Basics
Class: S-type asteroid
Location: Main belt
Orbit length (approx): 4.08 years
Discovered: 1st March 1854 (time unknown), from London, U.K., by Albert Marth
Notes: One of the largest S-type asteroids.
Events at time of discovery:
- March 10 – Birth of Florence Carpenter Ives, American journalist and editor
- – Birth of Stanisław Tondos, Polish painter
- March 11 – Birth of Jane Meade Welch, American historian
- March 14 – Birth of Paul Ehrlich, German physician and scientist
- March 20 – The Boston Public Library opens to the public.
- – The Republican Party is formed.
Naming information
Name origin: Greek sea goddess and wife of Poseidon.
Mythology: A sea nymph who was courted by Poseidon in the form of a dolphin (or, in some tellings, he sent a dolphin as messenger). She may have been reluctant initially, but eventually agreed to marry him.
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| Triumph of Poseidon and Amphitrite showing the couple in procession, detail of a vast mosaic from Cirta, Roman Africa (c. 315–325 CE, now at the Louvre). Photo by Tangopaso. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 21+ Libra
Discovery Sabian: A Child Giving Birds a Drink at a Fountain
Discovery nodal signature: Pisces–Libra
Estimated orbital resonances: Mercury 1:17, Venus 3:20, Mars 10:19, Ceres 9:8
Discovery chart details: Noon. Amphitrite was semi-square Mars and square Pholus. Stellium in Pisces. Jupiter-Chiron sesquiquadrate the North Node and Vesta. Venus and Mars were retrograde. Mercury-Sedna square Nessus; Venus sextile Uranus; Mars sesquiquadrate Pholus; Jupiter, Chiron and Pallas semi-square Eris; Ceres trine Saturn. Juno sesquiquadrate Uranus. Ceres square Chariklo.
Summary and references
Among current interpretations: waves or being washed away[1]; “the evaluation phase of a relationship”, including the decision whether or not to embark on or deepen the connection[2]; “the tides of fate and fortune”, understanding what can or cannot be changed, divine feminine power, gifts of life and knowledge[3]. The discovery degree Sabian draws further attention to the life-giving property of water, possibly both to quench thirst and as the necessary ingredient for most living things to survive and procreate.
References:
1) Mark Andrew Holmes: Amphitrite
2) Amable: (29) Amphitrite
3) Neptune’s Aura Astrology: Asteroid Amphitrite 29
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| Noon discovery chart for (29) Amphitrite: 1st March 1854, London, U.K. |