# The Evening Star Café

> an astrological harbour


## Posts

- [Pivot](https://theano-astrology.space/pivot/): Personally, I find the lunar nodes among the most interesting facets of astrology, as they can describe pretty succinctly the journey of the soul, whether individual or collective. The North Node represents what we are striving towards and attempting to embody; the South Node, that which we must overcome, let go, leave behind, and so on. We all have this signature somewhere in our natal chart, indicating where tends our most profound quest for emotional and spiritual development.
- [Scorpio New Moon 2025 Horoscope](https://theano-astrology.space/scorpio-new-moon-2025-horoscope/): Events on the national and global stage of late have proved more clearly than ever the cracks in our sociopolitical systems. Those at the top have exploited and abused said flaws for many decades, which has always resulted in the more vulnerable among us suffering; now taken to extremes, both the abuses and their consequences are occurring in plain sight. If we're going to foster a better world for everyone, we must thoroughly deconstruct the existing problems.
- [Libra New Moon 2025 Horoscope](https://theano-astrology.space/libra-new-moon-2025-horoscope/): The journey between gregarious, open Libra and intense, silent Scorpio is in part about recognising the value of introspection in the ongoing search for truth. Libra tends to find meaning through relationships of all kinds; here, we learn about ourselves – individually and collectively – by interacting with others. In Scorpio, we become much more aware of our internal mechanisms, and the profound wisdom they can confer in quiet and solitary moments.
- [Leo New Moon 2025: Minor Planet Report](https://theano-astrology.space/leo-new-moon-2025-minor-planet-report/): It would appear each of us is called at this time to face collective challenges, and play our part in the associated lessons for our society. As individuals, we cannot solve current problems in their entirety; we can, however, make a conscious choice in our personal lives to be part of the solution.
- [Cancer New Moon 2025: Minor Planet Report](https://theano-astrology.space/cancer-new-moon-2025-minor-planet-report/): Remember that the macrocosm reflects the microcosm, and vice versa. Broader circumstances aside, it may be worth carefully considering any dispute or irritation or impasse in our personal lives, and what we could do to calm the waters.
- [Gemini New Moon 2025: Minor Planet Report](https://theano-astrology.space/gemini-new-moon-2025-minor-planet-report/): It might currently seem as if (so to speak) the wind is blowing in a highly specific direction, prompting us to rush forward without delay; I suspect, however, that this New Moon may be inviting us at minimum to take time for reflection, ground ourselves, and listen to our bodies and hearts, which offer better information than late-stage capitalism would have us believe.
- [Pisces New Moon 2025: Minor Planet Report](https://theano-astrology.space/pisces-new-moon-2025-minor-planet-report/): As the final sign of the zodiac, Pisces symbolically represents the last stage in the journey from individual to collective, from mortal to divine; though in practice it is virtually never that simple. Multiple cycles must pass, numerous quests undertaken, before we susceptible humans are ready to shrug off our material attachments and don the cloak of eternal light and wisdom.
- [Aquarius New Moon 2025: Minor Planet Report](https://theano-astrology.space/aquarius-new-moon-2025-minor-planet-report/): There are times when the world seems upside down, everything good and beautiful is in peril, and reality is being deliberately muddied. In such an environment, we are called to retain a firm hold on the truth, and on our ethical understanding. This in itself is resistance.
- [Focus On: (541132) Leleākūhonua](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-541132-leleakuhonua/): Hawai'ian language name meaning 'it flies until land appears' (lele 'to fly' + ā 'until' + kū 'to appear' + honua 'land'). From JPL: "Leleākūhonua is a life form mentioned in the Hawaiian creation chant, the Kumulipo. The name compares the orbit to the flight of migratory birds and evokes a yearning to be near Earth."
- [Focus On: (486958) Arrokoth](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-486958-arrokoth/): The name Arrokoth was chosen by the New Horizons team to represent the Powhatan people indigenous to the Tidewater region of Virginia and Maryland in the eastern United States, and formally announced with the permission of the Powhatan nation's Pamunkey Indian Tribe elders.
- [Focus On: (474640) Alicanto](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-474640-alicanto/): The Alicanto is a mythological nocturnal bird of the desert of Atacama, from Chilean folklore. Its wings shine at night with beautiful, metallic colours, possibly indicating the type of ore it eats. A miner that follows an alicanto without being noticed by the bird can find rich mineral outcrops or entierros (buried treasure).
