Joseph Ratzinger b. 16 April 1927, Northern hemisphere Hour unknown. Cusp between TO8 Day 7 2:7 and TO8 Day 8 2:8 |
Observations Day 7 2:7 Ratzinger's election has thrown a fascinating light on the Papacy itself. The hour of Ratzinger's birth is, at the time of writing, unknown. On the day of his birth, at around 10:00am the TO8 Minor 7 changes to Minor 8. The fact that a 2:8 is also, among others, Hitler's sign, is too much of coincidence to believe. I think it most likely that he is a 2:7 (and therefore born before 10:00), which means that at the moment of his election to the Papacy he was in his Resolutions of 4:1 - the same as John Paul II (a 2:5 also resolves to 4:1). Can it be any coincidence that the Cardinals elected a new pope ruled by the same personality expression as the previous one? The Cardinals are obviously very aware of the sex issues (and they should be) surrounding the Catholic Church and may think that unless they have at their head a man who is particularly sensitized to these issues, the traditional theology of the Church will dissolve into a mess. The meaning of sex needs to be clarified and the function of priestly celibacy has to be spelt out. In previous ages, enforcing celibacy was a way to tidy up the politics and the nepotism of cardinals and popes with their children and their political families. Although he's down on homosexuality, the matter of women priests will remain low on the agenda. Ratzinger, once a realist who understands the way the wind blows, now dreams of a disciplined bureaucratic purity. He may, however, end up encouraging the wrong kinds of discipline, driving out intelligence.As Ratzinger resolves towards 4:1, he is likely to have a restless need for information about the nature of sexual sin and how it can be forgiven. On a broader note he will be interested in communication and innovation – especially with the moving image. So we might expect more film and TV propaganda about Catholic theology. At the same time however, he is going to feel insecure about the changes such innovations might impose on his pastoral work and especially on his network of contacts and friendships within the papal hierarchy. We can expect the civil service of the Vatican to become more and more involuted as more and more contradictory orders fly around. Ratzinger will probably express reverence for children and try to pin a Catholic recovery on re-inventing the Catholic school as the best in the business for educating young people. ank April 20 2005 |
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