Asteroid Isis is chiefly worshiped as the Goddess of motherhood, magic and fertility. She is also the protector of dead and devoted wife. Isis famously scoured the earth for the dismembered parts of her husband Osiris’s body after his jealous brother Set had chopped him into 14 pieces. She recovered 13 parts, but needed to use her magical ability to create the missing phallus, breathe new life into and even have a son from her formerly dead husband.
Isis’s theme is bringing together, unifying and guarding the Pharaoh; she is the seat of power, the throne and her husband’s support. Isis is also about resurrection, re-assembling and re-membering. Isis is the Egyptian equivalent of Virgo and is the uber-goddess, originator of all dark lunar goddesses. She is the daughter of Nut, the night sky, the nothingness that strings together and upholds the stars with invisible support. Just like her mother she stitches together parts to create one whole being. She creates and unifies.
Asteroid Isis Horoscope
Isis was discovered in 1856 in Oxford. The time is an estimate, so I won’t look at the angles. She has Sun sextile Jupiter, Sun trine Lilith and Sun trine Mars which together befit the Goddesses of all Goddesses as a regal warrior queen.Mars opposite Jupiter gives her invincibility and passion to pursue a difficult mission against all odds, to the bitter end. The Sun aspecting two sides of the opposition harmoniously, ensures diplomacy and success. Representing the Virgo archetype, Isis has Spica on the South Node “It gives success, renown, riches, a sweet disposition, love of art and science, unscrupulousness, unfruitfulness and injustice to innocence.” [1] Ceres (Spica) itself is on Rigel, which happens to be in her husband Osiris’s constellation Orion. “It gives benevolence, honor, riches, happiness, glory, renown and inventive or mechanical ability.”[2]
Mercury is on Betelgeuse also in Orion! Here it brings “Serious, studious, scientific and literary, fame through writings.”[3] Isis’s strong connection to magic is found in the gift of the Moon/Neptune/Uranus minor grand trine. It’s just wonderful to have the mystic Neptune working in harmony with intuitive flashes from Uranus, both plugging into her lunar wisdom. Moon on Peacock gives her charisma and flamboyant charm.“Pavo is said to give vanity and love of display, together with a long life and sometimes fame.” [4]
Asteroid Isis in Astrology
I would expect then to see Isis strong in writers and strategists. People who can collate disperate information and breathe new life into it. Mars quincunx Pluto is passion and the killer instinct, but the Venus sextile Neptune shows her softer side and utter devotion in love. Those who have a career in the occult and astrology would find Isis very useful to have in their charts because of the strong Mercury and the ability to divine a coherent message from many different symbols. Isis probably carries with it some chance of fame judging by the amount of stars she has promising renown. Hilary Clinton is a good example of a regal Isis woman standing by her man, success in writings and certainly fame. She has Isis in a stellium conjunct Venus and Chiron.
1, 2,3 & 4. Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923. p.211, p.197-198, p.147, p.55.
Find Asteroid Isis in Your Chart
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Mine is 28 in Leo can anyone explain what that means for me. Thanks
With Asteroids it’s important to use small orbs, just like the fixed stars. Otherwise you are in danger of not seeing the wood for the trees. I would only count Asteriods as important in the chart if they are within 2 degrees of the Sun, Moon, Angles or 1 degree to the personals, Ceres and Chiron.
Transits of Asteroids….hmmm well I wouldn’t go that far myself. Transits and lunations TO Asteroids yes, if they meet the above criteria.
Remember Asteroids are fine tuners and its important not to take them out of context. That’s why its quite difficult to interpret for example, Isis trine the Sun without looking at the whole chart. As strong Isis might be very bad for someone prone to being a doormat!
In Pisces: AC 10’42, Isis 11’14, Chiron 11’41. Doormat…hum … it’s more like “I’ll carry you”. Lately I’ve been thinking that maybe I’ve crucified myself … somehow.
Cat, woo Isis rising! I have Isis trine my Sun… A well meaning girlfriend said I was a doormat a few times, because yes with past partners, I admit it had been a case of “I’ll carry you” occasionally. This tends to happen if you are strong…which is a curse and a blessing.
Take care.
