Crantor is the name given to the Centaur with the minor planet number 83982, but I am one of many who think it was perhaps mis-named, and I will tell you why a bit later on this page. It was discovered on April 12, 2002 at 7 Scorpio 26. It's eccentricity is 0.2809024, it's inclination is 12.76927, and it has an orbit of 86.1 years. MYTHOLOGY There does not seem to be a single centaur in mythology named Crantor. There is, however, a Crantor that has a connection to one of the Centaurs. Ovid writes [Met.12.361ff.] about a Centaur named Demoleon: Demoleon could no longer stand the success Theseus was enjoying: he had been trying, with great effort, to tear up the solid trunk of an ancient pine. Unable to do it, he broke it off and hurled it at the enemy. But Theseus drew well away from the oncoming missile, warned by Pallas, or so he would have us believe. Demoleon's attempt to kill Theseus resulted in another death entirely: The tree trunk did not fall without effect, since it severed tall Crantor's chest and left shoulder from the neck. He was your father's armour bearer, Achilles, whom Amyntor king of the Dolopians, having been defeated in battle, gave to Peleus, the Aeacides, as a true pledge of peace. So the Centaur Demoleon was responsible for the death of the young man named Crantor. Peleus, who cared greatly for the youth, was outraged: When Peleus, some distance away, saw him torn apart by the frightful wound he shouted: "Accept this tribute to the dead, at least, Crantor, dearest of youths," and with his powerful arm, he hurled his ash spear, at full strength, at Demoleon. It ruptured the ribcage, and stuck quivering in the bone. The centaur pulled out the shaft minus its head (he tried with difficulty to reach that also) but the head was caught in his lung. The pain itself strengthened his will: wounded, he reared up at his enemy and beat the hero down with his hooves. Peleus received the resounding blows on helmet and shield, and defending his upper arms, and controlling the weapon he held out, with one blow through the arm he pierced the bi-formed breast. So the question arises: If this new body is indeed a Centaur, should it be named Demoleon instead of Crantor? Or does this body have, perhaps, two aspects.....both a Crantor side, and a Demoleon side? I look forward to discovering more about how this body works. ASTROLOGY On Amable's blog, Transneptunian Astrology, there is this interesting observation about Crantor: "Crantor is always involved in situations were a sudden death or end can become in any moment for reasons beyond our control, like in the movies "Crimson Tide" (1995) or "The Sum of All Fears" (2002). Crantor, also has to deal with that unexpected sudden end or death, like in the movies "Minority Report" (2002), "K-Pax" (2002), "Japanese Story" (2003), "Apollo 13" (1995) or in the book "A Wizard of Earthsea" (Le Guin, 1968)." Benjamin