Altjira-Alcheringa’s location in the zodiac (it takes 297 years to make one orbit) points to the spiritual inbreaking of the sacred Dreamtime into the conscious awareness, the attitudes, the activities, the nervous system and the human mind. Modern man has lost its way and lives out of synch with the spirit world. Altjira-Alcheringa calls mankind in this time of Ascension to recover his or her true identity as a Child of the Universe.
Altjira: an Arrente (Arunta) name for Alcheringa, Tjuringa, Alchera, Alcheri.
It is said that “Altjira is the highest divinity; he is the creator of the world and maker of men”
In the Arunta, “there is a Being of the highest order called Altjira or Altjira mara” (mara = good).
Altjira: a personal being—but it has a meaning of old, very old, something that has no origin, mysterious, something that has always been so, also, always. Were A/tjira an active being, they would have answered “A/tjirala”: the syllable “/z” is always added when a person exercises a will (force) which influences another being or thing. We have adopted the word [A/tjira for] “God” because we could find no better and because it comes nearest to the idea of “eternal.”
Astronomy
(148780) Altjira is a large, icy Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) located roughly 44 Astronomical Units from the Sun.
Once thought to be a simple binary, long-term observations suggest that Altjira is actually a rare “hierarchical triple” system where the inner body is a very close, unresolved binary orbited by a third larger companion.
Key System Details
Discovery: Discovered on October 20, 2001, by the Deep Ecliptic Survey.
Etymology: Named after Altjira, the creator god in the Dreamtime of the Arrernte people of central Australia.Size: The system has an estimated combined mass of 4 × 10¹⁸ kg. The components are roughly similar in size, each measuring around 200 km (124 miles) across. Distance: It resides about 3.7 billion miles (6 billion km) away in the frozen outer reaches of our solar system.
Orbit: Altjira takes approximately 297 years to complete one full orbit around the Sun, traveling in an orbit that swings between 42.0 AU and 47.1 AU.
Why Altjira is Fascinating to Astronomers
Most KBO binaries are thought to have been created through violent, high-speed collisions between larger bodies. However, the three-body structure of Altjira strongly supports the theory that it formed directly from the gravitational collapse of primordial material in the early solar system’s disk ~ 4.5 billion years ago. Because the main components of the system are currently positioned so that they pass in front of one another from our vantage point, scientists are observing an eclipse season. This rare geometric alignment is expected to last roughly a decade, providing a massive window for astronomers (using the Hubble Space Telescope and observatories like the W. M. Keck Observatory) to learn more about its mass, shape, and composition. You can read more about the specific NASA modeling for the system at the NASA Science Hubble Mission Update or dive into the full data profile on the Wikipedia 148780 Altjira Page.
Atrology
Altjira – Alcheringa is the presiding deity of the dreamtime, known by different names among the First Nations of Australia. Other names are Bunjil and Biame.
The Dreamtime is the mystical union of the physical world with the spirit world.
Altjira-Alcheringa’s location in the zodiac (it takes 297 years to make one orbit) points to the spiritual inbreaking of the sacred Dreamtime into the conscious awareness, the attitudes, the activities, the nervous system and the human mind. Modern man has lost its way and lives out of synch with the spirit world. Altjira-Alcheringa calls mankind in this time of Ascension to recover his or her true identity as a Child of the Universe.
In order to be a Child of the Universe, one has to enter the Dreamtime. This is the function of Altjira-Alcheringa in Astrology.
As a Spirit Being in embodiment, Altjira-Alcheringa resides at Uluru.