- [Focus On: (471143) Dziewanna](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-471143-dziewanna/): Name origin: Slavic goddess of the wilderness, forests and the hunt. The name was chosen in 2018 to mark the discovery taking place during the Polish Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment of Warsaw University, which was led by co-discoverer Andrzej Udalski.
- [Focus On: (469705) ǂKá̦gára](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-469705-%c7%82ka%cc%a6gara/): From Wiki: "The names ǂKá̦gára and ǃHãunu are from the mythology of the ǀXam people of South Africa. ǂKá̦gára and his brother-in-law ǃHãunu fought an epic battle in the east using thunder and lightning, producing mountainous clouds and rain. The conflict was fought over ǂKá̦gára's returning his younger sister, ǃHãunu's wife, to their parents."
- [Scorpio New Moon 2024: Minor Planet Report](https://theano-astrology.space/scorpio-new-moon-2024-minor-planet-report/): Let's face it: the forthcoming U.S. presidential election is – to put it mildly – causing some tension. This lunation chart reflects the uncertainty and unease many of us are feeling, in large part thanks to a configuration between Mars, Pluto and Juno, known as a T-square, in the often fraught final (anaretic) degrees of Cancer, Capricorn and Libra respectively.
- [Libra New Moon 2024: Minor Planet Report](https://theano-astrology.space/libra-new-moon-2024-minor-planet-report/): With the equinox now several days behind us, we reach the second eclipse of the current pair, which takes place alongside a configuration involving nearby Mercury, plus Ceres and Uranus. If recent weeks have been characterised by delays and frustrations, this event may provide a much-needed dynamic boost.
- [Virgo New Moon 2024: Minor Planet Report](https://theano-astrology.space/virgo-new-moon-2024-minor-planet-report/): With Mercury safely back in direct motion, Tuesday's New Moon might feel like a convenient springboard from which to take a huge leap back into action. That said, it's probably worth proceeding with unusual care.
- [Leo New Moon 2024: Minor Planet Report](https://theano-astrology.space/leo-new-moon-2024-minor-planet-report/): Basic details and main features Leo New Moon, 4th August 2024, 11:12 UTC, 12+ Leo After all that Cancer-Capricorn energy, we’ve finally moved on to Leo for this next lunation. However, there’s a twist: Mercury is about to station retrograde, and will do so less than a day following the New Moon. These are definitely conditions in which it’s worth measuring the depth of the water before taking a dive. Rushing ahead may result in urgent backtracking, especially as the Sun passes through the Leo midpoint, when we reach the astrological Lammas. Introduction page | Jump to chart image | […]
- [Capricorn Full Moon July 2024: Minor Planet Report](https://theano-astrology.space/capricorn-full-moon-july-2024-minor-planet-report/): Here we are with the second of two Capricorn Full Moons, in the final (anaretic) degree of the respective signs, with the Moon also sextile Neptune at the end of Pisces. The energy in this area can feel unsettling and somewhat volatile, as we are in the process of shifting from one sign to the next. That said, it can be useful for tying up loose ends, and bringing matters to a satisfactory conclusion. If Neptune makes you feel rather off-balance or confused, take as much time as you need to find and/or ground yourself. The important things in life are rarely instantaneous.
- [Capricorn Full Moon June 2024: Minor Planet Report](https://theano-astrology.space/capricorn-full-moon-june-2024-minor-planet-report/): Reality is a complex phenomenon. It often admits facts that can seem wholly incompatible; it can sometimes make little to no sense at all. To be properly understood, it must be seen both in the context of the past and in terms of present ideals; both in its glories and in its flaws.
- [Gemini New Moon 2024: Minor Planet Report](https://theano-astrology.space/gemini-new-moon-2024-minor-planet-report/): It’s pretty rare that a utopian or paradisaical situation just appears out of nowhere. An abundance of work, preparation and thought must facilitate both its creation and its maintenance. There are always tasks to perform and battles to fight on behalf of what is good; and as we humans tend to be resistant to change, progress can be frustratingly slow. But the idea of a better world is so vivid and so profound that one instinctively feels it worth striving for.
