The Eight Transneptunian Points

The transneptunian points are eight hypothetical points that the Hamburg School places beyond Neptune: Cupido, Hades, Zeus, Kronos, Apollon, Admetos, Vulkanus and Poseidon. None of them is a body that astronomy has observed or confirmed.

The first four come from Witte, the last four from Sieggrün, his fellow in the school.

Witte's four

What Witte himself wrote about them is not much. Of Hades he says outright that his remarks are provisional, waiting for research to confirm or contradict them.

• Cupido. His article of 1923 says this point has a great deal to do with bonds between partners, engagements and relationships, and that he named it after the harmony of Venus and Jupiter. The app widens this to family, groups, community and art.
• Hades. Witte chose this name, which means the underworld, because he tied the point to mines and work below ground, to large institutions that look after people, and to people who live alone. He saw the point in a heavy light, and the school's books also stress its side of decline, scarcity and loss. The app keeps the core of it: what is old, what is hidden or secret, the past, and service. It adds a note to look after your health and to watch for scarcity, written as care advice and not as a forecast.
• Zeus. Witte hardly explains it. In 1923 he still calls the third point "Deus" and says only that it acts as a begetter and creator; later he counts it among the hot planets, with Mars and Uranus. The app reads it as directed energy, creation, leadership, machines and giving orders.
• Kronos. His article of 1924 says this point stands for those who hold the power to rule, and ties it to public life. The app reads it as authority, mastery and what stands above.

In the same article Witte adds that the other planets that join in describe the matter more closely. A transneptunian point gives the frame; the detail comes from the other factors of the picture.

Sieggrün's four

Apollon, Admetos, Vulkanus and Poseidon do not appear in the Witte articles the app draws on, so their meanings are the app's own. That they come from Sieggrün is general background, not something from the pages listed below.

• Apollon. Expansion, science, trade, fame and success, and the many.
• Admetos. Limits, heaviness, standstill, parting, depth and endurance.
• Vulkanus. Great strength, intensity and breaking through.
• Poseidon. Spirit, idea, enlightenment and truth.

Where the positions come from

Witte tells how he found the positions from things that had really taken place and then corrected them with the solar arc. He asks astrologers and historians to send him exact charts and dates, because the more positions are checked, the more surely a point's path can be fixed.

In the app

The "All factors" page shows where the eight points stand in your chart, and "The 22 factors and their meanings" in this section gathers their keywords. Read a transneptunian point as a theme that joins a picture, not as a verdict.

Sources

Articles by Alfred Witte. Page numbers are those printed in the journal.

• "Der erste Transneptunplanet Cupido?", Astrologische Blätter, July 1923, pages 50, 51 and 52
• "Der 4. Transneptun-Planet Kronos", Astrologische Rundschau, January 1924, pages 93 and 95
• "Wahrscheinlicher Lauf des zweiten Transneptun-Planeten Hades", Astrologische Blätter, June 1924, pages 76 and 77
• "Der 2. Transneptun-Planet Hades", Astrologische Rundschau, June 1924, pages 77 and 79

The app's own conventions: the meanings of Apollon, Admetos, Vulkanus and Poseidon, the keywords of every point, and leaving out what Witte wrote about hard events.