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About Zane B Stein
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I WILL BE HAPPY TO answer questions about astrology in general, the meanings of planets, signs, houses, aspects, asteroids, Chiron, etc. I use Western, Tropical Astrology. Please do not ask me questions about Vedic Astrology as I am not an expert on this.

I WILL NOT ANSWER PERSONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR INDIVIDUAL CHART, such as "Will I get rich?" or "Will I get married?", or "Are we compatible?" I do have a private astrological practice, and if you need to ask those type of questions, contact me privately and we`ll discuss a possible astrologer/client relationship. Also, I cannot answer questions about Vedic Astrology, or Chinese Astrology.

Also, astrology is NOT "What is my lucky stone?" or "What is my lucky color?" or "What are my lucky numbers?" Any astrologer who gives you a lucky object, or number, based on your chart, is not a real astrologer, but someone who is giving in to superstition. In order to find out how to enhance your luck, you need to have an astrologer look at your whole chart, and tell you what areas you need to focus upon, how to accent your positives, and work to resolve any problems that exist.

Experience
I've been involved with astrology since 1969, taught classes on several occasions, written a number of articles and one book, and lectured around the USA, in Canada, Great Britain, Scotland and Ireland.

Organizations belong to
AFAN
NCGR

Publications
Welcome To Planet Earth
The Mountain Astrologer
Dell Horoscope
Considerations
others

Please make sure your question is on astrology and not astronomy. I am not an astronomer.

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Topic: Astrology

Expert: Zane B Stein
Date: 2/25/2008
Subject: difference between a planet and dwarf planet

Question
How do these get their title and classiifcation ?

Answer
Hi, Kathi,

Well, the Dwarf Planet is a very new category, and was invented only recently by a group of astronomers at the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Basically, to deal with the question, "Is Pluto a planet?", they voted on different definitions of planet, and Pluto did not meet the criteria. But it also did not meet the criteria for an asteroid or comet, so they had to come up with a new category: Dwarf Planet. In this category, they also added recently discovered body, Eris, and what used to be the largest asteroid, Ceres. Those are the three bodies now called Dwarf Planet.

Please note, however, that this category is not universally accepted. Some astronomers reject it completely, and still consider Pluto a planet.

And most astrologers do not pay attention to this category. They have been calling Pluto a planet since it was discovered in 1930, and they have seen how powerful it is so see no reason to stop calling it a planet.

If you wish more information on the astronomical classification Dwarf Planet, might I suggest the IAU website:
http://www.iau.org/iau0603.414.0.html
as well as this Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet

Best wishes,
Zane

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