Basics
Class: P-type asteroid
Location: Main belt, Hestia clump
Orbit length (approx): 4.01 years
Discovered: 16th August 1857 (time unknown), from Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, U.K., by Norman Robert Pogson
Notes: Hestia occupies a chaotic orbit that will change randomly over time because of gravitational perturbations of the planets. Primary body of the Hestia clump.
Events at time of discovery:
- July 1-November 19 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: Siege of Lucknow.
- July 30 – Birth of Lucy Bacon, California Impressionist painter
- August 14 – Birth of Max Wagenknecht, German composer
- August 15 – Birth of Albert Ballin, German shipping magnate, owner of the Hamburg America Line
- August 28 – The Matrimonial Causes Act makes divorce without parliamentary approval legal in the U.K.
Naming information
Name origin: Greek goddess of the hearth (both private and municipal) and the home.
Mythology: Hestia presides over the cooking of bread and the preparation of the family meal. She was also the goddess of the sacrificial flame and received a share of every sacrifice to the gods. The cooking of the communal feast of sacrificial meat was naturally a part of her domain. The first-born child of Kronos, she refused to marry, and her brother Zeus allowed her to remain eternally virgin.
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| Hestia full of Blessings, 6th century tapestry from Egypt (currently in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Washington, DC). |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 3+ Aquarius
Discovery Sabian: A Hindu Yogi Demonstrates His Healing Powers
Discovery nodal signature: Virgo–Aries
Estimated orbital resonances: Venus 2:13, Earth 1:4, Mars 8:15, Ceres 8:7
Discovery chart details: Noon. Hestia was opposite Mars. Stellia in Taurus and Cancer; Sedna conjunct North Node. Jupiter-Asbolus sextile Nessus; Saturn trine Neptune; Neptune semi-square Pluto. Pallas sextile Saturn and opposite Neptune. Ceres trine Uranus. Juno sextile Pluto. Uranus sextile Sedna; Pluto sextile Eris.
Summary and references
May relate to putting the home in order and creating peace, especially after moving[1]; focus and integrity[2]; where the heart lies, passion, talent and what drives us forward; comfort areas and cosy relationships[3].
References:
1) Amable: (46) Hestia
2) Kirsti Melto: New Moon in Leo / Total Solar Eclipse – August 1, 2008
3) Neptune’s Aura Astrology: Asteroids Vesta 4 and Hestia 46
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| Noon discovery chart for (46) Hestia: 16th August 1857, Oxford, U.K. |