Evidently, the powers overseeing the celestial canopy took this message to heart. Rings are common around planetary objects. Saturn leads the pack as the ringed master in our solar system. Then there’s Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune all sporting rings and demolishing previous associations that rings around a planet - specifically Saturn - represent restrictions for those in the real world to overcome. Jupiter and Uranus hopefully deposited that association about overly-maligned Saturn in the appropriate dumpster. After all, as if competing with the announcement of even more moons discovered around Jupiter, Saturn recently tantalized telescope cameras by sporting mysterious spokes fleeting across his rings. No doubt those rings consist of high-quality and cosmic clarity reflecting cosmic light for the wonder of all.
Did you know the centaurs Chiron and Chariklo (last call for the Twin Stars Relationship Report that features these two centaurs, e-mail for details) have rings. Did you know as well that the dwarf planet Haumea is confirmed to have rings? Now we find out that Quaoar, the first solar system object (and likely dwarf planet) named for indigenous peoples shows off a ring that currently drives astronomers to scratch their heads.
Quaoar possesses a satellite body (moon) close. This object is Weywot (Sky Father). However the position of Quaoar’s ring relative to it and its moon, doesn’t fall within previously demarcated demonstrated limits. As such, this ring defies previous theories for where ring material is likely to be located relative to the body it surrounds. By no means should a ring be kept in a box, or defined by pigeon hole, for that matter. Why is Quaoar so intriguing at present from an astrological point of view and what does this mean to those of us on Earth? Is it about being out of the box?
Discovered in June 2002 by the team of Mike Brown and Chad Trujillo at Palomar Observatory, the name Quaoar was chosen for the primary creation deity of the Tongva people residing near the observatory around what is now Los Angeles. As a creation god, Quaoar sang and danced other deities into existence and brought about life.
Currently, Quaoar in Libra opposes Jupiter in Aries. Given perihelion in Pisces and node in Libra, Quaoar seeks to remind all of the importance of all relations and the complex weaving between all persons on the planet and their actions regardless of proximity. Equally important to highlight Jupiter’s influence, one must clarify that personal rituals and creative protocols are part of ones figurative song and dance to conjure positive results from life. As such since personal ceremonies must not be perceived as a dog and pony show, even if they appear out of the box. Simply, such actions seek to enliven the sincerest soul reach available at the time of creative conjuring.
Also in the category of objects that peal with a notable resonance is the naming of the Kuiper Belt Object 469705 (former provisional designation was 2005 EF298) as Ká̦gára. Actually this consists of a binary system between the namesake object and !Hãunu. Ká̦gára was discovered at Arizona’s Kitt Peak Observatory on 11 March 2005. The secondary body first appeared courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009. Ká̦gára is estimated to be approximately 140 kilometers in diameter and the period of the binary pair runs 9.65 days. The overall orbital period stands at 292.45 years. This is the third named pair of Kuiper Belt Objects, the previous two pairs: Mors-Somnus and Sila-Nunam.
Today, the binary KBO retrogrades through 26 Virgo 38.
The source mythology originates with the ǀXam people of the Karoo region of southern Africa. According to lore, Ká̦gára, following a dispute with his brother-in-law, !Hãunu, sought to return his younger sister, the wife of !Hãunu, to their parents. !Hãunu raged after the siblings hurling lightning from mountainous clouds at them as they fled. One of the lighting bolts bounced back to strike !Hãunu. While Ká̦gára and his sister were unharmed, !Hãunu slowly died amidst the shaking of the thunder. There appears to be a similar tale in Australian Aboriginal mythology.
This successful tale of rescue and retrieval comes from a Kuiper Object with a north node of 28 Cancer 03 and aphelion (closest contact with the Sun) at 15 Libra 18 (NOTE: both coordinates are heliocentric). Whether the naming astronomer intended to do so or not, he nailed the tension often found between familial and interpersonal relationships as demonstrated by the nature of the signs of the orbital elements.
While becoming aware of this object only yesterday, beside the obvious intended resolution between relationship factions, interpretive concepts are still in the state of speculation. This comes to our attention on the heels of scores of thousands perishing in Syria and Turkey during the rumbling of a series of massive earthquakes. However, all elements of mountainous thunderstorms may be eligible to apply for consideration regarding shifting meteorological and climate considerations. Seeking the means to resolve personal, familial, tribal and cultural disputes gains importance, especially through the current position of this system in Virgo. Seek to overcome judgment, criticism and trolling while positively applying the trines to Pluto in Capricorn and Sedna in Taurus. Always seek to apply transformation magic to all real world circumstances, and so engage with the wisdom granted by diving deep into what fosters ones life and soul in grounded, practical realities.
Couple of loosely applied prescriptions for Ká̦gára, for sure. Leave lightning bolt hurling to those deity possessing a specific craft, skill and charge for such activity, and make no effort to steal anyone’s thunder.
More soon!