German-born ecclesiastic, a Roman Catholic who was elected Pope on April 19, 2005 at about 5:50 PM local time at the Vatican, taking the name of Benedict XVI. He greeted the public from the Papal balcony delivering his blessing in his first “Urbi et Orbi” speech at 6:48 PM local time according to the Vatican press office. The Pope has been a Cardinal since June 27, 1977. Before his ascension to the highest office in the Roman Catholic hierarchy, he was Dean of the College of Cardinals. Taeger Collection quotes birth certificate; Bordoni gives same information; Sy Scholfield quotes an article by Patricia Yollin and Suzanne Herel on 20 April 2005 in The San Francisco Chronicle PG A.12: "Joseph Ratzinger was born at 4:30 a.m. on April 16, 1927, to parents named Mary and Joseph." Scholfield also quotes the Pope's brother's biography, Georg Ratzinger's "My Brother, the Pope" (Ignatius Press, 2012), p. 38: "Then came the day about which so much has been written, that April 16, 1927, when my brother Joseph was born. . . The future Pope Benedict XVI was born at 4:15 A.M., and his baptism followed that same morning at 8:30."
Chart Analysis
Lagna for this natal chart is Aquarius. The lagna lord Saturn has a shadbala ratio of 1.66 and is placed in house 10.
Moon is in nakshatra of Hasta (α,β,γ,δ,ε Corvi) in pada 4. Moon has a shadbala ratio of 0.940 and is placed in house 8
The strongest planet in this chart is Saturn with a shadbala ratio of 1.66 and is placed in house 10.
The weakest planet in this chart is Mercury with a shadbala ratio of 0.757 and is placed in house 2.
