Supermoon in Taurus glows big and bright. One of the many Kuiper belt objects named in late summer, centaur Petraios, is in conjunction with the Scorpio Sun.

(696315) Petraios is a centaur discovered in 2016 and named in August 2025. Its orbital period is about 91.5 years and diameter around 77 kilometers. According to the official naming citation, “The centaur Petraios took part in the battle at the wedding of Pirithous, a symbolic clash between primal chaos and social order. His name means ‘rocky’, evoking strength and stability. As Ovid tells, Petraios fell while grappling with the rooted Earth. Like this minor planet, he marks the edge between structure and upheaval.” How aptly descriptive of this time!

In Greek mythology Petraios was the grandson of Chiron and Chariklo. The battle between the centaurs and the Lapiths is called Centauromachy. The centaurs were guests at King Pirithous’s wedding, but they got drunk and tried to abduct the women, including the bride. The Lapiths won the battle. It was Pirithous himself who killed Petraios (Petraeus). Ovid describes: ”I saw Petraeus trying to uproot an acorn-laden oak and as his arms embraced it and he forced it to and fro, rocking its tottering trunk, Pirithous, hurling a lance that pierced Petraeus’ ribs, pinned fast his writhing chest to the tough wood.”

Centaur Petraios is depicted in a vase from ca. 565 BCE fighting with a Lapith.

Image: The Francois vase.

Actually there were two separate centaurs named Petraios or Petraeus in Greek mythology. The other one was the “laughing tippling” leader of the satyrs. He was one of the Lamian Pheres, twelve rustic spirits of the Lamos river. They were instructed by Zeus to guard the infant Dionysus and protect him from Hera’s wrath, but she transformed them into ox-horned centaurs. Later they joined the army of Dionysus and accompanied him on his wanderings to India.

Dionysus is the god of wine-making, intoxicated ecstasy, and fertility, also known as Bacchus. His wine, music, and ecstatic dance were considered to free his followers from self-conscious fear and care, and subvert the oppressive restrictions of those in power. We could say that this other Petraios represents the battle between chaos and order seen from another perspective.

The Full Moon in Aries is in conjunction with the trans-Neptunian Leleākūhonua, ”The Goblin”.

The nature of astrology is cyclic. There are rapid cycles, such as the monthly rotation of the Moon, and the annual rotation of the Earth around the Sun. Then there are some extremely long ones.

There was a time when Saturn represented the edge of our solar system. It was the farthest planet visible to the naked eye. The invention of the telescope pushed the limit further out. Pluto held its position as the boundary of the known world for a long time. Today thousands of new planets beyond Neptune have been detected.

Leleākūhonua was discovered ten years ago in October 2015. It is an extreme trans-Neptunian object (ETNO) and a sednoid. Based on its discovery date near Halloween and the letters in its provisional designation 2015 TG387, the object was first nicknamed “The Goblin” by its discoverers. It was first observed at the Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii. Students in the Hawaiian-language program A Hua He Inoa got to suggest the formal name and so the object was named Leleākūhonua, “it flies until land appears”. The object reminded the students of the kolea, or a Pacific golden plover, a migratory bird which migrates from Alaska to Hawaii.

Leleākūhonua orbits the Sun once roughly every 55,000 years. It is now close to us and coming to perihelion in 2078. For over 99 percent of its orbit it is so faint that it could not have been detected. The diameter is around 220 km.

The Moon is the main cause of the tidal phenomenon on Earth. The Earth’s axial tilt and its orbit around the Sun causes the change of seasons. Leleākūhonua’s orbit is so long that it is difficult for our minds to even comprehend it, let alone understand its astrological significance. All the same, the body exists and its orbit is as true and dependable as the return of migratory birds.

The Full Moon is eclipsing in the sensitive sign of Pisces. Very fittingly, one of the newly named trans-Neptunians, Chiminigagua, is present. The Muisca indigenous people were praising their chief god Chiminigagua by adoring the Moon and the Sun.

The New Moon occurs when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction. The Full Moon is the opposition of the Sun and the Moon. Eclipses can only take place at the New Moon or at the Full Moon and when the Sun and Moon are at or near the lunar nodes. The nodes are the points where the yearly path of the Sun and the monthly path of the Moon intersect as seen from Earth.

The word “eclipse” comes from the Greek word meaning “disappearance”. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon, and the shadow of the Earth obscures the Moon. Today the Moon darkens but we are not without light. This lunar eclipse in Pisces occurs at the North node of the Moon. The Sun in the opposing sign Virgo, is in conjunction with the South node of the Moon and Chiminigagua.

