Focus On: (47) Aglaja - The Evening Star Café

Basics

Class: B-type asteroid
Location: Outer main belt
Orbit length (approx): 4.90 years
Discovered: 15th September 1857 (time unknown), from Düsseldorf, Germany, by Robert Luther
Notes: Large, dark asteroid with a diameter of about 136km.
Events at time of discovery:

September – The Panic of 1857 begins: Speculation in U.S. railroad shares, and the collapse on August 24 of the New York City branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company, following widespread embezzlement, trigger a financial crisis which will extend to Europe.
September 5 – Birth of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist, inventor
September 12 – The SS Central America sinks off the coast of North Carolina with the loss of 425 lives.
September 13 – Birth of Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate manufacturer

Naming information

Name origin: Greek.
Mythology: Aglaia was one of the three Kharites (Graces), along with Thalia and Euphrosyne, and the goddess of beauty, splendour, glory and adornment. She was the wife of the god Hephaistos and the mother of four younger Kharites named Eukleia (Good-Repute), Euthenia (Praise), Eupheme (Eloquence) and Philophrosyne (Welcome). Aglaia was also named Kharis and Kale (Beauty).

Bronze sculpture titled Aglaia (1961) by Toni Stadler. The subject is reclining on a low seat, clothed from the waist down, with legs slightly outspread and one knee uplifted. She is facing to the left of the viewer in this image; her head is turned to her right. The sculpture rests on a plinth in a shallow pool; the water appears bright green in colour.

Aglaia, bronze sculpture (1961) by Toni Stadler, located in front of the Neue Pinakothek, an art museum in Munich, Germany. Photo by Rufus46.

Astrological data

Discovery degree: 0+ Aries
Discovery Sabian: A Woman Just Risen From the Sea. A Seal is Embracing Her
Discovery nodal signature: Aries–Libra
Estimated orbital resonances: Venus 1:8, Mars 7:16, Ceres 14:15, Jupiter 17:7, Saturn 6:1, Uranus 17:1
Discovery chart details: Noon. Aglaja was discovered on the Aries Point, semi-square Jupiter-Asbolus. Minor T-square between Neptune, Pluto and Chiron. Mercury quincunx Jupiter-Asbolus; Venus sesquiquadrate Sedna; Mars quincunx Neptune and semi-sextile Juno; Jupiter-Asbolus sextile Nessus; Uranus sextile Sedna. Vesta trine Pluto and opposite Eris; Juno opposite Pholus.

Summary

Astrological themes appear related to social grace, the power of giving pleasure, emotional intelligence, sophistication, fulfilment of duty and potential, broadly impactful actions.

Noon discovery chart for (47) Aglaja: 15th September 1857, Düsseldorf, Germany.