Diana's Legacy

I thought it might be interesting to have a look at the transits at the time of Prince William’s and Kate Middleton’s engagement announcement and future wedding in his mother’s, Diana’s chart. As we all know Kate is wearing the ring of his deceased mum. According to the Prince he wanted to honour his mother’s memory and involve her in the wedding. At the time the engagement was announced transiting Chiron and Neptune was forming an almost exact square to Venus in Taurus in the 5th house. Romance and children fall in the 5th house; often it represents the need to re-create one’s own sense of specialness through children and love affairs. When Neptune squares Venus it is indicative of over-idealistic and highly romantic periods in life.

Coupled with this, transiting Pluto in Capricorn is in Diana’s 1st house opposing both her natal Sun and Mercury in Cancer in the seventh house of relationships. I think this is a powerful indicator for family tradition and family legacy in the life of the individual (Pluto). Diana’s son (Sun) is experiencing massive changes (Pluto) in his personal life, with marriage and of course his increased level of social exposure by taking a more powerful role in the royal family through marriage (7th). On the day of the wedding, transiting Saturn (serious commitment) retrogrades back into Virgo and trines Diana’s Venus (relationship) in Taurus in the 5th house (children). At this time, her son William is making a big commitment in a relationship. Obviously there is some strong debate over whether the deceased chart is still affected by transits, but on the evidence of Diana’s transits at the time of her son’s engagement and marriage, it would suggest that the natal chart is still influenced and reflective of current events even after death.