Basics
Class: Asteroid
Location: Main belt
Orbit length (approx): 4.38 years
Discovered: 23rd July 1871 (time unknown) at Litchfield Observatory, Clinton, NY, by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
Events at time of discovery:
- July 10 – Birth of Marcel Proust, French writer
- July 20 – C. W. Alcock proposes that "a Challenge Cup should be established in connection with the Association", giving birth to the FA Cup for Association football in England.
- July 21-August 26 – The first ever photographs of Yellowstone National Park region are taken by William Henry Jackson, during the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871.
- August 9 – A rare major hurricane causes significant damage on the islands of Hawaii and Maui.
- August 13 – Birth of Karl Liebknecht, German politician
Naming information
Name origin: Trojan prophet in Greek myth.
Mythology: Apollo tried to seduce Kassandra with the gift of prophecy; when he failed (or in some versions she accepted and then changed her mind), unable to rescind her ability, he added the curse that she would never be believed.
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| Detail of Cassandra by Evelyn De Morgan (1898, London), depicting Cassandra in front of the burning city of Troy. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 24+ Aquarius (62% approx probability)
Discovery Sabian: A Butterfly With the Right Wing More Perfectly Formed
Discovery nodal signature: Virgo-Aries
Estimated orbital resonances: Ceres 18:17, Jupiter 19:7, Saturn 20:3, Uranus 19:1
Discovery chart details: Kassandra was sextile Neptune. Mercury was semi-sextile Jupiter; Mars semi-square Juno; Saturn sesquiquadrate Pluto and trine Juno, and Uranus sesquiquadrate Eris. The Sun was square Nessus and semi-sextile the North Node, which was in the first degree of Cancer.
Summary and references
May represent prophecy and foreknowledge, issues with belief, credibility or trustworthiness[1]; brave actions that are known intuitively to be right[2]; the ability to follow advice, caution about what others say, difficulties being heard[3]; areas in which we're disbelieved[4]; advice and consent, lecturing, auditory sensitivity[5].
References:1) Alex Miller: Kassandra 114
2) Amable: (114) Kassandra
3) Kirsti Melto: Full Moon in Aries – October 14, 2008
4) Neptune's Aura Astrology: Asteroids Kassandra 114, Helenos 1872 and Pythia 432
5) Martha Lang-Wescott: Basic Resources
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| Noon discovery chart for (114) Kassandra: 23rd July 1871, Clinton, NY. |
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