Chiminigagua is a scattered-disc object discovered in 2013 by Scott Sheppard and Chad Trujillo at Cerro Tololo Observatory in Chile. Chiminigagua is a binary. The primary has a diameter of about 740 km and the yet unnamed satellite about 190 km. The orbital period is about 450 years. The orbit is highly tilted and elliptical, typical for the SDO’s.

Chiminigagua was named on Aug. 11, 2025, after the creator god of the Muisca people that inhabit the Andes mountains in the central part of Colombia. When the world was created there was only darkness and the only light was given by Chiminigagua. She first opened her gigantic belly from where light was shining. Then she created two black birds and launched them into space. The birds spread light from their beaks which produced light in the cosmos. Chiminigagua ruled over all the other gods. She was never praised directly, yet through the lesser gods of the Sun, Moon and fertility.

The Sabian symbol for the eclipse is Pisces 16 The flow of inspiration. Like countless generations before us, we can look to the sky tonight and seek inspiration from its lights and their interaction.

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The WGSBN has been busy. Four more large trans-Neptunian minor planets have been named on Sept. 1, 2025. The WGSBN is a working group of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and responsible for assigning names to minor planets.

Cubewano Uni is named after the Etruscan goddess of love and fertility. Its satellite is named after the Etruscan sky god and Uni’s husband, Tinia. Uni’s orbital period is 282 years and its diameter about 660 km.

Another cubewano is named after Goibniu, the Irish god of metallurgy and hospitality. Its diameter is around 680 km and orbital period about 271 years.

Xewioso, approximately 500–600 km in diameter, is named after a thunder god in the mythologies of the Ewe and Fon people of Western Africa. The orbital period is about 231 years.

Rumina is a scattered-disc object named after a Roman goddess who protected breastfeeding mothers. Her domain extended to protecting animal mothers too, not just human ones. The orbital period is 888 years and the approximate diameter 644 km.

When the Moon in Aquarius opposes the Sun in Leo, there is an awesome kite configuration in the sky. It is mostly formed by the slowly moving outer planets. The Saturn-Neptune conjunction in Aries and Mars in Libra form the spine. Uranus in Taurus and Pluto in Aquarius are the wing tips.

The kite pattern is composed of one opposition as well as trines and sextiles. We have an image of a delicate kite flying in the sky with the wind. Although trines and sextiles are so-called easy aspects, this time the kite reminds me more of a taut bow. The aspects of this kite are tight, and Mars is steering.

The Moon and the Sun are in contact with the kite planets by two pairs of semisquare (45°) and sesquisquare (135°) aspects, which resemble a square. According to Robert Hand, “these two aspects represent times of crisis similar to the square but usually not as intense.”

The world situation is so strange and tense that anything could happen. Whatever it is, it’s someone’s plan. Asteroid Pallas, the symbol of strategic planning, is in conjunction with the Moon.

What a month! After the naming of cubewano Máni two more trans-Neptunians got named in June and a visitor from interstellar space was discovered approaching the Sun. This Full Moon in Capricorn is precisely in conjunction with Máni, the personification of the Moon in Norse mythology. Máni controls the course of the Moon and rules over the New Moon and the Full Moon.

On June 30, Aya and Achlys were named. All three bodies, Máni, Aya and Achlys were found more than 20 years ago, in 2002 and 2003, by Mike Brown and Chad Trujillo. They are large, possibly meeting the definition of a “dwarf planet”.

Aya is a cubewano, although sometimes classified a scattered disc object. It was named after the goddess of dawn and the wife of the sun god from Akkadian mythology. Aya is associated with morning light and the rising sun. In Mesopotamian art many depictions highlighted her beauty and sexual charm. Aya is at least 700 km in diameter and its orbital period is 324 years. Astrologically Aya is at 8+ degrees of Virgo at the moment, in sextile to Jupiter in Cancer and square to Venus in Gemini.

Achlys is a plutino with a possible moon. It is a third-largest known plutino after Pluto and Orcus. It is approximately 940 kilometers across its longest axis, and has an elongated shape. The orbital period is almost 247 years. The moon of Achlys was discovered in 2007. Achlys is the personification of sorrow and grief by ancient Greek poets. In Hesiod’s Shield of Heracles Achlys is one of the figures described as being depicted on Heracles’ shield. Homer uses the word achlys to describe the mist that fogs mortal eyes, often in death. In the astrological chart Achlys is now at 11+ Leo in conjunction with Mercury.

