Asteroid 18240, Mould, was discovered on September 29, 1973 at Palomar Observatory at Pauma Valley, California by C.J. Van Houten, Ingrid Van Houten-Groeneveld, and Tom Gehrels. Mould has a period of 3 years, 321 days.
It was named for British-born Australian astronomer Jeremy Mould (born 1949), who became head of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson in 2001.
Jeremy Mould
Astrologically, asteroid Mould seems to indicate to mold or attempt to make to fit a mold; mold or being moldy (literally or figuratively).
James Dobson (born April 21, 1936 in Shreveport, Louisiana), founder of Focus on the Family, has Mould semisquare Mercury, sextile Nessus and quincunx Ceres.
Lester Roloff (born June 28, 1914 in Dawson, Texas), who once owned several fundamentalist Christian private reform schools for teenagers in Texas, had Mould sextile Quaoar (acting according to compulsion, under scrutiny), trine Jupiter (religion) and opposite Chariklo (to glamorize).
W.A. Criswell (born December 19, 1909 in El Dorado, Oklahoma), who as president of the Southern Baptist Convention successfully steered the denomination away from the center and more toward the right, had Mould semisextile Cyllarus (having motive, method and opportunity), Asbolus (something to say) and Ixion, sextile the South Node (past influences, separations), square Mercury (ideas, writing, speech), and trine Juno (public persona), Ceres (to nurture) and the North Node (connections).
Baron Friedrich Von Steuben (born November 15, 1730 in Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany), a Prussian soldier whose drilling and discipline methods and innovations with regard to military-camp design and hygiene during the American Revolution were seminal, had Mould semisextile Nessus (unpleasant, purifying of poisons), square Juno and Chiron (lessons taught), and trine the Sun (to shine, to lead).
Psychologist Ivan Pavlov (born September 14, 1849 in Ryazan, Ryazan, Russia), whose conditioning work with dogs and bells is legendary, had Mould semisextile Uranus (innovation), semisquare Pandora (making a splash, having an impact, unintended consequences) and square Bienor (exuberance, criticism).
B.F. Skinner (born March 20, 1904 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania), who did other influential work on psychological conditioning, had Mould square Pelion (earning one's keep) and sesquiquadrate Ixion (creating karma).
Nazi propaganda master Josef Goebbels had Mould in the first house, sextile Neptune (lies) and Pandora and trine the Midheaven (career, authority).
Rush Limbaugh has Mould square Pholus (need to show respect, dictatorial and bullying), trine Chiron and Deucalion (hard, tough, mean), and quincunx Juno (perception of disenfranchisement, anger).
Douglas MacArthur (born January 26, 1880 in Little Rock, Arkansas), who as Allied military governor of Japan after World War II wrote Japan's current constitution, had Mould square Okyrhoe (listening to one's own voice, criticism) and opposite Pallas.
Alexander Fleming (born August 6, 1881, in Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland), who discovered penicillin by accident when penicillium mold established a foothold on one of his bacterial specimens, had Mould semisextile Mercury, sextile Pandora, and square Elatus (a powerful statement).
Bianca Jagger and Ed McMahon have both found themselves having to deal with toxic mold growing in their homes. Jagger (born May 2, 1950 in Managua, Nicaragua) has Mould semisextile Varuna (huge, judgmental), square Uranus (accidents, upsets) and Asbolus (bad experiences), and opposite Hidalgo (to promote, to assert, to defend).
McMahon (born March 6, 1923 in Detroit) has Mould conjunct Uranus, semisextile Pelion (life is tough) and Nessus (predation), sextile Pallas and opposite Vesta.
The glyph for Mould is mine.