Sargon of Akkad as the first regent to rule, an orphan turned royal cup bearer with a goddess on his side, Sargon conquered and unified Mesopotamia some four thousand odd years ago.In ancient Egypt, pharos wore crowns to connect them to depictions of their deities and to invoke the power they possessed.
These days, crowns and kings are more about pageantry than pagan veneration and only twelveEuropean nations maintain a form of monarchy; Andorra, Belgium, Denmark, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the Vatican and of course the UK and its colonies which we now call territories because colonialism was and is the scourge of humanity, owed in large part to the monstrous monarchs that propagated it.
I digress. Beyond Europe Bahrain, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Eswatini, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lesotho, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Tonga are all countries that recognize a regent.
Analyzing the birth charts of modern monarchs and the temperaments, both noble and not, of the twelve zodiac signs, we bring you our list of the signs most likely to ascend to the throne or make the cut for royal ranking.
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