Planet Sedna has the longest orbital period of any planet by far, taking 11,400 years to orbit the Sun. It also has a very elongated orbit, possibly the result of influence by a binary companion to the Sun (Nemesis), responsible for cyclic nature of mass extinctions on Earth from comets.

Sedna nears its perihelion in mid 2076. The last time Sedna was this close to earth was in 9400 BC, the beginning of the Neolithic Age when we started harvesting wild cereals and keeping animals like dogs and goats. We were evolving away from our nomadic roots.

In paleoclimatology, 9400 BC was the start of the Preboreal Period, coinciding with a “sharp rise in temperature over 50 years”.^[2] This led to inundation of low-lying areas of our planet. Sound familiar? This makes me believe that Sedna is linked to climate change, global warming and the rapid sea-level rise we are witnessing over just one generation. Since I was born the sea level has risen over 10 cm, or over 4 inches. And as the graph below shows, the current rate of sea level rise is over 3 cm every 10 years, and increasing.

Is this caused by human activity such as the burning of fossil fuels? Or is it simply the effect of the planet Sedna coming close to earth? The similarities to 9400 BC are plain to see. Perhaps human activity is making the current increase in temperature more dramatic, we will have to see. Sedna reaches it perihelion in about 60 years. I would expect the changes in our climate to escalate as Sedna nears earth. More frequent and more extreme weather events.

Planet Sedna Astrology

The orbital period of Sedna has me convinced it is now causing climate change. But does the Sedna astrology chart indicate anything like this? Planet Sedna was discovered on 14 November 2003 in California. The time for the discovery chart is rated AA and comes from Astro Databank, Astrology: Celestial: Sedna Discovery.

The conjunction of the Moon, asteroid Hygeia and minor planet Ceres does indicate public health concerns regarding the environment. In mundane astrology, the Moon rules the public, in this case the global population. Asteroid Hygeia rules public health, medicine, disease and diet.

Minor planet Ceres has been shown by astrologers including myself, to relate to the environment, climate change and global food production. Interestingly, I wrote that post about Ceres in relation to a climate change conference. Ceres and the new moon were at 24 degrees Scorpio, the Ascendant in the Sedna discovery chart. The same degree that Saturn stations retrograde on 3 March 2014, when it is opposite Sedna.

Venus sextile Neptune creates sensitivity and compassion, in this case perhaps, idealism and concern for the oceans, or sensitivity to the changing vibrations caused by the approach of Sedna? Just tossing ideas up. Anyway, this compassionate idealism channels down to Saturn at the apex of a Yod aspect pattern. A Yod apex planet condenses the energy of the sextile planets, in the same way Saturn is known for materializing and condensing matter. It grounds this energy, bringing it down to earth, making it serious, limiting and negative.

Thus, our sensitivity to Sedna turns to worry and fear about how climate change is limiting our options, impacting on food production, reducing the area of habitable and arable land. Saturn rules agriculture, the land, and real estate, all of which are in danger from sea level rise and extreme weather conditions.

Saturn is conjunct the brightest star in the heavens, the fixed star Sirius. The custodian, the guardian. Is this our responsibility? Have we been good custodians of the planet Earth. What legacy do we leave our children? Saturn rules inheritance, and it also rules karma. However  the energy in this Yod does not end with Saturn. This is a Boomerang Yod. Saturn fears bounce back to Chiron, the wounded healer, the medicine man. The inventor of astrology, who foretold events from the stars.

Chiron was immortal, but he gave up this right because of the suffering from his eternal pain. As reward for his gifts to man, and for his sacrifice, the gods placed him in the sky as the constellation Centaurus. The 10th brightest star in the sky is beta Centaurus, the fixed star Agena. This star is rising with the Sun in the Sedna discovery chart. So what does Chiron see in the stars for our future? He sees that we have to teach our kids to swim.

References

1. By Tomruen – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60453344
2. List of periods and events in climate history – Wikipedia.