Klotz

Asteroid 10222, Klotz, was discovered on October 29, 1997 by Christian Buil at Ramonville-Saint-Agne, Midi-Pyrenées, France. Klotz has a period of 4 years, 223 days.

Klotz was named for French astronomer Alain Klotz.

Alain Klotz


Astrologically, asteroid Klotz seems to indicate ineptitude, being a "klutz."

Former Massachusetts governor and 1988 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, who fumbled the campaign against George Bush in the home stretch and had his party and Massachusetts voters turn on him, had Klotz square Ixion (creating karma, second chances).

Ambrose Burnside, a Union general in the US Civil War, was better known for his whiskers ("sideburns," originally "burnsides") than his prowess on the battlefield; he was forced out after bungling several important battles. To his credit, he knew that this battlefield command was beyond his capabilities, only accepted it out of duty and then asked to be relieved before he caused more damage. Burnside had Klotz conjunct Mars (the military), sextile Pholus (foolishness, showing respect), tredecile Uranus (anomalous), and trine Saturn (work, consequences).

British prime minister Neville Chamberlain is probably best known for his disastrous approach toward dealing with Hitler prior to World War II. He had Klotz sextile Heracles (to struggle with) and trine Juno (giving away power, public persona).

Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid, who ended up impeached and removed from office for incompetence (to his relief, because he was sort of drafted for the job), has Klotz sextile Ceres (having to let go) and Ixion and trine Pluto (self-damage, gotten rid of).

Mexican dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (born February 21, 1794, in Jalapa Enriquez, Veracruz, Mexico), whose devotion to his own self-interest brought disaster to himself, his country and everyone around him, had Klotz undecimal Cruithne (branded, stigmatized), sextile Saturn, quindecile the North Node (making connections), and opposite Don Quixote.

Warren Harding, considered the worst president the US has ever had, had Klotz in the eighth house of legacies, square Heracles, trine Pallas (politics) and quindecile the Moon (the public).

The glyph for Klotz is mine.



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