- [Sagittarius Full Moon 2024: Minor Planet Report](https://theano-astrology.space/sagittarius-full-moon-2024-minor-planet-report/): There are a bunch of indicators here about preparation or readiness for some kind of battle (whether literal or figurative), including the importance of physical wellbeing, defensive postures and willingness to persevere. Creative acts and thinking outside conventional lines also make an appearance.
- [Focus On: (174567) Varda](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-174567-varda/): Varda is queen of the Valar (essentially a goddess) in Tolkien's cosmology, who kindles the first stars before a group of Ainur (consisting of the Valar and their assistants, the Maiar) enter the world they created through their music. Her husband is Manwë. She has Marian characteristics.
- [Through the Fire](https://theano-astrology.space/through-the-fire/): We're in for quite the interesting April, astrologically speaking. Mercury is now retrograde, in which state it will remain for another three weeks from today. On Monday, we get the total solar edition of the latest eclipse cycle; while the early morning of 21st April (UTC) will see the conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus in Taurus.
- [Focus On: (136472) Makemake](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-136472-makemake/): Name origin: Make Make is considered the supreme divinity of Easter Island and the most important mythological being in the Rapanui worldview. Make Make was the creator of all things, the first man and the first woman, and he had the power to reward the good people and punish the bad ones. The most important ritual in honour of Make Make was the bird man (Tangata Manu) competition in which prominent contestants sent helpers to obtain the first manutara (sooty tern) egg.
- [Focus On: (136199) Eris](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-136199-eris/): Name origin: Greek goddess or personified spirit (daimona) of strife, discord, contention and rivalry. Eris was often portrayed specifically as the daimona of the strife of war, haunting the battlefield and delighting in human bloodshed. Because of Eris' disagreeable nature she was the only goddess not to be invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. When she turned up anyway and was refused admittance, she raged and threw in the golden apple that famously led to the Trojan War. She was closely identified with Enyo, the goddess of war and a close companion of Ares.
- [Focus On: (136108) Haumea](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-136108-haumea/): Name origin: Hawai'ian goddess of fertility and childbirth. Mother of many important deities (including Pele, Hi'iaka and Namaka) and herself among the first worshipped on the Hawai'ian islands. She repeatedly transforms herself from an old woman to a young girl, and returns to her homeland periodically to give birth to further generations of humans.
- [Focus On: (120347) Salacia](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-120347-salacia/): Name origin: Roman Goddess of salt water and wife of Neptune. Salacia was the personification of the calm and sunlit aspect of the sea (although she may also have represented the gushing and overbearing waters). Name means "the salty one".
- [Focus On: (99942) Apophis](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-99942-apophis/): Name origin: Ancient Egyptian personification of chaos, also known as Apep or Apepi, and the opponent of Ra (light) and Ma'at (order/truth). Appears in art as a giant serpent. He is supposed to lie below the horizon and not remain in the mortal kingdom, thus consigning him to the underworld.
- [Pisces New Moon: Keeping the Dream Alive](https://theano-astrology.space/pisces-new-moon-keeping-the-dream-alive/): Tomorrow's New Moon in Pisces is surrounded by a mass of celestial points, which seems reminiscent of a crowd huddled together, waiting - for change, for a message, for the next shoe to drop, etc. In some circumstances, that is indeed all one can do, and we are often primed to consider the great acts that forge future epochs as beyond our reach.
- [Focus On: (90377) Sedna](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-90377-sedna/): Sedna is an Inuit sea goddess, mother of all sea creatures and provider of food for the people. She is one of the most important Inuit figures.
- [Gaza: some resources](https://theano-astrology.space/gaza-some-resources/): I run this blog because, for some years now, I have studied and worked with astrology. I, and other people I know well, can testify to its efficacy in providing wisdom and support in matters both individual and collective. There comes a point, however, where anything but raw truth, spoken in the plainest of terms, ceases to have any meaning. With this in mind, I have created the present post as a resource page for information on Gaza.
- [Focus On: (60558) Echeclus](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-60558-echeclus/): Name origin: Centaur in Greek myth. Along with fellow centaurs, Ekheklos attended the Lapith king Pirithous' wedding and was killed by Ampyx, who had thrust his lance that lacked its point into Ekheklos' face. Name may mean 'sticky' or 'glutinous'.
