https://neptunesauraastrology.wordpress.com/category/asteroids/page/2/Urania is the Goddess of Astronomy / Astrology, she is also associated with universal love and the holy spirit. When we look at a natal chart all these aspects come into play we seek the spirit’s guidance to enable us to read the symbolic meaning in a spirit of love and understanding. Urania in our natal chart shows how we best develop that spirit in relationship to astrology. Urania seeks to guide us in appropriate use of our strengths and talents, for the benefit of all. Many people think it is Uranus that is associated with homosexuality – Uranian in this sense means from Urania – Venus as Inanna queen of the heavens.
Medea meaning to ponder / cunning was Hekate’s high priestess, Medea daughter of wisdom eloped with Jason (argonaut) leaving her culture and heritage behind to live in a foreign patriarchal society. Medea was skilled in herbal medicine as well as other talents, she represents our ability to use Hekate’s talents and the struggles of living outside mainstream society as Prophets, Seers and revelators. In the natal chart Medea shows how we cope with these themes in our life. Medea was abandoned in a foreign land by Jason and in revenge caused the death of her children she serves as a warning to use our gifts wisely, even when we are shunned or abused, revenge has a price.
Life is a mystery,
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
Posted March 11, 2014 by neptune's Aura Astrology in asteroids
Tagged with Medea, urania
Asteroids Hekate 100 & Sampo 2091 The Astrologer’s Asteroids Leave a comment
Sun Moon tree
Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation
Darkness stirs and wakes imagination
Silently the senses abandon their defenses
Helpless to resist the notes I write
For I compose the music of the night
Hekate is Goddess of the night, especially moonless starry ones.
“In the deep stillness of the midnight hour … she [Medea] stretched her arms to the stars … O Nox [Nyx the Night], Mother of Mysteries, and all ye golden Astra (Stars) who with Luna succeed the fires of day, and thou, divine triceps Hecate, who knowest all my enterprises and dost fortify the arts of magic.” – Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.162
Hekate Goddess of the night knows all our enterprises, they are written in the stars. Hekate rules the art of Astrology, natal Hekate highlighted in the chart gives the individual a knowledge / talent and ability to turn to the sky at night for answers. Hekate rules our ability to use intuition when looking at the natal chart to see the themes played out in that person’s life; through Hekate we gain an insight into the situations past through to present, and experiences of the other person in dealing with those situations.
Slowly, gently night unfurls its splendor
Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender
Turn your face away from the garish light of day
Turn your thoughts away from cold unfeeling light
And listen to the music of the night
Phantom Of The Opera – Music Of The Night
The Sampo is a legendary device in finnish mythology, one interpretation is that it was a magical astrolabe, the most common interpretation is that it is The World Pillar or World Tree. The World pillar is a mythical column on which the precession of the Spring Equinox turns. Sampo highlighted in the natal chart also gives an understanding to astrological principles, and ability to see connection in the heavenly movement of planets to themes of our lives. Sampo gives us an understanding of the mechanics of the heavenly movements and the skills of the astrologer in respects to drawing up and preparing charts.
Posted March 11, 2014 by neptune's Aura Astrology in asteroids
Tagged with Hekate, night, precession of equinox, Sampo
Antigone 129 and Hippodamia 692 Dysfunctional families Leave a comment
Pillars of creation
Antigone was the daughter / sister of Oedipus. After her father/ brother discovered his wife was his mother he blinded himself and left, Jocaster his wife / mother committed suicide. Jocaster’s brother Creon was left in control of country until Oedipus’s sons grew up. Later, the brothers started fighting over who will rule Thebes. Being the older brother, Polyneices believed he had the birthright, but Eteocles ousted him. Polyneices with an army invaded Thebes – in which both the brothers died. Thus once more Creon ascended to the throne.
Creon gave Eteocles an honourable funeral as defender of country but saw Polyneices as a traitor. Antigone however was determined to give her brother a respectful funeral and incurred the wrath of Creon her uncle. Creon ordered his son Haemon to kill Antigone however Haemon was in love with Antigone and hid her. Antigone had a son with Haemon called Maeon, who because of the mark of the dragon on his forehead was recognised as Antigone’s son. Creon was now aware that Antigone was still alive, leading Haemon to kill her and commit suicide before they were discovered.
Hippodamia’s father was told that his son-in-law would cause his death, thus he had challenged all of Hippodamia’s suitors to a chariot race in which he killed them. Pelops wanting to marry Hippodamia asked Neptune for help, Neptune gave Pelops his chariot of winged horses to race with, Pelops still unsure of victory promises half of Oenomaus’ kingdom and the first night in bed with Hippodamia to Myrtilus, as he was putting Oenomaus’ chariot together, he replaced the bronze linchpins attaching the wheels to the chariot axle with fake ones made of beeswax.
