Birth Chart

King of Romania Carol II

Carol Caraiman

Sun Libra

Moon Sagittarius

Ascendant Leo

Influences in signs

↣ Sun in Libra - 21°52' - in house 3

↣ Moon in Sagittarius - 19°27' - in house 4/5

↣ Mercury in Scorpio - 08°06' - in house 3

↣ Venus in Sagittarius - 03°16' - in house 4

↣ Mars in Libra - 08°10' - in house 2

↣ Jupiter in Gemini - 00°25' - in house 10 - retrograde

↣ Saturn in Libra - 16°33' - in house 3

↣ Uranus in Scorpio - 09°52' - in house 3

↣ Neptune in Gemini - 13°20' - in house 10 - retrograde

↣ Pluto in Gemini - 10°35' - in house 10 - retrograde

↣ North Node in Aries - 19°40' - in house 9 - retrograde

↣ Ascendant in Leo - 29°52' - in house 1

↣ Midheaven in Taurus - 22°28' - in house 10

↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Leo - 17°36'

Influences in houses

↣ Sun in house 3

↣ Moon in house 4/5

↣ Mercury in house 3

↣ Venus in house 4

↣ Mars in house 2

↣ Jupiter in house 10

↣ Saturn in house 3

↣ Uranus in house 3

↣ Neptune in house 10

↣ Pluto in house 10

↣ North Node in house 9

↣ Ascendant in house 1

↣ Midheaven in house 10

Aspects

↣ Sun and Moon sextile (2°25' applying)

↣ Sun and Saturn conjunction (5°19' separating)

↣ Sun and North Node opposition (2°13' separating) antiparallel

↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (4°16' applying)

↣ Moon and Saturn sextile (2°54' separating)

↣ Moon and Neptune opposition (6°07' separating)

↣ Moon and Pluto opposition (8°52' separating)

↣ Moon and North Node trine (0°12' applying)

↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant trine (1°51' applying)

↣ Mercury and Uranus conjunction (1°46' applying) parallel

↣ Venus and Mars sextile (4°54' applying)

↣ Venus and Jupiter opposition (2°51' separating)

↣ Venus and Pluto opposition (7°20' applying)

↣ Venus and Ascendant square (3°24' applying)

↣ Venus and Midheaven opposition (10°48' applying)

↣ Mars and Saturn conjunction (8°23' applying)

↣ Mars and Neptune trine (5°11' applying)

↣ Mars and Pluto trine (2°26' applying)

↣ Jupiter and Ascendant square (0°33' applying)

↣ Jupiter and Midheaven conjunction (7°57' applying) parallel

↣ Saturn and Neptune trine (3°13' separating)

↣ Saturn and Pluto trine (5°58' separating)

↣ Saturn and North Node opposition (3°06' applying)

↣ Saturn and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (1°03' separating)

↣ Neptune and Pluto conjunction (2°45' applying)

↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (4°16' separating)

↣ Pluto and Ascendant parallel

↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant trine (2°03' applying)

Birth data

Original name: Carol Caraiman
Chart date: 15/10/1893
Chart time: 01:45
Date and time quality: A News report what does this mean?
Data origin: Astro-Databank
Location: Sinaia, Romania
Latitude and longitude: 45°21' North · 25°33' East
Time zone: 01:42 East

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King of Romania Carol II — Photo: Reproduction

About

Carol II of Romania (born Carol Caraiman) was monarch from 1930 until his forced abdication in September 1940. The son of Ferdinand I and Princess Marie of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, he was notable as the first Hohenzollern sovereign born and raised in Romania, with Romanian as his first language and educated in the Orthodox faith. A career military officer, he reached the rank of marshal in 1930.

His reign was marked by strong personalization of power and direct intervention in political life: upon returning to the throne in 1930 he surrounded himself with a business and financial elite — the so-called “Camarilă” — and sought to weaken the traditional parties by appointing governments of personalities and increasingly centralizing authority. He supported industrialization policies that favored heavy industry at the expense of agriculture and expanded the crown’s control over economic sectors.

On the social and political front, he confronted the rise of extremist movements and responded with authoritarian instruments, including a state youth organization. His court and personal scandals (marriages and lovers) damaged his public image and influenced political alliances. Under his direct leadership, foreign policy gradually shifted away from France toward a more independent stance.

Carol II’s legacy is ambivalent: industrial modernization and state centralization accompanied by corruption, clientelism, and erosion of democratic institutions that helped set the stage for the crisis of 1940.

King of Romania Carol II

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