Dwarf Planet Basics

By Sue Kientz

The largest of the trans-Neptunian Dwarf Planets in the outer Kuiper Belt and beyond are the POWER PLAYERS of our solar system. Their position outside the “social sphere” of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, means the large dwarfs, when in relationship with personal planets, represent strong desires for influence, power, control, ability to change things, even to remake the world and have one’s own way. Ranging in size from dominating Pluto and Eris (virtual twins with diameters 2376km and 2326km respectively), Haumea and Makemake (each two-thirds Pluto-size), Gonggong and Quaoar (half-Pluto), Sedna, Orcus, and Salacia (two-fifths Pluto size), Máni (was 2002 MS₄), Achlys (was 2003 AZ₈₄), Aya (was 2002 AW₁₉₇), Varda, and Chiminigagua (was 2013 FY₂₇) (one-third Pluto), Ixion, Goibniu, Ritona (was 2005 RN₄₃), Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà, Varuna, Uni, and Rumina (one-quarter Pluto), most are significantly larger than the largest asteroid (Vesta) and many times larger than Chiron. Smaller bodies 2002 TC₃₀₂, Xewioso, 2002 TX₃₀₀, and Leleākūhonua are included due to special circumstances.

Research based exclusively on exhaustive chart work produced the keywords and notable personality examples below and was published in More Plutos in 2015.(1) Some dwarf planet interpretations were developed after 2015; all are listed at MorePlutos.com > Meet the Dwarfs.

Dwarf Planet Keywords

PLUTO (2376km): Craves control, desire for power, will go to great lengths to impress one’s will and lead; controlling, manipulative, will mislead, bully others to gain and/or retain power.

ERIS (2326km): Connects with other people, animals, life in general, and works to help outcast types; can feel alienated, excluded, or even reject others unlike themselves and treat them inhumanely.

HAUMEA (1632km): Creates, fixes things, heals, transforms, destroys (to rebuild); capable of drastic action (injury, death, destruction) if thwarted, cornered, or indoctrinated.

MAKEMAKE (1430km): Unusual intellect, drawn to eccentric interests or lifestyle, breakthrough discoveries; erratic, shocking, espousing “crazy” ideas that might just be way before their time.

GONGGONG (1230km): Compassionate, sensitive, self-sacrificing; oversensitive, shy, closeness seems stifling.

QUAOAR (1080km): Playful, experimental, good at performance arts (dance, theater), comedy; plays pranks, indulges in risk-taking, gambling.

SEDNA (1000km): Persistent, determined, patient, long-suffering; hopeless, depressive, can feel continued patience or persistence is futile.

ORCUS (960km): Prefers order, making lists, categorizing, cleanliness, rules; can overdo the pursuit of perfection, has high expectations of others, suffers from obsessive-compulsive behavior (OCD).

SALACIA (838km): Motivational, will execute plans, able to see and implement way forward; can overdo preparation, waits too long to act, resists trusting others to give aid or guidance.

MÁNI (was 2002 MS₄) (796km): Loves to learn, research, know things; can overdo the search for knowledge, entertain conspiracy theories.

ACHLYS (was 2003 AZ₈₄) (~772km): Self-confident, assertive, belief in oneself; audacious, overbearing, presumptuous, which possibly masks secret insecurity.

AYA (was 2002 AW₁₉₇) (~768km): New ideas, open to new lines of work, different perspectives, connections, has good memory; drawn to ideas, connections, theories that generate criticism or opposition. Aya milestones often precede more significant milestones.

VARDA (~740km & 350km binary): Insight, excellent vision, extraordinary perception; can delve into too much detail, overlook the obvious, involvement in spying, eavesdropping.

CHIMINIGAGUA (was 2002 FY₂₇) (740km & 190km binary): Named after an Andean supreme being that represents the primordial light that shines in the darkness before stars were born, this distant body grants assertiveness, especially stentorian talents, e.g., loud or far-carrying voice, ability to stand up against opposition, forceful; pushy, overbearing, crowds out others’ input, loud to no purpose.

IXION (710km): Named for a mythological “first murderer.” Rule-breaker, norm-adverse, unafraid to attempt “the impossible”; iconoclast, lawbreaker, rebel.

