The funeral of Pope Francis was a wonder of flamboyant colour, pomp and liturgy, wonderfully well produced and surprisingly upbeat with thoughts of happy ever after for the departed. The central figure presiding with remarkable stamina and gravitas was the 91 year old Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, whose voice and hands remained steady through a long service.
The son of a carpenter, born 30 January 1934, he serves as the Dean of the College of Cardinals and as the most senior cardinal-bishop in attendance, he chaired the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.
He has a stellium in Aquarius ranging from the Sun, through a Mercury, Saturn, Venus, North Node conjunction and later degree Mars; with a confident and controlling Jupiter opposition Uranus square Pluto. His Moon is in Leo probably opposition his Sun. His spiritual Neptune is strangely unaspected being only inconjunct his Sun.
His Mars in stubborn Aquarius is square Chiron Algol perhaps a hint of the rigidity of his views – which raised criticism when he supported the excommunication of a Brazilian mother and medical team who handled the abortion after a nine year old was raped by her stepfather.
He struck me as interesting astrologically because of his age and his handling of the funeral.
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