Basics
Class: S-type asteroid
Location: Main belt
Orbit length (approx): 3.78 years
Discovered: 1st July 1847 (time unknown) from Driesen, Poland, by Karl Ludwig Hencke
Events at time of discovery:
- June 11 – Birth of Dame Milicent Fawcett, British suffragist
- June 16 – Birth of Luella Dowd Smith, American educator, author, and reformer
- July 1 – The United States issues its first postage stamps.
- July 9 – Birth of Wong Fei-hung, Chinese healer, revolutionary
Naming information
Name origin: Greek goddess of youth and the cupbearer of the gods who served ambrosia at the heavenly feast.
Mythology: Hebe was also the patron goddess of the young bride and an attendant of the goddess Aphrodite. Herakles received Hebe in marriage upon his ascension to Olympos, a wedding which reconciled the hero with Hebe's mother Hera. In Greek vase painting Hebe was depicted either as the bride of Herakles, or the cupbearer of the gods, pouring ambrosia from a pitcher. Sometimes she had wings like Iris and Nike.
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| The Ricci Hydria showing Hebe bringing Herakles to Olympus from Earth on his apotheosis (National Etruscan Museum). Photo by Sailko. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 17+ Sagittarius (89% approx probability)
Discovery Sabian: Children Playing on the Beach, Their Heads Protected by Sunbonnets
Discovery nodal signature: Leo-Pisces
Estimated orbital resonances: Earth 4:15, Mars 9:16, Ceres 11:9, Jupiter 19:6
Discovery chart details: Sun square Mars. Hebe trine Uranus and sextile Chiron. Neptune-Eris conjunction in early Pisces. Saturn square Nessus. Lots of cardinal sign activity; Ceres square the Nodes.
Summary and references
May represent service, especially domestic or food service, and issues with enabling[1]; compassion, pardons (of youthful foolishness), innocence, curiosity and vulnerability, protection without restriction, relating to young people[2]; service personnel and attitudes, codependency[3]. I suspect there is also something here of the headstrong and impulsive, determined and single-minded nature of youth; leading with action.
References:1) Alex Miller: Hebe 6
2) Neptune's Aura Astrology: Asteroid Hebe 6
3) Martha Lang-Wescott: Basic Resources
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| Noon discovery chart for (6) Hebe: 1st July 1847, Driesen, Poland. |
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