The Vatican's New Banker

The Minor Planets are not surprised !

Francois Pauly

As one might expect, the Istituto per le Opere di Religione, commonly known as the Vatican Bank, has a dark and plutonic history, founded, as it was, in 1605 by the newly ordained Bishop of Rome Pope Paulus V, aka Camillo Borghese, the “papa” of one of Italy’s most powerful and sinister “Black Nobilities”.

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It is against this backdrop that we will consider the synastry between the Vatican and its new Bank President, Francois Pauly, followed by a look at the bank’s astrological origin.

Minor Planets used:

• MP Vatican

• MP Banks

• MP Francis

• MP Pauly

• MP Gold

• MP Goldman

• MP Beksha

The Vatican

• Vatican City State (VAT): 7 June 1929, 11:00 a.m., Rome, ITALY

Banker Pauly steps into an important position at the Vatican, an employer with a great deal of emphasis on money in its chart:

• Venus rules the MC, North Node, and Jupiter, all in Taurus

  • trining POF on the Ascendant

• Neptune perfectly conjunct FS Regulus in the 12th: great hidden wealth

  • trine MP Gold

• MP Banks and Uranus in the 8th

• MP Vatican in the 5th

• Mercury and Moon, rulers of the 2nd and 11th, the house of gains, conjoin its 10th house Sun

• Pluto, ruler of the South Node, in the 11th and perfectly conjunct MP Goldman, confirms that the Vatican is an old hand at the wielding of financial power.

The Vatican and Pauly

• Francois Pauly (PAUL): 30 June 1964, noon, Luxembourg, LUX

We bring in the Minor Planet of the Khazarian War Chiefs, MP Beksha, a “violent disruptor”, as we take a look at the Pauly-Vatican synastry:

• PAUL NN perfectly conjunct his MP Vatican (we can see quite clearly where he’s going)

  • square VAT MP Banks on its 8th cusp: other people’s money, “unearned” income, dare we say “ill-gotten”?

• VAT 12th House Mars perfectly conjunct MP Pauly: hidden machinations

• VAT 8th house Uranus on PAUL MP Francis: an unconventional approach is sought from Pauly

• PAUL MP Beksha (disruption) on VAT Sun Moon and his own VE/MA midpoint: lots of energy here, as these two major midpoints mark the degrees of greatest vitality; harmonizes with VAT MP Beksha placement on its POF

• PAUL Mars t-square his Uranus Saturn opposition on VAT AC DC Axis promises that he will initiate change, but with a stabilizing hand.

Of note in the Vatican chart:

• VAT AC POF with MP Beksha: a financial “war chief”, a disruptor

• VAT SN on its MP Banks (where they’re coming from), ruled by Pluto in the 11th: old power, old money

I expect change and disruption in the Vatican’s financial affairs, but with its Mars MP Pauly in the 12th, this will be kept well hidden.

Transits

Here we see the transits during the process of his Pauly’s selection:

• Elected by Committee of Cardinals on 28 January 2026

• Announcement (A) on 26 March 2026

• Starts (S) his tenure on 28 April 2026

Pauly’s selection seems very natural, confirmed by the following:

• MP Vatican A and MP Pauly on VAT AC

  • opposite MP Banks

• MP Francis S on VAT Sun Moon

• Sun S on VAT MP Francis and PAUL MP Pauly

• Mars MP Banks S on VAT Uranus MP Pauly

• MP Banks A on VAT MP Banks 8th

• Both VAT and PAUL MP MasterMan are conjunct: indicator of “spycraft” and “intrigue”

• Note Moon Jupiter A on VAT Pluto: they hope for “big things”

Istituto per le Opere di Religione (IOR), commonly known as the Vatican Bank

The Borghese Bank

Shield of the Borghese Family

The Borghesi were a leading family of Italy’s Black Nobility, as evidenced by their crest with its two dragons, one black, the other gold. Born on “Algol Day”, Camillo Borghese was made Pope in 1605, and immediately founded both the Vatican Bank and the Bank of the Holy Spirit.

• Pope Paulus V (BORG): 16 May 1605, noon, Rome ITALY

Camillo founded the Vatican Bank on 13 December 1605, just as Mars touched FS Spica (great wealth) with MP Black on the North Node, promising it would be a financially successful venture with the Borghesi in control.

Minor Planet used for Camillo Borghese:

• MP Borgoamozzano (site of “The Devil’s Bridge”)

Ponte del Diavolo

Here is a small detail of the synastry between The Vatican (blue) and Camillo Borghese (red):

Vatican (blue), Pope Paulus (red)

He slots nicely into the Vatican’s Algol Stellium. Apparently Camillo’s spirit is pleased with how things are going:

• BORG MP Pauly MP Vatican MP Lucifer on VAT MC

• BORG Moon Venus near MP Roth (for Rothschild) on VAT MP Francis

• BORG MP Sun Uranus on Algol, on VAT MP Roth MP Guardi (Swiss Guard)

Swiss Guard in front of the Vatican Bank

The Darker Side of the Vatican

In this deeper look at the synastry of Pauly and the Vatican, we see:

• PAUL Pluto opposite his Moon MP Borgoamozzano (Devil’s Bridge) perfectly conjunct VAT MP Lucifer, squared by PAUL Mars: seems a rather ominous note.

• PAUL MP Black MP Francis on VAT Uranus, square PAUL Sun on VAT MP Black opposite VAT MP Vatican: harkens back to the Bank’s Black Family ties.

It looks to be that Pauly is aligned with the spirit of Camillo through his “Devil’s Bridge” Moon Pluto pattern on the Vatican’s MP Lucifer on the Ascendent axis.

I’ll close with the Vatican coat-of-arms, with its gold and silver keys to the Kingdom:

I hope you’ve enjoyed this brief look at the Vatican, its banking history, with the chart of its new Bank Director.