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Last week, in Prague, Czech Republic, 424 members of the
General Assembly of the 2006 International Astronomical Union
ruled that Pluto was no longer a planet.
2,500 members had been at the conference for the weekend
(and there are 10,000 professional astronomers worldwide),
but only 424 were still there the day the vote was taken.
Pluto will now be considered a "dwarf planet,"
along with Ceres, Xena and 2003 UB313.
The definition for planet is now officially "a celestial
body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient
mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so
that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape
and (c) has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit."
The third definition is problematic, because even Jupiter
still has debris in its path.
But what does this mean to astrologers? Not much. We've long
been including asteroids in our interpretations, so it doesn't
really matter what you call Pluto, it's still our beloved
(or despised) Pluto.
It's going to mean a lot more to the memories of millions
of people. Now we need a new mnemonic for the planets: Instead
of My Very Educated
Mother Just Served
Us Nine Pizzas,
we now have "Many Very
Extinct Maps Just
Sold," Utters NASA.
And what does this mean to Wandering Star Astrology
Jewelry? Not much! We already include the North &
South Node, Chiron, and the Part of Fortune in our necklaces,
so why not keep Pluto?
As far as our Planet
Bracelet goes, if 400 people can decide about Pluto, let
me put it up to a vote of my own customers. Take a look at
our Planet Bracelet. Reply to this email and let me know if
I should keep the Pluto bead or not! As thanks, I'll choose
one random response from those received and send you a Planet
Bracelet, on the house!
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