The TransNeptunians

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Hello Kevin,

 

You asked about the origins of the Transneptunians. There's an interesting

article about Alfred Witte on this URL:

http://www.astrologer.ru/Witte/biography_eng.html

 

Here's a quote, from this article, that may offer an answer to your

question.

 

" One more of Witte's innovations of no less importance was four, and later

eight transneptunian planets (Transneptuner, TNPs), which are called Uranian

planets in the US. The first four planets were calculated by Alfred Witte

himself, and the rest were calculated by his student and collaborator, the

founder of the Hamburg " Kepler Circle " , Friedrich Sieggrün. The first

discovered transneptunian was Cupido, the planet of marriage and family.

Witte's was concerned with the fact that at the moment of marriage, the

directed MC or Moon (meaning the direction of the solar arc, approximately

1° per year) must aspect another planet. And when there was no such planet,

Witte made a supposition that this person must have a yet undiscovered

planet at this place. While comparing many horoscopes with the known date of

first marriage, it was found, that for people of similar age all these

" missing " points were situated very close to each other. In this way, the

first version of Cupido ephemerides was created. It was followed by other

planets: Hades, Zeus, Kronos, Apollon, Admetos, Vulcanus and Poseidon. The

table below shows symbols, periods of circulation, key words and concepts,

used for their explanation [the sources are 1, 6, 7]. "

 

Best wishes,

Lea