Asteroids In Astrology

There is a big gap between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter, and between these two planets
lies the asteroid belt, an area where there are literally thousands of pieces of rock orbiting around the
Sun. Astronomers believe that the asteroids are the remnant of what was once a planet.

What Are Asteroids?

Asteroids are those thousands of huge rocks orbiting around the Sun, usually between the orbits of
Mars and Jupiter. Some astrologers consider them merely cosmic gravel with no value in interpreting
horoscopes. But, as will be demonstrated here, asteroids not only describe abstract concepts from
mythology, but they specifically relate to people like you and me.

The discovery of many new bodies orbiting the Sun beyond the orbit of formerly outermost Neptune
created a crisis in astronomy. It became evident that a new definition was required to distinguish these
objects from traditional planets. The term “dwarf planet” was introduced to include planetary objects
smaller than planets but larger than asteroids.

Asteroids were first discovered two centuries ago when names were chosen only for mythological
goddesses, e.g. Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, Astraea. But when the number of asteroids began to exceed
the goddesses, names were chosen to honor colleagues and historical figures of both genders, as well as
flowers, cities, mountains, lakes, nations and ideas.

In March, 1802, German astronomer H. Olbers discovered Pallas Athenein the main belt of asteroids,
between Mars and Jupiter. It took quite some time for some other small bodies to be discovered but by
1890 the total had reached three hundred. About one hundred newly numbered asteroids are cataloged
each year. Most of them are found within the main belt, which extends from 2.1 to 3.4 AU, and about
half are between 2.75 and 2.85 AU. Asteroids revolve around the Sun in the same direction as the
planets but tend to have more elliptical orbits. Their orbits are inclined up to 30°to the ecliptic plane, but
they are far less eccentric than comet orbits. The smallest asteroids are a few kilometers wide; the
largest one, Ceres (now considered a “dwarf planet”), about 1,000 kilometers wide.

Asteroids, in this century are receiving more public attention than ever before. NASA photographed a
closeup of Gaspra, the first asteroid ever seen with a specific shape in 1992. Most scientists agree an
asteroid was responsible for the extinction of dinosaurs. An asteroid about 15 miles in diameter almost
collided with Earth in 1989 and another smaller asteroid, about 30 meters wide, came closer to Earth
than any known asteroid in 1993, closer than half the distance to the Moon. A near collision with
another asteroid is expected in the 22nd century.

Many scientists now agree that the mysterious massive explosion in 1908 over Tonguska, Siberia,
flattening hundreds of square miles of land, was the result of an asteroid exploding just before impact
with Earth.

Pluto, Chiron and the Kuiper Belt

In 1977 Charles Kowal discovered Chiron. In 1992, the first of many similar objects beyond Neptune was
discovered in a region called the Kuiper Belt. This region is similar to the asteroid belt between Mars and
Jupiter (the main belt) but about twenty times wider and populated by icy objects rather than the rocky
and metallic bodies.

More than 130 Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) have already been found with nearly the same 248-year
period as Pluto at about 40 AU from the Sun. It is believed that the Belt contains thousands of objects
larger than 100 kilometers in diameter. Some objects have been found beyond 55 AU but are believed to
have been scattered into a region containing scattered disk objects (SDOs). Planetesimal objects in these
latter two regions (KBOs and SDOs) are called trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs).

Thus, astronomers began to view Pluto as the largest member of the new class of plutinos and some
started to question its status as a planet. The definition of a planet was given in the General Assembly of
the International Astronomical Union meeting in August of 2006. An initial proposal recommended that
Pluto be retained as a planet and that Ceres, Charon, and Eris be added to the list of planets. An
alternate proposal was offered suggesting an intermediate category for objects like Pluto, which are large
enough to be nearly round but too small to clear their orbits of other planetesimals. The IAU accepted
the later proposal and by unanimous vote it was agreed to call these intermediate objects “dwarf
planets,” with smaller objects to be called “small solar-system bodies.”

In the same meeting, the IAU announced only three members of the dwarf planet category: Ceres, Pluto,
and Eris. The IAU already maintains a dwarf planet watch-list of about a dozen candidates, which keeps
changing as new candidates are found. The candidates include the plutinos Orcus and Ixion, cubewanos
Quaoar and Varuna, and the SDO Sedna, all of which are similar in size to or larger than Ceres but are not
yet established as round.

The Asteroids In Astrology

Astrologically, asteroids represent the gate to the individual. Here we move from abstract keywords of
planets to explicit people, places, and things. “As above, so below” now includes “The Name.”

By blending the deeply personal asteroid with more abstract meanings of planets, houses and aspects,
the horoscope becomes richer and explicit. And asteroid returns are as impressive as solar and lunar
returns.

The asteroid belt was discovered in the early 1800’s, and was largely neglected in astrology, partly
because the orbits were a bit hard to track and so no ephemerides were available. However, in the early
1970’s, Eleanor Bach and others started to look seriously at the influences and mythology of the first
four discovered asteroids. These had been discovered within a short span of 1801 to 1807, and more
asteroids had not been discovered until a few decades later. It was quite clear to her that there was a
very strong relationship to the sign Virgo. This sentiment was echoed by Robert Hand in “Horoscope
Symbols” (1981).