GOIBNIU (680km): Pronounced “GUV-noo.” Named after an Irish smithing god who created magical weapons. Denotes a crisis point, mechanism, vital proof, that which fate provides, being given the perfect tool or chance; arming oneself.

RITONA (was 2005 RN₄₃) (679km): Ability to stop or freeze when facing danger or the unknown, excels in self-preservation; deer-in-headlights reaction extends too long, cannot process solutions to threats or predicaments.

GǃKÚNǁʼHÒMDÍMÀ (678km & 100km binary): Pronounced “G’wan HOME deemah.” Able, capable, protective; sees oneself above question or unable to make mistakes, fail.

VARUNA (668km): “Pronounced “VAR uh nuh.” Storyteller, fiction writer, truth teller, creates a new world with words; fabricates, invents lies rather than facing facts or complexity or admitting truth.

UNI (659km): Etrusian goddess of love and marriage. Partnering to have more power, e.g., unite with others for a purpose, either to be more effective, successful, or (negatively) to use people for one’s own gain or gratification..

RUMINA (644km): Protectress of breastfeeding mothers and nursing infants. Give comfort, comforting, motherly, caring for one’s well being. Professional cook, home carer, home security.

2002 TC₃₀₂* (~543km): Close resonance with Neptune (2 orbits for every 5 of Neptune’s) gives TC₃₀₂ an intense dose of mystery, confusion, and secretiveness. Very powerful if aspects Neptune and/or both aspect one or more personal planets.

XEWIOSO (565km): West African thunder god. Casts a spell, makes things magical, creates atmosphere; engineers appearances, mesmerizes.

2002 TX₃₀₀* (320km): Small but remarkably bright, so claims attention not by size but shine. Driven to report, transmit, and disseminate information, facts, stories; uses news or facts to craft messages that serve personal purpose or financial gain.

LELEĀKŪHONUA (110km): Long migratory flight of Pacific Golden Plover inspired name. Keep going, don’t quit, long journey, keep the faith, in it for the duration, a long time or long way to one’s goals; exhausted from one’s efforts.

* MPC Designation assigned by Minor Planet Center, given once object’s orbital path is sufficiently known. No formal name (or nickname) has been provided or approved and may never be assigned. Discoverer retains a lot of leeway to control naming of object, and most are quite happy with the cryptic label. Chart work still reveals personality characteristics of these bodies.

Notable Personalities that illuminate the Dwarf Planets

PLUTO: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (Sun trine Pluto), Volodymir Zelensky (Moon sextile Pluto), Queen Elizabeth II (Sun quintile Pluto), Galileo Galilei (Mercury conjunct Pluto); Xi Jinping (Sun sextile Pluto), Joseph Stalin (Mars opposite Pluto), Nero (Sun conjunct Pluto).

ERIS: George Washington (Sun sesquiquadrate Eris), King Charles III (Sun sesquiquadrate Eris), Barack Obama (Sun trine Eris), Jackie Robinson (Sun/Moon semisquare Eris), Agatha Christie (Sun opposite Eris); Donald Trump (Mercury square Eris), Jim Jones (Mars sesquiquadrate Eris).

HAUMEA: Albert Einstein (Sun sextile Haumea), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Sun sextile Haumea), Martin Luther King (Sun opposite Haumea); Osama bin Laden (Mars square Haumea), 9-11 mastermind Mohammed Atta (Sun conjunct Haumea).

MAKEMAKE: Salvador Dali (Sun Mercury Mars Makemake conjunct), Thomas Edison (Sun Mercury Makemake conjunct), Alfred Hitchcock (Sun square Makemake), “Weird Al” Yankovich (Sun square Makemake); Adolf Hitler (Sun conjunct Makemake), Charles Manson (Sun sesquiquadrate Makemake), Anders Breivik (Sun opposite Makemake).

GONGGONG: Mother Teresa (Sun trine Gonggong), Abraham Lincoln (Sun sesquiquadrate Gonggong), Lyndon Johnson (Sun Mars trine Gonggong), Leo Buscaglia (Mercury trine Gonggong); Anders Breivik (Sun Mercury Mars Gonggong conjunct).

