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Deiphobus is another one of those Trojan heroes you can find in the Iliad. Most relevantly, Athena took the shape of Deiphobus to antagonize his brother, Hector, into staying in the battle and fighting Achilles. Believing that it was his brother, Hector threw his spear at Achilles but missed, when he turned to ask his brother for another spear "Deiphobus" was gone. Hector realized that it was the gods that messed with his mind - Achilles then killed Hector. After the death of Paris (which Deiphobus may have been involved in), Deiphobus was given Helen of Troy as his war boon. Helen, of course, objected - during the sacking of Troy, it was either Odysseus, Menelaus, of Helen herself who killed and mutilated Deiphobus. IN MY OPINION Deiphobus in a chart can indicate a) the theft of one's identity, b) where others assume you are behind something that you aren't, c) where you gain what people most desire, d) where others come to despise you, and/or e) bodily mutilation.

i encourage you to look into the aspects of deiphobus along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of deiphobus AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede deiphobus!

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: hektor (624), athene (881), pallas (2), achilles (588), paris (3317), helena (101), menelaus (1647), odysseus (1143), and ulysses (5254)!

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Helen of Troy was the twin of Clytemnestra, sister to the twins Castor and Pollux (sometimes referred to as Polydeuces), and daughter of Zeus and Leda (the swan myth) - the adoptive daughter of Tyndareus. In other myths, she is sometimes thought to be the daughter of Zeus and Nemesis (which is a less popular thought/myth), in this version Leda finds the egg (yes, she is still born from an egg in this one) and is then raised by Leda and Tyndareus. Helen is regarded in mythology as the most beautiful woman in the world. Originally, Helen was abducted by Theseus (who wanted a divine wife), and while he was adventuring his mother, Aethra guarded her. This was short lived because soon after Theseus left, the Spartans invaded Athens, leading this army were Helen's brothers, Castor and Pollux, who returned Helen home and took Aethra in return. In some myths, Helen had a child with Theseus named Iphigenia, who upon Helen's return to Sparta was given to her sister, Clytemnestra, and is later sacrificed to the gods in order to sail to Troy by Agamemnon (Clytemnestra's husband). Featured in The Odyssey, Helen is to pick a suitor from a hoard of great men due to Tyndareus's fear that they would start a war over her if she didn't choose (haha, foreshadowing). Before a suitor was chosen, Tyndareus received advice from Odysseus that all suitor should swear an oath to Helen's chosen husband to always support and fight against anyone who may fight him. When everyone agreed, she does pick Menelaus. Together her and Menelaus have a peaceful marriage in which she has four children with him and she happily takes her seat beside him on the throne of Sparta. This marriage in itself is marked as the end of the age of heroes. Helen was later abducted by Paris who was promised by Aphrodite that he would have the most beautiful woman in the world. Paris brought Helen to Troy - some myths state that the two eloped during this time (there was no abduction, it was by choice). And, of course, after this the Trojan War ensues. But what happened after the war to Helen of Troy (who should really be Helen of Sparta in my opinion)? Well there are three different endings. In one, she is brought back home to Sparta by Menelaus who is determined to kill her for being amorous with Paris - in this version, she undresses and Menelaus is shocked by her beauty and forgets to kill her. In another, she is exiled to Mount Olympus. And lastly (and most unlikely in my opinion), she goes to the Underworld to spend eternity with Achilles (like why would she lol?). IN MY OPINION Helena in your chart can represent a) where people may constantly fight over you, b) where you may be thought of as beautiful, and/or c) where you are excused for being disloyal.

i encourage you to look into the aspects of helena along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of helena AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede helena!

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: paris (3317), aphrodite (1388), achilles (588), zeus (5731 / h42), leda (38), tyndareus (8125), nemesis (128), aethra (132), iphigenia (112), agamemnon (911), odysseus (1143), ulysses (5254), and menelaus (1647)!

