Orcus

ORCUS - Companion of Pluto

There are a number of objects on the outer edge of the Solar System called 'Trans-Neptunian Objects' because, as the name suggests, their orbital path takes them further out than the orbit of Neptune. Orcus is one such, and particularly interesting because of mirroring certain orbital

characteristics of Pluto.

Orcus was an ancient 'sea-monster', possibly a precursor to the 'Lords of the Underworld' from later cultures, such as the familiar Hades and Pluto. Certainly, the 'watery' connection seems to be important.

Melanie has been researching Orcus since August 2007, and will share her ideas thus far about its meaning and process, with material drawn from her own intuitive attunement, as well as observation of individual psychological processes.

This is first time in the UK that an entire day has been dedicated to the understanding of Orcus!

The Bedford Astrology Group

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Friday June 4th: 7.45 - 10.15pm
St Marks Church‎

Calder Rise, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 7UY‎

If you are curious to find out where Orcus is in your own chart, the notes below will help you.

Ephemeris for midnight positions of Orcus.

(Every 365 days, from 1900 - 2030)

Created by Melanie Reinhart with RIYAL freeware. May be downloaded and freely shared.

To get a rough idea of the position of Orcus:

1. Find your year of birth (the 3 columns extreme left show date, month and year)

2. Look along that horizontal line, past the zeros (indicating 00 hr midnight) and you'll see an abbreviated zodiac position. This column is marked in RED at the top only. This shows you where Orcus was located in zodiac terms in your year of birth.

3. Ignore all the other columns, for this purpose, although they contain lots of other interesting information.

If you want a more accurate position:

1. Download the free software, RIYAL, created by Juan Revilla.

2. If you run Solar Fire, v.6+, there are pre-installed folders which will give you the positions of a number of TNOs, including Orcus. They go in the 'Extra Ring' which has to be set up accordingly.

   DATE         UT        ZODIAC lon iau   lat    dec    gdist velocity   helio   hdist    Ang