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1. It is the third interstellar object discovered, after Oumuamua in 2017 and comet 2I/Borisov in 2019. Comet ATLAS will pass between the orbits of Earth and Mars and reaches its closest approach to the Sun at the end of October. In astrology comets in general are seen as message bearers and symbols of change, and one coming outside our own solar system certainly carries weight.

The Full Moon is in Sagittarius. Jupiter, the ruler of Sagittarius has entered Cancer on June 9. It is now in the first degree of Cancer in conjunction with centaur 39P/Oterma and square Saturn. Centaur Oterma is a currently inactive Chiron-type comet. Mars in Leo is trine the Chiron-Eris conjunction in Aries, which was exact two weeks ago. The Sun in Gemini is in conjunction with the trans-Neptunian Altjira.

The recent study has revealed fascinating information about cubewano Altjira. Altjira was discovered in 2001 and so far has been considered a binary. The secondary was discovered in 2007 and is yet unnamed. There is strong evidence that Altjira consists of three bodies. Two of them are orbiting closely together and the third one is circling them further away. It is a rare setup and Altjira is the second known system of this kind in the Kuiper belt. The first known trinary is Lempo, Hiisi and Paha. Scientists will learn more during Altjira’s eclipsing season, which has already begun and will last several years.

The orbital period of Altjira is 294 years and the size of the two known components is approximately 246 kilometres and 221 kilometres. It was named after the Arrente creation deity Altjira, the eternal creator of the world and humankind. The Arrente people are a group of Aboriginal Australian people, whose spirituality focuses on the landscape and The Dreaming. The concept of the Dreaming has been described as “an all-embracing concept that provides rules for living, a moral code, as well as rules for interacting with the natural environment.” It embraces past, present and future.

There are other exciting news about the distant minor planets. A large cubewano 2002 MS4 was officially named Máni on June 9. It was discovered 23 years ago. The orbital period is almost 270 years and its mean diameter is about 796 km. Máni’s topographic features are among the tallest and deepest known for Solar System bodies. Máni was discovered in 2002 at 23+ Sagittarius in conjunction with Arrokoth and near the Galactic Center. The Sabian symbol for Sagittarius 24 is A bluebird standing at the door of the house. The bluebird is a symbol of hope and happiness. Máni is now at 19+ Capricorn.

Máni is the first distant object named from Norse mythology. Máni is a personification of the Moon and the brother of Sól, the Sun. They must pass through the heavens every day to count the years for mankind. They travel across the sky in chariots and are chased by two wolves, who would eventually devour them. It is the sign that Ragnarök, the final battle between the gods and the demons is about to begin. After Ragnarök the world is reborn.

In May the discovery of 2017 OF201 was announced. It is an extreme trans-Neptunian object (ETNO) estimated to be at least 550 – 850 km in diameter. The orbit is extremely large and elongated. The orbital period is over 24,000 years. It last passed perihelion around November 1930. The orientation of 2017 OF201’s orbit does not align with other extreme TNOs like Sedna, whose orbits are thought to be clustered because of the gravitational influence of Planet Nine. The discoverers first thought that 2017 OF201 would challenge the existence of Planet Nine, but Konstantin Batygin, the co-author of the Planet Nine hypothesis, has argued that it is not the case. 2017 OF201 is not numbered yet, but according to the premilinary data it is located around 8+ Taurus at the moment.

The Full Moon in Virgo is a total lunar eclipse, the first eclipse of the year. The Sun in Pisces is in conjunction with Saturn and the Teharonhiawako-Sawiskera binary system. Uranus in Taurus is sextile to the Sun in Pisces, square to Praamzius in Leo, and opposite Narcissus in Scorpio. Eris in Aries is at the midpoint of the Sun and Uranus.

Mercury, the ruler of Virgo, is powerfully stationary in Aries, about to turn retrograde on March 15. Mercury is now in the same degree (9+ Aries) where the solar eclipse at the end of the month is going to occur.

88611 Teharonhiawako is a trans-Neptunian object with the orbital period of 290 years. The two components circling each other are named from the Iroquois creation myth that, in short, tells about the fight between good and evil. Teharonhiawako was the good brother and Sawiskera his evil twin. Humanity is fighting the same battle. In the myth eventually the good brother won.

At the Full Moon there was a perfectly shaped Grand cross in the Fixed signs.

The Moon in Leo was in conjunction with Praamzius, the trans-Neptunian named after the Lithuanian god of the sky, peace, and friendship. However, the world is currently far from peace, even though there is a lot of talk about peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, for example.