Some asteroid-oriented astrologers speculated that the larger asteroids ruled zodiac signs. E. Bach
assigned Ceres asteroids and Vesta the rulership of Virgo, and Juno and Pallas the rulership of Libra.
However, spreading out sign rulerships to more than one planet did not strike a favorable chord among
non-asteroid astrologers. Named after mythological figures, places or real people all these newcomers in
the astrological pantheon created an abundance of astrological interpretations but their sheer number
(around 10.000 in good astrological software) discourages their incorporation to the horoscope. The
consensus on the matter, proposed by J. Lee Lehmanin his “Ultimate Asteroid Book”, that the
interpretation be based on the asteroid’s name, is absurd, as they are named totally arbitrarily, for
example, after the discoverer’s cat or his new car model. Yet, the focus on Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta
by asteroid advocates has generally eased the anxiety of astrologers.

According to Jacob Schwartz, Ephemerides were not available for asteroids until the late 20th century, so
studying the implications of asteroids was not possible for almost two centuries after the discovery of
Ceres. The vast majority of astrologers did not know they existed, or those who knew about them said
they were “cosmic gravel,” not real planets, unimportant, insignificant; the ten regular planets were
enough. And those who might have considered using four new points like the four largest asteroids
Ceres, Juno, Pallas and Vesta, plus the comet Chiron were shocked with the realization that it didn’t stop
with those, but there were thousands of them. At the very moment skater Nancy Kerrigan was attacked
by Shane Stant in her dressing room in Detroit, 6 January 1994, 2:20 p.m., asteroid Tanya was conjunct
lord of the underworld Pluto on the descendent, asteroid Harding was on the eastern horizon, and
asteroid Shane formed a perfect triangle on the nadir of the chart.

There are over 10.000 named asteroids– while more are named periodically. It is sometimes difficult to
get an exact summary of asteroids’ role in astrology. For, while the Planets’ astrological meanings each
have deep mythologies stemming from Greco-Roman culture and history, only a few (comparatively)
asteroids have mythological names- and some of these even are Egyptian, or Norse (Norwegian) or other
cultures.

These mythological names come with their own meanings steeped in history and culture. But, I feel, as
with the Planets – interpreting an astrology chart is like writing an in-depth essay on a piece of literature
– you will find many minutiae of differences between esteemed astrologers – for several reasons.

Many asteroids seem to be just personal names, because it is not generally public knowledge the story
of who named each asteroid, and for who or what reason! There are many famous names in the
asteroids, such as Shakespeare, Chaucer, Sophocles, and more. There are, understandably, also many
foreign names, including Japanese, Chinese, German, Hispanic, and others! (which are applicable for us if
they are also famous names, place names, or mythological names.)

Since there are so many of them, it is difficult to see whether they can be of any use in astrology, but
many astrologers choose to use the four major asteroids- and I’ve certainly found that they seem to have
an effect in a chart.

As well as asteroids, there are other bodies orbiting the Sun beyond the orbit of Saturn. The first of
these, Chiron, was discovered in 1977 but many more have been discovered since then. These bodies are
known as centaurs and Chiron is named after a mythical centaur – half man, half horse – of Greek
mythology.

When Chiron was discovered, it was first considered a “planetoid”, or a “minor planet” like the asteroids,
and then later reclassified as a comet when a tail was spotted on it. Astrologer Al H. Morrison called it “a
major planet” as a result of his astrological investigations, and Marc Buie, an astronomer who focusses
on Pluto a lot, has suggested that Pluto be classified as an “ice planet”, and that perhaps Chiron is not
like comets and ought to be considered an ice planet as well.

Zane Stein devoted a number of sections of his book “Essence and Application: a View from Chiron” to
connections which he had discovered between Chiron and Libran themes, although among those who
are inclined to view Chiron as a planet which rules a sign, Virgo is most often chosen.

 The Myths of the Asteroids

The planets and asteroids are named after Roman and Greek gods and goddesses whose stories have
their roots in Ancient Greece. Through knowing the myths of these archetypal figures, it is possible to
easily understand why each planet and asteroid has a particular interpretation in astrology. The
relationships between these deities can also shed light on the interpretation of aspects made by
asteroids to each planet in the natal chart.

The myths of the asteroids, the chunks of rock that float through the asteroid belt between Mars and
Jupiter, add extra depth. Healing (Chiron), nurturing (Ceres), conjoining (Juno), understanding (Pallas
Athene) and compassion (Vesta) are the qualities that they embody.

Excerpt from the book Understanding the Planetary Myths – Tenzin-Dolma

F.A.Q.

I know nothing about asteroids: from where do I start?

It’s very important to understand that the asteroids aren’t a working tool for beginners, and probably
they won’t be so in the near future.

So, first of all you must have a good knowledge of astrology, especially in the practical field. This means
that you should be able to easily interpret a natal chart with the two luminaries and the eight planets
and you should know how to deal with the main techniques (transits, revolutions, progressions etc…).

At this point, with a steady baggage, you must have enough mental elasticity to accept the challenge to
which you are brought by new knowledge. This basically means that you must go from the “following the
receipt” to “experimenting new accompaniments”.

In the end, you need an excellent software (for the study of asteroids), as well as an excellent working
method.

Which are the recommended orbs when working with asteroids?

The narrowest possible, and in any case they should not get over 3°30′ for the four main asteroids (if you
are using only them in addition to traditional planets), and exact for the others.

Which are the recommended aspects when working with asteroids?

It depends on the method. The less known is the asteroid that interests, the more one has to reduce
each aspect to the essential. Generally it’s better to use only the main aspects to the planets and the
sensitive points/angles (obviously if you have an accurate birth time).

