Basics
Class: S-type asteroid
Location: Main belt
Orbit length (approx): 3.64 years
Discovered: 22nd July 1854 (time unknown), from London, U.K., by John Russell Hind
Notes: Urania appears to be ellipse-shaped with a length of 111 km and a width of 89 km. This was Hind’s final asteroid identification.
Events at time of discovery:
- July 6 – In Jackson, MI, the first convention of the U.S. Republican Party is held.
- July 7 – The Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company is established as the first cotton mill in India.
- July 12 – Birth of George Eastman, American photographic inventor
- July 19 – Wood’s despatch, a proposal for radical changes to the Indian education system, is sent to Lord Dalhousie, Governor General of India.
Naming information
Name origin: Greek Muse of astronomy and astronomical writings. Ourania was often depicted pointing at a celestial globe with a rod. The astrological symbol represents compass calipers.
 |
| Allegorical Portrait of Urania, Muse of Astronomy by Louis Tocqué (1696-1772). |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 15+ Aquarius (98% approx probability)
Discovery Sabian: A Big Businessman At His Desk
Discovery nodal signature: Aquarius–Leo
Estimated orbital resonances: Mercury 1:15, Earth 3:11, Mars 7:12, Ceres 14:11, Jupiter 13:4, Chiron 14:1
Discovery chart details: Noon. Urania was semi-sextile Pluto; the Sun was sextile the North Node. Retrograde Mercury was sextile Saturn, semi-square Juno, opposite Ceres and sesquiquadrate Sedna. Jupiter was conjunct Pholus, and Chariklo conjunct Pluto. Pallas was square Asbolus.
Summary and references
Among meanings given so far: astrology, astronomy, logic, rational thought, conceptualisation and incorporation of theoretical knowledge, looking past the small details[1]; inventory lists and proportional measurement, whether of quantity or time[2]; universal love, the holy spirit, “appropriate use of our strengths and talents, for the benefit of all”[3]; cosmic or inspired knowledge, music theory and composition, science, mathematics, introspection, thoughtfulness and seriousness[4]; ability to measure a subject or make it accessible, “to translate the universe into an intelligible form”[5]; apperception, thinking, abstract information, an intellectual framework, seeing the whole picture, or bias and distorted reasoning[6]; psychic, spiritual and mystical capacity[7].
References:
1) Alex Miller: Urania 30
2) Amable: (30) Urania
3) Neptune’s Aura Astrology: Asteroids Medea 212 and Urania 30
4) Demetra George & Douglas Bloch: Asteroid Goddesses (Ibis Press, 2003)
5) J. Lee Lehman: The Ultimate Asteroid Book (Whitford Press, 1988)
6) Martha Lang-Wescott: Basic Resources
7) TAKE Astrology: Asteroids in Astrology
 |
| Noon discovery chart for (30) Urania: 22nd July 1854, London, U.K. |