ARGOLI (3)

VRBANVS VII

Giovanni Battista Castagna was born in Rome in 1521 to a noble family as the son of Cosimo Castagna and Costanza Ricci Giacobazzi. He was of Genoese origin, although born in Rome.

Castagna studied in universities all across Italy and obtained a doctorate in civil law and canon law when he finished his studies at the University of Bologna. He served as a constitutional lawyer and entered the Roman Curia during the pontificate of Pope Julius III as the Referendary of the Apostolic Signatura. Castagna was chosen to be the new Archbishop of Rossano on 1 March 1553, and he would quickly receive all the minor and major orders culminating in his ordination to the priesthood on 30 March 1553 in Rome. He then received episcopal consecration a month after at the home of Cardinal Girolamo Veralli.
He served as the Governor of Fano from 1555 to 1559 and later served as the Governor of Perugia and Umbria from 1559 to 1560. Castagna would later participate in the Council of Trent from 1562 to 1563 and served as the president of several conciliar congregations. He was appointed as the Apostolic Nuncio to Spain in 1565 and served there until 1572, resigning his post from his archdiocese a year later. He also served as the Governor of Bologna from 1576 to 1577. Among other positions, he was the Apostolic Nuncio to Venice from 1573 to 1577 and served also as the Papal Legate to Flanders and Cologne from 1578 to 1580.
Pope Gregory XIII elevated him to the cardinalate on 12 December 1583 and he was appointed as the Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello.

[Argoli, DDC, 150]

Urban VII died on 27 September 1590, shortly before midnight, of malaria in Rome. He was buried in the Vatican. The funeral oration was delivered by Pompeo Ugonio. His remains were later transferred to the church of S. Maria sopra Minerva on 21 September 1606.

1)- natal chart

I do not know whether to trust the time of birth. In any case, the theme is curious: JU is posed as standard bearer of the MC. Being in SAGIT, it is particularly strong. And opposition to the MC can be as devastating as it is salutary ...

• ASC VIRGO, ruler ME (XII)
• MC GEMINI, ruler ME (XII)
• MA (I) and ME GEMINI - SU in LEO (but in XII)
• MO and SU (XII)
• conjunction SU-VE ; mundane # MA-SU

MA in LIBRA is detrimental.
- HYLEG : MA
- ANAERETA : SA
- ALCOCODEN : ME

Morinus gives ME for ALMUTEN.

2)- primary directions

* 1553 : we have at this period the conjunction SU-ASC, and two years after, C MA conj MO. Then we have a series of directions which range from 1555 to 1580 and which will interest MA as promissor and successively: MO, ME, until the conjunction with SU, VE as significators towards 1583 to the cardinalate. Then, we have the year 1590 where the best cotoy the worst ! Papacy and death due to malaria...

94/5000 We must be careful that it is not the ASC that is directed but SU. We have :
D = ts-AR(SU) = 72.02-143.03 = 71°.  (We can admit a correction of the time of birth of 10m. So, the direction expires at the age of 68 years).