- [Focus On: (53311) Deucalion](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-53311-deucalion/): Deukalion, along with his wife Pyrrha, daughter of Pandora, lived in the northern reaches of Greece. Zeus, angered by the impiety of humankind at the time, sent the Great Deluge. Prometheus warned Deukalion and Pyrrha of the impending apocalypse and they survived by mounting a chest and reaching the dry peaks of Mount Parnassos. Once the waters receded, the couple consulted the Delphic Oracle on how to repopulate the earth.
- [Focus On: (42355) Typhon](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-42355-typhon/): Typhon was a storm-giant, so huge that his head was said to brush the stars, who laid siege to the realm of the gods but was defeated by Zeus. He is said to be the cause of volcanic eruptions and of devastating storms. His name is considered to be a possible etymology for the word "typhoon". Ekhidna was his consort, a she-dragon who birthed a number of the Titans.
- [Focus On: (38083) Rhadamanthus](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-38083-rhadamanthus/): Name origin: Greek son of Zeus and Europa. Because of his just and upright life, after death Rhadamanthus was appointed a judge of the dead and the ruler of Elysium, a blissfully beautiful area of the Underworld where those favoured by the gods spent their life after death.
- [Focus On: (32532) Thereus](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-32532-thereus/): Name origin: Greek; one of the Centaurs. Thereus was killed at the Lapith wedding by Theseus; he was a bear hunter "who used to take bears on the mountain slopes of Thessaly, and carry them home angry and alive."
- [Focus On: (20000) Varuna](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-20000-varuna/): Name origin: Hindu god of water and the celestial ocean. Varuna was also the god of law in the underwater world, and may have been replaced eventually by Indra. He is said to have unlimited knowledge.
- [Focus On: (19521) Chaos](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-19521-chaos/): In Greek myth, Chaos was the primordial void state before the creation of the universe.
- [Focus On: (8405) Asbolus](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-8405-asbolus/): sbolos was a diviner who read omens in the flight of birds, and who predicted the battle with the Lapiths. He eventually caused the fight with Herakles (by bringing the centaurs when he saw Herakles' wine opened), and thus was indirectly responsible for the deaths of Pholus and Chiron.
- [Focus On: (6235) Burney](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-6235-burney/): Name origin: Venetia Phair (née Burney), who at age 11 was the first to suggest the name Pluto when said planet was discovered. She studied mathematics and became an accountant, and later a teacher.
- [Focus On: (5143) Heracles](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-5143-heracles/): Name origin: Famous Greek hero and demigod who became immortal. Performed the 12 labours for King Eurystheus of Mycenae, and had a number of other adventures. His name means 'glory (or fame) of Hera'. On his ascension, he married Hebe.
- [Focus On: (4581) Asclepius](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-4581-asclepius/): Name origin: Greek god of medicine and patron of doctors. After Asklepios' mother died while pregnant, his father Apollo cut the unborn child from her womb. From this Asklepios received his name which means "to cut open."
- [Focus On: (4580) Child](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-4580-child/): Name origin: Jack B. Child (b. 1951), software engineer at JPL and Asteroid Project director of the World Space Foundation; honoured for his "generous helpfulness" and for introducing team members to the Palomar project.
- [Focus On: (3811) Karma](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-3811-karma/): Named for the ancient Indian philosophical principle of cause and effect: good actions and intent have good consequences; bad actions and intent have bad consequences. This can also refer to how a person's actions affect who they become. (Note that the various theories of karma are generally much more complex than in popular media descriptions.)
- [Focus On: (3361) Orpheus](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-3361-orpheus/): Gifted Thracian bard in Greek legend. The best-known story involves Orpheus venturing into the underworld to try to bring back his wife Eurydike after she died from a snake bite. He lost her again just as they were returning to the upper world, after failing to keep a prohibition on looking back at her on the journey.
- [Focus On: (2212) Hephaistos](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-2212-hephaistos/): Name origin: Greek god of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire, and volcanoes. He became renowned for his skill at craftsmanship; several of his myths involve his works for gods and mortals.
- [Focus On: (2102) Tantalus](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-2102-tantalus/): Name origin: Greek king of Lydia, son of Zeus and the nymph Plouto. Through his son Pelops, Tantalos was the founder of the house of Atreus. By offering Pelops as a sacrifice to test the gods, he incurred their wrath and was sent to Tartarus.
- [Focus On: (1923) Osiris](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-1923-osiris/): Name origin: Important Egyptian underworld god, husband of Isis. Osiris was originally a local deity from Lower Egypt who may have been a personification of fertility in the chthonic realms. He evolved to represent both fertility and death/resurrection.
