Basics
Class: S-type asteroid
Location: Main belt
Orbit length (approx): 3.69 years
Discovered: 25th April 1848, time unknown, at Markree Castle, Ireland, by Andrew Graham
Discovery degree: 15+ Scorpio
Discovery Sabian: A Girl's Face Breaking Into a Smile
Name origin: Greek
Name meaning & mythology
The name Metis means "counsel". Metis was an Oceanid, daughter of the Titans Oceanos and Tethys. She could change her shape at will. When Kronos had devoured all his children except Zeus, Metis produced the potion that forced him to regurgitate them.
In a prophecy, Zeus was told she would give him a daughter, followed by a son who would eventually overthrow him; he therefore swallowed her to prevent this. She was already pregnant with Athene, who famously emerged fully grown from Zeus's head. After Zeus swallowed her, Metis continued to advise him from within.
Theoi adds: "It should be noted that most poets and mythographers describe Athena as a "motherless goddess" and no mention is made of Metis. Zeus himself was titled Mêtieta 'the Wise Counsellor' in the Homeric poems and in this sense Metis was probably regarded as an aspect of the god rather than a distinct figure. In any case, the Metis myth implies she was wholly subsumed by the devouring god."
Astrology in a nutshell
Metis seems to represent not only wisdom in general, but in particular the intuitive grasp of what is right and true; the internal compass; the golden thread leading us unequivocally to the Divine within.
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| A three-dimensional model of (9) Metis that was computed using light curve inversion techniques. Image credit: Astronomical Institute of the Charles University: Josef Ďurech, Vojtěch Sidorin/Creative Commons |
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