Pelops won the race and killed Oenomaus, before throwing Myrtilus over a cliff – Myrtilus with his dying breath puts a curse on their offspring.
Antigone and Hippodamia both relate to the skeletons in our family closet, they shed light on secrets buried in the past that suddenly appear from nowhere. Where these asteroids are in the chart is where the family scandals have been buried where they are most likely resurrected in future.
Posted March 9, 2014 by neptune's Aura Astrology in asteroids
Tagged with antigone, hippodamia
Asteroid Apollo 1862 Know Thyself 6 comments
Architectural element
I am Rosemary’s granddaughter
The spitting image of my father
And when the day is done
My momma’s still my biggest fan
Sometimes I’m clueless and I’m clumsy
But I’ve got friends that love me
And they know just where I stand
It’s all a part of me and that’s who I am
So when I make a big mistake
And when I fall flat on my face
I know I’ll be alright
Who Am I Jessica Andrews
Apollo is the Greek God of oracles, medicine and music. Hermes created the Lyre for Apollo his hymns are called Paeans, and we each have our own Paean or song, understanding our own song is part of Apollo’s healing medicine. Apollo in the chart is part of our journey in discovering our song, the music which as heavenly dancers we feel vibrate throughout our soul.
Apollo shows where our unique talents and abilities lie, where we shine and where we need to listen to our inner voice and intuition. When we try to block or ignore Apollo in the chart dis-ease can raise its head Apollo not only asks us to know ourselves but to accept ourselves for who we are, to accept our song and dance to its rhythm.
Posted March 9, 2014 by neptune's Aura Astrology in asteroids
Tagged with Apollo, Heavenly dancers, individuality, oracle, talent
Nessus 7066 and Dejanira 157 2 comments
tango
That these are the days that bind you together, forever
And these little things define you forever, forever
All this bad blood here, won’t you let it dry?
It’s been cold for years, won’t you let it lie?
If we’re only ever looking back
We will drive ourselves insane
As the friendship goes resentment grows
We will walk our different ways
But those are the days that bind us together, forever
And those little things define us forever, forever
Bad Blood – Bastille
Nessus the Centaur abducted Dejanira, Hercules rescued her and fatally wounded Nessus. Nessus told Dejanira with his dying breath that if his heart’s blood was mixed with Olive Oil and applied to Hercule’s tunic he would never be unfaithful again. Dejanira believing him applied the blood which burnt Hercules so badly he threw himself on the funeral pyre, Dejanira in grief followed him.
In other versions of the myth Hercules violates Dejanira and promises to come back and marry her. The Centaur Eurytion asks to marry Dejanira and Hercules comes back on the scene to slay him and claim Dejanira as his wife.
Both versions of the story deal with passions of the heart, violence and sexual infidelity and misconduct. Dejanira is a warrior princess expert in warfare and chariot driving, similar to Queen Boudicca. Queen Boudicca of the Iceni tribe watched her daughters being raped as she was flogged by Roman soldiers. Boudicca then led the Iceni and other tribes in revolt, burning Roman Colchester, London and St. Alban’s to the ground. The Roman Armies finally defeated Boudicca at the Battle of Watling Street where she committed suicide rather than be captured by the Roman Army.
Nessus is an indicator of Bad Blood, there was certainly bad blood between Boudicca and the Romans. With his dying breath Nessus plots Hercule’s death, this is the stuff of vendettas. This Bad Blood comes straight from the heart and is capable of poisoning us, Nessus is our urge for revenge, our inability to let go of the past and move on. Nessus in the natal chart shows where issues of Bad Blood have affected us family vendettas, inability to move on and forgive ourselves as well as others is shown by Nessus.
Dejanira, shows where we have been wounded by the slings and arrows of misfortune, this asteroid shows abuse of power in all its forms whether that is Boudicca witnessing the rape of her daughters or the daughters witnessing the physical abuse of their mother Dejanira is no pushover she is a warrior that fights back refusing to passively let the slings and arrows wound without a counter attack.
Posted March 9, 2014 by neptune's Aura Astrology in asteroids
Tagged with abuse, Boudicca, Centaur, Dejanira, Nessus
Asteroid 666 Desdemona – A Shakespearean Tragedy Leave a comment
Othello_and_Desdemona_by_Alexandre-Marie_Colin
And his unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love.
Desdemona is a complex asteroid, with many affects depending on the natal position.
Desdemona in aspect to Sun, Leo or 5th house:
I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter
and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs.
My noble father,
I do perceive here a divided duty.
To you I am bound for life and education.
