Spain and 29º Capricorn Originally Published: June 28th, 2014 I Author: Smiljana Gavrančić

Spain and 29º Capricorn

Originally Published: June 28th, 2014 I Author: Smiljana Gavrančić

A capital of corrida and flamenco, the country of a special rhythm, charm and temperament, the country in which fascism lasted the longest after WW II (until 1975) – Spain is traditionally related to the sign of Scorpio, where Mars, Pluton and Uranus are in strong dignity (seat and exaltation).

However, if we need to map Spain inside the Zodiac, we would do it at 29º Capricorn. Just before this degree is the degree of the Mars’ exaltation (28º Capricorn), so this is depiction of Franco’s military dictatorship that this country left behind...), while 0º Aquarius follows, announcing changes after a long (29º) time (Saturn)... Since the axis 29º Capricorn/0º Aquarius represents the axis of transition from old to new, and because the axis 29º Cancer/0º Leo is right across from it, and the later one is famous as the meeting spot of two lights (Moon and Sun), then it is the task of Spain to change its beliefs (across from 29º Capricorn is 29º Cancer, related to the “ third eye”, Jupiter, sixth chakra) in order to have circumstances changed...

Should the change of the highest law stipulations (Jupiter – Constitution)be something Spain might go towards in the future, since the autonomous province of Catalonia often express its need for independence lately?! Constitutional change (Jupiter) may extend (Jupiter) the rights of Catalonia as the separate federal unit and make a big difference (0º Aquarius), and the state would remain intact, within its existing, old borders (29º Capricorn). Existing Constitution of Spain contains the provision banning federal unit to organize referendum on independence, which is in contrast to the need of majority of Catalans, who planned the referendum for November 9, 2014 regardless of the decision of Spanish Constitutional Court.

On January 1, 2012 Catalonia banned bullfighting, the national cultural happening, because animal rights activists became more visible. Some believe that this trend will be adopted in other parts of Spain as well. So, the symbolism of 29° Capricorn is there – fight, blood (Mars)  is left behind (behind is 28º Capricorn – exaltation of Mars). There is an interesting anecdote here – when Spain was in the process of accessing European Union, the King Juan Carlos I was asked by other European royal houses to end the tradition of bullfighting for it was regarded as cruel and bloody business. He answered them proudly: “Spain will rather leave European Union than bullfighting!” Usually, the very things we negate and reject we come to accept later in life…, for as we said aloud that we do not want something, we actually want it… To remind you again, across from 29º Capricorn is 29º Cancer, the spot calling to us to change beliefs…

Let us look at the important events for Spain, for we shall see the repetition of 29º Capricorn...

The horoscope of the First Spain

The horoscope of the First Spain is the moment of death of Juan II of Aragon, who was the king of Aragon, Majorca, Valencia, Sardinia, Sicily and Duke of Catalonia. In this chart the Sun (the ruler) is at 29º Capricorn and many astrologers claim that this chart works better than the horoscope of the modern Spain, so we shall consult it in some cases…

Both Juan Carlos I, the former Spanish king and his son, the present Spanish King Felipe have MC at 29º Capricorn, which certainly implies the importance of this degree.

Franco’s Spain (1939-1975)

As I already mentioned, Spain is the only European country where fascism prevailed after WW II up to 1975. Franco’s Spain was created after the end of Spanish Civil War on April 1, 1939, and lasted until November 20, 1975 (day of Franco’s death). During Franco’s dictatorship many people opposing his rule simply “vanished into thin air”, which agrees with the symbolism of 29º (disappearance, dark…) Capricorn (Moon – people, is in exile here). For 36 years this dictator (who was professional soldier – symbolism of 28º Capricorn – Mars’ exaltation, preceding 29º Capricorn) ruled Spain, which also agrees with the symbolism of 29º Capricorn. From 29º Capricorn to some change (0º Aquarius) is a long wait (29º), it takes time, years (Saturn)... Let us take a look at the position of Franco’s progressive Sun for the moment he came into power… it is exactly at 29º Capricorn!

