Basics
Class: S-type asteroid
Location: Main belt
Orbit length (approx): 5.42 years
Discovered: Discovered on 11th July 1868 (time unknown) from Ann Arbor, Michigan, by James Craig Watson
Discovery degree: 15+ Aquarius
Discovery Sabian: A Big Businessman At His Desk
Name origin: Greek
Name meaning & mythology
Named after Hekate, the goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts and necromancy in Greek mythology. One of few deities who could move in and out of the underworld; a denizen of both upper and lower realms, and therefore with experience and knowledge of both, she was valued in myth for her guidance. The asteroid's name also commemorates it as the hundredth to be discovered, as ἑκατόν (hekaton) is Greek for 'a hundred'.
Astrology in a nutshell
Appears to represent setting the feet on the correct path, and allowing for a solution to emerge naturally and also in harmony with nature – i.e. more liable to success, because the action moves with the flow. All things in due time. Strategic wisdom. Wisdom of the night, instinct, magic, imagination; the deep places.
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| Detail of Hecate from a painting depicting the return of Persephone from the underworld. Hecate gazes back over her shoulder at Persephone, heralding her return with a pair of torches. From Attic red figure in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York/Theoi.com. Note she is depicted holding a pair of torches, in her role as Guide. |
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