Astrology and three new planets named today......

[DemExpat]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4795755.stm

My first thoughts on this are questions of what, if any, effects of this naming of 3 more bodies planets (and many more to come) will have on Astrology, or on the discussion of Astrology.

Any thoughts?

DemEx

[cassiepriam]

1. I have been wondering the same thing.... any ideas?

Quick, let's write a book about Xena :)

[DemExpat]

2. I was thinking that Astrology would "evolve" along with new

discoveries, incorporating new knowledge into the understood body of knowledge.....:shrug:

I googled and found this article, the second half refers to Astrology.

http://starbulletin.com/2006/08/16/news/story05.html

:hi:

DemEx

[cassiepriam]

3. Thanks! Yes it will expand the field. Astrology is fluid and

evolving.

But very slowly. Chiron was discovered in 1977 and people still don't know what to make of it exactly.

Hi back Dem!:hi:

[stellanoir]

6. Quick

we need an ephemeris on all but Ceres (got that). I'm getting on the stellaphone pronto. This ought to be funny.

[cassiepriam]

9. While you do that, I will write the first book chapter

about the warrior princess planet: Xena.

The ultimate in androgyny, the true mixing of male and female energy. The strong power, passion and courage of women, mixed with compassion and empathy. The first androgynous planet.

We need a glyph, aspects, etc.

Coming up in the next chapter :)

[rumpel]

4. NYTimes: Dissing Pluto and the Other Plutons

Published: August 17, 2006
A panel appointed by the International Astronomical Union thinks it has come up with a dandy compromise to the years-long struggle over whether we should continue to count Pluto as a planet. The trouble is, the new definition of a planet will include an awful mélange of icy rocks found on the outer fringes of the solar system. It would be far better to expel Pluto from the planetary ranks altogether, leaving us to bask in the comfortable presence of the eight classical planets that were discovered before 1900 and have excited wonder ever since.

Pluto, discovered in 1930, never deserved to be called a planet. It is far smaller than first thought, smaller in fact than our own moon. Its orbit is more elliptical and tilted in a different plane than those of the other planets, and its icy, rocky body is more like a comet’s core. If Pluto were discovered today, it seems highly unlikely that anyone would consider it a planet. But Pluto has emotional partisans who resent anyone picking on the puniest planet, so efforts to demote it invariably meet resistance.

Now a panel of astronomers and historians has come up with a new definition of the word “planet” that will keep Pluto in the club. Under the new definition, a planet would be any celestial body that orbits around a star and is large enough for its own gravity to pull it into a spherical shape. That definition would produce an ugly porridge of 12 old and new planets, with dozens more on the way.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/17/opinion/17thur4.html?

[Matariki]

5. One of them is Ceres

which i was surprised to find out was considered a planet back in the 1800's. People who use asteroids will be familiar with Ceres. I've always been interested in that asteroid/now planet because it has a very prominent positon in my chart - making an exact - to the minute - conjuction with my sun.

I've heard it said that the discovery of Pluto, Neptune and Uranus signified drastic changes in the way humans (specifically in Western culture) looked at themselves and dealt with what they saw.

Perhaps the addition of Ceres will mark a more serious commitment to the environment? And I can imagine what the addition of Xena will signify(!) That alone is an interesting idea - astrology being impacted by a modern character/archetype. I like the implications of that, i think.

[tanyev]

7. Wouldn't 12 planets be more logical since there are 12 zodiac signs?

(Or did I just reveal my ignorance with that question.)

:blush:

[cassiepriam]

8. It could be a brilliant question. Will ponder it.

12 planets, 12 signs. Does have symmetry.

[tanyev]

10. Yay! That's the first thing that came to mind when I heard the news story

I got the same kind of shiver I had the first time I came across something that correlated the 7 chakras/7 seals/7 colors of the rainbow/7 tones in the musical scale.

[cassiepriam]

11. Yes, when I read your question, it made me think of the 7 symmetry.

That is why I had to stop and think about it all!

Maybe there is going to be a 12 symmetry with the astrological chart.

We just didn't know it till now :)

[Matariki]

12. but, but, what about the sun and moon?

poor leos.