Basics
Class: M-type asteroid
Location: Main belt
Orbit length (approx): 4.58 years
Discovered: 10th September 1858 (time unknown), from Albany, NY, by George Mary Searle
Events at time of discovery:
- August 16 – U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new trans-Atlantic telegraph cable
- October 3 – Birth of Eleonora Duse, Italian actress
- October 19 – Birth of George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist
- October 27 – Birth of Theodore Roosevelt
- November 16 – The 2,400,000th day of the Epoch of the Julian day is reached.
Naming information
Name origin: In ancient Greek myth, the first human woman.
Mythology: Zeus had Hephaistos and others create Pandora in order to punish Prometheus for stealing fire from the gods, as a bride for his brother Epimetheus. Zeus gave Pandora a storage jar as a wedding gift, which she opened, inadvertently releasing the swarm of evil spirits it contained, which would thereafter plague humanity. Only hope remained to ease the suffering.
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| Detail of Pandora by John William Waterhouse, 1896. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 12+ Aries
Discovery Sabian: An Unexploded Bomb Reveals an Unsuccessful Social Protest
Discovery nodal signature: Aries-Libra
Estimated orbital resonances: Mercury 1:19, Venus 2:15, Mars 6:13, Ceres 1:1, Jupiter 13:5, Chiron 11:1
Discovery chart details: Pandora was sextile Chiron; Mars was conjunct Eris. Saturn was quincunx the North Node. Mercury was retrograde.
Summary and references
May represent meddling, unwise choices and their unexpected consequences, intercession making things more challenging[1]; a sudden event requiring the use of latent talents, new possibilities[2]; spiritual development through trials[3]; "some action which results in a multitude of new paths and ideas...to synthesize whole new parts of the self", need for fresh stimuli or changes[4]; unexpected events, enticement by curiosity or an intriguing idea leading to a whole new path[5]; rebellion, turbulence, adventurousness, desire for personal growth and fulfilment, many abilities, new beginnings[6].
References:1) Alex Miller: Pandora 55
2) Kirsti Melto: New Moon in Aquarius – January 30, 2014
3) Neptune's Aura Astrology: Pandora 55, Eve, Kali 4227 and Lilith 1181
4) Zane Stein: Pandora
5) Martha Lang-Wescott: Basic Resources
6) TAKE Astrology: Asteroids in Astrology
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| Noon discovery chart for (55) Pandora: 10th September 1858, Albany, NY. |
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