Birth certificate data is June 3, 1986 at 6,20pm MWDT: 39N34, 3E12 (Manacor, Spain)
His charts astrodyne report
Sun – his desire for significance – dominates. It’s in house 8 (legacies, gifts, the public’s money and joint finances) and is square Jupiter (egotism and extravagance), opposition Saturn (insecurity and loss), opposition Uranus (sudden change and unexpected disruption) and parallel Neptune (schemes and ideals).
Sun decanate is Canus Major – fidelity - Sagitta – and he’s got an admirable faithfulness in a companion or high ideal and is naturally inclined to obey his sense of right and wrong. His outstanding attributes include respect and admiration and he’ll give his best performance when he champions and works for progressive cause.
Moon decanate is Lepus – determination – and he’s timid, insecure and very inclined to acquire money and material possessions. His craving for money is a character black spot that impedes his spiritual development.
Moon (his mentality and domestic urge) is his weakest planet. It’s in house 6 (his work life and sickness) and is square Mars (injuries), trine Neptune and opposition Pluto (groups and coercion).
Neptune in house 2 (easy money) conciliates the high-discord Moon-Pluto opposition and allows him to somewhat appease the mental conflict associated with sorrow, disappointment and coercive groups.
Mercury decanate is Ursa Major – reason – and his natural field of endeavor is the mental realm but his heavy reliance on deductive reasoning encourages self-centeredness. It’s a tendency he can avoid by cultivating religion.
Mercury – his intellectual urge – in house 8 is sextile Moon (his mentality), square Jupiter (over optimism), opposition Uranus (radical thinking and nerve disorders) and opposition Neptune (illusion and wishful thinking).
Mercury and Uranus are both prominent and their opposition is his worst aspect.
Ascendant decanate is Ophiuchus – resourcefulness – and he leads a strenuous life but struggles to control his powerful sex drive. It needs to be channeled into constructive creative endeavors.
The ascendant is trine Venus (affection and allure) and conjunction Pluto (bullying and coercive control). Neptune conciliates the Moon-ascendant opposition.
Venus is his best planet. Sun, Uranus, Mercury and Saturn are all high in discord.
Jupiter is in house 5 (the tennis court where he spent so much time). House 5 and house 9 (travelling the tennis circuit) are his best houses.
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde when he was born. Mars turned retrograde in October 1991 when he was 5; and Mercury turned retrograde in April 2022.
Rafael Nadal is considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
He’s a 22-time grand slam champion winning the 2009 and 2022 Australian Open tournaments, as well as a record 14 French Open titles.
His dominant desire for significance took him to the top in international tennis. His uncle Toni (house 3-Mars) was his coach for most of his career.
He launched the Rafa Nadal Foundation with his mother in 2008. It operates in Spain and India and aims to empower children through the combined forces of sports and education.
He married Maria Francisca Perelló in October 2019 and they have a son.
On November 20, 2024 in Malaga, Spain, the ‘King of Clay’ after competing for Spain in the Davis Cup said farewell to tennis and brought the curtain down on a stellar career.
His chart progressed to November 20, 2024
Progressed Sun at 19 Cancer 30 – the cusp ruler of house 10 (his career) in house 9 – was sesquisquare progressed Saturn at 3 Sagittarius 35R in house 1 (personal change) and inconjunct progressed Uranus – planet of major life change – at 19 Sagittarius 12R in house 2 (his income stream).
Progressed Mercury at 6 Leo 12R in house 9 was sesquisquare birth chart Jupiter at 20 Pisces 29 in house 5 (the tennis court) and trine birth chart Saturn at 5 Sagittarius 55 R in house 1
Progressed Venus at 00 Virgo 31 in house 10 was trine birth chart Moon at 00 Taurus 17 in house 6 and progressed Moon at 16 Virgo 21 was sextile birth chart Venus at 15 Cancer 40 in house 9.
With progressed Sun opposition progressed Mars throughout 2022-23 he had a difficult time due to injuries (Mars).
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