   1 Jan 1900   0 00 00| 15Pi24'48" Peg 20n02 12n43 30.905   0 01 16 17Pi12   30.53    1°30'

   1 Jan 1901   0 00 00| 17Pi53'58" Peg 20n11 13n47 30.901   0 01 11 19Pi43   30.57    1°56'

   1 Jan 1902   0 00 00| 20Pi23'23" Peg 20n18 14n50 30.906   0 01 06 22Pi15   30.62    2°21'

   1 Jan 1903   0 00 00| 22Pi52'51" Peg 20n22 15n51 30.919   0 01 00 24Pi46   30.67    2°43'

   1 Jan 1904   0 00 00| 25Pi22'14" Peg 20n25 16n51 30.940   0 00 54 27Pi16   30.74    3°05'

31 Dec 1904   0 00 00| 27Pi51'15" Peg 20n26 17n50 30.968   0 00 48 29Pi47   30.81    3°27'

31 Dec 1905   0 00 00|   0Ar19'45" Peg 20n25 18n47 31.004   0 00 42   2Ar16   30.89    3°49'

31 Dec 1906   0 00 00|   2Ar47'31" Peg 20n21 19n43 31.047   0 00 36   4Ar44   30.97    4°13'

31 Dec 1907   0 00 00|   5Ar14'24" Peg 20n16 20n36 31.100   0 00 30   7Ar11   31.07    4°37'

30 Dec 1908   0 00 00|   7Ar40'19" Peg 20n09 21n27 31.161   0 00 24   9Ar36   31.17    5°03'

30 Dec 1909   0 00 00| 10Ar05'10" Peg 19n59 22n17 31.231   0 00 19 12Ar00   31.29    5°28'

30 Dec 1910   0 00 00| 12Ar28'52" And 19n48 23n03 31.310   0 00 13 14Ar23   31.41    5°53'

30 Dec 1911   0 00 00| 14Ar51'22" And 19n35 23n48 31.398   0 00 07 16Ar44   31.54    6°17'

29 Dec 1912   0 00 00| 17Ar12'37" And 19n20 24n30 31.494   0 00 01 19Ar04   31.67    6°40'

29 Dec 1913   0 00 00| 19Ar32'31" And 19n03 25n10 31.599 -0 00 04 21Ar22   31.82    7°01'

29 Dec 1914   0 00 00| 21Ar51'00" Psc 18n45 25n48 31.710 -0 00 09 23Ar38   31.97    7°20'

29 Dec 1915   0 00 00| 24Ar07'57" Psc 18n26 26n23 31.828 -0 00 14 25Ar53   32.13    7°37'

28 Dec 1916   0 00 00| 26Ar23'14" Psc 18n05 26n55 31.952 -0 00 19 28Ar06   32.29    7°53'

28 Dec 1917   0 00 00| 28Ar36'44" Psc 17n42 27n25 32.082 -0 00 24   0Ta17   32.46    8°09'

28 Dec 1918   0 00 00|   0Ta48'18" Psc 17n19 27n53 32.217 -0 00 29   2Ta26   32.63    8°26'

28 Dec 1919   0 00 00|   2Ta57'55" Tri 16n54 28n17 32.358 -0 00 33   4Ta33   32.81    8°44'

27 Dec 1920   0 00 00|   5Ta05'31" Tri 16n28 28n39 32.505 -0 00 37   6Ta38   32.99    9°02'

27 Dec 1921   0 00 00|   7Ta11'08" Tri 16n02 28n59 32.659 -0 00 41   8Ta40   33.18    9°21'

27 Dec 1922   0 00 00|   9Ta14'49" Tri 15n34 29n15 32.820 -0 00 45 10Ta41   33.37    9°40'

27 Dec 1923   0 00 00| 11Ta16'38" Tri 15n05 29n29 32.986 -0 00 48 12Ta40   33.57    9°59'

26 Dec 1924   0 00 00| 13Ta16'37" Tri 14n36 29n41 33.159 -0 00 52 14Ta37   33.77   10°16'

26 Dec 1925   0 00 00| 15Ta14'53" Ari 14n06 29n50 33.338 -0 00 55 16Ta32   33.98   10°31'

26 Dec 1926   0 00 00| 17Ta11'28" Ari 13n35 29n57 33.522 -0 00 58 18Ta25   34.19   10°44'

26 Dec 1927   0 00 00| 19Ta06'22" Ari 13n04 30n02 33.709 -0 01 00 20Ta17   34.40   10°54'

25 Dec 1928   0 00 00| 20Ta59'35" Ari 12n33 30n04 33.900 -0 01 03 22Ta06   34.62   11°03'

25 Dec 1929   0 00 00| 22Ta51'05" Ari 12n01 30n05 34.093 -0 01 05 23Ta55   34.84   11°11'

25 Dec 1930   0 00 00| 24Ta40'49" Ari 11n29 30n03 34.289 -0 01 07 25Ta41   35.06   11°19'

25 Dec 1931   0 00 00| 26Ta28'46" Ari 10n56 29n59 34.488 -0 01 09 27Ta26   35.28   11°28'