What is the value that should be given to an asteroid that does not form strict aspects with the planets
or with the sensitive points/angles?

Generally, the best would be to ignore it. In any case, it’s better not to use it in the research base.

How is it possible to understand the meaning of an asteroid if you don’t know where is it at home,
where is it in exaltation etc?

Simply by getting its meaning not from a dialectical game, based on the zodiac interpretations, but on
the observation and symbolic translation of its behaviour in the sky (see orbital language) and from the
practical analysis of its position in a lot of natal themes. It is not the theory that has to enlighten the
practice. In fact it’s exactly the contrary!

How important is the Mythology in the comprehension of the meaning of an asteroid?

A much smaller importance than the one that is usually given to it. In the natal chart we have planets,
not myths.
With Uranus, Neptune and Pluto we are already encountering difficulties to make the myth coincide with
the astrological meanings (the god Jupiter wasn’t fat, nor talkative, nor greedy, but this symbologies are
usually attributed to him); but in astrology the use of mythology clashes in many cases with the actual
method of name attribution, and it’s truly naive to think that the astronomers are giving a name
according to a superior magical-spiritual-synchronical law and, in the end, are doing a favour to us, the
astrologers (even if in some rare cases it was the astrologers who have suggested the name to be given
to a new asteroid).
What is the importance of the name in the understanding of the meaning of an asteroid?

Generally, the importance is even smaller than the one that mythology has, at least for one reason: the
mythological names can be connected to an event, while the majority of the asteroids is characterized by
dull names.

The problem is in the content when we start from an arbitrary selection of asteroids by name (for
example all those which have a mythological name), but it reveals itself unable to be solved when
looking over the entire list of names.

The study of asteroids based on a serious working method in which the practice enlightens the theory
(and not the contrary) demonstrates that there is no need to know the name to attribute a meaning to
the asteroid. In fact there are already many asteroids that do not have names, but an alphanumeric code
to recognize them.

For what concerns me, in the base of research I find myself better with the last ones, as I am not sure
that my mind won’t be influenced somehow by prejudices connected to the name. My opinion is that
the most difficult thing, in the analysis, is not to identify a draft of meaning based on the practical
observations, but on the contrary, it’s much more difficult to keep your mind free from any type of
dialectical conditioning and speculation, linked to the name or the myth, which could be very interesting
and wise, but with any probability will end up influencing the practice instead of enlightening it.

How and based on which criteria do we assign a name to a new asteroid?

To many asteroids from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter the name was given randomly (even
if the astrologers more fond with the Astrology-Magic-Spiritualism approach are finding some
synchronicity in the naming: a mental setting that others should carefully avoid, as it is misleading and
aprioristic in the base of the research). It is also useless to hypothesize a synchronicity among the
discovery and the assignment of the name, as there is no link among them: to the asteroids is firstly
assigned an provisional designation like “1999 RQ36.” than a sequential number and, in the end,
sometimes, a name. Only about 5% of numbered asteroids have been given names.

Then the astronomers have started to make distinctions based on the position of the asteroid, its
belonging to a group and the way its orbit moves.

Of course, these categories can experiment some changes, as the astronomical knowledge expands
(which means that it is possible to discover – and it actually happened so – that an asteroid that was
known for a long time as belonging to a certain category, thus having a name analogically related to that
specific category, after some new discoveries, had been assigned to an another category, keeping its
name.

And it is evident that this can do nothing more than creating confusion and mistakes in those who
believe that the name is the first indicator of the meaning.
If the name or the mythology are almost of no help and, in general, they risk to bring even more
confusion in one’s ideas instead of clarifying them, does it exist any type of classification that could
give at least a general clue of the research? In other words: to keep the mind clean from dialectical
prejudices should one start from zero when beginning the research of the meaning of a new asteroid?

Synthetically we can say that the recourse of the concepts before the research are impossible to be
avoided, but that in the same time, they should be kept at the minimum possible. To do this it’s
necessary to connect to the astronomical observation, accepting the most antique, fundamental,
prejudice of astrology: the movement of the planets/asteroids in the space and their position compared
to the Sun (or to the Earth, when we start from an another point of observation, more familiar to the
astrologers) can be symbolically translated in a way to give indications on the astrological meaning of the
planet/asteroid itself.

The next step to this presupposition is the symbolical interpretation of the so-called “orbital language”, a
part of which can be considered the “theory” of the ambit.

What do you mean by ’the ambit of the asteroids’?

Basically it’s impossible to study the asteroids in a eficacious manner without first clearly defining the
field of symbolic action to which they belong. If we don’t do this distinction, each asteroid infinitely
multiplies its meanings and we end up losing ourselves in a total frustration.

Briefly:

 The planets until Mars represent the personal impulses;

 The asteroids from the asteroid belt represent the principles of socialization and adaptation to
the social norms;

 Jupiter and Saturn represent the different ways of legality and rationality of human beings;

 The centaurs represent the principles of rebellion against the social order and express the
sufferings of the individual that does not conform to the social norms;

 The planets starting from Uranus and after, represent the pulsions that transcend the rational
personality: among this, Neptune at the “barrier” of the solar system, over which can be found
that do not keep account of the social superstructures, but act according to “superior” symbolic
criteria. These are the asteroids (belonging to the Kuiper belt) to which the astronomers give the
name of Gods & Goddesses.

