Basics
Class: S-type asteroid
Location: Main belt
Orbit length (approx): 3.70 years
Discovered: 14th September 1860 (time unknown), from Washington, D.C., by James Ferguson
Notes: Not known to be a member of any asteroid family.
Events at time of discovery:
- October – John Hanning Speke and James Augustus Grant leave Zanzibar, to search for the source of the Nile River.
- October 31 – Birth of Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts
- November 6 – Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th President of the United States, the first Republican to hold that office.
Naming information
Name origin: Greek; Oreiade (mountain nymph)
Mythology: Zeus ordered Ekho to protect him when he was dallying with her fellow nymphs. She did this by engaging his wife Hera in incessant chatter when about to discover her husband’s infidelity. As punishment, Hera cursed Ekho by removing her power to speak independently, only allowing her to repeat another’s words. Afterwards, Ekho fell in love with the mortal Narcissus, who spurned her. He wasted away pining for his own reflection, and she eventually did the same in mourning for him, until nothing remained but her voice.
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| Illustration of the Spring of Narcissus from the 13th-century Le Roman de la Rose. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 16+ Pisces
Discovery Sabian: An Easter Parade
Discovery nodal signature: Libra–Aries
Estimated orbital resonances: Venus 1:6, Earth 3:11, Mars 11:19, Ceres 5:4, Jupiter 16:5, Saturn 8:1
Discovery chart details: Noon. Echo was opposite Mercury, quincunx Jupiter, sesquiquadrate Nessus and semi-square the North Node. Mercury was sesquiquadrate, Nessus opposite and Asbolus trine the North Node. Stellium in Virgo. Venus quincunx Eris; Mars semi-sextile Chiron and square Pallas; Saturn semi-sextile Nessus. Neptune conjunct Sedna; Pallas sextile Chiron. Uranus sesquiquadrate Pholus.
Summary and references
Delineations given so far include: standing by, verbosity, mindless agreement, repetition, sonar or radar[1]; active listening and reinforcing conversation[2]; yielding personal power to another, losing or finding one’s voice or self-expression[3]. We might add the capacity for independence and free thought, or for drawing one’s own (possibly unspoken) conclusions, even in limited circumstances.
References:
1) Mark Andrew Holmes: Echo
2) Amable: (60) Echo
3) TAKE Astrology: Asteroids in Astrology
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| Noon discovery chart for (60) Echo: 14th September 1860, Washington, D.C. |