24 Dec 1932   0 00 00| 28Ta14'54" Tau 10n23 29n53 34.689 -0 01 11 29Ta08   35.50   11°38'

24 Dec 1933   0 00 00| 29Ta59'17" Tau   9n50 29n45 34.893 -0 01 12   0Ge49   35.72   11°49'

24 Dec 1934   0 00 00|   1Ge41'59" Tau   9n17 29n36 35.101 -0 01 14   2Ge29   35.95   12°00'

24 Dec 1935   0 00 00|   3Ge23'03" Tau   8n44 29n24 35.312 -0 01 15   4Ge07   36.17   12°12'

23 Dec 1936   0 00 00|   5Ge02'34" Tau   8n11 29n11 35.526 -0 01 16   5Ge43   36.40   12°22'

23 Dec 1937   0 00 00|   6Ge40'39" Tau   7n38 28n57 35.743 -0 01 17   7Ge18   36.64   12°30'

23 Dec 1938   0 00 00|   8Ge17'22" Tau   7n05 28n41 35.963 -0 01 18   8Ge52   36.87   12°36'

23 Dec 1939   0 00 00|   9Ge52'46" Tau   6n32 28n24 36.184 -0 01 19 10Ge24   37.10   12°40'

22 Dec 1940   0 00 00| 11Ge26'55" Tau   5n59 28n05 36.405 -0 01 19 11Ge56   37.33   12°40'

22 Dec 1941   0 00 00| 12Ge59'48" Tau   5n26 27n46 36.626 -0 01 20 13Ge26   37.57 12°40'

22 Dec 1942   0 00 00| 14Ge31'23" Tau   4n54 27n25 36.847 -0 01 20 14Ge54   37.79   12°40'

22 Dec 1943   0 00 00| 16Ge01'41" Tau   4n22 27n03 37.067 -0 01 20 16Ge22   38.02   12°40'

21 Dec 1944   0 00 00| 17Ge30'42" Tau   3n50 26n40 37.287 -0 01 21 17Ge48   38.25   12°42'

21 Dec 1945   0 00 00| 18Ge58'28" Tau   3n18 26n16 37.507 -0 01 21 19Ge13   38.48   12°46'

21 Dec 1946   0 00 00| 20Ge25'02" Tau   2n46 25n52 37.728 -0 01 21 20Ge37   38.70   12°50'

21 Dec 1947   0 00 00| 21Ge50'29" Tau   2n15 25n26 37.950 -0 01 21 22Ge00   38.93   12°54'

20 Dec 1948   0 00 00| 23Ge14'53" Tau   1n44 25n00 38.172 -0 01 21 23Ge22   39.15   12°59'

20 Dec 1949   0 00 00| 24Ge38'17" Tau   1n13 24n33 38.395 -0 01 20 24Ge43   39.38   13°02'

20 Dec 1950   0 00 00| 26Ge00'47" Tau   0n42 24n06 38.619 -0 01 20 26Ge03   39.60   13°03'

20 Dec 1951   0 00 00| 27Ge22'27" Tau   0n12 23n38 38.842 -0 01 20 27Ge22   39.83   13°01'

19 Dec 1952   0 00 00| 28Ge43'17" Tau   0s17 23n09 39.064 -0 01 19 28Ge40   40.05   12°56'

19 Dec 1953   0 00 00|   0Ca03'16" Gem   0s47 22n40 39.285 -0 01 19 29Ge58   40.27   12°50'

19 Dec 1954   0 00 00|   1Ca22'23" Gem   1s16 22n10 39.503 -0 01 18   1Ca15   40.48   12°44'

19 Dec 1955   0 00 00|   2Ca40'36" Gem   1s45 21n40 39.718 -0 01 18   2Ca31   40.70   12°38'

18 Dec 1956   0 00 00|   3Ca57'54" Ori   2s13 21n10 39.932 -0 01 17   3Ca46   40.91   12°34'

18 Dec 1957   0 00 00|   5Ca14'18" Gem 2s41 20n39 40.145 -0 01 16   5Ca00   41.11   12°31'

18 Dec 1958   0 00 00|   6Ca29'51" Gem   3s09 20n08 40.356 -0 01 16   6Ca14   41.32   12°30'

18 Dec 1959   0 00 00|   7Ca44'36" Gem   3s36 19n37 40.566 -0 01 15   7Ca27   41.53   12°30'

17 Dec 1960   0 00 00|   8Ca58'38" Gem   4s03 19n06 40.776 -0 01 14   8Ca39   41.73   12°30'

17 Dec 1961   0 00 00| 10Ca12'01" Gem   4s29 18n34 40.985 -0 01 13   9Ca50   41.93   12°29'

17 Dec 1962   0 00 00| 11Ca24'52" Gem   4s56 18n03 41.194 -0 01 12 11Ca01   42.13   12°26'

17 Dec 1963   0 00 00| 12Ca37'14" Gem   5s21 17n31 41.401 -0 01 12 12Ca12   42.33   12°20'

16 Dec 1964   0 00 00| 13Ca49'09" Gem   5s47 16n59 41.607 -0 01 11 13Ca22   42.53   12°11'