What is the orbital language?

With orbital language we usually mean the translation of the astronomical characteristics of an asteroid
in a symbolic form. When it’s possible, it should be the main tool with which to determine in a
theoretical way the meaning of the asteroid itself (followed by a rigorous practical verification).

The Symbols and Names of the Asteroids

 The Four Major Asteroids

Some of the tiny planetoids generally found orbiting the Sun in a belt between Mars and Jupiter are felt
to hold important astrological influences. It should be noted that the sphere of influence of these bodies
“overlap” influences of the larger celestial bodies in some areas. They are, in essence, fine-tunings of the
larger picture.

For instance Pallas Athena is said to be able to see the larger, holistic picture from both sides with a
sense of fairness (Libra). She represents creativity (Sun) and healing (Chiron) through feminine wisdom.
Vesta represents goodness and fulfillment of a greater cause – a trait shared by Uranus.

The table below shows the basic keywords associated with the four major asteroids, and with Chiron.

On January 1, 1801, the Sicilian astronomer monk Giuseppe Piazzi

discovered Ceres, naming it after the Roman goddess of agriculture
(=Greek Demeter).

According to Demetra George, Ceres symbolizes attachment to

whatever we have given birth to or created. As well, one typical kind of
Ceres issue is an obsessive relationship with food, including the whole
range of eating disorders and food-related illnesses.

The goddess of the harvest, Ceres relates to nurturing, directing energy

to instinctive, creative, reproductive goals. Cycles, procreation, rites of
Asteroid
passage and the emotional attachments of “letting go” are under the
Ceres
  Ceres sphere of influence.

The myth of Ceres (Demeter), an earth goddess archetype, tells of the

sudden abduction of her much loved daughter Persephone by the lord
of the underworld. Demeter chooses to give up her divine nature and
wander the world of humans where she is reunited with her
transformed daughter once each year.

Ceres can point to the things we have to give up in order to achieve

transformation, the things that we may cling to – unwilling to let go as
well as things we are searching for.

Asteroid The goddess Juno was the wife of Zeus, and is connected with
Juno relationships and marriage, giving away individual power for the
  benefit of a relationship.

Juno (Hera) represents both the positive and negative sides of our
need for relationships. Commitment, infidelity, equality and
 submissiveness all fall into Juno’s realm – as do a sense of duty and
social obligation.

According to Demetra George, Juno represents that aspect of each

person’s nature that feels the urge to unite with another person to
build a future together in a committed relationship. Juno speaks to
one’s desire to connect with a mate who is one’s true equal on all
levels. She makes us confront the issues of submission and domination,
fidelity and infidelity, trust and deception, forgiveness and revenge. In
today’s world, Juno is also a symbol for the plight of battered and
powerless wives and minorities; for the psychological complexes of
love-addiction and codependency; for the rise in divorce rates as
people are driven to release un-meaningful relationships; and for the
redefinition of traditional relationships in the face of feminism and of
gay and lesbian coupling.

In mythology, Juno seduced by Zeus, marries him and is forced to share

the alter for hundreds of years endured a marriage characterized by
power struggles over issues of fidelity and equality. Juno was said to
retreat from this tense life from time to time in order to renew and
center herself.

Juno represents our need for relationships as well our need for
personal power and equality – the struggle for balance between
intimacy and freedom. She is an emblem of finding oneself spiritually
in order to preserver and triumph through the most difficult of
circumstances.

Ceres once thought of only as an asteroid, is now also considered a

dwarf planet.

Asteroid The warrior goddess, Pallas Athene is connected with inner strength
Pallas and intuition, directing energy away from emotional and into mental
  Athene pursuits.

Pallas represents a feminine spirit of independence and cool mental

judgment in either a man’s or a woman’s chart.

Inner courage, confidence in our abilities, creative and artistic vision

fall under the influence of Pallas.

According to Demetra George, Pallas represents the part of a person

who wants to channel creative energy to give birth to mental and
artistic progeny. She represents the capacity for creative wisdom and
clear thinking, and speaks to the desire to strive for excellence and
accomplishment in a chosen field of expression. As a model of the
 strong, courageous, ingenious and artistically creative woman, Pallas
Athene shows how to use one’s intelligence to achieve in practical,
mental, or artistic fields; and how to work to attain worldly power.She
also shows the healing modalities that are likely to work best.

There are an abundance of myths surrounding this warrior goddess

(Minerva). Most relate tales of wisdom and an Amazonian quality. In
the Libyan version Pallas, Athena, and Medusa were the three faces of
the of the triple goddess. In another myth, through the trickery of
Zeus, Athena kills her Amazonian sister Pallas during a friendly
competition. Later, the grieving Athena placed her sister’s name before
her own.

Pallas represents the application of practical skill and creative

intelligence. A “goddess of war”, she is also possesses the ability to
heal through feminine wisdom.

From the Vestal Virgins in the temple, who devoted their sexuality to
the gods, this asteroid is connected with commitment, directing
creative energy into personal or devotional goals.

Symbolized by the perpetually burning flames of a hearth fire, Vesta

rules fidelity to self and the ability to focus inner truth and power.

According to Demetra George, Vesta represents the part of each

person’s nature that feels the urge to experience the sexual energy of
Venus in a sacred manner.

Vesta is a sexual sign – spiritual and devotional sex as well as sex

outside of socially accepted views. She retreats from day to day life to
Asteroid find inner sustenance. Her retreat (retrogrades) pulls her back to her
Vesta inner self and core truths. When centered, she emerges into the
  outside world to meets its demands.