My life and education both do learn me
How to respect you. You are the lord of my duty,
I am hitherto your daughter. But here’s my husband,
And so much duty as my mother showed
To you, preferring you before her father,
So much I challenge that I may profess
Due to the Moor my lord.
Who is good enough for my daughter, Desdemona in this position in the natal chart may show a father who like Desdemona’s father feels her choice is not good enough, either through protective issues or obsessions over social standing. Desdemona chooses Othello over her father and this drives a wedge between them. Desdemona in Leo or aspect to sun may indicate loss of father through circumstance too.
Desdemona in aspect to Pluto, Scorpio and 8th house:
So sweet was ne’er so fatal. I must weep. But they are cruel tears. This sorrow’s heavenly; it strikes where it doth love.
The fresh streams ran by her, and murmer’d her moans
Sing willow, willow, willow
Her salt tears fell from her and soft’ned the stones.
Let nobody blame him, his scorn I approve
Sing willow, willow, willow
He was born to be fair, I to die for his love,
Othello kills Desdemona in a jealous rage, this planet can signify domestic abuse in childhood, where the child is the audience of this Shakespearean tragedy unfolding. When Uranus is also in aspect the child is wary as an adult, they’ve seen the path relationships can go down and they may be against formal commitments such as marriage as they want to ensure escape routes are always open.
Other Desdemona issues include different sides of family not speaking, mirroring our parents relationships, false accusations of adultery etc.
Posted March 5, 2014 by neptune's Aura Astrology in asteroids
Tagged with abusive relationships, asteroids, desdemona, domestic abuse, loss, planets astrology, protective parenting
Asteroid Cruithne 3753
The Cruithne is an Irish Gaelic name for some of the ancient peoples of Scotland and Ireland, in Scotland it refers to the Picti. Cruithne are the peoples who refused to come under Roman rule. Picti is Greek for painted people, they were also known as the Caledonii – great hard/tough people or forest people, but referred to themselves as Uerturiones.
The Picti had many tribes and Kingdoms, the Kingdom of Fib, Fife is still referred to as the Kingdom of Fife, yet these tribes united together in the face of Roman invasion, to fight for there way of life. Cruithne represents those that refuse to conform, those connected to ancient traditions and past.
Pictish art appears on stones, metalwork and small objects of stone and bone. In fife the caves at East Wemyss contain many pictish art work. The symbols and patterns consist of animals including the Pictish Beast, the “rectangle”, the “mirror and comb”, “double-disk and Z-rod” and the “crescent and V-rod,” among many others.
Cruithne has been incorrectly called “Earth’s second moon”. Cruithne does not orbit Earth and at times it is on the other side of the Sun. Its orbit takes it inside the orbit of Mercury and outside the orbit of Mars. Cruithne orbits the Sun in about 1 year but it takes 770 years for the series to complete a horseshoe-shaped movement around the Earth which is quasi- satellite orbit.
The Cruithne have always followed their own path, fought against prevailing attitudes of the time and held strong to their traditions, their ancestry and their independence. Cruithne promenant in the chart, is a connection to an ancient way of life, to be outside the mainstream, to battle for survival.
Posted March 3, 2014 by neptune's Aura Astrology in asteroids, Celtic Asteroids
Tagged with Cruithne, Picti
Transit Neptune square Natal Medusa – When the Guardian fails to protect Leave a comment
medusa
Medusa was once a beautiful Goddess of golden locks of corn, guardian over agriculture, keeper of the storehouse and protector of farming equipment. As such she was offered tributes in exchange for protection and a good harvest. What happened to make Medusa so demonized?
Some archaeologists have argued, that a Mediterranean tsunami struck the north shore of Crete a bit over 3,500 years ago; the disaster, they say, sent Minoan civilization, one of the most sophisticated of the age, into a tailspin, leading it to succumb to Mycenaean Greeks. Neptune God of the sea struck the island raping Medusa, turning those golden locks to serpents. The guardian had failed her duty, the crops were ruined the land stripped of topsoil, the ground salinised and unable to produce. The stores of food ruined, and unable to produce it didn’t take long for anger to be expressed directly at Medusa, the failed guardian. Now raped by Neptune Medusa had turned from beauty into poisoned monstrosity that killed.
George W Bush had transit Neptune square his natal Medusa when hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. As guardian of the USA people looked to G W Bush for answers. An ABC News poll conducted on September 2, 2005, showed more blame was being directed at state and local governments (75%) than at the Federal government (67%), with 44% blaming Bush’s leadership directly.
