In my previous posts I’ve written about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s charts in light of them abandoning their royal duties and venturing out on their own. They have and continue to point out the damaging influence that the institution and life within the family had on them, emphasizing their victimhood and the dysfunction passed down generationally within the Royal Family. Some people argue that Meghan is to blame for Harry uprooting from his family. Some claim that she is using him for selfish reasons through playing on his weaknesses, becoming his savior and ticket out of the suffocating trap that he was born into. Others blame Harry the most, by arguing that he’s irresponsible and immature to be swayed by Meghan’s manipulative streak, that he should’ve known better than to let her talk him into leaving his family and publicly accusing them of one thing after the other. Whether the blame for this drama should be put on Meghan, Harry, the Monarchy or all three combined is impossible to know because all parts of the equation inevitably play into the unfolding of events.
Many would say that Meghan and Harry don’t bring out the best in each other – perhaps they do, perhaps they don’t. These things are never completely cut and dry; but it’s interesting to look to astrology for a better overview of their relationship.
(Composite chart of Meghan and Harry calculated at astrotheme.com)
The chart above illustrates the couple’s relationship as a unit. Together, they have quite the fighting spirit considering the Aries Ascendant and Mars conjunct, but Mars is in the 12th house, which usually points to a disowned aggression. As a unit they would appear to be go-getters and quite competitive, but they have a hard time seeing themselves as the self-driven unit people perceive them to be. They don’t express themselves in a way that reveals their strong self-serving drive, they put things in terms of that “they had no choice” but to leave if they were going to survive and thrive. The circumstances drove them to action; they didn’t take action based on their own will. Mars opposes Venus in the 6th house, which might be interpreted as their self-willed, impulsive break didn’t benefit their overall likability and social esteem. The couple’s expressed desire to be of service and work for the firm doesn’t fit with the vague but forceful accusations of the Royal Family treating them poorly and providing little support. They want to be respectful and balanced in their everyday life and like to be valued for their skills (Venus in the 6th) but can’t because of “malefic” forces and circumstances pushing them in a certain directions (Mars in the 12th). In the Oprah interview, Meghan said that she was set on working diligently as a member of the family, to serve and contribute in typical 6th house fashion. However, neither Meghan nor Harry felt that they were given prerequisites in form of support and protection to carry out the work they were set out to.
Saturn and Pluto conjunct in the 7th house speak to the awareness of power and authority between people – the balance and imbalances in cooperation and engagement. It’s also indicative of a possible projection of power and authority, of encountering difficulties and being made aware of the darker side through feed back from other people. The couple’s public image is not too bright at the moment and they’ve gotten a lot of bashing for being cold, insensitive and disloyal –some claim because they’re only out to satisfy their own ambitions and carry out revenge. This is quite coherent with a Capricorn MC and a Saturn conjunct Pluto. They have been gaining public attention through revealing private happenings within the Royal Family to get attention and benefit their own careers. People point out that they’ve used the power and success of other people to facilitate their own climb to the top.
The composite chart shows a big emphasis on the 8th house, which is the domain of other people’s values and resources but especially the psychological patterns and attachments that underlie relational and societal structures. Uranus conjunct the Moon points to a push for change and independence from the binds of other people. It also points to an unpredictable emotional nature. Based on the information of the chart and the overall impression given of the couple through the media, I would dare say that together they are quite emotionally erratic and unstable. Their volatile emotionality certainly resulted in a traumatic uprooting - Moon-Uranus typically speaks of emotional shock and overwhelm. The Jupiter-Neptune conjunction has to do with big dreams (illusions) and the idealization of truth. They’ve both been accused of exaggerating and distorting their story-telling of what happened in private within the Royal Family, generating wealth through blowing small events out of proportion and molding the narrative to their own preference.
Their composite Sun in the 5th house points to their mutual identity being the subject of entertainment and drama-indulging. Together, they come off as attention seeking and quite determined to get acknowledgement for their innate value, of pursuing their interests and “hobbies”. They have been accused of taking advantage of their royal titles in marketing and promoting their own projects, despite having split with and publicly draged The Royal Family. Meghan recently wrote a children’s book based on the relationship between her husband and her son, quite in line with the couple’s Sun in Virgo conjunct Mercury in the 5th. The 5th house is the house of children and creation, which couldn’t be more telling. The couple obviously has a very strong investment in and involvement with their children. The Sun sits square to the Moon though, hinting to friction between the couple’s sense of importance in terms of conscious aspirations and what is happening emotionally. Together, they are emotionally unstable and probably quite aware of the taboo surrounding it and how it negatively affects their sense of confidence.
