Name and position at discovery |
Date of discovery |
Orbit (years) |
Key words
|
Position of January 1 2008. |
Type of object |
Pluto
CAN 17°46 |
February 18, 1930 |
251,1 |
Death, rebirth, transformation; transmutation; power through knowledge |
SAG 29°10 |
TNO, the first “Plutino” |
Chiron
TAU 3°49 |
October 18, 1977 |
50,8 |
Karmic wounds, healing; the wounded healer; alternative medicine and treatments |
AQU
13°16 |
Centaur |
Pholus
LEO 0°36 |
January 9, 1992 |
92 |
Divination, altered states of consciousness; events, traits, or conditions involving 4 generations in the family |
SAG 8°35 |
Centaur |
Nessus
SCO 4°49 |
April 26, 1993 |
122,6 |
Violence, aggression, assaults; deceit; black magic; unburied corpse syndrome |
AQU 9°26 |
Centaur |
Hylonome
LIB 4°42 |
February 27, 1995 |
126,3 |
Debilitating grief; working with grief and healing it; sacrifice; devotion |
SAG
4°7 |
Centaur |
Asbolus
LIB 7°46 |
April 5, 1995 |
76,7 |
Clairvoyance; Cassandra syndrome; humiliated for being “weird” |
ARI 24°43 |
Centaur |
Logos
VIR 5°33 |
February 4, 1997 |
304,8 |
The link between the collected unconscious and conscious rationalism |
VIR 26°11 |
TNO, Cubewano |
Chariklo
LEO 6°4 |
February 15, 1997 |
63 |
Healing work; guided rituals; the feminine way |
SCO
9° 38 |
Centaur |
Pelion
AQU 9°59 |
August 21, 1998 |
89,6 |
“The mountain of life,” which needs to be climbed; sense of devotion |
PISC 23°10 |
Centaur |
Okyrhoe
PISC 24°35 |
September 19, 1998 |
24,2 |
Creating temperance and balance; making life altering changes; accepting destiny |
VIR
8°21 |
Centaur |
Cyllarus
TAU 18°34 |
October 12, 1998 |
133,3 |
Material wealth; harmony, status, rank, self worth; artistic abilities and endeavors |
GEM 23°41 |
Centaur |
Chaos
TAU 26°34 |
November 19, 1998 |
307,5 |
States of chaos and order; cycles; acceptance of the natural flow of processes |
GEM
8° 7 |
TNO, Cubewano |
Rhadamanthus
LIB 1°50 |
April 17, 1999 |
244,8 |
Belief in truth and order; finding equilibrium and balance; judging; judgmental processes; |
LIB 16°28 |
Plutino |
Deucalion
LIB 24°6 |
April 18, 1999 |
295,4 |
Creation of new order after destruction; the magical potentials of manifestation |
SCO 6°26 |
TNO,
Cubewano |
Borasisi
AQU 25°32 |
September 8, 1999 |
290,3 |
Creative power; light; creating harmony, strong ego and will; self-worth |
PISC 7°15 |
TNO,
Cubewano |
Elatus
TAU 5°11 |
October 29, 1999 |
40,3 |
Self-realization through creative work and writing |
LEO
17° 33 |
Centaur |
Bienor
PISC 3°29 |
August 27, 2000 |
67 |
Talent; life force; stamina; activity |
PISC 28°36 |
Centaur |
Echeclus
VIR 16°54 |
March 3, 2000 |
35,4 |
Mental balance between abstract thinking and logic |
SCO 4°23 |
Centaur |
Huya
LIB 18°39 |
March 10, 2000 |
250,6 |
Creation and destruction through emotions and feeling |
SCO 9°13 |
Plutino |
Varuna
CAN 10°29 |
November 28, 2000 |
280,5 |
Being strong and competent without force or violence; mastery of life goals |
CAN 18°35 |
TNO, Cubewano |
Ixion
SAG 5°35 |
May 22, 2001 |
250,2 |
Betrayal, violence, abuse, fire, rape, murdering kin |
SAG 13°45 |
Plutino |
Thereus
PISC 5°21 |
August 9, 2001 |
35 |
Status in the world; being accepted and valued by others; creating balance in life |
TAU 10°19 |
Centaur |
Typhon
SCO 4°59 |
February 5, 2002 |
234 |
Natural forces that are both destructive and creative; finding balance between them |
SCO 27°57 |
TNO |
Amycus
LIB 7°17 |
April 8, 2002 |
126,9 |
Leaving “sacred” (safe) space in order to become individual; seek and establish fame |
SCO 22°45 |
Centaur |
Crantor
SCO 0°1 |
April 12, 2002 |
86,3 |
“Why me?” “What harm did I cause you?” Accepting or rejecting responsibilities |
SAG 14°35 |
Centaur |
Quaoar
SAG10°10 |
June 4, 2002 |
288 |
Creation trough dancing, singing, or doing art |
SAG 17°57 |
TNO, Cubewano |
Ceto
LIB 19°40 |
March 22, 2003 |
1033,7 |
Creative and destructive emotional forces that lie deep and hidden in the psyche |
LIB 19°55 |
TNO, or SDO |
Sedna
TAU 17°58 |
November 14, 2003 |
11483,5 |
Victimization; creation through mutilation; exercising free will; making conscious choices |
TAU 20°2 |
SDO or Oort Cloud object |
Orcus
LEO 24°53 |
February 17, 2004 |
246,4 |
Gradual and refined transformation; hidden treasures coming to the surface; the inner path of self realization |
LEO 29°53 |
Plutino |
Eris
ARI 20°00 |
October 21, 2003 (date of photo)
January 5, 2005 (date of discovery) |
557,4 |
Discord, strife, rivalry |
ARI 20°27 |
SDO |
Abbreviations:
TNO = Trans Neptunian Object. This term is the most widely known and is mostly used by astronomers
SDO = Scattered Disk Object
Centaur: Kuiper belt object orbiting between Jupiter and Pluto
Plutino: TNO in orbital resonance with Pluto
Cubewano: Classical TNO’s, not in orbital resonance with Pluto
Oort Cloud Object: Celestial objects originating in the Oort Cloud with very long orbital periods.
Useful websites:
List of discovered and named centaurs: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/Centaurs.html
Daily positions, ephemeris: http://serennu.com/astrology/ephemeris.php
Sites containing myths and information on potential delineation:
- Centaur Research Project:
http://www.Kentauren.info/menu/index.htm?page=/cgi-bin/centephn.pl
- Chiron and Friends: http://www.zanestein.com/ephemris.htm
- Richard Brown karmic astrologer: http://www.karmastrology.com/
Zodiacal positions at discovery: http://sphinx.planetwaves.net/centaurs.htm
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