Elatus – The Piercing Mediator
Elatus – The Piercing Mediator
Interpretive Basis
Mythic Root:
Greek – Elatus was a centaur struck by Heracles' arrow, the shaft of which passed through him to wound Chiron.
Core Function:
This body represents messages delivered through painful means and the role of intermediaries in larger narratives.
Astrological Role:
In charts, Elatus signals communication that cuts through illusion. It may show where one becomes a conduit for actions or information affecting others.
Orbital Signature
Type: Centaur
Orbital Period: ~40 years
Inclination / Eccentricity: Moderate
Retrograde Motion: Yes
Discovery Year: 1999
Keywords / Powerwords
Mediation, Sharp Truth, Indirect Impact, Transmission, Targeting
House and Aspect Relevance
- Most active when in: 3rd or 9th houses
- Aspect Sensitivity: Reacts strongly with Mercury or Mars aspects
- Natal Function: Shows where communication or movement has unforeseen ripple effects
- Transit Function: Times when pointed messages or events have wider consequences
Use in Astrology Arith(m)etic
Elatus helps the codex track cause-and-effect through information flow. It illustrates how seemingly minor exchanges can pierce deeply and redirect outcomes.
Backlinks
🔭 Astronomical Data (NASA/JPL)
| Quantity | Value |
|---|---|
| Designation | 31824 Elatus (1999 UG5) |
| Class | Centaur |
| Semi-major axis a | 11.7665 AU |
| Perihelion q / aphelion Q | 7.258 AU / 16.275 AU |
| Eccentricity e | 0.3832 |
| Inclination i | 5.252° |
| Orbital period | 14,742.4 days = 40.36 years |
| Mean time per sign (P/12) | ≈ 3.36 years (actual sign transits vary strongly with eccentricity) |
| Diameter | 57.000 km |
| Rotation period | 26.82 h |
| Discovery | Discovered 1999 Oct. 29 by the Catalina Sky Survey. |
Elements are osculating heliocentric values from the JPL Small-Body Database (epoch per SBDB, queried 2026-11-06). For very distant bodies (e.g., Sedna) the barycentric period differs noticeably from the osculating heliocentric one.
Check against this note’s Orbital Signature: stated ~40 years; JPL gives 40.36 years.
Sources (jpl data)
- NASA/JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB) API, osculating heliocentric elements and discovery circumstances, queried 2026-11-06: https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.api