Gonzague Maria Ludovica

Gonzague Maria Ludovica

Marie Louise Gonzaga (Polish: Ludwika Maria; 18 August 1611 – 10 May 1667) was a French princess, noblewoman, the wife of two Polish kings and Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Władysław IV Vasa and John II Casimir, and as such queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania. She was born in Nevers to Charles I, Duke of Mantua, and Catherine of Guise.

 Morin de Villefranche, Astrologia gallica, liber XXII, p. 554

The great effort put into the stabilization of the economy and the subsequent political disaster rapidly affected the health of the Queen. She was dying knowing the fact that towards the end she was unable to fulfill at least a small part of her ambitious but near impossible plans. Lying on her deathbed, she forbade the servants and guards to call for her husband, who at the time was busy taking part in one of the important Polish parliament sittings. Marie Louise died unexpectedly in Warsaw on 10 May 1667 and was buried in Kraków at Wawel Cathedral.

I. Natal chart

 MO is debilitated (CAP). According Ptolemy, SA is HYLEG ; according Lilly, SU is ALMUTEN.

II. Primary directions

A. MO conj SA

 1. parameters

2. analysis

3. result

D --> Z C Regio-Campa -0.28.

B. □MO conj SU

1. parameters

Morin de Villefranche discusses this topic in Astrologia gallica [liber XXII, sect. II, 554], about how to consider latitudes (about the apparent node of the planets, with respect to the eccentricity of the orbit and the inclination of the trajectory).

2. analysis

3. result
zodiacal

D --> D Regio-Campa 0.31.

mundane

D --> M D Regio-Campa AR orb -0.36.

C. #MA conj SU

As we see, it is a converse mundane ray.

1. parameters

2. analysis

3. result

D --> Regio-Campa 0.08.

D. #SU conj MA (mirror direction)

1. parameters

2. analysis

3. result

D --> Z C Regio-Campa PTO orb -0.23.

Conclusion

The use of latitudes requires (except for MO) the knowledge of apparent nodes. M. Duval speaks of it in his work on means of prognosis in astrology; unfortunately, this implies having ephemeris in the period surrounding the birth in order to precisely locate the apparent north or south node.