Josemaría Escrivá (January 9, 1902 – June 26, 1975)

This man is the founder of Opus Dei. He is revered for his plain speaking and grass roots approach to spirituality. Here is a YouTube video about his life.

He was 26 years old when he “saw” Opus Dei. That information allowed me to rectify his birth chart.

Neptune marks the spot. Pluto is inconjunct to his Sun/Saturn conjunction in Capricorn. I suspect Pluto matches the time of his life when he joined the Roman Catholic Church. That’s a fully loaded 1st House.

When you combine his birth chart with the Opus Dei chart, you get an interesting echo.

The event Mars is almost exactly conjunct his natal Neptune. That’s amazing to me. Could it be any clearer? I don’t think so.

Any speculation that Opus Dei is the hidden hand in today’s work is effectively disproved. I mean, imagine fundamental Christians of a Southern Baptist persuasion being ‘influenced’ by such a Catholic organization: it would be an impossibility. The interactive Yod, pointing at his natal Uranus, is formed by the event’s Moon and Pluto. Escrivá‘s Part of Fortune is conjunct his natal Uranus. This man was born to build a new way of being for the masses.

During the Spanish Civil War he personally experienced the fury of anti-religious persecution and gave daily proof of heroism in a constant priestly activity seasoned with abundant prayer and penance. It did not take long before many came to consider him a saint. When the war was over many bishops invited him to preach retreats to their clergy, thereby greatly contributing to the renewal of Christian life in Spain. Many religious orders and congregations also requested his pastoral services. At the same time, God allowed him to suffer public attacks. He responded invariably with pardon, to the point of considering his detractors as benefactors. But this Cross was such a source of blessings from heaven that the Servant of God’s apostolate spread with astonishing speed.

John Paul II

That couldn’t be said of many of the present day clergy.