This is the first New Moon after Pluto’s ingress into Aquarius on Nov. 19. The New Moon is opposite Jupiter, the ruler of Sagittarius, and in conjunction with asteroid Urania. Mercury in Sagittarius turned retrograde on Nov. 26. Mercury is in conjunction with asteroid Discovery.

30 Urania is a large Main-belt asteroid named after one of the nine muses in Greek mythology. The muses were daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (memory). Urania is the heavenly muse of astrology and astronomy, and also the patroness of those who are navigating seas by the stars. She is depicted holding a globe and a compass. She is sometimes associated with universal love.

In astrology asteroid Urania stands for the capacity of handling theoretical, hypothetical or abstract principles and informaton; the capacity for self-reflective awareness; and the ability to “see the big picture” (Martha Lang-Wescott, Mechanics of the Future: Asteroids, Treehouse Mountain). According to Demetra George, “In her search for celestial truths, Urania uses her mental astuteness to probe both the microcosm and the macrocosm.” Demetra George has presented Urania and Chiron as a pair, where Urania represents the principle of inspired knowledge and Chiron the principle of wholistic understanding. She calls them “The Knowledge Holders” (Demetra George & Douglas Bloch, Asteroid Goddesses, Ibis Press).

30 Urania was discovered by English astronomer John Russell Hind (1823 – 1895) in the early days of the asteroid discovery. Hind found 10 asteroids and was one of the most successful asteroid discoverers of his time. He discovered Urania in 1854 at London.

9770 Discovery was found in 1993 by probably the most famous Japanese astronomer, Takeshi Urata (1947 – 2012), who discovered numerous asteroids. Takeshi Urata’s birthday is unknown, but let’s take a look at John Russell Hind’s chart (born May 12, 1823, Nottingham, England). Asteroid names function often amazingly accurately in astrology.

John Russell Hind’s Taurus Sun is in close conjunction with the trans-Neptunian Arrokoth, which is named in honor of those who are inspired to look up to the sky and learn about the stars and worlds beyond our own. Asteroid Discovery is in exact conjunction with the magnifying Jupiter in Gemini. Both “Knowledge Holders” make harmonious sextiles to the aforementioned conjunctions: asteroid Urania in Cancer is in sextile to the Sun-Arrokoth conjunction, and Chiron in Aries is in sextile to the Jupiter-Discovery conjunction.

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 passionate and intense New Moon in Scorpio coincides with the celebrations of All Saints’ Day, Halloween, Samhain and the Finnish Kekri. This is considered a time when the veil between our physical world and the spirit world is at its thinnest. Candles, lanterns and bonfires are lit to illuminate this dark time.

The traditional and modern rulers of Scorpio, Mars and Pluto are in exact opposition to each other. The New Moon is in conjunction with Zhulong, a scattered-disc object in a 2:5 resonance with Neptune.

Zhulong was discovered in 2014 by Pan-STARRS (The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System), an astronomical survey program which is systematically surveying the entire sky on a continuous basis. Other discoveries by Pan-STARRS are for example Oumuamua, the first interstellar object detected passing through our solar system; Kaʻepaokaʻawela, an asteroid in a 1:1 resonance with Jupiter, and possibly of interstellar origin too; and Kamoʻoalewa, one of the quasi-satellites of Earth.

The orbital period of Zhulong is around 420 years and its diameter is about 233 km. Zhulong is named from Chinese mythology after the Torch Dragon, a giant red dragon with a human face and scarlet serpent body. It controlled the day and night by opening and closing its eyes. It has been described as shining a torch over “the ninfold darkness”.