Alexandra of Denmark

Alexandra of Denmark rose from a relatively obscure Danish princely family to become Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India, and she did it, in large part, by being adored. Her Sun sat in the first house, the star's throne, where one shines simply by being oneself and the world holds out its hand to help you onto the stage; and indeed the fashion-conscious women of an empire copied her every gown and bearing. That Sun in Sagittarius gave the jovial, luck-touched, freedom-loving spirit of the wandering sage, fitting for a woman whose own family scattered into thrones across Europe: her father king of Denmark, her brother king of Greece. Behind a Scorpio Ascendant, the intense phoenix mask that sees through phonies and survives, she held a Moon in Leo, the finest actor's Moon, both king and queen in one, an open, dramatic, warm heart made for public life. Placed in the ninth house of faith, forefathers and foreign horizons, her mind and comfort stayed rooted in her Danish lineage and beliefs; she quietly, if fruitlessly, championed Greek and Danish interests. Largely barred from real power, she reigned instead through charity and charm, and lived to eighty.