Pope Leo XIV and his health status through the Solar Chart and Profections

The current Pope, Leo XIV, is being admitted to the hospital today (Tuesday, October 13, 2026) to undergo surgery for the removal of a nodule (a small mass) from his lung.

During recent routine scheduled medical checkups, doctors detected a small, localized nodule in the lung of the 71-year-old American Pontiff.

Since we do not have the exact birth time, we will work with the solar horoscope, based on the data we have gathered.

• Date of birth: September 14, 1955
• Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

As we can see in his chart, he has a stellium in Virgo (health, work). His natural 6th house is in Aquarius, meaning its rulers are Uranus and Saturn (the traditional ruler of Aquarius), while his natural 8th house (surgeries, operations) is in Sagittarius, making Jupiter its ruler.

At first glance, we notice a strong activation of the health indicators, which foretells a sudden event (Uranus) in this specific sector (6th house). Uranus, as the ruler of the 6th house (health-illness), is currently transiting through Gemini — a dual sign directly connected to the lung system. This fact is clearly reflected in reality, as doctors detected (Uranus) a small nodule in his lung through routine exams (6th house).

Looking at the profections, we can see that his 12th house (associated with hospitalizations, hospitals, care, or confinement) is activated, and the time-lord (chronocrator) for this specific period is the Sun.
Therefore, the Sun will be exceptionally important throughout the year, and we will also examine it through the remaining progression systems. Since the Sun represents vitality and rules the 12th house, its activation brings the matters of hospitalization and medical care to the forefront.

Transits & Progressions

Simultaneously, Uranus (revelation and health matters) is also activated in the 12th house as the ruler of the 6th house. At the same time, Mars — the ruler of the natural 8th house (surgeries, operations) — is transiting through the natural 12th house. It has already formed a sextile with transiting Uranus (revelation/manifestation) in Gemini (his lung health issue), which indicates that a surgical (Mars) operation and recovery (12th house) are required.

From the progressed system (1 day = 1 year), we see that the progressed Sun (which shows vitality and is the chronocrator) is at the very 1st degree of Sagittarius (a dual sign) and receives an opposition from Uranus (sudden illness) in Gemini.
Concurrently, Neptune in the natural 8th house forms a trine with his natal Uranus, and the progressed Sun forms a trine to the natal chart, which indicates that he will escape danger. At the same time, Pluto transiting the natural 6th house "hits" his Uranus once again. Do you see how astrology confirms his health issue from so many different angles?

Secondary Progressed

Transiting Jupiter (as he is experiencing his Jupiter return) is about to station retrograde exactly on top of his natal Pluto (bringing protection and the potential for recovery). This movement will activate the sextile with natal Neptune (escape, healing), showing us that he will ultimately evade danger at this current phase.

If we also examine the eclipses, we see that one of them (the Lunar Eclipse at 12 degrees of Virgo) occurred in conjunction with his natal Mars. Furthermore, on August 12, the Solar Eclipse at 20 degrees of Leo took place on top of his natal Jupiter. I believe both of these eclipses played a decisive role as well, since they brought his health issue to light in a timely manner, rather than discovering it at the last moment.

See how revealing profections can be and how certain patterns repeat themselves:

Profections

• Profected Pluto is on top of natal Uranus (ruler of the 6th house).
• Profected Mercury — which holds essential dignities, is the dispositor of his Sun, and also rules his natural 1st house (body, health) — sits exactly on the Part of Fortune.
• Saturn (the traditional ruler of Aquarius and the 6th house) is exactly on top of natal Mercury.

In fact, Saturn is in its exaltation and in the decan of Aquarius (meaning it holds double positive strength), leading me to believe that it restricted (Saturn) any spread or expansion of the problem in the lungs (Mercury). Note that Saturn originates from his 3rd house (lungs).

Profected Mars (indicating surgeries and operations) is also located in the 12th house via profections and in the decan of Sagittarius, thereby connecting with Jupiter (luck). At the same time, the profected Sun is placed in the 12th house and in the decan of Aries (ruled by Mars), gaining particular strength (exaltation) due to this decan, while once again pointing to the natural 8th house.

Note: We did not take the Moon into account at all, as we lack the exact time of birth.

Of course, there are additional elements we could examine, but for now, we have completed a brief overview to get a taste of how astrology operates and reveals events.