During WW II, Franco kept neutrality, although he helped Third Reich and Fascist Italy against USSR on the eastern front. After WW II, Franco turns to USA and realizes military and economic cooperation with it. This contributed to the famous “Spanish miracle”, which converted poor and conservative Spain into new country. All this corresponds to the symbolism of crossing from 29º Capricorn (the old) to 0º Aquarius (the new).

 Modern Spain

Horoscope of the modern Spain is for the date of inauguration of Juan Carlos I, now the former King of Spain, who led this country towards democracy. In this chart, the Sun (ruler) is in 10^th (reputation of the country) and also at 29º, but the sign of Scorpio, which creates the sextile with 29º Capricorn (degree important for Spain). Obviously, Spanish rulers (Sun) remain in power for a long time (29 º)...

Let us take a look at the cardinal T-square which is very specific for this country, and since this is the period of historical Uranus-Pluto squares (from 2012 to 2015), it should be noted that this T-square has already been activated…  

The third Uranus-Pluto square (May 21, 2013) was across 11º Aries -11º Capricorn and it activated the Moon (the people) at 11º Cancer. This square activated the third energy center related to the third chakra, Sun (rulers).

Furthermore, the fifth Uranus - Pluto square happened within the grand Easter cardinal cross (April 21, 2014.) across 13º of cardinal signs, which activated Venus, the ruler of 4^th (territory) and the ruler of Taurus in 3^rd  (autonomous province) at 13º Libra, which is in the 8^th in conjunction with Pluto, which is depiction of possible change. The fifth square activated the fifth energy center related to the throat chakra, i.e. Mercury (voices). All this corresponds to the possible referendum in Catalonia and voting of Catalan people.

Finally, next year (2015) in March there will be the last, seventh Uranus-Pluto square, across 15º Aries-15º Capricorn, which will activate Jupiter (Constitution) in the chart of Spain. Since this square activates seventh energy center, related to Saturn chakra, this will bring some changes of system, state (Saturn) related to the highest legal act (Jupiter).

But, we shall talk about this a bit later, at the end of this article…

Referendum in Catalonia in 2006

After Catalonia got back its autonomy by constitutional changes in 1978 (adopted after Juan Carlos I got into power), the next big step was referendum in the summer of 2006, when 74% of Catalan people voted for the new Statute of Autonomy within Spain. According to the new statute, Catalonia was given the further expanded autonomy and complete self-government within Spain, so it actually got the status of a federal unit. The New Statute came into force on August 9, 2006. If we take a look at the directive Asc-Desc axis of Juan Carlos I, we can see that it is across 29º Cancer-29º Capricorn, “touching” his 4^th and 10^th house!

Prince Felipe VI de Bourbon

And finally, since recently (June 19, 2014), the new King of Spain is Felipe VI, the son of Juan Carlos I. Juan Carlos I abdicated after almost four decades in power and left the throne to his son, who is faced with difficult tasks. The first thing expected from him is to keep the Spain intact – to keep Catalonia within Spain. Felipe also has very prominent 29º Capricorn, through his MC (him as the king), while his Sun and Moon, the symbols of the ruler and people, are in Aquarius, the symbol of freedom, autonomy and independence. Let us take a look at the secondary Moon – people (moves 1° for 1 month) on November 9, 2014, the date of the planned Catalan referendum. We find the secondary Moon at 0º (the beginning) Scorpio (deep changes),but it also squares 0º Aquarius (the degree right after 29º Capricorn), so it seems that the things shall remain half done (square), somehow interrupted (square) and that independence for the part of the Spain’s territory is still difficult. On the other hand, the position of the secondary Venus (the ruler of 4^th - territory) in Modern Spain’s chart confirms that. Secondary Venus will be in conjunction with the Sun (ruler) at 29º Scorpio, so this is depiction of a silent (29º) symbiosis...

Since the accent is always on the planet that is the tip of T-square, in the chart of Modern Spain all burden is on the Moon in Cancer which carries Mars (fight) at 0º Cancer, which is not a good position for Mars (fall) and which is in quincunx (the aspect of internal adjustment) with the Sun (ruler, king) at 29º Scorpio, but also in quincunx with 29º Capricorn (degree Spain is “sensitive” to). Here, Mars is the apex of Yod, and it is also retrograde, so here it is the best to call off any actions related to borders (Saturn – borders is in exile in Cancer)...