Focus On: (3) Juno

Basics

Class: Sk-type asteroid
Location: Main belt
Orbit length (approx): 4.36 years
Discovered: 1st September 1804 (time unknown), from Lilienthal Observatory, Germany, by Karl Ludwig Harding
Events at time of discovery:

• 1804 – World population reaches 1 billion people.
• July 27 – The Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which reformed the way that candidates for President and Vice President are chosen, is ratified by Tennessee, removing doubt surrounding adoption.
• October 8 – Jean-Jacques Dessalines holds his coronation as Jean-Jacques I, Emperor of Haiti.
• December 2 – Coronation of Napoleon I: At the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, Napoleon crowns himself as the first Emperor of the French in a thousand years. Witnessing this, Simón Bolívar dedicates himself to liberating Venezuela from Spanish rule.

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Naming information

Name origin: Roman goddess representing various spheres, including fertility, brides, war, lunar cycles, beginnings, youth, liveliness and strength, and multiple others.
Mythology: Queen of the Gods, wife of Jupiter; she was the protector and special counsellor of the state, who was said to watch over the women of Rome. Along with Jupiter and Minerva, she was worshipped in an elaborate temple on the Capitoline Hill.

Detail of antique fresco of the wedding of Zeus and Hera from Pompeii. Photo by ArchaiOptix

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Astrological data

Discovery degree: 2+ Aries
Discovery Sabian: The Cameo Profile of a Man, Suggesting the Shape of His Country
Discovery nodal signature: Virgo-Aries
Estimated orbital resonances: Mercury 1:18, Earth 3:13, Ceres 17:16, Jupiter 19:7
Discovery chart details: Balsamic phase chart. Juno was opposite a Mercury-Saturn conjunction in early Libra, sextile Eris in Aquarius, and quincunx Jupiter in Scorpio; Venus was conjunct the South Node. The Sun was opposite Pluto.

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Summary and references

May represent unmet relationship needs, social justics^[1]; marriage, childbirth, partnerships of all kinds, jealousy, protection or patronage^[2]; commitment^[3]; the need to merge with another person^[4]; unrealistic hopes and dreams, the fairytale of marriage, overly high expectations (including of oneself) and the consequent need to adjust one's outlook^[5]; score-keeping, maintaining one's rights, fairness, compromise, fears of infidelity^[6]; loyalty, devotion, fidelity, kindness, legal ties to another^[7]; courtship, marriage rituals, protocol, etiquette, feminine beauty, creative talent, women's rights and those of the powerless, atmosphere and weather^[8].

References:
1) Amanda Painter: Feeling Pulled Along
2) Alex Miller: Juno 3
3) Amable: (3) Juno
4) Kirsti Melto: Full Moon in Libra – April 08, 2020
5) Neptune's Aura Astrology: Asteroids Juno 3 & Hera 103
6) Martha Lang-Wescott: Basic Resources
7) TAKE Astrology: Asteroids in Astrology
8) Demetra George & Douglas Bloch: Asteroid Goddesses (Ibis Press, 2003)

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Noon discovery chart for (3) Juno: 1st September 1804, Lilienthal Observatory, Germany.