Mythologically named for the Greek goddess Hestia, she was

worshipped in ancient times at every home’s central hearth. In early
matriarchal societies, priestesses honoring Vesta maintained an ever
burning flame and gave themselves in sacred summer solstice rites
maintaining their selfhood while revering the divine aspect of sexuality.
Later, under Roman rule, they observed the vows of celibacy,
relinquishing their sexuality in exchange for freedom from patriarchal
control.

Vesta’s place in a chart may show the areas of sacrifice necessary and
willingly given to achieve and maintain trueness to self.
 Chiron is also from Greek Mythology, and is one of the most
famous/common asteroids. Chiron is a wise centaur who trained
heroes, different from the throng of centaurs commonly known for
their ‘partying.’ He was mistaken in battle and shot in the hip with a
poisoned arrow – something for which he spent much of his life
learning and practicing the healing arts, but which he never entirely
Chiron recovered from. Chiron therefore stands for the “Wounded Healer” or
  Healing Journey in your chart.

Chiron is to do with where we are wounded, and where we can heal. Is

connected with helping, healing, teaching others with your knowledge,
and having much experience gaining knowledge from being.

Note that Chiron has been classified as a comet and not as an asteroid.

More Asteroids & Dwarf Planets

Asteroid Lilith: letting go and accepting your natural darker side, and having rebelious power.

Asteroid Persephone: the archetypal victim, suffering pain in relationship, humiliation by abduction and
rape. Highly tuned into people’s feelings and needs. Alienated from conventional society. Strong
connection to spirit, easily overwhelmed by feelings and impressions from the collective unconscious.
Drawn to partners that attempt to dominate/control.

Asteroid Quaoar: having a spirit of intuitive, discovery/clarification.

Asteroid Sedna: having things for you go askew.

Asteroid Pholus: starting small projects that cascade into big ones.

Asteroid Nesseus: radically severing from conformaties, relenquishing denials, then entering new realms
of vision and creativity.

Asteroid Asbolus: leading lonelily for survival.

Asteroid Perdix:

Asteroid Heracles:

Asteroid Urania: astrology, astronomy, treating principles and information in theoretical way,
hypothetical or abstract logic and rationality, ability to see “the whole picture” and not be deterred by
details.

Asteroid Themis:
Asteroid Bacchus/Dionysus: most open to inspiration and most eager for pleasure and escape from the
everyday. Excess, addiction, attempts to alter the feelings, people or situations that suffer substitutions
or omissions. How we deny, distract ourselves, make excuses or find substitutes for unruly feelings; what
we go to or do when emotions make us uncomfortable. How and where we find our “high.” (Bacchus is
also: pine trees, grape vines, regimented plantings.and goats. Were you raised in an alcoholic family
(Bacchus and/or Dionysius)? What has (Bacchus) “addiction” meant in your life? If you don’t, let’s add a
couple more to the mix, beginning with: drink, smoke, sniff or mainline, what form of “denial” is
operative? Are you “overly preoccupied” (with points in the Bacchus pattern) as a way of avoiding
difficult feelings? What substitutes do you use to ease emotional reactivity? How does Bacchus’
configuration show you things about emotional immaturity and control needs? Be sure to think of
Bacchus too as what Nietzsche called “the intoxication of the spirit”- as a way to learn “the high” and the
rapture.

Asteroids Briseis and Chryseis:

Asteroid Eris: going/standing against what everyone does (going against what the average person does),
being able to share true insights, even though society does not want to hear them.

Asteroid Eros: pouring alot of passion into what you are doing. Sexuality, erotic behavior, the joy of
living, what excites us, the will to live.

Asteroid Astraea: detail oriented, seeing things to the bitter end.

Asteroid Iris: receiving/storing holistic information, thinking holisticaly, or thinking up information that is
holistic.

Asteroid Amor: Our search for “unconditional love” on a planet where BOUNDARIES are necessary; how
we understand what is acceptable (and how we’re tested on that;) amd how we set limits and
conditions. Classic example: Nicole Brown Simpson had Amor in Pisces. (And what does Pisces know
about boundaries???!) Amor is “boundaries.” How are yours? Are you able to say “No” and stand up for
yourself? Do others “step on your toes” (or stamp on ’em with steel-toed boots)? Do you ever question
yourself as to what’s acceptable from another person? Asteroid Amor is also about unconditional love.
You see in the gylph “a divided heart.” One half keeps the faith about “an utter love, one that is an
eternal embrace, without question, withoutexception.” The other half says, “Yeah, but this is planet
earth, and here, conditions are necessary.” So Amor feels this struggle. And what about your self-
acceptance? What do you have to do or be to “get” love and acceptance? (…and, yes, we all KNOW that
you don’t have to do and be anything; Love simply IS. But… there is that level at which you have
forgotten that, so look to the sign of Amor–and the aspects, to detail your answer.) And add the idea of
“important conditions exist” to any point in the axis or pattern with Amor.

Asteroid Lameia:

Asteroid Child: Aspects relating to the characteristics of his own experiences and attitudes towards/and
childhood events (ranging from innocence to immaturity).

