Rhadamanthus
38083 Rhadamanthus is a trans-Neptunian object. It was discovered on 17 April 1999. Rhadamanthus is named after the Greek mythological figure.
Brazil court rules in favor of Indigenous people. AFP
Judges at Brazil's Supreme court voted 9-2 against imposing a cut-off date on land claims by the country's indigenous people.
Ceres (issues of taking care of people) conjunct Rhadamanthus (judges, courts, karmic penalties, justice (most important ruling in a century) sesquiquadrate Teharonhiawako (anything carrying the theme "All My Relations" (Brazil's Supreme Court ruling in favor of indigineous people)).
We discuss the significance of the ruling for the indigenous people with lawyer and legal adviser for the Indigenous Council of Roraima, Ivo Aureliano.
Sri Lanka's Bhikkuni nuns and their fight for identity papers. BBC Sinhala Service
The young nun tells her story through tears. "I had all the required documents," Amunuwatte Samanthabhadrika Theri explains. "But the Buddhist Affairs Department refused to issue me an identity card."
Venus (female archetype) sextile Salacia (chaste, pure) square Rhadamanthus (judges, courts). Sun (individuality, those in authority (an identity card is key to life in Sri Lanka) semi-square Moon (emotional, fretfulness).
Her tears are unsurprising. After all, an identity card is key to life in Sri Lanka, needed for everything from voting to opening a bank account or getting a passport, applying for a job or sitting exams.
But Samanthabhadrika is not entitled to an identity card. That right was taken away from women like her in 2004, when the country's influential prelates told the government to stop issuing them identity cards as "Bhikkunis", or just not to recognise them any longer.
Sagrada Familia gets licence 137 years after building started. REUTERS/Albert Gea
More than 130 years after it was begun, Barcelona's iconic Sagrada Familia has finally obtained permission from the city to legally continue construction in a bizarre example of bureaucratic purgatory.
Sun (chief ambitions) square Teharonhiawako (inspires innovative ideas, quirky (historical anomaly)). Vesta (basilica, temple) opposite Rhadamanthus (sanctions second chances).
After three years of negotiations, the mayor's office finally recognised the works, which began in 1885, as legitimate. But it will cost a hefty sum.
The Construction Board of La Sagrada Familia Foundation, which is responsible for overseeing the work, will now have to pay $5.2mn to officially obtain the necessary permission and an additional $40mn which will cover the cost of infrastructure works both past and future to accommodate the architectural behemoth.
Waorani people of Ecuador's Amazon launch lawsuit to protect their Ancestral Lands from oil auction. Photograph amazonfrontlines.org
On February 27, hundreds of Indigenous Waorani elders, youth and leaders arrived in the city of Puyo, Ecuador. They left their homes deep in the Amazon rainforest to peacefully march through the streets, hold banners, sing songs and, most importantly, submit documents to the provincial Judicial Council to launch a lawsuit seeking to stop the government from auctioning off their ancestral lands in the Pastaza region to oil companies.
Teharonhiawako (anything carrying the theme "All My Relations") square Ceres (issues of taking care of people (to launch a lawsuit seeking to stop the government from auctioning off their ancestral lands in the Pastaza region to oil companies)) sesquiquadrate Rhadamanthus (judges, courts, karmic penalties, justice (historic lawsuit launched by the Waorani people of Ecuador)).
An eastern jungle province whose eponymous river is one of the more than 1,000 tributaries that feed the mighty Amazon, Pastaza encompasses some of the world's most biodiverse regions.
Discovery
1999 HX11/38083 Rhadamanthus is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). It was originally thought to be a plutino but no longer is. Rhadamanthus was discovered on 17 April 1999 by the Deep Ecliptic Survey.
Rhadamanthus is named after the Greek mythological figure. The name was announced in the circular of the Minor Planet Center of 24 July 2002, which stated Rhadamanthus was a son of Zeus and Europa. Because of his just and upright life, after death he was appointed a judge of the dead and the ruler of Elysium, a blissfully beautiful area of the Underworld where those favored by the gods spent their life after death.
