Full Moon in Aries – Oct. 7, 2025, 03:48 UT
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.
