posted August 13, 2010 10:28 PM            

I got a really intriguing one on my first try. I really hope the King doesn't kill me as I have been writing stories,

Scheherezade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheherazade

Still thinking about what it may mean, but it is a very nice one.

It's widely conjunct my sn, rx, and in my 5th house. It's conjunct regulus and it's a whole story. Who knew, lol.

What do you get -- and please just do it once -- no trying to get a "good" one... No composites here please. That can be another thread.

posted August 13, 2010 10:53 PM            

Doodle By.. Me...

OK, I'll go sell my drawings

posted August 13, 2010 10:57 PM            

OK, my ban on composites is off because I broke that rule, haha.

And now it turned weird. Of course it did! I got another queen-type-story that is in some ways similar to the first. I am not making this up and I've never even heard of these asteroids before or their stories until now. So weird! And of course it's Friday the 13th. The plot thickens, but it always does.

Here's the wiki for my comp asteroid. Read if you dare, it won't seem weird unless you read the first wiki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippodamia

posted August 13, 2010 11:24 PM            

It IS fun!

Brunhilde is a good one.

Dyna, do you doodle?

posted August 13, 2010 11:27 PM            

Liriope? At 17*Leo, conjunct my Midheaven, and trine my Mercury.

Maybe I should have left out the thumbs-up. This sounds like a masochist: http://www.sustainable-gardening.com/plants/perennials/liriope

quote:

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You can yank it roughly out of the ground and cram it back into the ground and it won’t complain.

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Apparently, both types are tough (survivors) and adaptable - one is invasive, the other stays where you put it.

*edit. Liriope was the mother of Narcissus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liriope_(nymph)

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In Greek mythology, Liriope is a Boeotian naiad, who was probably the daughter of one of the Boeotian or Phocian river Gods. Liriope was loved by the river-god Cephissus, who was himself the son of Oceanus and Tethys, and bore his son Narcissus.

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posted August 13, 2010 11:34 PM            

There’s no groundcover known to humankind that’s as successful as liriope at preventing erosion on even the steepest hillsides, at surviving wet or bone dry conditions, and doing all that in full sun or deep shade.

So, it's resilient, helpful, and practical. A survivor.

posted August 13, 2010 11:38 PM            

Well, according to Wikipedia, a Beotian Naid might be considered backward. I only just found that out ~ so, I'm not doing so well, mythology-wise. At least, when it came to those in Athens.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeotian
* The people from Boeotia, a region of central ancient Greece

*One of several sub-dialects of the Aeolic Greek dialect of the Greek language, spoken by the Boeotians.

*A pejorative toponym, meaning stupid, backward or dull, coined by Ancient Athenians (see Boeotia).

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posted August 14, 2010 01:01 AM            

The asteroid turned out to be
Roburnham http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4153_Roburnham

Roburnham in 22'38 Cancer in 11th
conjunct transneptunian dwarf planet candidate Orcus in 22'28 Cancer R in 11th
trine Venus in 21'47 Scorpio in 3rd

It was named after Robert Rorburnham
an American astronomer. He is best known for writing the classic three-volume Burnham's Celestial Handbook.
. Subtitled "An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System", the 2,138 page Burnham's Celestial Handbook combines a lengthy introduction to astronomy with catalog information for every constellation in the sky. Hundreds of photographic plates, tables, charts, and diagrams are included along with a vast amount of scientific and observing information, star lore, history, and even a little poetry. Thousands of stars and deep sky objects visible in small telescopes are covered in meticulous detail.

In April 1979, the year after his book was published by Dover, Burnham received notice that the proper motion survey would soon be completed and that the observatory could not afford to keep him on in the position he had long held. Despite months of warning, he failed to make other arrangements and, after twenty-one years at Lowell, his job ended in December of that year. Unwilling to take the only position that was offered to him, that of janitor at the observatory, he left.

Burnham was never able to recover personally, professionally, or financially after he lost the job at Lowell. Over the next few years, while sales of the Celestial Handbook were rapidly growing, Burnham's personal circumstances were steadily worsening. His shyness increased and he shunned all publicity, becoming even more reclusive. He bickered often with Dover about royalties and about possible new editions or translations of his book.

He also seemed to become more bitter and depressed, isolating himself even further from his few friends and his family. Beginning in 1985, Burnham lived for a time in Phoenix, Arizona, but in May 1986 he left Phoenix and dropped out of sight completely, informing no one but his publisher of his whereabouts.
[edit] Later years

Despite being the author of a successful book, Burnham spent the last years of his life in poverty and obscurity in San Diego, California, selling his paintings of cats at Balboa Park. His many devoted readers were completely unaware of his personal circumstances, in large part, because most people assumed that a different and unrelated Robert Burnham, who was an editor at Astronomy magazine, was the author of Burnham's Celestial Handbook.

