posted November 23, 2011 12:30 AM
Ok, I seem to have a cluster of asteroids on a stellium in Libra. Yep, that Venus-Pluto-Mars one. Thought a couple were interesting, but as I plugged more asteroids in, I started seeing a very interesting pattern...The first two are questionable for inclusion in the stellium due to the orb between the pair and the rest of the stellium (2.75 degrees), as well as the last asteroid I mention. However, there does seem to be a partial relation, so I mention them... as below, along with an explanation.
(Note that Mars and Pluto are considered conjunct fixed star Algorab, which is very noteworthy considering the asteroids immediately around Mars/Pluto... and Algorab's descriptions: "Of the nature of Mars and Saturn. It gives destructiveness, malevolence, fiendishness, repulsiveness and lying, and is connected with scavenging.", "A Mars-Saturn star that can show up the more troublesome side of Libra, a variation on the truth when an excuse looks to be safer.", and "Delays and restraint are indicated to come about by fiascoes, losses, wrong handling of matters and enmity in general. Accidents or injuries difficult to avoid.")
Nephthys: 7 Lib 24'26"
Prometheus: 8 Lib 9'56"
Hopi: 10 Lib 52'27"
Petrginz: 10 Lib 57'31"
Vesuvius: 11 Lib 25'8"
Janzajic: 11 Lib 35'53"
* Mars: 12 Lib 12'41"
Annefrank: 12 Lib 24'10"
Palach: 14 Lib 29'20"
* Pluto: 14 Lib 52'18"
Ishtar: 18 Lib 45'30"
* Venus: 16 Lib 14'1"
Odin: 19 Lib 1'28"
Brief explanations:
- Nephthys: Egyptian goddess, associated with Funerary roles. In some traditions, the mother of Anubis.
- Prometheus: Gave mankind fire, to the chagrin of the other gods. Punished with a daily eating of his liver by a bird of prey.
- Hopi: Native American tribe, related to the Pueblo Indians. Famous for their pottery and spiritual beliefs (including the Kachinas). Resisted Spaniard conquest and conversion to Christianity, and suffered greatly when Smallpox came to them via European settlers, not having the immunity tolerance the Europeans would have had.
- Petrginz: Named for Petr Ginz, Young Jewish boy who was detained and ultimately killed in the gas chamber at Auschwitz/Birkenau, but not before writing entries in a diary that would become known after the war. Also was said that he learned prolifically, and would even read confiscated books at the concentration camp.
- Vesuvius: Infamous volcano that destroyed Pompeii.
- Janzajic: Named for Jan Zajic, Czech student who immolated himself in the late 1960's in protest of the Soviet occupation.
- Annefrank: Named for Anne Frank, famous for her diary during her family's attempt to hide from the Nazi's during World War II. Died in Bergen-Belsen from illness.
- Palach: Named for Jan Palach, another Czech student who likewise immolated himself in protest of the Soviet Occupation. (Palach and Zajic immolated themselves one year apart, in approximately the same location).
- Ishtar: Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of fertility, love, war, and sex. Counterpart to Inanna and Astarte. Said to be the "divine personification of the planet Venus." (Particularly noteworthy in my chart as it's conjunct Venus by .5 degree). Also was featured in the Epic of Gilgamesh (the hero turned down her advances, citing the fates of her previous lovers), and was also said to have descended to the Underworld at one point.
- Odin: Norse god, the "Allfather", associated with war, battle, victory and death, wisdom, magic, poetry, prophecy, and the hunt. Sacrificed his eye and hung from Yggdrasil for nine days and nights, and pierced by his spear, in order to learn the wisdom that would give him power in the nine worlds. In the process, he learned nine magical songs and the eighteen runes. Will be slain by Fenrir at Ragnarok. Also associated with the eight-legged horse Sleipnir, and the lance Gungnir.
I'm not sure what all to make of this. The close conjunctions of the asteroids named for Frank/Ginz and the two Jans who lit themselves ablaze with my already-volcanic planetary stellium (as well as with Vesuvius and to a farther degree Prometheus...) This is just filled with fire... in an Air sign no less.
What kind of asteroids do you have with your stelliums, and are there any close relations or similarities with the asteroids involved?