Adamah has written an interesting blog on : Crantor in astrology In the past 110 years, Crantor has only been in exact conjunction with Saturn four times: 19/2/1933 at 9 Aquarius 48 13/7/1971 at 2 Gemini 47 22/12/1971 at 0 Gemini 58 26/2/1972 at 0 Gemini 13 These people have close Saturn/Crantor conjunctions. What do they have in common? Corey Haim Erykah Badu Kristi Yamaguchi Nina Simone Ricky Martin Yoko Ono (My older daughter was born 2 days away from the conjunction in 1972.) There have been no Crantor/Pluto conjunctions over the past 110 years, but there have been four oppositions. What set this period of time apart...how did Crantor opposition Pluto manifest in history? Pluto asp Crantor DY/MO/YEAR 13Ca47 180 13Cp47 31/ 3/1927 15Ca44 180 15Cp44 24/ 1/1928 16Ca52 180 16Cp52 16/ 7/1928 17Ca50 180 17Cp50 12/12/1928 These people have close Crantor/Pluto oppositons: Cesar Chaves Dan Blocker Jeanne Moreau William Daniels I have a feeling that Crantor in conjunction or opposition to Mars will be very revealing, and am looking at the following people to see if there are any commonalities: Mars conjunct Crantor Alan Jay Lerner Brad Fischetti Charlie Watts Christopher Isherwood Dick Smothers Doug Clifford Durward Kirby Gene Hackman Gene Kelly Jean Chretian John Ratzenberger Johnny Paycheck Lenny Kravitz Martha Raye Nick Hexum Piper Laurie Ray Bradbury Rick Schroder Roger Mudd Sandy Koufax Stacey Keach Stephen Baldwin Stu Cook Ted Williams Toni Tennille Vicki Lawrence Mars opposition Crantor Alice Faye Audrey Hepburn Beatrice Arthur Brad Dourif Drake Bell Eva Peron Gary Barlow Harold Pinter Isaac Hayes Jonahan Davis Kelly Osborne Kid Rock Leonard Cohen Leonard Whiting Loni Anderson Lyle Lovett Mark McGuire Masahuru Fukuyama Morgan Brittany Mort Sahl Nelly Furtado Orson Welles Phil Silvers Ryan Seacrest Shawn Wayans Steve Young Tyrone Power Weird "Al" Yancovic Whoopi Goldberg Yogi Berra Here is a table of these aspects. Let me know if you know someone who was born close to one of these dates, or if you know of events the coincided with any of them: Mars aspect Crantor DY/MO/YEAR 24Cp58 180 deg 24Ca58 26/12/1901 29Ca01 0 deg 29Ca01 3/09/1902 5Aq02 180 deg 5Le02 18/12/1903 7Le51 0 deg 7Le51 27/08/1904 15Aq56 180 deg 15Le56 9/12/1905 17Le36 0 deg 17Le36 24/08/1906 27Aq33 180 deg 27Le33 25/11/1907 28Le26 0 deg 28Le26 21/08/1908 29Aq22 180 deg 29Le22 24/05/1909 10Vi28 0 deg 10Vi28 22/08/1910 12Pi33 180 deg 12Vi33 10/05/1911 23Vi44 0 deg 23Vi44 23/08/1912 27Pi32 180 deg 27Vi32 4/05/1913 8Li05 0 deg 8Li05 27/08/1914 13Ar46 180 deg 13Li46 4/05/1915 23Li07 0 deg 23Li07 29/08/1916 0Ta38 180 deg 0Sc38 5/05/1917 8Sc20 0 deg 8Sc20 30/08/1918 17Ta25 180 deg 17Sc25 8/05/1919 23Sc12 0 deg 23Sc12 24/08/1920 3Ge27 180 deg 3Sa27 11/05/1921 12Sa24 0 deg 12Sa24 17/03/1922 18Ge17 180 deg 18Sa17 13/05/1923 25Sa21 0 deg 25Sa21 28/02/1924 1Ca44 180 deg 1Cp44 12/05/1925 6Cp46 0 deg 6Cp46 