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CUBEWANOS
15760 Albion
Emancipation, bridge builder, time bridges.
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Cubewano 1992 QB1 was officially named Albion on January 31st, 2018 (over 25 years after its discovery) after a mythical figure from the works of William Blake. Albion measures 167 km in diameter and was discovered by David C. Jewitt and Jane X. Luu as the first TNO (Trans-Neptunian Object) after Pluto on August 30th, 1992 – the same year that the first photo was uploaded to the World Wide Web, the first www-server outside of Europe was activated, and Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups were launched. Sir Tim BernersLee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has Albion conjunct Damocles/2002 VE95 (abrupt, great change that expresses itself creatively and/or addictively) in the sign of new horizons and high-tech, Aquarius. Albion marked a new era in astrology as it serves as the starting gun for an unstoppable wave of new astronomical discoveries and astrological exploration.
Ellen DeGeneres, who did a lot for the emancipation of homosexuality, has Albion in conjunction with Gonggong or Snow White (groups, group consciousness). Martin Luther King had Albion conjunct Psyche (inspiration); sextile Chaos (chaos, something to be healed) and square Uranus (at odds with the status quo) and Cyllarus (racism). His Achilles’ heel was his dealings with women (square Cassanova). Transhumanism advocate Richard Dawkins has Albion conjunct Pholus/Silly/Lugh/1993 SB/1998 WW24; square Varuna/ Hylonome/Sedna; opposition Utopia.
Albion seems to be mainly concerned with two overlapping things:
1. taking a powerful stance/ideal within the context of an emancipation process;
2. forming a bridge between two eras or worlds or cultures. There is also a weak link with the occult and techno-occultism. Often, but not necessarily, new technology plays a role in this, and sometimes Albion shakes things up to get the process going. A special place is reserved for gay emancipation here. Albion also seems to be the bridge builder between the pre-internet period and the internet age.
