Albert II, Albert Félix Humbert Théodore Christian Eugène Marie of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, was born on June 6, 1934 at 10:45 pm in Vienna Austria. He was the second son to King Leopold III and Princess Astrid of Sweden who died 2 years late from a car accident. The princess was 29.
Read more: #14 Philandering King Albert II of BelgiumWhile his elder brother Baudouin married a Spanish noblewoman, Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón in December 1960, the royal couple were childless, and so Baudouin was succeeded by his brother, Prince Albert who became the sixth monarch to rule the Belgians.
In the year previous, Albert married Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria (Queen Paola) from an Italian princely family. The couple had three children: Philippe (born 1960), Astrid (born 1962), and Laurent (born 1963). Prior to his coronation, he served as President of the Belgian Red Cross and set up his own foundation. He resigned from the monarchy in 2013 because of “health problems” [mfn] Currently, the King Albert is under a scandal of having fathered a love child, 51-year-old Delphine Boel, and has been decreed by a Belgian court to a DNA paternity test. This test proved Delphine was indeed his daughter. [/mnf].
His son Philippe Léopold Louis Marie, was crowned on 21 July of that year.
President Bush and Laura Bush make a courtesy call to the King and Queen of Belgium at the Royal Palace. Brussels, Belgium.
King Albert’s ascendant is 13 Capricorn, Italian metaphysician Adriano Carelli says it is “an archer drawing an incendiary arrow,” based on Jones’s time — we have not rectified it further. The former King is locomotive open on the southeastern side showing how fate propelled him into a role he was not ready for and thrust public scrutiny upon him (obviously the Boel scandal). This is supported by the Ascendant opposition to Pluto with a T-Square to the Midheaven at 18 Virgo.
His North Node is in Aquarius writes Haydn Paul that he “needs to move away from self-preoccupation and as the center of the universe” and towards greater social interconnectedness. Paul writes that will King Albert may enjoy public recognition and attention, the mask of pride and dignity may fall because of constructive aspects to Mars, here in the 4th House suggesting a “double home life,” that jumping to the current transits are now being revealed (Sun shining his light on Mars).
