ARGOLI (2)

 SIXSTVS V

Pope Sixtus V or Xystus V (13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Peretti di Montalto, ruled from 24 April 1585 to his death in 1590. As a youth, he joined the Franciscan order, where he displayed talents as a scholar and preacher, and enjoyed the patronage of Pius V, who made him a cardinal.

As Pope, he energetically rooted out corruption and lawlessness across Rome, and launched a far-sighted rebuilding programme that continues to provoke controversy, as it involved the destruction of antiquities. The cost of these works was met by heavy taxation that caused much suffering. His foreign policy was regarded as over-ambitious, and he excommunicated both Elizabeth I of England and Henry IV of France. He is recognized as a significant figure of the Counter-Reformation.

Felice Peretti was born on 13 December 1521 at Grottammare, in the Papal States, to Pier Gentile (also known as Peretto Peretti), and Marianna da Frontillo. His family was poor. Felice later adopted Peretti as his family name in 1551, and was known as "Cardinal Montalto". He himself claimed that he was "nato di casa illustre".

[Argoli, DDC, 148]

It will be understood that the time of birth is not assured (it is denoted D in Astrodients).

• ASC CAPRI, ruler SA (I)
• MC SCORPIO, ruler MA (I)
• VE detrimental (exile) - MO cadent (weak) - SU cadent (weak) - JU in fall.The interpretation of the conjunction of CSA to JU is tricky; usually it is a very favorable aspect but here it can not be ensured for events affecting health.

- HYLEG : ASC, JU
- ANAERETE : MO, VE
- ALCOCODEN : SA

Morinus gives SA for ALMUTEN

The primary directions :

1)- We have a progressed primary arc with // MO conj ASC, JU by proper motion :

- //MO : 277°13'24" CAPRI (lat 4°45'02").
- lunar motion for 69 years : 2.886° (length MO 15°18'51") ; so : -2.886° because it is a parallel which has a retrograde motion
So : the arc is D = 274,15 (JU) - 274.34 (D MO progr.) = 0.19° for 1590.

2)- we have another ray : SA opp VE

We have a D Regio-Campa direction.

After a brief term as procurator of his order, he was attached to the Spanish legation headed by Ugo Cardinal Boncampagni (later Pope Gregory XIII) in 1565, which was sent to investigate a charge of heresy levelled against Bartolomé Carranza, Archbishop of Toledo. The violent dislike he conceived for Boncampagni exerted a marked influence upon his subsequent actions. He hurried back to Rome upon the accession of Pius V, who made him apostolic vicar of his order, and, later (1570), cardinal.

- VE conj SU (1571)

We find 2 zodiacal and 2 mundane directions. We find also 2 AO directions.

Though not neglecting to follow the course of affairs, Felice carefully avoided every occasion of offence. This discretion contributed not a little to his election to the papacy on 24 April 1585, with the title of Sixtus V. The story of his having feigned decrepitude in the conclave, in order to win votes, is pure invention. One of the things that commended his candidacy to certain cardinals may have been his physical vigour, which seemed to promise a long pontificate.

This election is marked by the conjunction SU to MC : D = |ts-AR(SU)| = 208.4-271.13 = 62.72°. by pooling the key factors, we obtain (orb ± 0.5) :

pas AR	pas eclip	Naibod	Ptolemy	Cardano
					63,68
	64,100	63,679		63,647
0	1	1	0	1	3

So, D = 63.68 (1584.7).

About 1552 he was noticed by Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Protector of the Franciscan order, Cardinal Ghislieri (later Pope Pius V) and Cardinal Caraffa (later Pope Paul IV), and from that time his advancement was assured. He was sent to Venice as inquisitor general, but was so severe and conducted matters in such a high-handed manner that he became embroiled in quarrels. The government asked for his recall in 1560.

This advancement, in 1552, is the true beginning of his ecclesiastical career.

- SA conj MA (alcocoden conjunction ruler of MC)

 2 rays : C Regio-Campa and  C Placidus.