As scientists probe further into space, astrologers are being challenged to cope with the new Kuiper Belt Objects and those even further beyond. It is my personal observation that these slow-moving Objects do not portend specific events but rather events that are part of a major transformational process. For example, Transpluto (I know, theoretical, but it works) will take almost 80 years to go through the sign of Leo. In Leo, the individual is seeking of external approval and validation and its transformational process (after experiencing criticism and reacting with self-sufficiency) is towards wholeness and integration… seeking approval from within rather than from without.

Cruithne

In 2002, Cruithne caught my attention. An ephemeris for Cruithne can be obtained at www.astro.com. This near-Earth asteroid, orbiting between Venus and Mars, is now known to be a companion, and an unusual one, of the Earth. This asteroid shares the Earth’s orbit, its motion “choreographed” in such a way as to remain stable and avoid colliding with our planet. The correct pronunciation for ‘Cruithne’ is ‘croo-een-ya’. Cruithne is another that brings an internal transformation through seeking one’s roots and our rootedness to this planet.

The Cruithne were the first Celtic racio-tribal group to come to the British Isles, appearing between about 800 and 500 B.C., and coming from the European continent. They were a matrilineal people, tracing royal lineage and inheritance through the female line and, in pagan times, had worshiped the mother-goddess of fertility. By historical times, they had come to reckon descent patrilineally, by the male line, hence, their traditional descent from Conall Cearnach, one of the legendary heroes from early Irish literature. Conall Cearnach is ultimately a male-manifestation of Brigid (later St. Brigid), the original mother-goddess of the Cruithne.

The Cruithne of Scotland are the original Albans and they are commonly referred to as Picts. The Picts were an equestrian warrior aristocracy of the classic early Celtic type They were the last of the Cruithne to lose their matrilineality. This happened during the ninth and tenth centuries (the Cruithne of Ireland had lost theirs centuries earlier).

On the Centaurs E-List, when the discussion mentioned tattoos and ancient Scottish ancestry, I located my own Cruithne conjunct my Point of Transformation (Ruler of 4th+Jupiter-7th cusp) and this triggered my interest in this little celestial body.

My Cruithne is in my 7th House. I have gone over some significant dates and one event comes up every single time— someone from my distance past shows up or calls. Even recently as it trined my Sun at 6°, a client who has not called me since 1984 called for a reading. He was born in Berlin. In 1984, I could not begin to imagine that I would be a regular visitor to that city. When it was in Gemini in September crossing my 3 Gemini planets, I saw a woman whom I had not seen since the 1980s and a man that I had been with for 28 years but had not seen for 10 years knocked on my door. I was shocked each time.

Now to my Point of Transforamtion conjunct Cruithne: Around 2002, it was first surmised that there was a connection to ancient tribes, especially those with Irish-Scottish connections, cave drawing and ancient roots. For the past 14 years, it has been a part of my personal transformational process to find my past life roots, some evidence of a previous existence on this planet— drawings in a cave, something that I buried to be dug up in this lifetime, the old monastery in southern Germany, the old castle in Ireland. Every year, when I travel to Europe, I look for some clues. It is the search that is really the catalyst for transformation, as far as I am concerned. This is a quality that is so pronounced in my nature that there must be a connection. As for the tattoos, I have 3… so far.

When I printed out my transits to Cruithne, I discovered that, in 1991, when Uranus sextiled Cruithne, I embarked upon an ongoing journey to find out who am I, totally in terms of the distant past and a past life. At this time, I discovered that the Koiner family had its roots as early as 1400 with Jacob Keinoth in Winterlingen, Germany. A family history was written in 1890, before the wars. It was in 1992 (no significant outer planet transits at the time) that I went to Winterlingen and knew (when I saw monuments to WWII heroes) that these were not my people. During that month in 1992, Cruithne was in fast retrograde motion, passing its Return in my chart. On the same trip, I found my spiritual and past life home and a place where another side of my family originated… Mittenwald, Germany. This town has an old history of making violins and this part of my family, in America, is famous for playing the violin… not classical, Johnson Mountain Boys and Blue Grass. (Editor：augury)