Coco Chanel (August 19, 1883 – January 10, 1971)

One might ask: so what? Well, some people are refocusing their attention on this fashionista in order to make sense of some of her actions during the German occupation of France (1939 and onward).

This chart was already on my astrology program. Other web sites have the same time, citing her Birth Certificate. There is a Yod pointing at Pluto, formed from inconjuncts to the Ascendant and Midheaven. Hmm. If the time were any earlier or later, that Yod would disappear in a puff of smoke.

Pluto Inconjunct Ascendant

This can be an indication that through experiences with others, you will be forced to undergo many significant changes in life. At times the crises may be quite unpleasant, but for the most part the results will be very positive, although for some people, they may be less constructive. But you must be very careful about the kind of people you get involved with. Choose your friends with great care and try to find people who have a healthy outlook on life and who seem reasonably well balanced. People who are driven to extreme behavior or who act compulsively, as if they could not plan anything in advance, are not very good for you. They will get you into difficult situations that you do not need.

Pluto Inconjunct Midheaven

You may have trouble with older people who try to teach you how to effectively take control of your life. To a great extent, your path in life will be shaped by your early confrontations with authority figures, Your parents and teachers should be very straightforward with you, because if you feel that people are not being honest with you, you will not be honest with them. You are quite capable of acting behind peoples’ backs if you consider it necessary or if you feel that you never get your own way.

It’s telling that the Nazis gave her file the code name “Westminster”. Something was going on.

In 1923, Vera Bate Lombardi, (born Sarah Gertrude Arkwright), reputedly the illegitimate daughter of the Marquess of Cambridge, offered Chanel entry into the highest levels of British aristocracy. It was an elite group of associations revolving around such figures as politician Winston Churchill, aristocrats such as the Duke of Westminster and royals such as Edward, Prince of Wales. In Monte Carlo in 1923, at age forty, Chanel was introduced by Lombardi to the vastly wealthy Duke of Westminster, Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, known to his intimates as “Bendor”. The duke lavished Chanel with extravagant jewels, costly art and a home in London’s prestigious Mayfair district. His affair with Chanel lasted ten years.

Associations with British Aristocrats (Wikipedia)

Needless to say, she was never sanctioned for her time at The Ritz in Paris during WWII, and that immunity from prosecution may have been in part by the actions of Winston Churchill, or, more than likely, the British Royal Family.

What do you think?