Diana - Saint or Sinner?

by Judith Levy

Diana, Princess of Wales was born Diana Spencer at 7.45pm, 1 July 1961 at Sandringham, England. 52N50 and 000E30. Source; Diana and her mother, according to Clifford data base

This is the officially announced version of her birth time and whilst it may not be absolutely accurate it is interesting to note that the ascendant in this chart at 18 degrees of Sagittarius is at this moment of writing being conjoined by Pluto in transit. On Monday October 20th, the U.K. woke up to a news story, which was to have huge repercussions both in the U.K. and globally and pictures of Diana graced every newspaper and television news programme. This gave me the overwhelming feeling that she was back… and with a vengeance!

The Daily Mirror claimed that Diana had predicted her own death by murder in October 1991. The paper featured an extract from Paul Burrell’s new book illustrating a letter in Diana’s handwriting, that she had given to the butler only 10 months before she died in Paris on August 31st 1997 at 0.27 am CET (source Clifford data base), in which Diana states that she is entering the most difficult phase of her life and believes that there is a plot to kill her in a car crash. She names her killer but the name is blanked out in the paper for legal reasons and the paper claims that she gave the letter to Burrell as “insurance” for the future.

I have to admit a reluctant admiration for Princess Diana. The rebellious and destabilizing influence that she exerted on the monarchy and British establishment in her lifetime do not seem diminished by her death. It seems, to me that she does not want to go away quietly.

If the Royal family thought that the sweet and gentle, Cancerian sun, non too bright nursery nurse was just the right bride for Charles, because she was pretty, aristocratic and good breeding material they may have been right. If they also believed that she would cause no trouble, would bow to the will of the saturnine establishment and would be easily mouldable, perhaps a quick look at her chart would have dispelled that belief.

In observation of the official birth chart it is notable that Diana’s natal Moon in Aquarius is in exact opposition with Uranus in Leo and forming a T-square with Venus in Taurus, bestowing Diana with a strong will and a somewhat stubborn determination to dictate her own agenda. As Mars trined her natal Mercury on the morning of Oct 20th it seemed that Diana still had plenty to say. The same day, Mars at 3 degrees of Pisces, was also around the opposing midpoint of Diana’s natal Mars, Pluto conjunction in Virgo.

This natal planetary placement is flanked by the north node and Uranus and in the eighth house and is another indication of her passionate and sometimes potentially violent nature. Could this also shed some light on the legacy of conspiracy theories and the mysterious underground forces that Paul Burrell claims that the Queen alluded to in her conversation with him at Buckingham Palace?

These stories of plotting and murder still abound today and they continue to destabilise the monarchy and throw the future of Prince Charles and his union with Camilla Parker-Bowles in jeopardy.

Nick Campion in his 1993 book Born to Reign (Chapmans, London) claims that Diana was advised on her frequent visits to astrologers in the late eighties to channel her energy into positive activities and that by following in the footsteps of Mother Theresa, aiding landmine victims and those suffering from diseases and terminal illnesses that she was tapping into an religious quality that was central to ancient monarchy. Over the years since her death, countless people have come forward to attest to the joy and light that Diana brought to their lives and her powers of healing.

If we remember back to the days immediately after Diana’s death, to the new moon of September 2nd, 1997, transiting Mercury was conjunct her natal Pluto and within 3 degrees of the solar eclipse at 9 Virgo.

As I walked through gardens of Kensington Palace that day on my own pilgrimage and as I passed the teary and emotional people of all races and nationalities, it certainly felt like a saint had left us. The heady scent of flower offerings wafting through Central London and angelic images of Diana portrayed throughout the capital were more reminiscent of Catholic imagery in a Spanish Sanctuary than of a British metropolitan park.

I may never be able to pass through that park again without the image of Diana, Queen of Hearts, the beautiful perfect, all loving and healing goddess, coming into my head, yet as more stories of Diana’s life emerge it appears that that image of the princess may be far from the truth.

It is worthy of note that the Sabian symbol for Diana's Venus degree is "a well kept public park".

Is it possible that the effect of transiting Neptune square to Diana’s natal Sun for much of the last year has done nothing to clear the confusion over who was the real Diana...Saint or Sinner?

It is a curious fact that she had a close relationship with Mother Theresa and may have modelled herself on her and that the two died within days of each other in the summer of 1997. Last week the Pope announced his intention to accelerate the beatification of Mother Teresa bringing the images of the two women back into the same newspaper pages once again at the same time.Mother Teresa’s North Node natally is conjunct Diana’s Venus and recently has been transited by a nodal return to Taurus.

As Venus continues it’s progress through Scorpio moving towards the opposition of Diana’s natal Venus, I await further revelations of what the butler saw involving more love, pain, sex and death and wonder if and when the hold of Diana will ever be released and if we will ever allow her to rest in peace beside her beautiful lake.

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