Asteroid Sappho: friendship, bond, feeling close or equal to the other, gentle spirits, to have things in
common, artistic interests.
Asteroid Daphne:

Asteroid Hidalgo: While wanting to have the courage of its convictions, Hidalgo can become circumspect
or expedient (in re the manner of sign-house, for those reasons and as per aspects.) For instance, with
Pluto, Hidalgo may not say all that it’s thinking because saying it aloud would bring up strong feelings &
loss of control. Hidalgo is also: Mexico, Spain, the Southwest, Latino cultures, and can represent
countries where there is a strong religious-political basis. The glyph for Hidalgo looks like a stylized,
backwards 5. While it can refer to Spanish, Mexican or Latin influences in mundane work, it also
represents “monitored or circumspect disclosure.” Under stressful aspect, it says LESS than all that’s on
its mind. So, okay, how does the sign of Hidalgo in your chart color that caution? What don’t you want to
tell- and why? (And what do the aspects say about that?) Even when Hidalgo appears to be candid, there
are things left unsaid. Sometimes there are things Hidalgo doesn’t want to fully articulate to itself– are
there things ya’ just don’t want to say aloud or “in words” (even in your own head)? How come?

Asteroid Imhotep:

Asteroid Apollo: being able to make the best of yourself in the world at large.

Asteroid Nephele:

Asteroids Pyramus and Thisbe:

Asteroid Hopi: Do you have special feelings or events connected to prejudice; do you react strongly to
the treatment of the American Indian, to the Holocaust, to the history of Afro-Americans (or minorities
or indigenous people in any country)? While Hopi addresses these areas, it is also about “attacks” and
what (was it Konrad Lorenz?) can be described as “the territorial imperative.” The “attack” theme can
combine with medical indicators to describe “attack” symptoms. But the idea of ambush or attack can
also be experienced on a psychological level…This “territorial imperative” does have to do with a people
defending the boundaries of “their lands.” But again, on an individual level, folks also have a sense of
their physical territory– and with Hopi strongly placed, this is pronounced… as is a feeling for The Land
(the earth.) For those of you who investigate violence, you see Zeus when there’s a gun (or a chainsaw!)–
and Hopi when there’s a more “hands on attack” or the use of a knife or cutting. (Thus, with medical
indices, Hopi can show up with surgeries.) Drawing on the importance of The Corn Spirit of the Hopi and
other Indian People, Hopi is “corn based foods,” and incidents with snakes or birds. (The Hopi would
gather snakes in the mountains and bring them down for a ritual. The snakes would all be released at
once as part of a ceremony with the thought that as they made their way back to the mountains, they
would fertilize the fields so the corn would grow.) In a very basic way, Hopi refers to the West or westerly
direction (cf. Siva and Siwa which point East.)

Asteroid Thetis:

Asteroid Ganymed:

Asteroid Abundantia: We can take it to mean “The Land of Abundance”, or “All things having to do with
Abundance.” Abundance tends to have primarily a material meaning, but it can also apply to Abundance
of Wisdom, Love, Energy, Friendship – like the description of a Full Life.

Asteroid Lachesis – It is one of the Three Fates of Greek Mythology, “whose decisions could not be
altered, even by the gods.” Klotho weaves the tapestry of life, Atropos holds the shears that cut the
thread of life, and Lachesis assigns a life span and destiny – obviously a very interesting spot in a chart! I
also find this interesting in composite, or relationship charts – indicating the flavor of the destiny of the
relationship.

Asteroid Amalthea:

Asteroid Koronis:

Asteroid Hebe:  Where the glyph for Bacchus looks like a capital Y, Hebe’s has a line across the top
connecting the 2 arms so that it looks like a martini glass… and Hebe is the third party in the addiction
cycle, the codependent. It is also where we can expect “untoward and unquestioned acceptance of what
we’re doing” (even if it’s “one toke over the line.”) Hebe is “service attitudes & occupations.” A Hebe-
Neptune can be a nurse; a Ceres-Hebe can be a baby-sitter… (but there’s more to the delineations than
that.) This Cupbearer to the Gods has morphed into the modern “co-dependent.” Sure, Hebe is: service
personnel, waitresses, assistants, secretaries, etc (and interns…. check Hebe in Clinton’s chart!) but
behaviorally, it’s about “accepting the unacceptable,” about doing too much (and expecting too little.)
You can see it’s natural link to Amor; there are similar themes here.

Asteroid Niobe:

Asteroid Hygiea: Bringing things into a very pure, even ideal, state of being. Medical and health interest
(especially in regards to fitness).

Asteroid Proserpina: Taking the line of least resistance (being passive or helpless), learning the
consequenses this creates for you, and then changing your actions (sacraficing) do to these
consequences. Separation anxiety.

Asteroid Diana: hypersensitive, acknowledging feelings and immediately putting boundaries in place to
contain and protect them. In tune with nature and animals. As well as using it to explore one’s
relationship with nature and the animal kingdom, remember that Diana was racing through the forest
(whether you see her in gossamer or buckskin and fringe) BECAUSE SHE WAS BEING CHASED. She was
trying to elude capture; she didn’t want to be found. She was involved in a Hunter-Prey dynamic. Thus,
Diana can be huge in charts where other factors indicate violence. But look for that “evasion” and
attempt to avoid being pinned down or caught in less dramatic ways as well. What does Diana say about
how you “hide behind trees” or “run” (when the pressure of aspecting points presses)? How does the
sign characterize the ways or style of your attempt to out-race what’s chasing you? Does the house of
Diana aid or hinder this work? Do you use the sign or house “to hide in or behind”? How do the house,
sign, aspects or axis describe what you were running from…who or what’s “after you”?