- [Focus On: (1566) Icarus](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-1566-icarus/): Name origin: Cretan mortal, son of the great craftsman Daedalus, who made wings held together with beeswax to help the two of them escape the island. Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too close to the sun, nor too close to the sea. Overcome by giddiness while flying, Icarus disobeyed his father and came too close to the sun, and the heat melted the beeswax. He fell into the sea and drowned.
- [Focus On: (1388) Aphrodite](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-1388-aphrodite/): Name origin: Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation. As one of the principal Olympian gods, there are multiple myths about her.
- [Focus On: (947) Monterosa](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-947-monterosa/): Probably named for the Monterosa, a ship used by the University of Hamburg on their outings on the North Sea.
- [Focus On: (944) Hidalgo](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-944-hidalgo/): Name origin: Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753-1811), a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence and recognized as the Father of the Nation. Due to the oppression of poor Mexicans by the Spanish colonisers, on 16th September 1810 he gave the call to arms that triggered the Mexican War of Independence, called the Cry of Dolores.
- [Focus On: (941) Murray](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-941-murray/): Australian-British professor Gilbert Murray (1866-1957) helped Austria recover from World War I in 1920. He was an outstanding scholar of Ancient Greek literature, language and culture. Involved in the League of Nations from 1916, he was also president of the Ethical Union (now Humanists UK) in 1929 and 1930, and a founder of Oxfam.
- [Focus On: (901) Brunsia](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-901-brunsia/): Named in honour of Ernst Heinrich Bruns (1848-1919), a German mathematician and astronomer, who also contributed to the development of the field of theoretical geodesy (measurement of the Earth's relative geometry, gravity and orientation over time). He was mainly engaged in developing the theoretical side of Earth's shape.
- [Focus On: (831) Stateira](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-831-stateira/): Stateira was a queen of ancient Persia who died about 400 BCE; wife of Artaxerxes II. She had a son, who became Artaxerxes III. She was a popular ruler, apparently because she talked to ordinary people, but did not get on well with her mother-in-law Parysatis, who eventually poisoned her.
- [Focus On: (775) Lumière](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-775-lumiere/): Brothers Auguste Marie (19 October 1862-10 April 1954) and Louis Jean Lumière (5 October 1864-6 June 1948), French pioneering manufacturers of photography equipment and early film production. Their screening on 22 March 1895 in Paris was likely the first presentation of projected film.
- [Focus On: (748) Simeïsa](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-748-simeisa/): Name origin: Simeïs Observatory and the town of Simeïs, Crimea, Ukraine, where the object was first discovered. A total of 150 minor planets were found at the observatory, which operated as a research site until the mid-1950s and is now used for studying satellite orbits.
- [Focus On: (744) Aguntina](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-744-aguntina/): Aguntum was an ancient Roman site in what is now East Tirol, Austria (about 4km east of Lienz, the discoverer's birthplace). The city was likely built as a mining and trading centre due to local supplies of iron, copper, zinc and gold.
- [Focus On: (739) Mandeville](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-739-mandeville/): Mandeville is the capital and largest town in the parish of Manchester in Middlesex, Jamaica. It was laid out in 1816, and named after Viscount Mandeville, the eldest son of the Duke of Manchester, who was then governor of Jamaica.
- [Focus On: (713) Luscinia](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-713-luscinia/): Name origin: The genus Luscinia, which contains the common nightingale and three other living species. These are migratory birds originating from Europe and Asia, occurring at various latitudes but more prevalent in temperate regions. The common nightingale is renowned for its powerful and beautiful song.
- [Focus On: (700) Auravictrix](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-700-auravictrix/): Auravictrix is Latin for 'victory against the wind' (named for the first Schütte-Lanz zeppelin flights in 1911). The Schütte-Lanz company was an early competitor of the more famous airships built by Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
- [Focus On: (666) Desdemona](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-666-desdemona/): Name origin: Desdemona, character in Shakespeare's Othello. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation, containing the letters "DM". Desdemona is the faithful wife of Othello whose reputation is muddied by the villain Iago.
