> Perhaps Pluto will no longer need encoding as a sign, as I gather its > status as a planet is now doubtful. See > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3516952.stm.
Au contraire, astrologists are busy debating the astrological significance of Quaoar and Sedna: http://dellhoroscope.com/dellhoroscope/forum/thread.jsp?forum=1&thread=858 Not only is Pluto still important (and needing its sign for the charts), but its moon Chiron "rules biotechnology". http://www.karmastrology.com/Sedna-meaning.shtml http://www.karmastrology.com/quaoar.shtml "For astrologers this signifies that the transpersonal planets of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto now have a sibling transpersonal planet whose profound depths we can only begin to imagine. Quaoar...will reshape the way we think about ourselves, our spiritual evolution, and our place in The Universe." Hey, the more planets the merrier. These long period planets out beyond Pluto let the astrologers vamp on the rhythms of deep history. So the *real* problem for Unicode is who is inventing the astrological signs for Quaoar and Sedna and when will the character encoding proposal for them be showing up on our doorstep. ;-) --Ken
