Basics
Class: Sk-type asteroid
Location: Main belt
Orbit length (approx): 4.19 years
Discovered: 28th February 1879 (time unknown), from Marseille, France, by Jérôme Eugène Coggia
Notes: Mean diameter 26km.
Events at time of discovery:
- February 22 – Birth of Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist
- March 3 – United States Geological Survey is founded.
- March 14 – Birth of Albert Einstein, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
Naming information
Name origin: Greek; food of the gods
Mythology: 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. It is possible that both were kinds of honey; an alternative theory is that both were derived from a hallucinogenic mushroom (fly agaric).
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| The Food of the Gods on Olympus (1530), majolica dish attributed to Nicola da Urbino, held at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Photo by MicheleLovesArt. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 21+ Virgo
Discovery Sabian: A Royal Coat of Arms Enriched with Precious Stones
Discovery nodal signature: Pisces-Virgo
Estimated orbital resonances: Ceres 11:10, Jupiter 17:6, Saturn 7:1, Chiron 12:1, Uranus 20:1
Discovery chart details: Finger of the World pattern with Mars, Juno and Uranus; Jupiter was square Pluto and sesquiquadrate to Vesta-Asbolus (with Pluto semi-square both). Saturn-Sedna conjunction sextile the North Node and opposing Chariklo.
Summary and references
Meanings offered so far include: good or sweet foods[1]; immortality, integration of polarities, healing, purity, spiritual nourishment, knowledge, absorption and transmutation[2]. I'd add distinction, determined effort, and the use of one's gifts in a way that forges a permanent legacy.
References:1) Mark Andrew Holmes: Ambrosia
2) TAKE Astrology: Asteroids in Astrology
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| Noon discovery chart for (193) Ambrosia: 28th February 1879, Marseille, France. |
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