Dwarf Planets
in More Plutos
My continuing research into the meaning of astrology received an amazing boost a number of years ago when I discovered the book There Are MORE PLUTOS, by Sue Kientz, published in 2015.
I had been searching online for what astrologers had to say about the planetary bodies categorized as Dwarf Planets, discovered in the Kuiper Belt by astronomers. Beyond the reaches of Neptune’s orbit, the ice-rock bodies were thought to be possible leftovers from the formation of the solar system.
After it was determined that, except for being smaller, a number of the new objects fit within the classification of planets, they classified the new discoveries as Dwarf Planets. When one of them, Eris, was determined to be larger than Pluto, a controversy was ignited, prompting them to re-classify Pluto, discovered in 1930, as a Dwarf. This did not go well with many astrologers (nor with me) when Pluto was demoted!
Pluto is the largest of the Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) and exploring it has brought us closer to understanding the almost alien region within our own solar system.
In MORE PLUTOS, Sue Kientz has given us clues to understanding what’s evolving here on Earth, through examining our own birth charts.
MY PLUTO AND HAUMEA
I was born with Pluto in my tenth house, eight degrees from the midheaven of my birth chart, in the house which represents a parent. When I was eight years old, during the Ides of March in 1947, my midheaven reached Pluto by Solar Arc progression — which moved the chart one degree per year — to the day my father died.
What I would learn many years later, after it was discovered in late 2004, was that a planetary object not yet known or seen was also activated in my tenth house that same day by transiting Pluto, which was at 11 Leo 19 conjunct my undiscovered Dwarf Planet Haumea at 11 Leo 22. Astrologers believe when a new planetary object is discovered it represents something going on below: “As above, so below.”
Further, natal Haumea is involved in a grand trine to my Saturn in Aries and my Venus and Moon in Sagittarius, which are favorable aspects. But, along with the grand trine I also have a grand cross involving Haumea in opposition to Vesta in my fourth house in Aquarius and square my Nodes in Scorpio and Taurus in the first and seventh houses. Crosses (which are squares) adds stress but can also motivate us to take action.
Several other Dwarf Planets are strong in my chart, including Makemake which has to do with the balance of nature and is in my ninth house undecile Haumea — the undecile being an eleventh harmonic aspect, my birth path number —and also conjunct Chiron which opposes (creating awareness of) my Mercury in the third house of communication; Quaoar in my twelfth just over a degree from natal Neptune; Varuna, which expresses the desire to be heard and is conjunct my Saturn, and another Plutonian planet, Orcus, is exactly opposite my Moon Venus combination.
Also, I recently realized that Haumea shows strongly in my children’s charts. My son’s Haumea is at 11 Leo conjunct his Sun (trining his Jupiter on his ascendant) and my daughter’s Mars is at 12 Leo sextile both her Sun and Moon — both of course conjunct my own Haumea, which had not been discovered yet when they were born.
With these recently discovered Dwarf Planets closely conjunct my original natal planets, I feel I’ve gained more self-understanding of astrology and my purpose; for myself at least. I’m being presented with the possibility of becoming a wiser person. If I’m wrong, so be it.
Since Sue named her book MORE PLUTOS, I believe the Dwarf Planets may be intent on helping us to understand the damage we’re doing to the Earth in our reckless use of its resources. Time will tell if this is true.
