Is Camilla a Man? Astrology Aspects for the Royal Wedding - 4/5/05

Dear Lipstick Mystic,

I was wondering if you could tell me what you see around the royal wedding between Charles and Camilla. They had to postpone the wedding a day because of the Pope's funeral. What do you see for them?

-- Misty D.

Dear Misty,

Yes, it's strange that they were originally scheduled to be married Friday, April 8th, because there's a total solar eclipse that day. Eclipses are not generally a great time to do important ceremonies, unless you want to usher in the Dark Side. (Hmm. Makes you wonder what they were up to.) And even though they pushed back the ceremony by one day, the energies of an eclipse are strong for three days before and three days after the actual event, so those energies will still affect the ceremony. The royal astrologers (and believe me, they have them!) know this, so it makes me wonder what's up. Is someone purposefully trying to put a damper on this couple? Or is Prince Charles simply so impatient to get it over with at this point that he's pushing ahead, no matter what the astrological influences? Is he purposefully embracing the dark?

Energy sensitives like me can see the ripples that an eclipse leaves in the etheric energy field which surrounds us here on Earth. Think of this energy as a blanket or covering of raw energy. This veil thins at various times, like during an eclipse, a new moon or full moon, or an equinox or solstice. When it thins, it becomes easier to access the energies of other dimensions - both the dark AND the light. So it's all in how you choose to use that day. You can do something sacred and purposeful, imbuing it with loving spiritual intent. Or you can do something sinister and manipulative and conjure up negative entities to help you do evil. It's all up to you. Anything goes on a day when the veil is thin.

(Me, I prefer to hang out with the angels. They're not smelly like the bad guys, and they have much better table manners. )

Eclipses tend to carry more of a negative energy to them because there is a momentary "darkening of the light." On Friday, there will be both a new moon and an eclipse, providing a double whammy of energy opening up. This energy will still be strong Saturday morning if they do hold the ceremony then.

Time Frame and Progression of Friday's Eclipse

I used to think that a solar eclipse only really counted in those moments when the moon completely obscures the sun, but this energy builds up for some time before that actual event. Astronomically speaking, the eclipse takes many hours to progress.

For instance, here in the Eastern Daylight Time Zone in the eastern US, the eclipse begins at 1:51 pm on Friday; the total eclipse is exactly at 4:37 pm; and the eclipse doesn't end until 7:20 pm.

What's called the "maximum eclipse" (the most dramatic visuals of the eclipse) will only be seen in the Northern Atlantic Ocean and over parts of South America.

For the UK time zone, you would add 5 hours to each of these times. So in London, the eclipse begins at 6:51pm on Friday; becomes a total eclipse at 9:37 pm and doesn't end until 12:20 am, just after midnight Saturday in the UK.

Those eclipse energies will still be in play if the wedding ceremony for Charles and Camilla goes ahead Saturday morning. This time is also a bit touchy because it's happening on an intense new moon day with four planets in volatile Aries. When there is a "darkening of the light" as happens on an eclipse day, a lot of $%&* can break loose!

Other Astrological Aspects on the Wedding Day

There is also a Venus square Saturn aspect which happens at 8:54 am Saturday in the UK. This is a weird one to have a wedding under. It isn't a great influence for mergers or partnerships of any kind, because the two people will tend to be at cross purposes and be on different "pages" as far as their expectations. My guess would be that Camilla is going into this thinking she can just slip under the radar and not be sucked into all of the intense obligations which accompany marrying a monarch. At her age, she's not going to be into all of the waving at crowds, christening ships, and public ceremony stuff. Charles has probably told her she won't have to do any of that, but as his first wife found out, you don't marry Charles without taking on a ton of obligations for public appearances and charity work. I think once the Queen clarifies what is expected of Camilla (I don't believe that discussion has taken place yet!) Camilla will become extremely cranky. The public already doesn't like her, and she will prove to be even less popular after the marriage, I sense.

The echoes of Princess Diana's tragic death and the memory of how she once wrote that the royals were planning a fatal accident for her aren't going to endear them to Camilla, whom they see as an usurper to Diana's position. I expect to see a lot of venom continually stirred up around the whole issue of Charles remarrying.

The moon void that occurs Saturday morning and early afternoon in the UK is also a negative one for a wedding. Moon voids are generally a cruddy time to do anything of note....especially major ceremonies. Of course, the black arts practitioners love to conjure up their ghoulies during those times, so for them, it works!

And the moon will be opposite Pluto at 7 am in the UK, kicking up some strong heightening of the shadow stuff, almost an "in your face" type of feeling. It's like they're sneaking this wedding in no matter what the wishes of the public are, and they don't care about the public backlash.

Also, the moon enters Taurus at 4:50 pm in the UK. The Taurus influence is staunch, unyielding, dragging its feet. Prince Charles is a Scorpio, and Taurus is Scorpio's opposite sign, so he won't be very happy post-ceremony - he'll probably be very jittery and defensive. Maybe he'll even question the wisdom of what he has done.

Camilla is a Cancer, and Scorpios and Cancers generally have a good overall compatibility, which will remain there. However, my sense is that trying to anoint this formerly clandestine affair as an officially sanctioned royal union is not going to work. The energy won't mesh. It will be a sham, in one form or another. They would have had a better chance for long-term happiness if they kept things as they were.

My sense is that, in spite of their long-term ties and overall compatibility, this won't be a partnership of any lasting power. It's like the whole thing is a joke. To what purposes, I dunno, but I do recall that several people over the years, including a man named Stewart Swerdlow who has a metaphysical website, SWEAR that they have first-hand knowledge that Camilla is actually a man!

Who knows? Any readers have more info on this? Inquiring minds want to know!

--Lipstick Mystic