We have a rare visitor in our solar system. The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered last summer, and now this oddity is in exact conjunction with the New Moon in Libra, in the same degree with the Sun and the Moon.

Long-period comets originate from the distant Oort cloud, whereas short-period comets come from the Kuiper belt. The recently discovered main-belt comets form a group of their own. They orbit in more circular orbits within the Main asteroid belt.

Our visitor came from interstellar space, the space between stars. Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar object discovered, after Oumuamua, the “first distant messenger” in 2017, and the first observed “rogue comet” Borisov in 2019.

We don’t know where exactly comet 3I/ATLAS is coming from or where it is heading after its orbit around our Sun. It seems that it originated in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius, near the Milky Way’s Galactic Center. Astrologically the Galactic Center is often thought to be an intense energy point and symbolize the higher purpose or the door to deeper understanding. In the chart the Galactic Center is located around 27+ degrees of Sagittarius.

Comet 3I/ATLAS may be the oldest comet yet seen. It could be at least 7 billion years old – older than our solar system, which is about 4.6 billion years old. The diameter of its nucleus is not big, perhaps less than 1 km. Initially, the comet had a red coma. When the sky darkened due to the total lunar eclipse on Sept. 7, 2025, astronomers took advantage of the opportunity to observe the interstellar comet and found it to be green.

Comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1, 2025 (astrologically in the early degrees of Capricorn). It passed by Mars on Oct. 3, 2025. It will reach perihelion (the closest distance to the Sun) between the orbits of Earth and Mars on Oct. 29, 2025. Then it will pass by Venus on Nov. 3, 2025. It is expected to make its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 19, 2025, but it will not come very close us. It will pass Jupiter on March 16, 2026, before heading back into interstellar space.

Comet 3I/ATLAS is in solar conjunction on Oct. 21, 2025, the day of the New Moon. It means that the Earth, Moon, Sun, and the comet are aligned with each other so that the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun, and the comet on the opposite side of the Sun as seen from Earth. It is not visible from Earth’s perspective now, but space probes will continue to observe it.

Ancient astrologers considered comets to be harbringers of doom, predicting the death of a king or some other disaster. Although comets are unpredictable, modern astrology sees them in a bit more positive light. Comets bring a message of change. Considering the current state of our world, a message from the center of the Milky Way, from the Source, is bringing hope and a broader perspective to humanity.

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.