The four largest of the asteroids, Ceres, Pallas Athene, Juno and Vesta, offer enrichment in our view of feminine archetypes, beyond what we might gain from traditional associations of Venus and the Moon as consort or caregiver. Circling between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, these four deities echo a time before the sky gods came to dominate over the worship of the mother goddess and their stories reveal aspects of how the feminine has adjusted itself to the masculine. Like all archetypes though, they are relevant to all of us – where the asteroids lie in our charts, we encounter important aspects of human experience. This session will trace the story of these four asteroid goddesses: their roots in ancient myth, their re-emergence into western consciousness at the start of the 19th century and their contemporary relevance, focusing of course on how we might interpret them in our own birth charts.
[If you do not have astrological software, there are free online chart calculators which can tell you the position of these four asteroids in your chart – for example on the Astrodienst website. Go to https://www.astro.com and choose ‘Free Horoscopes’ and then ‘Extended Chart Selection’ to calculate your natal chart, choosing ‘Additional Objects’ to add them in].