Morocco Astrology Piece
Morocco’s tropical Ascendant (20LE19)
Morocco’s tropical Midheaven (7TA35)
The royal palace at Rabat, the capital of Morocco
The king was called away from his throne rather suddenly. King Mohammed V made his transition from this world at 12:05 pm, on Sunday, 26 February 1961. It occurred when Morocco’s natal Saturn came into power under a major Saturn cycle.
Saturn was in Scorpio. In the Vedic system this is considered an unfriendly placement. Scorpio, because of its Mars rulership, also pertains to surgery. In the sidereal chart, the king’s passing coincided with transiting Mars (ruler of sharp surgical tools). It opposed its natal position in the Fifth House (8th from the 10th) position. Two planets, transiting Pluto (death) and transiting Neptune (anesthesia), simultaneously trined and opposed the Midheaven (king) respectively.
King Mohammed V was earlier advised by his personal physician to normalize his hours of sleep instead of working so hard. Often, the king worked from one day straight to the next. The king is quoted as saying, “You know well that it is quite impossible for me to follow the regime you advocate. How can I ever take time off from my work to rest?”
Through hard work and discipline, the king had won independence for his country and was respected by the majority of Moroccans, as well as the heads-of-state of many nations. The king was on the operating table undergoing a septoplasty, a minor operation to resection the nasal septum (the wall of cartilage that separates the nostrils). Sidereal Aries sits on Morocco’s natal Tenth House (its seat of executive authority). The Mars transit, opposing its own natal place, brought the Tenth House (king) into an intense association with the Scorpio-ruled Fifth House. When Moulay Hassan, took power on that day, transiting Neptune (anesthesia) was opposed the progressed Midheaven (King Mohammed V).
The transiting Sun (Moulay Hassan) was square the natal Midheaven (the king). It was conjunct the 8th house of death. (The king’s son assumed power after the death of his father.) Moulay Hassan, who became King Hassan II, had been groomed from childhood for this enormous responsibility. It is dramatically illustrated by progressions and transits.