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.

An intriguing Full Moon in Taurus is in tight conjunction with Uranus, Lempo and Alicanto. Will we find unpredictable treasures?

Earlier this week we received exciting news about Uranus. A new analysis shows that the Uranian system is more exciting than previously thought. Contrary to the previous understanding, some of the moons of Uranus could have the conditions that are necessary for life. One scientist even vividly described how below the surface there could be oceans teeming with fish.

Lempo is a triple plutino named from Finnish mythology after the devil who brought down the hero Väinämöinen. However, until Christianity came to Finland, Lempo was worshipped as the goddess of love and fertility. According to the myth, a glowing fireball shot from the sky and hit the ground. People started worshipping the sacred Fire Woman, who gave bread, iron and love to humankind, and also escorted the deceased to the Otherworld.

Just a couple of days ago, on the morning of Nov. 13, a brilliant fireball exploded over the U.S. Midwest and parts of Canada. The meteor from outer space provided a fiery spectacle to those who were witnessing it, and some said that it was the most spectacular they had ever seen.

Alicanto is one of the extreme trans-Neptunian objects orbiting in the outermost region of our solar system. How it came to have its orbit cannot yet be explained. The orbital period of Alicanto is more than 6,000 years. The ETNOs may be influenced by gravitational interactions with the hypothetical Planet Nine, predicted to have mass of five to ten times that of the Earth.

Alicanto was named after a nocturnal bird from Chilean mythology. Alicanto has wings that shine at night with beautiful, metallic colors. Alicanto has the ability to decide who can see it. A miner who follows it can find treasures, but a greedy one will be guided off the cliff. The presence of Alicanto is a good luck omen. Since myths are metaphors, we can assume that the treasures are symbolic or spiritual rewards rather than worldly ones. However, my examples are quite worldly, but fascinating.

Catherine the Great (born May 2, 1729 at 02:30 AM, Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia) was empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She has Alicanto at her Midheaven in Sagittarius. Catherine the Great had seized power from her husband. The reign of Catherine is often considered the “Golden Age” of Russia, when the Russian Empire became one of the great powers of Europe. The empress was a lover of art and books. She began to acquire valuable works of art from all over Europe for her collections, and art collecting became a fashionable phenomenon among the Russian upper class too.

Vrouw Maria was a Dutch wooden merchant ship carrying a valuable cargo when it set sail from Amsterdam on Sept. 5, 1771, for Saint Petersburg. The ship carried works of art that Catherine the Great and other Russian nobility had bought from Holland. The Sun-Neptune conjunction in Virgo opposed Sedna in Pisces. The ship ran aground in the outer archipelago of the municipality of Nagu, Finland on Oct. 3, 1771 and later sank. The art treasure ending up at the bottom of the sea was a hard blow to the empress.

The shipwreck of Vrouw Maria became one of the most famous treasure ship legends in Finland. More than 200 years passed after the sinking before Rauno Koivusaari discovered the wreck on June 28, 1999. Only a fraction of the cargo has been saved so far. The cargo holds have not been disturbed, and the condition of the precious art on board is unknown.

Rauno Koivusaari gives the time for the shipwreck in Aarrelaivojen jäljillä by Rauno Koivusaari and Heikki Saure (Otava 2009): ”The difficulties began at two o’clock in the afternoon, when the wind turned west and became very gusty. The crew hoisted a reef on the mainsail, which made it easier to steer the ship. The rough seas continued. At half past seven in the evening, the crew retired indoors for a moment of prayer, and only two men remained on deck. Just then, a crash occurred.” In the event chart Alicanto is at the descendant (the treasure descending) and opposing Catherine the Great’s Moon-Venus conjunction in Gemini.

Darrell Miklos (born Feb. 19, 1963) is a deep-sea diver and treasure hunter with the Sun-Alicanto conjunction in Pisces opposite Uranus in Virgo. Miklos is known for the reality television series Cooper’s Treasure (2017). Miklos was a family friend of the late astronaut Gordon Cooper, who participated in Project Mercury, the first human space program of the United States. Miklos claims that while Cooper in 1963 was orbiting Earth in space, he recorded dark spots in the waters and believed that those anomalies may be the locations of shipwrecks. Darrell Miklos had Cooper’s notes and maps, and he started searching the suspected shipwrecks located by Cooper. Whether there is any truth to the story or not, the tv-series was captivating. At least I can assume that Miklos’s Sun-Alicanto conjunction has influenced his career choice as a treasure hunter and rewarded him with a profession he can enjoy.

The Full Moon in Aquarius opposes the conjunction of the Sun, Mercury and Vesta in Leo. Mercury turned retrograde on Aug. 5, 2024. Mercury retrograde can bring unconscious material and unfinished business from the past to the surface. Vesta conjunct the Sun in Leo refers to one’s identity and purpose. There are several charged t-squares in the chart, suggesting that something is brewing and seeking release.

Uranus in Taurus is in exact square to the Sun and the Moon. The unpredictable and rebellious Uranus is in tight conjunction with Lempo, the goddess of love (or fairy tale gone bad), and Alicanto, the mythical bird guiding a miner to the treasure (or off the cliff).

Centaur Pholus in Capricorn dances with Quaoar square to the lunar nodes. Pholus has been described as the centaur of fast moving changes and rapid transformations. Pholus is associated with the “small cause, big effect” events.

Mars and Jupiter are in conjunction in Gemini. Venus in Virgo opposed Saturn in Pisces and squared Jupiter in Gemini this morning. The exact Jupiter-Saturn square takes place about three hours after the Full Moon. At 19+ Gemini there is a third body in conjunction with Mars and Jupiter, namely centaur Oterma that was discovered as a comet (in 1943) but currently has a centaur-like orbit contained between Jupiter and Saturn. Saturn is in conjunction with centaur Nessus. Centaurs can bring some dark stuff from the psyche to the surface, but they have a healing capacity too.

The themes of Nessus deal with the abuse of power, sexual abuse, revenge, oppression, and patterns of helplessness. They can stretch beyond one person’s lifetime, through several generations. Nessus helps in recognizing the patterns. Melanie Reinhart’s keywords are “The buck stops here”.

The transgenerational trauma is a concept that has been studied in psychology and in genetics. Research suggests that trauma can leave a chemical mark on one’s genes, which can then be passed down to future generations. That which is not dealt with becomes a burden of the next generation. For example, wars, famines and genocides are thought to leave a mark on the descendants of those who suffered them. Trauma doesn’t cause a genetic mutation, but it can alter the mechanism by which the gene is expressed.

Fittingly for the Nessus topic, it was announced today that a new interdisciplinary research starts at the University of Tampere. It explores the effects of war stress on Finns in three generations. The research is based on the service records of 1,300 Finnish men who served in the army between 1939 and 1945. The research gives an opportunity to trace the biological factors that convey the consequences of the environmental exposures experienced by the parents to the offspring and their health. The first research results are expected next year.