The second heir apparent in line to the throne of the United Kingdom has turned 13 and is soon to head off to boarding school at Eton. For those who remember his father’s coming of age, this is the moment that marked the beginning of true individuation. Prince William was just a child of his parents until he separated from them by boarding at Eton and then very quickly grew up becoming his own man.
The Big Three & The Duchy of Cornwall
Prince George has a Cancer Sun, Capricorn Moon and Scorpio Ascendant. Cancer Sun children, he shares this trait with his father, are reflecting their own mother. Prince William’ sunny image is that of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales and Prince George’s image will be that of his mother Catherine, Princess of Wales. She is reflected over and over again in his chart. She is his Capricorn Moon, the dutiful mother. His Capricorn Moon opposes his Cancer Sun in a reversal of his mother’s Capricorn Sun opposing her own Cancer Moon. In this, they are mirror images.
His Ascendant is ruled by the retrograde Capricorn Pluto in the second house. This is his ownership of the Inheritance. The United Kingdom. The Crown. The Royal Firm. The Duty. The Scorpio zodiac sign is about shared resources. It is likely that Prince George will inherit the Duchy of Cornwall as a young man. His grandfather King Charles III has cancer which will require constant treatment and management and he will be 78 this year in November. Prince George will find himself the King in waiting. This element of his chart is a throw back to his grandfather’s long tutelage under Queen Elizabeth II. Prince Charles may be the King now but his youth, middle age and late life all centered around the Duchy of Cornwall which has an asset value over a billion pounds.
The Ascendant ruler is the planetary representation of you. Prince George is the retrograde Capricorn Pluto in the second. This is him on his estate doing his duty as the Duke of Cornwall and probably Prince of Wales. His Capricorn Moon in the second also represents that he is reprising this role from the past. A past life of duty on his own estate.
As a Scorpio Ascendant, Prince George is going to be the heir. The second in command. This does not mean he won’t be King as his grandfather, a Scorpio Sun, has shown but it is likely that while he inherits the Duchy of Cornwall young he will walk in his father’s shadow for a long time. His Scorpio north node path in the twelfth is also about this very strong signal of his future. His very important Taurus south node will produce new wealth in the sixth house of the job and workshop. Prince George’s Midheaven is in Virgo. His day job is his career. The Duke of Cornwall is on the Midheaven not King or even Prince of Wales.
Prince George has two 0° planets, 0° Virgo (30° Leo) Venus and the 0° Cancer (30° Gemini) Pallas, common to the Windsor family. Pallas is conjunct his father’s Sun. His father’s wisdom. It will be a bit longer to see what his 0° Virgo Venus in the ninth holds for him.
It is a surprising short time now until this new generation of the Windsor family dominates the culture. Prince George’s chart suggests that transformation is ahead. Pluto rules the dead and he can only destroy and take away the dead things. George carries the energy to remove the things that no longer suit from the past and oversee a rebirth. Managing the estate is likely not going to be the seamless and smooth operation of the past. His father will likely oversee the changing of the Saros series that has governed English imperialism and monarchy into its rebirth into a new thousand year cycle. The Duchy of Cornwall is likely to need significant transformation to keep up. George will have the role reimaging what it means to be the heir to the United Kingdom.