There is a generation of us with Chiron in Pisces, the Saviours! You said it with the crucifying ourselves. We are our own worst enemy sometimes. It’s fine to carry people occasionally, but with Isis rising you have gifts that you need to utilize and you can’t do that if you are always knackered. Time for someone to rescue YOU.
Marina..that was really nice! I am an Aqu asc with chiron in pisces in my first..this location puts CHiron on my asc…WHen I Was working I called myself the toilet paper of the “place” I worked because everyone wiped their behinds with me…so funny. My Isis is on on my Leo sun.
Nice to know other feels the same way…I have had to ask the kdis to move out and grow up..stand strong on the job and even make sacrifices that hurt..and am hoping 1, this works and 2, I get out of this location!
My best to both of you Cat and Marina.
Ha ha, that’s so funny! I’ll call you both when my kids grow up; I’m already worrying I won’t let them, ha ha.
Kids is definatly the test…had 3 of them nad it was very hard not to save them. love them very much.
Awww. Cat, was on the way out the door and saw your post. With pisces rising I bet you are beautiful. People maybe see your hurts more but they also see your strengths. Dont beat yourself up…
**Hugs** Have a wonderful day
ps..I have chiron in pisces also we take things hard!
@Diana: Thats so sweet, thank you
And a wonderful day to you too!
Mine is conjunct my 2nd house cusp at 5 Leo, trine Neptune on the 6th cusp. A lot of my friends have suggested I go into astrology professionally but I’ve always resisted. For 20 years I’ve been a wayward student and astrology has been more of an integral part of my spirituality (which I think of as astrolatry) than something for which I’d charge and have clients. And with the ruler of my second house, the Sun, being peregrine, and the ruler of MC, Jupiter, in the 8th, it has always seemed like striving for money was going to be fruitless anyway. Instead, I’d follow the path of wu-wei or actionless action, and allow the world to emerge before me. But perhaps Isis on the 2nd cusp is a hint (funny that my progressed MC happened to be square her right now) of the path forward.
ha, just the other day i was thinking how isis kind of reminds me of a more cerebral, occultist ceres venturing to find her stolen loved-one. in virgo in my chart, she squares my sun.
My Isis is loosely conjunct the ascendant (3 degrees rather than the 2 degrees mentioned), but it closely trines urania which conjoins moon and very loosely conjoins chiron in the 9th house. This is quite a revelation!
My chart also echoes the above-described chart of Isis in that I have both Venus sextile Neptune and Mars square Pluto.
Thanks for this!
Isis is trine my 12th house (11 degrees) Capricorn sun too!! In Taurus at 12 degrees… I have always been drawn to those wounded warrior types and tried to save them…which has been my 12th house self-undoing! It opposes my midheaven exactly… Well Pluto’s transit to Capricorn is helping me to take my power back…I’ve been a tad ruthless lately. lol I wonder what energy Pluto conjunct my sun trine Isis will bring??
Dont know about SUn..but got it on my moon…lots of changes all for the better I guess. Very hard and it likes to hover back and forth over and over again…
curiouser and curiouser…man, to whom utterly devoted, vanishes without explanation after 4 years (back to determined and equally devoted ex found out later) I cry several rivers, go to art college, make a lot of stuff about it – nothing mawkish, develop an alter ego who searches for truth in meaningless clues just as I am trying to construct a narrative about this bewildering event. My final piece is a sort of home made magical working and during exhibition I find him standing in the middle of it! Freaked out by own witchery.
Isis in 9th square sun and trine Uranus. This magical and Uranian event took place during tr Uranus opposite Uranus. Forgive, yes: trust again,never! I got him back briefly but there was something of the undead about it and I let it go.
weird. love those goddesses.
place during tr Ura
What a perfect story to describe Isis and the way she plays in your chart. Thanks for sharing. Sorry about the ex, but I bet it yielded some great art as these things do!
nah it wasn’t great but the ideas were profound – as Michelle (also square sun) describes it earlier in this thread, it was a ‘cerebral,occultist’ search for understanding and an interesting journey.
Love this post and the way you use asteroids to tease out subtleties and undercurrents in a chart.
Diana, I know you love your kids; you’re so full of love