QUAOAR: George S. Patton (Sun trine Quaoar), Leonardo da Vinci (Sun trine Quaoar), Leonard Bernstein (Sun conjunct Quaoar), Stephen Hawking (Mercury trine Quaoar), Marilyn Monroe (Sun square Quaoar); Nero (Sun conjunct Quaoar), Bernie Madoff (Sun sesquiquadrate Quaoar).

SEDNA: Winston Churchill (Sun trine Sedna), George Washington (Sun conjunct Sedna), Helen Keller (Sun square Sedna), Magic Johnson (Sun trine Sedna), Jackie Robinson (Sun/Moon sextile Sedna); Sandy-Hook shooter Adam Lanza (Sun conjunct Sedna), Columbine shooter Dylan Klebold (Sun sesquiquadrate Sedna).

ORCUS: Princess Diana (Sun conjunct Orcus), Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Sun conjunct Orcus), Dwight Eisenhower (Sun trine Orcus), DNA co-discoverer Francis Crick (Mercury semisquare Orcus); Richard Nixon (Sun square Orcus), President Donald Trump (Sun conjunct Orcus).

SALACIA: Benjamin Franklin (Sun conjunct Salacia), Helen Keller (Salacia conjunct Midheaven), Edward R. Murrow (Mercury opposite Salacia), President Donald Trump (Sun opposite Moon/Salacia).

MÁNI (was 2002 MS₄): Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Robert Oppenheimer, Steve Jobs (all Sun trine Máni), Stephen Hawking and Thomas Edison (Sun square Máni), Galileo Galilei (Mercury semisquare Máni); Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (Sun square Máni).

ACHLYS (was 2003 AZ₈₄): Giacomo Casanova (Sun sextile Achlys), Volodomyr Zelenskyy and Alfred Hitchcock (both Ascendant conjunct Achlys), Winston Churchill (Ascendant trine Achlys); US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (Sun conjunct Achlys), Charles Manson (Moon square and Mercury opposite Achlys).

AYA (was 2002 AW₁₉₇): Discoverer of Pluto Clyde Tombaugh (Sun square Aya), discoverer of Saturn’s rings Christiaan Huygens (Sun sextile Aya), animal activist Jane Goodall (Mercury square Aya), Nikola Tesla (Sun trine and Mercury square Aya), owner/founder of many different business enterprises Donald Trump (Sun conjunct Aya).

VARDA: Isaac Newton (Sun square Varda), astronomer Edwin Hubble (Sun Mercury square Varda), proposed “cosmic inflation” Alan Guth (Mars sesquiquadrate Varda), Elon Musk (Sun trine Varda), Jeff Bezos (Sun Mars square Varda); Vladimir Putin (Sun conjunct Varda), Joseph Stalin (Sun sesquiquadrate Varda).

CHIMINIGAGUA (was 2002 FY₂₇): “Loud” comedians John Oliver (Sun trine Chiminigagua), San Kinison (Sun trine Chiminigagua), and Gilbert Gottfried (Mercury opposite Chiminigagua), composer and self-described “Hollerer” Meredith Willson (Sun sextile Chiminigagua).(2)

IXION: Martin Luther King (Sun trine Ixion), Alexander Fleming (Sun sextile Ixion), Pope Francis I (Sun square Ixion), Mae West (Sun Ixion Mercury conjunct), Andrew Jackson (Sun square Ixion); Charles Manson (Sun semisquare Ixion), Jerry Sandusky (Sun trine Ixion, Mars trine Ixion), Richard Speck (Mars opposite Ixion).

GOIBNIU: Dalai Lama XIV (Sun conjunct Goibniu), Galileo Galilei (Sun conjunct Goibniu), Henry Knox, during the American Revolutionary War, brought Ticonderoga guns to Boston (Mercury trine Goibniu), Apollo 13 return (Sun trine Goibniu); Adolf Hitler (Mars/VenusRx/Goibniu square Saturn).