Asteroid Irene:

Asteroid Atlantis: Taking cues from the mythos of The Lost Continent, Asteroid Atlantis can relate to
experiences connected with water (fear of drowning, near-drowning incidents, swimming, floods,
hurricanes, tidal surge) but it’s much more complicated than that. The mythos includes the notion of
“retribution for misuse.” So, environmentalists can have a strong Atlantis, as can people who “expect to
be punished” (and thus carry an ongoing negative expectancy about points in the axis or in aspect with
Atlantis.) That produces the sense that “the end is near” or a “it’ll never work” attitude. There can be
then, a “sense of doom.” There’s a distinctly Altantean flavor to the idea that “knowledge is power”…
Then there is that “misuse” area to consider. Misuse of knowledge and information. Thus: breaches of
confidentiality and protection of what is private and personal. We see Atlantis in “insider trader
scandals” and, heavens, the Clinton presidency has been a graduate seminar in Atlantean themes! In my
research on the brain, Atlantis shows as “invasion” (of cells) but also as a frontal lobe issue– where one
identifies who they are and appropriately handles the personalization of subjective experience and
awareness. It helps you to know what is “private” and not to be shared with “just anybody.” (So you can
guess what a strong Neptune or Pluto might do to this!) We see Atlantis too in some of those “I’m
working off my karma” (ie., I’ve been bad and have to “pay” or expiate) statements. Sometimes Atlantis
combines with poor self-esteem to further lower the sense of worth; sometimes this isn’t conscious…
and it needs to be! A person can have “an ancient but nebulous sense of having been or done something
Bad” and it can be important to consider how this relates to the current life experience.

Through Atlantis, a person knows about “invasion of privacy” and betrayal (through the revealing of
private information–or at least, information that wasn’t intended for general distribution.) So, if you “tell
your business on the street” or guard every item of it– your Atlantis explains why! “Confession” is an
Atlantean theme. How does the Atlantis in your chart show what or/and why you do or don’t want
people to “know everything” about you? (And how do you have to be aware of this as you do other
people’s charts with the detailed information provided by asteroids?)

So Atlantis has an ethical edge; it shows whether one can be trusted with confidentiality and whether
they have respect for what is private. Atlantis is VERY “New Age”– interest in crystals (and geometic
shapes) can be an Atlantis thing– as can feeling as though you “know things” that you don’t have any
idea how you know them. Have you ever been with someone who seemed to “look right through you”
and know all about you?

That was Atlantis in action. Bermuda Triangle? Atlantis! —– So: Can you see why a Hopi-Odysseus would
be part of a Trail of Tears configuration, and how an Atlantis-Odysseus would be a journey across water
(or an estrangement perceived as a punishment)? —– While I tend to think that the entire chart reflects
the amalgam of experience that is sometimes called “Past Lives,” points like Hopi and Atlantis create
openings in consultation to discuss historical sensitivity.

Asteroid Odysseus: In a general way, we can speak of Odysseus as relating to “the personal odyssey”–
the journey away from and back to “home.” At Odysseus, there can be travel, estrangement, a longing
for “home” (on many levels) and the sense of being “a stranger in a strange land.” It covers the range
from carefree gypsy to banished hobo (depending on aspect patterns.) So, in your chart, who and why is
someone “far away”? Who might have been using the “a rolling stone gathers no moss” theme? Is Willy
Nelson’s “On the Road Again” an anthem? What isn’t “settled”?

Asteroid Klytia:

Asteroid Viv – This word has Italian or Spanish roots meaning “Life.” It also connotes to me that certain
“viva” that makes someone noticeable, that spark perhaps that makes them uniquely them. Or in a chart
it may indicate where they feel ‘alive’ or what impact life has on them. I find this asteroid most useful in
composite charts – a relatively newer method for relationship astrology, in which a single chart is made
using the mid-points of each person’s planets. Although the composite Sun is an important basic factor
in the “life force” of any relationship, (friends, family, co-workers, or lovers), Viv is an interesting body
also pointing to more directly the ‘spark’ where both partners feel most alive in the relationship, or what
can keep the relationship alive. I look to conjunctions especially to describe this aspect.

Asteroid Pandora: The element of surprise; the unexpected; getting more than you bargained for; crisis;
unanticipated consequences; new doors open; how one handles being “caught unprepared” or caught
off-guard (and whether the sign or aspects have one “in a perpetual state of preparedness”….) The glyph
is a box with the top wider than the bottom (…the jack-in the box is only inferred.) Reaching out to
unexpected consequences, get “most of the efforts”, being seduced by a curiosity. In charts, Pandora
shows “the unexpected;” it’s crisis and dealing with unwanted or unanticipated consequences. It’s being
caught off-guard; it’s present when someone says, “But I didn’t know THAT would happen.” It’s the
“opps” in your life. And, naturally, it can be wonderful. Pandora can “open new doors;” sometimes giving
you “more than you bargained for” is a genuine gift. So, okay, stare at your chart. Where and how have
you been surprised? Why? In what ways do you “surprise” others? How do you react when you weren’t
prepared for something to happen? What kinds of reactions and defenses have you established to
handle “crisis”? What’s in Pandora’s Box when it pops open in your chart? (Aside from a least a small
bauble of hope!)