18/02/1926 13Ca47 180 deg 13Cp47 10/05/1927 16Cp53 0 deg 16Cp53 10/02/1928 24Ca31 180 deg 24Cp31 2/05/1929 25Cp53 0 deg 25Cp53 1/02/1930 25Ca07 180 deg 25Cp07 10/10/1930 1Le03 180 deg 1Aq03 12/02/1931 3Le43 180 deg 3Aq43 12/04/1931 4Aq00 0 deg 4Aq00 23/01/1932 4Le25 180 deg 4Aq25 28/09/1932 11Aq26 0 deg 11Aq26 11/01/1934 13Le13 180 deg 13Aq13 20/09/1934 18Aq22 0 deg 18Aq22 30/12/1935 21Le29 180 deg 21Aq29 13/09/1936 24Aq57 0 deg 24Aq57 15/12/1937 29Le16 180 deg 29Aq16 6/09/1938 1Pi23 0 deg 1Pi23 21/11/1939 6Vi38 180 deg 6Pi38 30/08/1940 11Pi46 0 deg 11Pi46 2/06/1941 13Vi36 180 deg 13Pi36 22/08/1942 17Pi26 0 deg 17Pi26 10/05/1943 20Vi13 180 deg 20Pi13 13/08/1944 22Pi38 0 deg 22Pi38 23/04/1945 26Vi31 180 deg 26Pi31 3/08/1946 27Pi30 0 deg 27Pi30 8/04/1947 2Li30 180 deg 2Ar30 21/07/1948 2Ar10 0 deg 2Ar10 24/03/1949 1Li50 180 deg 1Ar50 30/12/1949 4Li25 180 deg 4Ar25 16/03/1950 8Li04 180 deg 8Ar04 1/07/1950 6Ar44 0 deg 6Ar44 10/03/1951 7Li16 180 deg 7Ar16 7/12/1951 11Ar14 0 deg 11Ar14 22/02/1953 12Li55 180 deg 12Ar55 22/11/1953 15Ar47 0 deg 15Ar47 6/02/1955 18Li37 180 deg 18Ar37 11/11/1955 20Ar28 0 deg 20Ar28 12/01/1957 24Li19 180 deg 24Ar19 31/10/1957 29Ar07 0 deg 29Ar07 19/07/1958 0Sc02 180 deg 0Ta02 21/10/1959 3Ta45 0 deg 3Ta45 25/06/1960 5Sc45 180 deg 5Ta45 10/10/1961 8Ta12 0 deg 8Ta12 9/06/1962 11Sc28 180 deg 11Ta28 29/09/1963 12Ta36 0 deg 12Ta36 24/05/1964 17Sc09 180 deg 17Ta09 15/09/1965 17Ta00 0 deg 17Ta00 10/05/1966 22Sc44 180 deg 22Ta44 29/08/1967 21Ta29 0 deg 21Ta29 26/04/1968 21Sc51 180 deg 21Ta51 8/02/1969 26Ta06 0 deg 26Ta06 13/04/1970 27Sc27 180 deg 27Ta27 19/01/1971 0Ge55 0 deg 0Ge55 28/03/1972 3Sa30 180 deg 3Ge30 4/01/1973 6Ge04 0 deg 6Ge04 10/03/1974 9Sa54 180 deg 9Ge54 24/12/1974 15Ge36 0 deg 15Ge36 11/09/1975 16Sa38 180 deg 16Ge38 13/12/1976 21Ge24 0 deg 21Ge24 18/08/1977 23Sa44 180 deg 23Ge44 4/12/1978 27Ge18 0 deg 27Ge18 4/08/1979 1Cp11 180 deg 1Ca11 23/11/1980 3Ca27 0 deg 3Ca27 23/07/1981 9Cp01 180 deg 9Ca01 12/11/1982 9Ca57 0 deg 9Ca57 14/07/1983 17Cp12 180 deg 17Ca12 29/10/1984 16Ca57 0 deg 16Ca57 5/07/1985 18Cp01 180 deg 18Ca01 9/05/1986 20Cp33 180 deg 20Ca33 29/06/1986 25Cp16 180 deg 25Ca16 29/09/1986 24Ca35 0 deg 24Ca35 28/06/1987 25Cp58 180 deg 25Ca58 31/03/1988 3Le01 0 deg 3Le01 21/06/1989 5Aq53 180 deg 5Le53 19/03/1990 12Le26 0 deg 12Le26 16/06/1991 17Aq06 180 deg 17Le06 11/03/1992 22Le58 0 deg 22Le58 10/06/1993 29Aq40 180 deg 29Le40 7/03/1994 4Vi49 0 deg 4Vi49 4/06/1995 13Pi36 180 deg 13Vi36 3/03/1996 22Vi52 0 deg 22Vi52 15/12/1996 19Vi17 0 deg 19Vi17 7/04/1997 18Vi15 0 deg 18Vi15 13/05/1997 28Pi50 180 deg 28Vi50 3/03/1998 7Li14 0 deg 7Li14 10/12/1998 15Ar02 180 deg 15Li02 2/03/2000 22Li18 0 deg 22Li18 10/12/2000 1Ta42 180 deg 1Sc42 4/03/2002 7Sc36 0 deg 7Sc36 13/12/2002 18Ta08 180 deg 18Sc08 2/03/2004 22Sc32 0 deg 22Sc32 14/12/2004 3Ge33 180 deg 3Sa33 24/02/2006 Click here Crantor, to find out how to discover where your Crantor is.
