Dec 24: King John I & Ava Gardner

[Jim Eshelman]

John I, King of England. Dec 24, 1167 OS, 5:03 PM LMT, Oxford, England (A).
Gardner, Ava. Dec 24, 1922, 7:10 PM EST, Boon Hill, NC (AA).

King John's birth was recorded in contemporary Latin records (church records?) as at "nautical twilight when Venus and Jupiter seen together on western horizon." Nautical twilight is the time that Sun is between 6° and 12° below the horizon. Following the convention of using the center of the known time period, the working chart (with a small margin for error) would be when Sun was 9° below horizon, therefore, which was 5:03 PM LMT (sunset was 4:00 PM LMT). Venus and Jupiter were not then ON the western horizon, but were somewhat above it, clearly visible in exact conjunction in the western sky. This time has the pleasing coincidence that solar arc Venus-Jupiter comes exactly to MC when he became kind May 27, 1199.

Gardner has a significant, close Grand Trine of Mars-Uranus to Pluto to Jupiter, which then "kites" into Mercury. This is the significant pattern that ties together half of her chart.


BONUS:
Martin, Ricky. Dec 24, 1971, 5:00 PM, Hato Rey, PR (AA).