16 Dec 1965   0 00 00| 15Ca00'39" Gem   6s12 16n27 41.809 -0 01 10 14Ca32   42.72   11°59'

16 Dec 1966   0 00 00| 16Ca11'40" Gem   6s36 15n54 42.008 -0 01 09 15Ca41   42.91   11°48'

16 Dec 1967   0 00 00| 17Ca22'09" Gem   7s00 15n22 42.203 -0 01 07 16Ca50   43.10   11°36'

15 Dec 1968   0 00 00| 18Ca32'06" Gem   7s24 14n50 42.395 -0 01 06 17Ca58   43.28   11°27'

15 Dec 1969   0 00 00| 19Ca41'29" Gem   7s48 14n17 42.584 -0 01 05 19Ca06   43.46   11°18'

15 Dec 1970   0 00 00| 20Ca50'19" Gem   8s11 13n45 42.771 -0 01 04 20Ca13   43.63   11°12'

15 Dec 1971   0 00 00| 21Ca58'37" Gem   8s33 13n12 42.956 -0 01 03 21Ca20   43.80   11°06'

14 Dec 1972   0 00 00| 23Ca06'24" Gem   8s56 12n40 43.138 -0 01 02 22Ca26   43.98   11°01'

14 Dec 1973   0 00 00| 24Ca13'46" CMi   9s17 12n07 43.320 -0 01 01 23Ca32   44.14   10°56'

14 Dec 1974   0 00 00| 25Ca20'44" CMi   9s39 11n35 43.500 -0 00 59 24Ca37   44.31   10°49'

14 Dec 1975   0 00 00| 26Ca27'23" CMi 10s00 11n02 43.677 -0 00 58 25Ca43   44.47   10°40'

13 Dec 1976   0 00 00| 27Ca33'46" CMi 10s21 10n30 43.852 -0 00 57 26Ca48   44.64   10°26'

13 Dec 1977   0 00 00| 28Ca39'52" Cnc 10s41   9n57 44.023 -0 00 55 27Ca52   44.79   10°11'

13 Dec 1978   0 00 00| 29Ca45'40" CMi 11s01   9n25 44.190 -0 00 54 28Ca57   44.94    9°55'

13 Dec 1979   0 00 00|   0Le51'10" Cnc 11s21   8n53 44.352 -0 00 53   0Le01   45.09    9°39'

12 Dec 1980   0 00 00|   1Le56'18" Cnc 11s40   8n20 44.510 -0 00 51   1Le05   45.23    9°25'

12 Dec 1981   0 00 00|   3Le01'06" Cnc 11s59   7n48 44.665 -0 00 50   2Le09   45.37    9°12'

12 Dec 1982   0 00 00|   4Le05'33" Cnc 12s18   7n16 44.816 -0 00 49   3Le12   45.51    9°02'

12 Dec 1983   0 00 00|   5Le09'41" Cnc 12s36   6n44 44.965 -0 00 47   4Le15   45.64    8°53'

11 Dec 1984   0 00 00|   6Le13'31" Hya 12s54   6n12 45.111 -0 00 46   5Le18   45.77    8°45'

11 Dec 1985   0 00 00|   7Le17'06" Hya 13s11   5n41 45.256 -0 00 44   6Le20   45.90    8°38'

11 Dec 1986   0 00 00|   8Le20'31" Hya 13s28   5n09 45.398 -0 00 43   7Le23   46.02    8°30'

11 Dec 1987   0 00 00|   9Le23'47" Hya 13s45   4n37 45.538 -0 00 41   8Le25   46.15    8°19'

10 Dec 1988   0 00 00| 10Le26'57" Hya 14s01   4n06 45.675 -0 00 40   9Le27   46.27    8°04'

10 Dec 1989   0 00 00| 11Le30'00" Hya 14s17   3n35 45.808 -0 00 38 10Le29   46.38    7°47'

10 Dec 1990   0 00 00| 12Le32'55" Hya 14s33   3n03 45.937 -0 00 37 11Le31   46.49    7°29'

10 Dec 1991   0 00 00| 13Le35'39" Hya 14s48   2n32 46.061 -0 00 35 12Le33   46.60    7°11'

   9 Dec 1992   0 00 00| 14Le38'08" Hya 15s03   2n01 46.181 -0 00 34 13Le34   46.70    6°54'

   9 Dec 1993   0 00 00| 15Le40'23" Hya 15s18   1n30 46.297 -0 00 32 14Le36   46.80    6°38'

   9 Dec 1994   0 00 00| 16Le42'23" Hya 15s32   0n59 46.409 -0 00 31 15Le37   46.89    6°24'

   9 Dec 1995   0 00 00| 17Le44'07" Hya 15s46   0n28 46.518 -0 00 29 16Le38   46.98    6°13'

   8 Dec 1996   0 00 00| 18Le45'40" Hya 16s00   0s03 46.625 -0 00 28 17Le39   47.07    6°03'

   8 Dec 1997   0 00 00| 19Le47'03" Hya 16s13   0s33 46.729 -0 00 26 18Le40   47.15    5°54'