- [Focus On: (658) Asteria](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-658-asteria/): Name origin: Titan goddess of falling stars, dream divination and astrology. Asteria was the mother of Hekate, goddess of witchcraft and magic, by Perses. After the fall of the Titans, Zeus (being Zeus) chased Asteria across the sky but she escaped him by transforming herself into a quail and then leaping into the sea to become the wandering island of Delos.
- [Focus On: (646) Kastalia](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-646-kastalia/): Name origin: Greek Naiad at Delphi who, to flee Apollo's pursuit, threw (or transformed) herself into the sacred springs now bearing her name. The water from the springs bestowed the gifts of prophecy and poetry.
- [Focus On: (641) Agnes](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-641-agnes/): Name origin: Unknown. Agnes is a female given name derived from Greek, and meaning 'pure' or 'holy'. The popularity of St. Agnes of Rome (c. 291-21 January 304) boosted wide use of the name, which became the third commonest for women in English-speaking countries for more than 400 years, peaking in the early 20th century. There are multiple variants.
- [Focus On: (639) Latona](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-639-latona/): Latona is the Roman name for Leto, the mother of Apollo and Artemis by Zeus, who was forced to flee Hera's wrath to give birth in safety. There is no evidence of an independent mythology.
- [Focus On: (601) Nerthus](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-601-nerthus/): Germanic goddess associated with water and wagons. Only priests were allowed to touch the cart of Nerthus, which was kept in a sacred grove on an island. When the priest found her to be present by the cart, it was drawn on procession; everywhere it went celebrations took place.
- [Focus On: (582) Olympia](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-582-olympia/): Olympia, officially Archaia Olympia, was a Panhellenic religious sanctuary in ancient Greece, where the early Olympic Games were held from the 8th century BCE to the 4th century CE, before being restored in 1894. The games were held in the name of Zeus, and drew visitors from the entire Greek world
- [Focus On: (534) Nassovia](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-534-nassovia/): Named for Nassau Hall, the oldest building at Princeton University. In 1783, when Princeton became the U.S. provincial capital for four months, Nassau Hall served as its seat of government. Congress met in its library on the second floor. The term Old Nassau refers affectionately to the building and serves as a metonym for the university as a whole.
- [Focus On: (519) Sylvania](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-519-sylvania/): Name origin: The large forests that the discoverer loved to explore throughout his life; initially as a young boy in Massachusetts; then (once in Germany) around Heidelberg, as well as the Black Forest and the Odenwald. The name is Latin for 'forest lands'.
- [Focus On: (490) Veritas](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-490-veritas/): Veritas is the name given to the Roman virtue of truthfulness, considered one of the main qualities any good Roman should possess, and the Goddess of Truth, daughter of Saturn. The Greek equivalent is Aletheia.
- [Focus On: (487) Venetia](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-487-venetia/): Name origin: A region in north-east Italy named Veneto or the Venetia, which has Venice as its capital. Residents mostly speak Venetian as well as Italian, and there is a notable Venetian independence movement (Venetism).
- [Focus On: (480) Hansa](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-480-hansa/): Name origin: The Hanseatic League, a northern continental European commercial and defensive confederation of cities. The word 'hansa' or 'hanse' means 'convoy' in Old German, and refers to the merchants travelling between points in the League. While the area was not generally independent, it was influential and had diplomatic privileges. Some of the Gothic architecture remains.
- [Focus On: (474) Prudentia](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-474-prudentia/): Name origin: Roman personification of prudence. Prudentia, whose attributes are a mirror and a snake, is frequently depicted as a pair with Justitia, the Roman goddess of Justice. The word "prudence" derives from the Latin prudentia meaning "foresight, sagacity".
- [Focus On: (454) Mathesis](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-454-mathesis/): Name origin: Learning, or mathematics, from the Greek term, to honour the Mathematische Gesellschaft in Hamburg, Germany, which was founded in 1690 and is the oldest still-active mathematical society in the world, and the second-oldest scientific society in Germany.
- [Focus On: (433) Eros](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-433-eros/): Name origin: Greek god of love. In the earliest account, Eros is a primordial god, while later he is described as one of the children of Aphrodite and Ares and, with some of his siblings, was one of the Erotes, a group of winged love gods.
- [Focus On: (432) Pythia](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-432-pythia/): The Pythia was the high priestess and oracle of the temple of Apollo at Delphi. Established by the 8th century BCE (though some sources date the shrine's beginnings around 600 years farther back), the Pythia became pre-eminent by the 7th century BCE. Widely respected, the priestess continued to be consulted until the late 4th century CE.
