Moon/Neptune

His chart (Figure 19-5) showed all the indications of psychic ability. He had the Sun and three planets in Pisces, three planets in the eighth house, a Moon/Neptune conjunction in the tenth house, and Uranus rising. 

Our solar system consists of the Sun, the planets and their moon satellites, asteroids (small planets), comets, and meteorites. The planets are generally divided into two categories Earth-like (terrestrial) planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars and Giant planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Little is known about Pluto, the most remote planet from Earth. 

J In outer space, frozen water, or ice, has been found on the moon, on planets— particularly Mercury, Mars, Neptune, and Pluto—and in comets and clouds between stars in our galaxy. Recent explorations of Mars indicate that there may be liquid water underground on Mars.This means there could be microorganisms living there ... 

The only significant difference between Plates II and VIII in the Mutus Liber is that in the former the contents of the sealed flask turn out to be Neptune with his trident accompanied by two children, who are identified by their attributes as representing the Sun and Moon. To the contrary, Plate XI is an exact duplicate of Plate VIII. 

This is not the case for dinitrogen as a biosolvent. Dinitrogen is abundant in the cosmos, like water. Its lower freezing and boiling points, however, make it a liquid over a wider range of the cosmos. For example, liquid dinitrogen may be a bulk solvent on Triton, the largest moon of Neptune. 

The chemical dynamics, reactivity, and stability of carbon-centered radicals play an important role in understanding the formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), their hydrogen-dehcient precursor molecules, and carbonaceous nanostructures from the bottom up in extreme environments. These range from high-temperature combustion flames (up to a few 1000 K) and chemical vapor deposition of diamonds to more exotic, extraterrestrial settings such as low-temperature (30-200 K), hydrocarbon-rich atmospheres of planets and their moons such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and Titan, as well as cold molecular clouds holding temperatures as low as 10... 

All these studies provide evidence for a rich radiation chemistry. For example, in N2-dominated ice (modeling the surfaces of Pluto and Triton, a moon of Neptune), the authors have proven by infrared spectroscopy the formation of HCN as well as HNC starting from N2/CH and N2/CH /CO mixtures. Other species such as HNCO, NH3, NH4, OCN , CN and N3 were also detected. As many of these species are involved in reactions producing biomolecules (amino acids, polypeptides), these results suggest the possibility of an interesting prebiotic chemistry on Triton and Pluto. 

Modern telescopic and spacecraft study of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, their properties, and their systems of rings, moons, and magnetospheres, has been the purview of the planetary scientist with little connection to the universe beyond until 1995, when the first extrasolar giant planet was discovered. Now the solar system s giants are the best-studied example of a class of some 100 objects which—while only one has been measured for size and hence density—may be present 10% of Sun-like stars. 

Neptune s largest moon, Triton, was discovered within weeks of the discovery of the planet itself. It is one of the most distant objects in the solar system. Even the outermost planet, Pluto, and its moon, Charon, spend considerable time on their eccentric orbits closer to the Sun than Triton. Its nature remained a mystery until the advent of new astronomical methods in the 1970s and 1980s and the flyby of the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989. In many ways, it is a planetary body on the edge —on the outer edge of the main part of the solar system, and the inner edge of the realm of comets and the recently discovered Kuiper belt objects. As such, it shares some of the characteristics of the icy satellites of the rest of the outer solar system with some of the nature of the colder, more distant, cometary bodies. 

Kuiper s list of astronomical accomplishments is impressive. In addition to his work on binary stars, the atmospheres of planets and satellites, and the formation of the solar system, he discovered the fifth moon of Uranus, Miranda, and Neptune s second moon, Nereid he was an early advocate of the use of jet airplanes for high-altitude astronomical observations and he accurately predicted the nature of the lunar surface before any human had walked on it. In recognition of these achievements, Kuiper was awarded the Janssen medal of the French astronomical society and the Order of Orange Nassau by the Dutch government. Kuiper died in Mexico City on December 24,1973, while examining a number of possible sites for a new observatory. 

The chapters in this part help fill in those blanks. Chapter 8 illuminates the Moon and the Nodes of the Moon in all 12 signs. Chapters 9 and 10 discuss Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto — plus the asteroid Chiron, which was discovered in 1977 and is now routinely included in horoscopes by many astrologers. Chapter 11 talks about the Ascendant, and Chapter 12 describes the influence of the planets in each of the houses. Finally, Chapter 13 looks at the way the planets interact by analyzing the aspects, or geometrical relationships, that link them together. 

The sign that the Sun occupied at the moment of your birth is the most basic astrological fact about you. It defines your ego, motivations, needs, and approach to life. But the Sun isn t the only planet that affects you. (For astrological purposes, both luminaries — the Sun and the Moon — are called planets. Do yourself a favor and don t use this terminology when talking to astronomers.) Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Chiron, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, not to mention the Moon, represent distinct types of energy that express themselves in the style of the sign they re in. 

The Sun, the Moon, and the planets are substantial, massive objects. Whether they re solid and rocky like the Moon and Mars, or gas giants like Jupiter and Neptune, they re distinct, visible worlds with their own geography and... 

It takes 84 years — a human lifetime — for Uranus and its 15 moons to travel through the zodiac. Like Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune, Uranus is a gas giant. But while every other planet rotates on its axis in a more-or-less upright fashion, unconventional Uranus seems to roll around on its side with its north pole pointing to the Sun. As a result, the Uranian day is 42 years long, and the night is the same length. 

In NASA photographs, Neptune looks like a luminous turquoise marble, almost without features. Astronomers classify Neptune as a gas giant because, like Uranus, it s essentially a ball of gasses swirling around a metal core. It sports a dim halo of barely visible rings and has at least eight moons, including Triton — the coldest place in the solar system. 

Pluto is small, rocky, and so mysterious that astronomers aren t sure what to make of it. Its elongated orbit, which is tilted to the rest of the solar system, overlaps the orbit of Neptune. As a result, from 1979 to 1999, Pluto was closer to the Sun than Neptune. Pluto s major moon, Charon, is so relatively large... 

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