Asteroids are a fantastic way to connect with mythology, but one must be careful not to give them too much weight in a natal chart. Asteroids are great fun to play with however, and I do find them synchronistic at times. When using asteroids the orbs must be very tight, not more than 1º orb. I believe they are really only relevant astrologically if the asteroid is conjunct the Sun, Moon, chart ruler, rising or midheaven degree. If you find yourself strongly attracted to a mythical figure it is worth looking up the asteroid name and see if it features strongly in your chart. The asteroids and minor planets are loosely categorised into three sets:
• Main Belt Asteroids, the Greco-Romans between Mars and Jupiter like Juno and Vesta.
• Trans-Neptunians (TNO’s), not all technically asteroids and some large enough to be minor planets like Sedna and Orcus.
• Centaurs, all small TNO’s like Pholus and Nessus, except Chiron who orbits between Saturn and Uranus and is actually classified as a comet.
Asteroids & Dwarf Planets
Artemis ~ Atropos ~ Ceres ~ Chaos ~ Chiron ~ Cybele ~ Eris ~ Europa ~ Fortuna ~ Hekate ~ Hylonome ~ Iris ~ Isis ~ Pluto ~ Pythia ~ Sedna ~
~ Thereus
How To Find An Asteroid In Your Natal Chart
1. Create your free chart at astro.com HERE.
2. Choose “Extended Chart Selection”.
3. Select everything in the “Additional objects” box. This will show the major asteroids in your chart.
4. If you have a particular asteroid in mind that is not in that additional objects box, then under that you will find a box called “additional asteroids or hypothetical planets”. Find the number of the asteroid you want from this Asteroid name/number List and add it to the box.
5. Yet another option is to use Serennu to list over 1000 asteroids in your chart. Remember to use UT for your time of birth, select “sort by degrees of the zodiac“, add the coordinates of your birth place, then select “Include first 1,000 asteroids“.
The Wikipedia Asteroid Name Meanings Page lists all the known asteroids by number with links to the deity, person or place they were named after. It’s important to also consider the personality of the planetary body through its orbit, appearance and its discovery chart as well as the myth behind it. I would suggest browsing through Zane Stein for the TNO’s, Juan Antonio Revilla and Zsuzsanna Griga for Centaurs.
Hi, can anyone please tell me how to interpret the asteroids in your natal chart? I can find out what house and sign they are in but no one can tell me what it means and I can’t find it anywhere online. For example: what Lucifer in Taurus in the 9th house means. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
There is a book called Asteroid Goddesses. It interprets the most well-known asteroids, but not the ones that are more obscure. It is considered the best astrology book on asteroid astrology. Otherwise you can look at alexasteroidastrology.com, a website that specializes in asteroid astrology.
Thanks! Perhaps because some are hypothetical only ?
I noticed Proserpina is both a hypothetical body and an asteroid; of which are in different signs in my chart.
I read your article on Persephone/Proserpina – do asteroids share the same meaning/energy as their hypothetical twins ?
Yes they would share the same meaning. I’m not sure about hypothetical planets. Why use them when there are more enough 3D ones to use. Just muddies the water IMO.