posted February 01, 2009 04:48 PM           

Pallas Athena , Asteroid No. 2, was discovered in 1802. Athena is sympathetic to the air signs
especially the justice and strategy of Libra and the intelligence and objectivity of Aquarius. She is
aligned with the masculine archetypes of Mars and Uranus and close to Jupiter, her father's realm.

Juno, Asteroid No. 3, was discovered in 1804. Juno is the goddess of marriage and social customs.
She reverberates with Libra and the 7th house. Her passionate side is reflected through the 8th
principle of Scorpio and interchanges between these two astrological principles reflect the goddess.

Vesta, Asteroid No. 4, was discovered in 1807. Vesta is the spirit of the 6th house, the domain of the
sacred in the everyday, the rituals of work and well being. Planets in Virgo respond to the archetype
as do inner planets aspecting Saturn, the need for authenticity.

Hygieia , Asteroid No. 10, was discovered in 1849. The axis of health in the horoscope is the
6th-12th polarity. The Sun symbolizes the vitality and the ascendant suggests how we conduct that
vital life force. Chiron is the archetype of healing. Hygieia is very much concerned with these
principles.

Ariadne, Asteroid No. 43, was discovered in 1857. Ariadne's story plumbs the depths of the water
houses. She leaves the familial terrain of the 4th house to be abandoned by her lover in the labyrinth
of the 8th but awakens to her divine connection in the 12th. Neptune aspects to Venus or Mars may
highlight these themes. Ariadne's process is revealed with transits to planets in the 8th house or Pluto
transiting Venus or Mars.

Europa, Asteroid No. 52, was discovered in 1858. Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn and their rulers
Venus, Mercury and Saturn represent the earth instinct. Of all three signs Taurus is the sign most
closely aligned with Europa's passions and power. Planets in Taurus or the second house constellate
the mythic pattern while transits through the second house or to Venus may evoke issues concerning
values and resources

Pandora, Asteroid No. 55, was discovered in 1858. Pandora is a change agent and therefore may be
sudden and unexpected like Uranus. Her curious nature and marking of threshold change is Mercurial,
linking Mercury and Uranus. As an agent of transformation she has a Plutonic essence as well. Planets
in Gemini or Mercury aspects to Uranus or Pluto highlight the nature of Pandora.

Mnemosyne , Asteroid No. 57, was discovered in 1860. The Moon records, reflects and reveals
every heartbeat, breath and nuance of primitive life. Therefore the progressed Moon evokes memory
as it progresses through the horoscope. Aspects between the Moon and Mercury as well as other
planets aspecting these planetary archetypes reveal the process of feeling and rational memory.

Hecate, Asteroid No. 100, was discovered in 1868. Aspects to Mercury may signal how we might
manage crossroads, our facility for change and adaptability. Crossroads in the life cycle are mapped
out by the cycle of the slower moving planets while personal crossroads are reflected in the transits
of the transpersonal planets to the personal ones. Note the South Node of the Moon.

Cassandra, Asteroid No. 114, was discovered in 1871. Cassandra revels in the world of Neptune -
the archetype of the medial woman. Aspects between Mercury and Neptune, or Mercury in Pisces
reflect Cassandra. Interconnections between Jupiter and Pluto may also ignite a similar pattern.