It was discovered on April 12, 2002 at 7 Scorpio 26. It's eccentricity is 0.2809024, it's inclination is 12.76927, and it has an orbit of 86.1 years.
Ovid writes [Met.12.361ff.] about a Centaur named Demoleon:
Benjamin Adamah has written an interesting blog on : Crantor in astrology
These people have close Saturn/Crantor conjunctions. What do they have in common?
(My older daughter was born 2 days away from the conjunction in 1972.)
There have been no Crantor/Pluto conjunctions over the past 110 years, but there have been four oppositions. What set this period of time apart...how did Crantor opposition Pluto manifest in history?
Pluto asp Crantor DY/MO/YEAR 13Ca47 180 13Cp47 31/ 3/1927 15Ca44 180 15Cp44 24/ 1/1928 16Ca52 180 16Cp52 16/ 7/1928 17Ca50 180 17Cp50 12/12/1928
These people have close Crantor/Pluto oppositons:
Here is a table of these aspects. Let me know if you know someone who was born close to one of these dates, or if you know of events the coincided with any of them:
Mars aspect Crantor DY/MO/YEAR 24Cp58 180 deg 24Ca58 26/12/1901 29Ca01 0 deg 29Ca01 3/09/1902 5Aq02 180 deg 5Le02 18/12/1903 7Le51 0 deg 7Le51 27/08/1904 15Aq56 180 deg 15Le56 9/12/1905 17Le36 0 deg 17Le36 24/08/1906 27Aq33 180 deg 27Le33 25/11/1907 28Le26 0 deg 28Le26 21/08/1908 29Aq22 180 deg 29Le22 24/05/1909 10Vi28 0 deg 10Vi28 22/08/1910 12Pi33 180 deg 12Vi33 10/05/1911 23Vi44 0 deg 23Vi44 23/08/1912 27Pi32 180 deg 27Vi32 4/05/1913 8Li05 0 deg 8Li05 27/08/1914 13Ar46 180 deg 13Li46 4/05/1915 23Li07 0 deg 23Li07 29/08/1916 0Ta38 180 deg 0Sc38 5/05/1917 8Sc20 0 deg 8Sc20 30/08/1918 17Ta25 180 deg 17Sc25 8/05/1919 23Sc12 0 deg 23Sc12 24/08/1920 3Ge27 180 deg 3Sa27 11/05/1921 12Sa24 0 deg 12Sa24 17/03/1922 18Ge17 180 deg 18Sa17 13/05/1923 25Sa21 0 deg 25Sa21 28/02/1924 1Ca44 180 deg 1Cp44 12/05/1925 6Cp46 0 deg 6Cp46 18/02/1926 13Ca47 180 deg 13Cp47 10/05/1927 16Cp53 0 deg 16Cp53 10/02/1928 24Ca31 180 deg 24Cp31 2/05/1929 25Cp53 0 deg 25Cp53 1/02/1930 25Ca07 180 deg 25Cp07 10/10/1930 1Le03 180 deg 1Aq03 12/02/1931 3Le43 180 deg 3Aq43 12/04/1931 4Aq00 0 deg 4Aq00 23/01/1932 4Le25 180 deg 4Aq25 28/09/1932 11Aq26 0 deg 11Aq26 11/01/1934 13Le13 180 deg 13Aq13 20/09/1934 18Aq22 0 deg 18Aq22 30/12/1935 21Le29 180 deg 21Aq29 13/09/1936 24Aq57 0 deg 24Aq57 15/12/1937 29Le16 180 deg 29Aq16 6/09/1938 1Pi23 0 deg 1Pi23 21/11/1939 6Vi38 180 deg 6Pi38 