyone outside of the Firm and key stakeholders even heard about this arcane ceremony. She single-handedly turned it into a global television phenom until her last appearance, pre-divorce and the rest of it, in 1992.

Nobody knew it would be her final attendance at that particular ceremony but her outfit that day sort of resembles that of the current Princess of Wales. It’s striking but given that crisp fitted white linen and that genre of hat are probably go-to royal appearance in mid-Summer go-tos, I decided not to dive into a Diana research labyrinth.

**Queen Elizabeth the 1st got her astrologer Dr Dee to select a fantastic coronation date, one that augmented not only her personal success but that of the country she led.