   8 Dec 1998   0 00 00| 20Le48'22" Hya 16s26   1s03 46.830 -0 00 24 19Le41   47.24    5°44'

   8 Dec 1999   0 00 00| 21Le49'41" Hya 16s38   1s33 46.929 -0 00 23 20Le41   47.32    5°31'

   7 Dec 2000   0 00 00| 22Le51'02" Hya 16s50   2s03 47.025 -0 00 21 21Le42   47.39    5°15'

   7 Dec 2001   0 00 00| 23Le52'27" Hya 17s02   2s33 47.117 -0 00 19 22Le43   47.47    4°57'

   7 Dec 2002   0 00 00| 24Le53'55" Hya 17s14   3s03 47.205 -0 00 18 23Le44   47.53    4°36'

   7 Dec 2003   0 00 00| 25Le55'21" Hya 17s25   3s33 47.287 -0 00 16 24Le45   47.60    4°15'

   6 Dec 2004   0 00 00| 26Le56'45" Hya 17s36   4s03 47.365 -0 00 14 25Le46   47.65    3°55'

   6 Dec 2005   0 00 00| 27Le58'05" Hya 17s46   4s32 47.438 -0 00 13 26Le46   47.71    3°37'

   6 Dec 2006   0 00 00| 28Le59'16" Hya 17s56   5s02 47.507 -0 00 11 27Le47   47.76    3°20'

   6 Dec 2007   0 00 00|   0Vi00'21" Sex 18s06   5s31 47.572 -0 00 09 28Le48   47.80    3°05'

   5 Dec 2008   0 00 00|   1Vi01'18" Sex 18s16   6s00 47.634 -0 00 08 29Le48   47.84    2°52'

   5 Dec 2009 0 00 00|   2Vi02'08" Sex 18s25   6s29 47.693 -0 00 06   0Vi49   47.88    2°41'

   5 Dec 2010   0 00 00|   3Vi02'56" Sex 18s34   6s58 47.750 -0 00 04   1Vi49   47.92    2°30'

   5 Dec 2011   0 00 00|   4Vi03'45" Sex 18s42   7s26 47.803 -0 00 02   2Vi50   47.95    2°17'

   4 Dec 2012   0 00 00|   5Vi04'36" Sex 18s51   7s55 47.854 -0 00 01   3Vi50   47.98    2°01'

   4 Dec 2013   0 00 00|   6Vi05'33" Sex 18s58   8s23 47.900   0 00 01   4Vi51   48.01    1°42'

   4 Dec 2014   0 00 00|   7Vi06'32" Sex 19s06   8s51 47.942   0 00 03   5Vi52   48.03    1°22'

   4 Dec 2015   0 00 00|   8Vi07'34" Sex 19s13   9s20 47.980   0 00 05   6Vi53   48.04    1°01'

   3 Dec 2016   0 00 00|   9Vi08'37" Sex 19s20   9s48 48.012   0 00 06   7Vi54   48.06    0°40'

   3 Dec 2017   0 00 00| 10Vi09'39" Sex 19s26 10s15 48.039   0 00 08   8Vi55   48.06    0°20'

   3 Dec 2018   0 00 00| 11Vi10'40" Sex 19s33 10s43 48.062   0 00 10   9Vi56   48.07    0°02'

   3 Dec 2019   0 00 00| 12Vi11'40" Sex 19s38 11s11 48.082   0 00 11 10Vi57   48.06   -0°13'

   2 Dec 2020   0 00 00| 13Vi12'37" Sex 19s44 11s38 48.097   0 00 13 11Vi58   48.06   -0°26'

   2 Dec 2021   0 00 00| 14Vi13'37" Hya 19s49 12s05 48.110   0 00 15 12Vi59   48.05   -0°37'

   2 Dec 2022   0 00 00| 15Vi14'41" Hya 19s54 12s32 48.121   0 00 17 14Vi00   48.04   -0°48'

   2 Dec 2023   0 00 00| 16Vi15'51" Hya 19s58 12s59 48.129   0 00 19 15Vi01   48.03   -1°00'

   1 Dec 2024   0 00 00| 17Vi17'12" Hya 20s02 13s25 48.134   0 00 20 16Vi03   48.01   -1°14'

   1 Dec 2025   0 00 00| 18Vi18'43" Hya 20s06 13s52 48.135   0 00 22 17Vi04   48.00   -1°31'

   1 Dec 2026   0 00 00| 19Vi20'24" Hya 20s09 14s18 48.132   0 00 24 18Vi06   47.97   -1°51'

   1 Dec 2027   0 00 00| 20Vi22'13" Hya 20s13 14s45 48.124   0 00 26 19Vi08   47.94   -2°11'

30 Nov 2028   0 00 00| 21Vi24'05" Crt 20s15 15s11 48.111   0 00 27 20Vi10   47.91   -2°31'

30 Nov 2029   0 00 00| 22Vi26'01" Crt 20s18 15s37 48.093   0 00 29 21Vi13 47.87   -2°51'