Summer Solstice – June 21, 2026, 08:24 UT

The New Moon occurs at 24+ degrees of Gemini. There are two large trans-Neptunian planets in the same degree with the Sun and the Moon, ”Buffy” and Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà.

Buffy is a nickname given to (612911) 2004 XR190 by its discovery team. It has not been officially named yet. Buffy is kind of a hybrid. It is classified as both a scattered disc object and a detached object. It is the largest known highly inclined object with an estimated diameter of 335 to 850 kilometers. The inclination is almost 47° with respect to the ecliptic, which means that it is traveling rather up and down than left to right around the Sun when viewed edge-on the ecliptic. It has an unusually circular orbit for a scattered disc object.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a character who must battle vampires, demons, and forces of darkness. She is a protector.

Read more about Buffy here Full Moon in Gemini – Dec. 15, 2024, 09:02 UT

Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà was named from mythology of Jul’hoan people of Namibia in 2019 which was the International Year of Indigenous Languages, a United Nations observance that aimed to raise awareness of the consequences of the endangerment of Indigenous languages across the world, with an aim to establish a link between language, development, peace, and reconciliation.

Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà is the beautiful aardvark girl and a shape-shifter of Jul’hoan mythology who sometimes appears in stories as a python and sometimes as an elephant. She defends her people and punishes wrongdoers. An aardvark is a nocturnal, burrowing mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa. ChatGPT told me that “the figure G!kúnǁ’hòmdímà appearing as an aardvark is significant because aardvarks are associated with strength, digging, persistence, and survival in the harsh environments of southern Africa. Their ability to create protective burrows may also symbolize shelter and defense, which fits the role of a protector defending her people.”

Read more about Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà here New Moon in Gemini — June 03, 2019, 10:02 UT

On June 21, 2026, the Sun enters Cancer and it is the Summer Solstice. The Moon will be at 23+ degrees of Virgo square to these tough defenders.

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