30/08/1940 11Pi46 0 deg 11Pi46 2/06/1941 13Vi36 180 deg 13Pi36 22/08/1942 17Pi26 0 deg 17Pi26 10/05/1943 20Vi13 180 deg 20Pi13 13/08/1944 22Pi38 0 deg 22Pi38 23/04/1945 26Vi31 180 deg 26Pi31 3/08/1946 27Pi30 0 deg 27Pi30 8/04/1947 2Li30 180 deg 2Ar30 21/07/1948 2Ar10 0 deg 2Ar10 24/03/1949 1Li50 180 deg 1Ar50 30/12/1949 4Li25 180 deg 4Ar25 16/03/1950 8Li04 180 deg 8Ar04 1/07/1950 6Ar44 0 deg 6Ar44 10/03/1951 7Li16 180 deg 7Ar16 7/12/1951 11Ar14 0 deg 11Ar14 22/02/1953 12Li55 180 deg 12Ar55 22/11/1953 15Ar47 0 deg 15Ar47 6/02/1955 18Li37 180 deg 18Ar37 11/11/1955 20Ar28 0 deg 20Ar28 12/01/1957 24Li19 180 deg 24Ar19 31/10/1957 29Ar07 0 deg 29Ar07 19/07/1958 0Sc02 180 deg 0Ta02 21/10/1959 3Ta45 0 deg 3Ta45 25/06/1960 5Sc45 180 deg 5Ta45 10/10/1961 8Ta12 0 deg 8Ta12 9/06/1962 11Sc28 180 deg 11Ta28 29/09/1963 12Ta36 0 deg 12Ta36 24/05/1964 17Sc09 180 deg 17Ta09 15/09/1965 17Ta00 0 deg 17Ta00 10/05/1966 22Sc44 180 deg 22Ta44 29/08/1967 21Ta29 0 deg 21Ta29 26/04/1968 21Sc51 180 deg 21Ta51 8/02/1969 26Ta06 0 deg 26Ta06 13/04/1970 27Sc27 180 deg 27Ta27 19/01/1971 0Ge55 0 deg 0Ge55 28/03/1972 3Sa30 180 deg 3Ge30 4/01/1973 6Ge04 0 deg 6Ge04 10/03/1974 9Sa54 180 deg 9Ge54 24/12/1974 15Ge36 0 deg 15Ge36 11/09/1975 16Sa38 180 deg 16Ge38 13/12/1976 21Ge24 0 deg 21Ge24 18/08/1977 23Sa44 180 deg 23Ge44 4/12/1978 27Ge18 0 deg 27Ge18 4/08/1979 1Cp11 180 deg 1Ca11 23/11/1980 3Ca27 0 deg 3Ca27 23/07/1981 9Cp01 180 deg 9Ca01 12/11/1982 9Ca57 0 deg 9Ca57 14/07/1983 17Cp12 180 deg 17Ca12 29/10/1984 16Ca57 0 deg 16Ca57 5/07/1985 18Cp01 180 deg 18Ca01 9/05/1986 20Cp33 180 deg 20Ca33 29/06/1986 25Cp16 180 deg 25Ca16 29/09/1986 24Ca35 0 deg 24Ca35 28/06/1987 25Cp58 180 deg 25Ca58 31/03/1988 3Le01 0 deg 3Le01 21/06/1989 5Aq53 180 deg 5Le53 19/03/1990 12Le26 0 deg 12Le26 16/06/1991 17Aq06 180 deg 17Le06 11/03/1992 22Le58 0 deg 22Le58 10/06/1993 29Aq40 180 deg 29Le40 7/03/1994 4Vi49 0 deg 4Vi49 4/06/1995 13Pi36 180 deg 13Vi36 3/03/1996 22Vi52 0 deg 22Vi52 15/12/1996 19Vi17 0 deg 19Vi17 7/04/1997 18Vi15 0 deg 18Vi15 13/05/1997 28Pi50 180 deg 28Vi50 3/03/1998 7Li14 0 deg 7Li14 10/12/1998 15Ar02 180 deg 15Li02 2/03/2000 22Li18 0 deg 22Li18 10/12/2000 1Ta42 180 deg 1Sc42 4/03/2002 7Sc36 0 deg 7Sc36 13/12/2002 18Ta08 180 deg 18Sc08 2/03/2004 22Sc32 0 deg 22Sc32 14/12/2004 3Ge33 180 deg 3Sa33 24/02/2006
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