The Sun in Aquarius is in conjunction with asteroid Ceres. Ceres is the first known asteroid, discovered in 1801, and the largest member of the Main asteroid belt. Ceres is named for the Roman goddess of grain crops, and motherly relationships.

Unlike other asteroids in the Main belt, Ceres is round. It also has other unique features. Asteroids are generally rocky objects, like the inner planets. Ceres has reservoirs of water beneath its surface. In fact, it could be composed of as much as 25 percent water. There are ammonium deposits on the surface of Ceres. I recently saw a documentary, which claimed that Ceres may have formed in the outer region of the solar system, but what may have captured it to its current location is unclear. However, this possible scientific connection with the Kuiper belt object Pluto is intriguing. As we remember, the most famous myth about Ceres is the one where Pluto kidnapped her daughter to the Underworld.

Uranus, the ruler of Aquarius, is in Taurus and tightly squaring the Sun and the Moon. In Scorpio opposite Uranus is the minor planet Narcissus. Narcissus was discovered in 2000 and it is classified as a centaur or as an unusual minor planet. Narcissus is a Saturn-crossing centaur. It is about 11 km in diameter, thus larger than most asteroids. The orbital period is about 18 years. It was named from Greek mythology after the beautiful Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool, and he stared it until he died. The name is the origin of the term narcissism. Astrologically centaur Narcissus represents these same things.

The transiting Uranus is at Trump’s Midheaven and the transiting Narcissus at his 4th house cusp, the house of home. The transiting Moon-Praamzius conjunction is now conjunct Putin’s Pluto and Uranus conjunct his Praamzius. We can probably see reflections from the aforementioned planets in the news in the coming days. Uranus is usually a guarantee of surprises.

The Full Moon is in conjunction with Mars and Echeclus in Cancer. The conjunction is opposing Pluto in early Aquarius. The Sun and the Moon are square to Eris in Aries. Eris is the Greek goddess of strife and discord. She is the sister of Ares, the Greek counterpart of Mars, the Roman god of war. The Moon is sextile to Uranus. There is tension, impulsiveness and reacitivity in the chart.

One hardly dares to read news these days. Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland from Denmark and will not rule out military force to take it. Russia is using its shadow fleet to cut cables in the Baltic Sea. The situation in the Baltic Sea is serious. Sweden sends three naval vessels and one air force aircraft to a new NATO-led surveillance operation. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said yesterday that Sweden is not at war, but there is not peace either. “Real peace means freedom and no serious conflicts between countries.”

For the time being the peaceful decades in the Baltic Sea are history. Europe does not need threats from its partner, nor Elon Musk interfering in its politics.

The Full Moon was in Gemini in an exact conjunction with a large trans-Neptunian object nicknamed “Buffy”. Mercury is the ruler of Gemini, and it was stationary in the opposing sign Sagittarius, about to turn direct.

“Buffy” – officially known as (612911) 2004 XR190 – is a strange object discovered 20 years ago (Dec. 11, 2004) by Lynne Allen as part of the Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey (CFEPS). At the time of the discovery “Buffy” was in Gemini opposite the Moon and retrograding Mercury in Sagittarius. The discovery was announced in December 2005.

“Buffy” is an extended scattered disc object with the orbital period of more than 433 years. It has an estimated diameter of 335 to 850 kilometers. What makes “Buffy” so unusual is the orbit, which is difficult for scientists to explain using previous theories of the formation of the outer solar system. “Buffy” is a kind of a hybrid.

Side view of Buffy’s orbit. (Image: Wikipedia)

The orbit is unusually circular for a scattered disc object and the body never comes closer than 50 AU. The other objects discovered beyond that distance have non-circular orbits because of the gravitational influence of Neptune. In addition, it has a high inclination of almost 47° with respect to the ecliptic. The object is the largest object with an inclination larger than 45°. The discoverers nicknamed 2004 XR190 as “Buffy” after the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, because it is possibly going to be a theory slayer, as they explained.

The object was numbered in January 2024, which means that its orbit is well enough determined for reliably predicting the position far into the future. “Buffy” can be officially named now. The team has proposed several Inuit-based official names to the International Astronomical Union.

The Sabian symbol for the discovery chart’s ascendant is Virgo 1 A man’s head. The Sabian symbol for the discovery chart’s MC is Gemini 2 Santa Claus filling stockings furtively. Perhaps they offer clues for the meaning of the object. Christmas is near so announcing the official name would be a nice gift from the IAU.