RITONA (was 2005 RN₄₃): Former vice president Mike Pence (Sun opposite Ritona), Melania Trump (Sun trine Moon/Ritona), Volodymir Zelensky (Mercury conjunct Ritona), Kamala Harris (Sun sextile Ritona), on death row 48 years claiming innocence, Tommy Zeigler (Sun trine Ritona) expects DNA evidence recently analyzed to acquit him this year.(3)

GǃKÚNǁʼHÒMDÍMÀ: President Joe Biden (Sun trine Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà), Benjamin Franklin (Sun conjunct Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà), Queen Elizabeth II (Venus conjunct Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà); Vladimir Putin (Mercury Venus opposite Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà), Elon Musk (Venus sextile Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà, Mercury square Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà).

VARUNA: First American dictionary publisher Noah Webster (Sun sextile Varuna), decoder of the Rosetta Stone Jean-Francois Champollion (Sun square Varuna), Stephen Colbert (Sun conjunct Varuna); William Randolph Hearst (Sun trine Varuna), Karl Rove (Sun trine Varuna), Richard Nixon (Sun semisquare Varuna).

UNI: USA mundane chart (Sun conjunct Uni), Bill Gates (Sun trine Uni), Charles Darwin (Mercury opposite Uni), Galileo (Sun sesquiquadrate Uni), Donald Trump (Sun trine Uni); Isaac Newton (Sun conjunct Uni).

RUMINA: USA mundane chart (Rumina conjunct Ascendant), Bill Gates (Mercury trine Rumina), Chef José Andrés of World Central Kitchen (Sun sesquiquadrate Rumina), Zohran Mamdani (Sun opposite Rumina); Leaders who starved their people: Mao Zedong (Sun/Rumina square Sedna), Stalin (Venus/Rumina square Saturn/Sedna), Kim Jong-Il (Rumina opposite Pluto and square Saturn/Jupiter).

2002 TC₃₀₂: Still-missing Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa (Sun Mercury Ascendant 2002 TC₃₀₂), Elizabeth Taylor (Sun Mercury 2002 TC₃₀₂) with her entrancing violet eyes, Stephen Hawking (Mercury square Mars, each exactly semisquare 2002 TC₃₀₂).

XEWIOSO: Fred Rogers of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood (Sun sextile Xewioso), Harry Houdini (Sun opposite Xewioso), David Copperfield (Venus trine Xewioso), Barry White (Mercury opposite Xewioso), J.K. Rowlings (Mercury trine Xewioso); Apollo 13 return (Sun/Xewioso/Sedna), Hitler (Xewioso conjunct Ascendant and opposite Sun/Mercury).

2002 TX₃₀₀: Anderson Cooper (Sun trine 2002 TX₃₀₀), Rush Limbaugh (Sun conjunct 2002 TX₃₀₀), Walter Cronkite (Sun conjunct 2002 TX₃₀₀), Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch (Sun square 2002 TX₃₀₀), Bill Maher (Sun conjunct 2002 TX₃₀₀), Alex Jones (Sun conjunct 2002 TX₃₀₀).

LELEĀKŪHONUA: Dalai Lama XIV (Mercury opposite and Venus trine Leleākūhonua), Howard Carter, unearthed King Tutankhamun’s tomb (Sun square Leleākūhonua), First manned Moon Landing (Sun sesquiquadrate Leleākūhonua), Albert Einstein (Mercury/Sedna/Saturn semisquare Leleākūhonua), whose ideas and theories (Mercury) are still being explored and confirmed.

Title Image attribution: LunaTheSilly, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, with slight modifications by author.

Notes

1. Kientz, Sue. More Plutos. (Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, 2015)
2. Willson, Meredith. But He Doesn’t Know the Territory. (Minneapolis: Univ. of Minnesota Press, 2009)
3. De Sturler, Alice, “Brief Update on the Zeigler Case,” Defrosting Cold Cases, May 10, 2024, https://defrostingcoldcases.com/brief-update-on-the-zeigler-case/

About the Author

Sue Kientz, author of More Plutos (2015), has studied astrology since 1977 and specializes in the new dwarf planets (Eris, Makemake, Haumea, Sedna, Gonggong, Orcus, and others). Dwarf planets helped Sue predict Donald Trump would be impeached on or about September 22, 2019, which she detailed in articles on Facebook and her website starting in August 2018; she was two days off Pelosi’s decision to impeach. Visit MorePlutos.com to read free book chapters from More Plutos, her Trump predictions in the Plog, and other published articles, dwarf planet keywords, and other fun facts.