Basics
Class: BB-type dwarf planet/plutoid
Location: Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO)
Orbit length (approx): 281.07 years
Discovered: 7th March 2003, 00:40 UTC, from Sierra Nevada Observatory in Spain
Notes: Third-largest known trans-Neptunian object, after Eris and Pluto.
Events at time of discovery:
- March 7 – Death of José Márcio Ayres, 49, Brazilian conservationist and zoologist, founded Brazilian rain forest reserves
- – Death of Manfred Durniok, 68, German film producer, director and screenwriter
- – Death of Monica Hughes, 77, Canadian SF author
- March 8 – Malta approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
Naming information
Name origin: Hawai'ian goddess of fertility and childbirth
Mythology: Mother of many important deities (including Pele, Hi'iaka and Namaka) and herself among the first worshipped on the Hawai'ian islands. She repeatedly transforms herself from an old woman to a young girl, and returns to her homeland periodically to give birth to further generations of humans. She is said to have given humans the ability to give birth naturally, and left humanity behind when her identity was discovered.
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| Screenshot of an interactive 3D model of Haumea. Credit: NASA Visualization Technology Applications and Development. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 9+ Libra
Discovery Sabian: Having Passed Safely Through Narrow Rapids, a Canoe Reaches Calm Waters
Discovery nodal signature: Leo-Aquarius
Estimated orbital resonances: Saturn 2:19, Chiron 2:11, Uranus 3:10, Neptune 7:12, Pluto 7:8, Eris 2:1
Discovery chart details: Crescent phase with the Moon sextile Uranus, and the Sun tightly conjunct Pallas and sextile Chiron. Mercury was square the Nodes and Chiron sesquiquadrate the North Node. Haumea was conjunct Vesta and sextile Jupiter. Venus was semi-square Pluto.
Summary and references
May represent fertility, childbirth, renewal and creativity, the emergence of the new, self-reliance and autonomy[1]; deep comprehension of collective forces, processes of collective interaction[2]; spiritual self-knowledge, creativity, regeneration, transformation (especially of consciousness), solid integrity, support, fostering[3]; "real psychic connection", unity with all beings, letting go of the old, exploring creative possibilities, play, "experiences where we collide with consensus reality", finding our true community[4]; the divine, growth and nurturing, producing or leaving behind creations with a life of their own, protecting the natural, cyclical consciousness, ecology, synergy over dualism, pantheism, lively insight, problem solving and mental alertness, striving for peace[5].
References:1) Alex Miller: Haumea 136108
2) Amable: (136108) Haumea
3) Philip Sedgwick: New Dwarf Planets, Eris, Sedna, Centaurs & More
4) Alan Clay & Melissa Billington: The Astrology of Haumea: Neptune's Higher Octave (Dwarf Planet University, 2023)
5) Benjamin Adamah: Cubewanos, Haumeids & Other TNOs (VAMzzz Publishing, 2023)
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| Discovery chart for (136108) Haumea: 7th March 2003, 00:40 UTC, Sierra Nevada Observatory, Spain. |
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