The real author died destitute and alone at the age of sixty-one. His family did not learn about his death (apparently by his choice) until two years later and didn't report it to the press even then because they were unaware of his stature in the amateur astronomy community.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burnham,_Jr.

I guess picking that asteroid suggests my current interest in basic Astronomy.

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posted August 14, 2010 01:18 AM            

at least it's trine my Venus.

I find it interesting that I randomly pick a number and it aspects my Venus less than 1 degree. It's conjunct my Orcus less than 1 degree too. That's a transneptunian dwarf planet named after the Estruscan God of the underworld, a counterpart of Pluto. He punished people that broke their oaths.

It was a fun and insightful exercise. Thanks for suggesting it.

It's amazing how we can strongly resonate to asteroids. Of course, everything is connected any way.

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Supporting the Neurodiversity Movement

posted August 14, 2010 05:16 AM            

Asteroids work on vibrational match of our thoughts/Law of Attraction. Some archetypes have been in humanity's collective consciousness and collective unconsciousness for millenia [SIVA, KAALI, KARMA etc] and hence have a more powerful impact.

I picked "1685", it did not make any meaningful aspect but I like the name "TORO".
Reminds me of the raging bull in Loony Tunes cartoons.

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posted August 14, 2010 09:18 AM            

i picked "Larion".

upon entering the name on Google, i got all the hits showing that is a video game charactor in the World of Warcraft! that's too dorky... Wikipedia only says it's a name of an asteroid and a Russian astronomer named it (who by the way is renowned for having discovered over 200 minor planets, it says), but nothing about the origin of the name... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larion

but maybe it fits me well... i don't know if it's my Neptune near my AC, throughout my life people have hard time nailing where i'm from, what i am, where i belong and things like that. thus Larion, a name with an unknown origin, might be the best pick for me...

posted August 14, 2010 12:25 PM            

Gerda doesn't aspect anything in my chart, but Watsonia (his bday) conjuncts my Mars.

Gerda in his chart conjuncts his Venus, and Watsonia conjuncts his ASC.

I also typed down #143 (abbrev. for 'I love you' back in the pager days) to see what would come up and both our Adria conjuncts.

Now that I look at it... none of my numbers are randomly picked, sorry Diana lol, I got curious! :/

posted August 14, 2010 02:10 PM            

Apparently it has religious conotations too as the full version is Maria de los Dolores, an old Spanish title for the Virgin Mary. I'm not that religious, but I pretty much know from the story what the connotations of this asteroid could be. There are seven sorrows attached to Mary (giving her this name) and they all revolve around Jesus. So perhaps in the natal chart, it could mean either a valuable loss causing sorrow, or where one makes painful sacrifices? I dunno.

posted August 14, 2010 03:52 PM            

The first number that popped into my head was 355- Gabriella (29 Scorpio). I don't think it has much significance, though I do think it's a pretty name. It conjuncts my Asc, conjuncts Jupiter, sextiles Mercury, and opposes Chiron.

I also decided to do my favorite number 22- Kalliope. Kalliope (or Calliope) was one of the muses. She is the muse of music and heroic poetry, and according to wikipedia: "She was the wisest of the muses, as well as the most assertive." Sounds about right.

posted August 14, 2010 07:40 PM            

I got nosy...heh

Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (April 4, 1892–May 6, 1979) was a German astronomer.

He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids (almost 400 of them), beginning with 796 Sarita in 1914, working at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl astronomical observatory on the Königstuhl hill above Heidelberg, Germany from 1912 to 1957.

His most notable discoveries include 1322 Coppernicus, the Apollo asteroids 1862 Apollo (the namesake of the group) and 69230 Hermes.

He also discovered the Trojan asteroids 911 Agamemnon, 1143 Odysseus, 1172 Äneas, 1173 Anchises, 1208 Troilus, 1404 Ajax, 1437 Diomedes, 1749 Telamon.

He also discovered 5535 Annefrank which was later visited by the Stardust spacecraft.

He discovered two comets, namely the periodic comets 30P/Reinmuth and 44P/Reinmuth.

Asteroid 1111 Reinmuthia is named after him (and discovered by him, a practice that would become disallowed later on).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Wilhelm_Reinmuth

You happened to choose the number of an asteroid named after a prolific discoverer of asteroids.

That's awesome!

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