- [Focus On: (399) Persephone](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-399-persephone/): Name origin: Ancient Greek goddess of the underworld. Persephone as a vegetation goddess and her mother Demeter were the central figures of the Eleusinian Mysteries, which promised the initiated a happy afterlife.
- [Focus On: (396) Aeolia](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-396-aeolia/): Aiolos was the divine keeper of the winds and king of the mythical, floating island of Aiolia (Aeolia). He kept the violent Storm-Winds locked safely away inside the cavernous interior of his isle, releasing them only at the command of greatest gods to wreak devastation upon the world.
- [Focus On: (395) Delia](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-395-delia/): "Delia" is an epithet for the ancient Greco-Roman Moon goddess Artemis, after her birthplace (and Apollo's) at Delos.
- [Focus On: (388) Charybdis](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-388-charybdis/): Name origin: Greek sea-monster, daughter of Pontos and Gaia. Kharybdis presided over a whirlpool guarding the Strait of Messina and was likely the cause of the tides with her thrice-daily intake and expulsion of large amounts of water.
- [Focus On: (386) Siegena](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-386-siegena/): Siegen is a university city in the Arnsberg region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the basin of the river Sieg, and is surrounded by mountains, which where uninhabited are covered in coppice. Siegen lies on the German-Dutch holiday road called the Orange Route, joining towns, cities and regions associated with the House of Orange.
- [Focus On: (377) Campania](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-377-campania/): Name origin: Campania, a region of south-west Italy. Occupied by several Italic tribes since the beginning of the 1st millennium BCE. The Etruscans and Greeks established colonies in the Campanian Plains and in Naples respectively, before it became part of the Roman republic by the end of the 4th century BCE.
- [Focus On: (376) Geometria](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-376-geometria/): Name origin: The branch of mathematics (lit. 'measuring the Earth'), which has greatly expanded since the late 19th century after the discovery of non-Euclidean geometries and the growth of symmetry as a concept.
- [Focus On: (368) Haidea](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-368-haidea/): Name origin: Unknown. There is a 19th century comic opera, Haydée, featuring the titular character as a slave girl who is really a princess and ultimately marries her beloved. A Haidee was also associated with the fictional libertine Don Juan, and a Haydée appears in The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas père.
- [Focus On: (351) Yrsa](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-351-yrsa/): Yrsa is the wife of Swedish king Aðils and mother of Danish king Hrólfr Kraki. There are several different versions of her story; in each she is depicted as a charming girl. Her father Halga kidnapped her mother Oluf against her will and got her pregnant. She named the child Yrsa after her dog, and sent her to live as a shepherd until she was 12.
- [Focus On: (348) May](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-348-may/): Name origin: Karl May (1842-1912), a German author best known for his novels of travels and adventures, set in the American Old West, the Middle East, and other locations. He also wrote poetry, a play, and music. He was a proficient player of several musical instruments. Many of his works were adapted for film, theatre, audio dramas and comics.
- [Focus On: (344) Desiderata](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-344-desiderata/): Name origin: Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary (1777-1860), Queen of Sweden and Norway from 1818 to 1844 as the wife of King Charles XIV John. Her name was officially changed to Desideria in Sweden, and she initially travelled there as crown princess. Unhappy in her new home and finding the change of etiquette difficult, she returned to Paris ostensibly for health reasons and lived incognito.
- [Focus On: (301) Bavaria](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-301-bavaria/): Name origin: Bavaria, a state in the south-east of Germany and the largest by land area. Its capital city is Munich. The region has been inhabited since the Paleolithic era, with Celtic tribes such the Boii being the first recorded settlers of the Bavarian Alps.
- [Focus On: (290) Bruna](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-290-bruna/): Named for Brünn, now Brno, Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has been inhabited since prehistoric times, and is currently the second-largest city in the Czech Republic after Prague.
- [Focus On: (275) Sapientia](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-275-sapientia/): Sapientia is Latin for "wisdom". The corresponding Ancient Greek term (Sophia) variously translates to "clever, skillful, intelligent, wise"; it also implies "skill in handicraft and art" in Homeric usage, which has been applied to both Hephaistos and Athene.
- [Focus On: (269) Justitia](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-269-justitia/): Name origin: Roman goddess of justice. Justice was one of the virtues celebrated by Roman emperor Augustus, and a temple of Iustitia was established in Rome by his successor Tiberius.