Posted March 2, 2014 by neptune's Aura Astrology in asteroids, planets astrology
Tagged with George W Bush, golden locks, Neptune God of the sea
Asteroid Medusa 149 and fixed star Algol (Medusa’s Third Eye) Leave a comment
frogspawn nebula
Medusa or Medousa means Guardian in Greek. Medusa is associated with the Godesses Athena, Demeter Khysaoros and Artemis. In Artemis’s temple Medusa wears the double snake belt of fertility, Her son Chysaor depicted beside her in Artemis’s temple, Corfu may represent cereals as his name translates into english as he who is golden, he is symbolised as haveing a golden sword, representing gold blades of grain, other times he is symbolised as a boar – the sacrificial offering to Demeter Khysaoros for a good harvest. Medusa’s other son Pegasus, meaning springing forth, may have represented the arrival of spring and was said to carry thunder and lightning for Zeus. In some traditions Perseus is called the harvester, of Medusa, thus Medusa herself may have been a guardian of agriculture and the Perseus myth may relate to ancient harvest rituals.
It is believed that Medusa’s head was worn as a mask by some priestesses as part of rituals, Medusa represented wisdom too as do many others related to cereal rituals, as a source of wisdom, protection, and prosperity Medusa casts a powerful psychic eye into the heart of all things, and if found wanting her look can turn the heart to stone.
Asteroid Medusa in the chart represents, making the most of our opportunities. Medusa the Cereal Goddess, shows what happens if we fail to use our gifts and harvest our talents before the rains come down. Medusa asks us to prepare our psychic flood defences, to be aware of the circumstances around us and to act promptly.
Posted March 2, 2014 by neptune's Aura Astrology in asteroids, Fixed stars
Asteroids Kassandra 114, Helenos 1872 and Pythia 432 – Know Thyself All Ye That enter Apollo’s Temple Leave a comment
twins
Kassandra and Helenus (Helenos) were twins, as babies the were left at the Temple of Apollo by accident. This meant that both had the gift of prophesy. Both had the gift of prophesy but Kassandra was never believed, she warned Paris not to go to Sparta, she tried to burn down the wooden horse but was stopped. Kassandra saw the fall of Troy but she could not stop it because people disbelieved her.
Helenos however was believed and it was actually Helenos who told the Greeks what to do to win the war with Troy. Helenus caused the destruction of Troy with his own words.
Pythia, was the name given to the High Priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, the high Priestess was a trained oracle and prophesies were given to visitors. Unlike Kassandra and Helenos the Pythia was mature enough to cope with her gifts.
Kassandra in the chart represents those areas in life where we are disbelieved, where no matter how much we warn people we are ignored. Helenos on the other hand represents being believed but not yet having learnt discernment or learning when to say something and when not to speak. Pythia shows where we have learnt and become mature enough to handle this energy, where we can be honest and believed, yet where we can discern when it would be better to so nothing.
Posted March 2, 2014 by neptune's Aura Astrology in asteroids
Tagged with destruction of Troy, Helenos, Kassandra, Pythia
Hercules, Zeus and the Centaurs Leave a comment
Be ye likewise Perfect
Hercules, son of Zeus is connected to all the centaurs. In his attempt to become perfect like his father the centaurs became the wounded beings we know today.
Chiron, the wounded healer grants us wish fulfilment and addresses the human need for magical thinking, finding spiritual or mystical meaning to traumatic events in life such as grief. As mere mortals we find comfort in believing we are not parted forever from loved ones, that there is a purpose and a reason behind life’s tragedies. Where chiron is placed in the chart, there is trauma like grief that can never be truelly healed but which can be used to comfort others, to provide empathy and understanding. Through our grief and sorrow we connect with each other, we understand that ‘rainbow bridge’ brings comfort whether it is real or not we choose to believe in the comfort of those words. Where Chiron is there is healing words or actions, comforting arms and a gentle hug.
Pholos friend of Hercules caused Chirons wounds when he opened a bottle of wine for hercules. Pholos in the chart shows where we have been wounded by events out with our control. To some extent Pholos represents the unpredictability of life and the natural world and our desire to feel in control of our destiny and not tossed apon the waves of fortune and misfortune. Pholos shows our battle with life and our fight to withstand all the slings and arrows of fate.
Ixion in the chart helps us deal with dark desires and thoughts and such, an early form of psychological counselling used by priests, medicine men etc to exorcise
psychological demons, created spiritual demons to represent the psychological ones and enable others to understand the inner battle man faces. By giving a name to our darkest desires and acknowledging them in fiction and art we are able to forgive ourselves for these dark desires and impulses. Ixion in the chart represents where our darkest desires lie and where we can learn to resolve our guilt over our thoughts and impulses. Ixion allows us to understand our imperfections and to relate to each other as imperfect beings.
Posted February 27, 2014 by neptune's Aura Astrology in asteroids
Tagged with centaurs, chiron, Ixion, pholos