Asteroid Hephaistos (Hephaestus): talented and skillfull, but have others not understand you, avoiding
you. Problems with limbs. Abandonment by the parents (most often by the mother). Tendency to
unusual relationships (variations on the theme of “Beauty and the Beast”). Contact with metals.

Asteroid Eos:

Asteroid Narcissus:

Asteroid Nemesis: The Achilles heel. The Black Beast. The need to blame, to make someone a scapegoat.
The identification of the “enemy”. The error or the reason for a problem. Nemesis is, uh, your nemesis…
your bete noir, your undoing, your Achilles Heel. But it’s also BLAME and it can use aspects for
“scapegoating.” It shows “the cause of problems,” and the lovely, luxurious illusion of having a named
“enemy.” It’s a familiar problem or situation in which you find yourself– mostly on the losing side!
Checking Nemesis in your chart, what’s “the problem,” and who’s “at fault”? (Example: Nemesis-
Neptune: One’s “undoing” can be their sensitivity, their idealism, a level of personal chaos, the time it
takes for them to sort out trust, and their level of empathy.)

A Sun-Nemesis can be a family scapegoat or think that “they’re” the problem to an excessive degree. A
retrograde Nemesis may not understand the real source of difficulty; they may not consciously identify
with “the problem;” they likely had negative experiences where “blame” was a theme.

Asteroid Circe: Helping, be of assistance and come to the rescue; act as facilitator.

Asteroid Minerva:

Asteroid Orpheus:

Asteroid Psyche: recognition of childhood trauma, psychological wounds, vulnerability, memories,

inspiration, psychic vulnerability, psychological healing, head injuries. While very literally “the brain” and
its status or state, Psyche’s configuration details much of the mental-emotional history and of those
scenes and experiences that installed psychological pain. So, what was/is so wounding about the natal
house in which Psyche resides? And how does its sign add to that description? How does the sign help to
explain how you respond to emotional pain (yours, that of others)? Is the sign a defense from feeling, or
does it drive you further into psychological awareness?

Take a minute to really relax, to sink down into yourself, going deeper with each exhalation. Let that
release drift throughout your body. Then bring each of the aspects to Psyche to mind. These aspects
“affect your mental-emotional state;” they also hold childhood scenes that have left a residual impact.
They show what caused damage, and how you respond when those memories are triggered– what you
“do” when you’re “hurt.” They are part of a “raw wound” and hyper-sensitivity. You’ll need to be both
honest and gentle with yourself as you explore all that Psyche in your chart has to tell you about your
past (and present.) In a sense, Psyche is a wound… and sometimes, out of that woundedness, a person
becomes very sensitive to the pain of others. (Thus, sometimes Psyche is “psychic”– but that doesn’t
change the fact that it relates to emotional damage that must, over the course of life, be transformed to
a gift…or at least resolved.) —

Asteroid Panacea: what we believe we will help to find solutions, cures or remedies to the problems (not
only related to health). Panacea is “the cure”–but it’s not as simple as that. In your chart, everything’s
conditioned; every factor has, by the age you are now, a model. You have a history with it–and thus you
have beliefs and expectations about it. So look at Panacea in your chart (and in those of clients) as “what
you believe it takes to make things better.” Thus, what do you or others have to do in order to bring
about an improvement. And this doesn’t relate just to medical conditions. A Panacea-Sisyphus has to do
it over and over in order to “fix” what’s seen as wrong. With Panacea in hard aspect to the Ascendant, a
person would have to “be” different to bring about an improvement; they’d have to alter their routine
and initial response. A retrograde Panacea might not really believe lots of things can be fixed. A Panacea-
Admetus would figure on having to endure, bite the bullet, or give something more time. When Hades
contacts Panacea, some of the cure is worse than the problem.

Asteroid Arachne:

Asteroid Sisyphus: restart, feeling like running against the wind. You must start again from the
beginning, having the rug ripped out from under you when you think you’ve just arrived at the
destination.

Uranians:

Cupido: associating with groups, and being arty.

Hades: can end up being shameful.

Zeus: fiery, creative, and leading.

Kronos: lofty and extraordinary.

Apollon: being progressive and abundant in energy.

Admetos: intense and focused.

Vulkanus: greatly forceful.

Poseidon: idealistic and honarable.

Finding Asteroids In Your Chart

Until recently, you would have had great difficulty finding this out, but thanks
to astro.com and serennu.com you can find out where it is in your birth chart! To find out where these
bodies are in your chart, you can do this online using the “Extended Chart Selection” option
on astro.com.

Some of these planets/asteroids require entering in codes. The code “hh” will include all the uranians,
but you must draw these in a seperate chart, for you can only draw so many planets on a chart at once at
this site; also Sedna normally doesn’t show up with the other planets/asteroids. Include Sedna on the
Uranian chart, by highlighting the planet in the planet selection window.

References:

James R. Lewis, “The Astrology Book-Encyclopedia of Heavenly Influences”, Visible Ink Press, USA, 2003.

Demetra George-Douglas Bloch, “Asteroid Goddesses: The Mythology, Psychology and Astrology of the
Reemerging Feminine”, ACS Publications, USA, 1990.

Jacob Schwartz, “Asteroid Name Encyclopedia” published by Llewellyn, St. Paul.

David G. Fisher and Richard R. Erickson, “The Solar System”, Salem Press, USA, 1998.

Tenzin-Dolma, “Understanding the Planetary Myths” – Quantum, Great Britain, 2005.

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