- [Focus On: (260) Huberta](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-260-huberta/): St. Hubertus or Hubert (c.656-727), a kind of pre-Francis who established ethical rules on hunting, and cared about the welfare of animals.  Hubert is venerated every year by the hunts in formal ceremonies. He is patron of archers; dogs; forest workers; trappers; hunting and huntsmen; mathematicians; metal workers; smelters and the city of Liège.
- [Focus On: (224) Oceana](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-224-oceana/): Name origin: Pacific Ocean, the largest on the planet, which covers approximately 46% of Earth's water surface and about 32% of its total surface, more than its entire land area. Mean depth is 4km; the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench reaches 10.9km. The ocean straddles the International Date Line.
- [Focus On: (216) Kleopatra](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-216-kleopatra/): Name origin: Cleopatra, queen of Egypt from about 50 BCE to her death in 30 BCE. Realising she needed Rome's help to sustain her nation, she became the lover of Julius Caesar and, later, the wife of Mark Antony. However, during the war between Antony and Octavian (Augustus), Antony was defeated and Cleopatra's kingdom was finally annexed by Rome.
- [Focus On: (211) Isolda](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-211-isolda/): 'Possibly' named for the Irish princess Iseult in Celtic myth, though some other characters bear that name. Iseult is to marry Tristan's uncle, King Mark of Cornwall, and on the voyage there Tristan and Iseult accidentally drink a love potion meant for the engaged couple, and fall hopelessly in love.
- [Focus On: (193) Ambrosia](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-193-ambrosia/): Name origin: Greek; food of the gods. The word ambrosia means immortality, and is often said to have either that effect or longevity on whoever consumes it. The term may not originally have been distinguished from nectar, the other food of the gods.
- [Focus On: (192) Nausikaa](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-192-nausikaa/): Nausikaä was the young daughter of Alcinous and Arete in the Odyssey; she meets the shipwrecked Odysseus and aids him. She may afterwards have married his son Telemachus, and possibly had sons by him or by Odysseus himself.
- [Focus On: (158) Koronis](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-158-koronis/): Name origin: Thessalian princess in Greek myth, loved by the god Apollo. During her pregnancy, Koronis had an affair with a man named Iskhys; a raven informed Apollo of this, and either he or his sister Artemis killed her as a consequence. Later he felt remorse, and in anger against the raven turned its white feathers black.
- [Focus On: (179) Klytaemnestra](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-179-klytaemnestra/): Name origin: Greek princess, daughter of Leda and Tyndareus, half-sister of Helen. Helen married Menelaos of Sparta, and Klytaemnestra married his brother Agamemnon; both became involved in the ten-year Trojan War. After Agamemnon sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia on the orders of a priest, Klytaemnestra vowed revenge and took his cousin Aegisthus as a lover. When he returned, the pair murdered him and his slave Kassandra. Eventually they were both killed in retaliation by Klytaemnestra's son Orestes.

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- [Glyph keys: signs and planets](https://theano-astrology.space/glyph-keys-signs-and-planets/): These lists will hopefully help readers decipher the charts used in this blog. (Charts are produced on Solar Fire)
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- [Horoscopes and minor planet reports](https://theano-astrology.space/horoscopes-minor-planet-reports/): Note, 22nd October 2025: I began the minor planet reports as a way of combining my horoscope writing experience with my minor planet research in a convenient and regular setting. While compiling them, I’ve added to the Focus On section, which contains detailed outlines of specific data for each body. There are now over 100 of these posts, with hopefully many more to come. It has become clear that the minor planet reports were to some degree duplicating the work I’ve been doing with Focus On, especially as it becomes increasingly populated. I have therefore decided to revert to the […]
- [Focus On index](https://theano-astrology.space/focus-on-index/): Welcome to my Focus On project, an attempt to gather various data and referenced interpretations on (at least some of) the minor planets in one convenient place. Astrology is a thoroughly information-rich field, spanning a dizzying number of different techniques, mythologies, systems and cultures. As with other studies, the deeper you explore, the more you realise how little you actually know. Producing interpretations that are inclusive of all varieties of data would be practically impossible. We are all compelled to specialise to some extent. The beauty of this necessity is that, together, we can provide a more complete picture of […]


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