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cassandra, the prophetess (asteroid 114)

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Cassandra (also known as Alexandra) appears as the daughter of the Trojan rulers Priam and Hecuba in The Iliad. Priam had Cassandra and her twin, Helenus, given (because he had so many children) to Apollo's temple to serve as devotees. Cassandra allegedly was a favorite of Apollo, who promised her the gift of prophecy if she did not reject his romantic advances. Cassandra agreed to this but when she got her gift, she rejected Apollo. Apollo then cursed her so that no one would ever believe her prophecies even though she accurately prophesied Paris destroying Troy, Agamemnon's (who brought Cassandra home as a "trophy of war") death, and so much more. Agamemnon and Cassandra are allegedly killed together by Clytemnestra after Cassandra has twins - who Clytemnestra also kills... IN MY OPINION Kassandra in your chart can represent a) where you don't follow quid pro quo, b) where your rejection of someone ruins your life, c) where you have both a gift and a curse, d) what your gift and curse are, e) where no one believes what you say, and/or f) where you fall from grace after not keeping your word.

i encourage you to look into the aspects of kassandra along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of kassandra AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede kassandra!

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: apollo (1862), agamemnon (911), paris (3317), priamus (884), hecuba (108), and helenos (1872)!

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*I more or less get how it is expressed with the sun, but it gets foggy when with Venus, Mercury and other planets.

hera, goddess of marriage (asteroid 103)

@emmelinekahuyan , i would not suggest you look at hera for info on how it affects you as a writer unless you are writing about marriage or child rearing. i suggest you look at the muses (erato (62), calliope (22), melpomene (18), or thalia (23)), sappho (80), qwerty (6600), athene (881), hermes (69230), and/or really any famous classical author. most famous classic authors have an asteroid you can use to see if your writing is similar to them or as popular! if you are still curious about what your aspects mean after reading this, please dm or comment below!

“when talking about such a popular god or goddess i am going to for warn paraphrasing - of course all these stories have more details and all these popular gods have stories within stories. i would love to share them all/in detail but i would need a book and a lot more time to write it. my attempt in writing these posts are to inform you on the high level story of the god’s or goddess’s life. that being said if any one of the events regaled in the post pique you interest - please let me know i don’t mind giving a more in-depth tale of any of the events mentioned.”

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on to hera.

As we know from prior posts, Hera’s mother is Rhea and her father is Cronus, the one who swallowed her out of fear of being dethroned due to a prophecy (check out Zeus's post for a better explanation of this). Hera is best known as the Queen of Olympus and the wife of Zeus (yes, her brother because Greek gods don't mind a bit of incest). From the Juno post, her Roman aspect/counterpart, we get the idea that she doesn't have the best marriage though she is the ruler of the marriage domain. What we have not discussed before is how Zeus convinced Hera to marry him. Zeus tricked her by transforming into a cuckoo (one of Hera’s symbols). After transforming into this cuckoo Zeus pretended that he was sick, cold, hurt, and dying (a bit overkill if you ask me but sure). When Hera saw this poor bird, she found herself feeling sorry for it and nursing it back to health. When she cradled the small bird to her chest to help it stay warm, this is when Zeus entered his true form once more (a bit creepy but sounds like a man lol). Feeling abashed, Hera had to agree to marriage after this precarious situation and Zeus immediately demanding she marry him. Hera had thought that after this one incident that Zeus would be forever hers and found that she was severely wrong. Zeus went on to do these types of things to many other women. As we know in the midst of this (or perhaps before the cheating), Hera plotted to overthrow Zeus many times having thought that he was a corrupt ruler. Her great near defeat of Zeus was the one in which Poseidon, Athena, and Apollo were involved. This group of gods bound Zeus and stole his lightning bolt only for Thetis to arrive and untie him. For this Hera was punished and put in chains to hang from the sky. Neither Hera or Zeus fully forgive each other after this. Zeus continued to cheat and Hera served justice at every instance - tricking Semele into burning to ash at the true sight of Zeus, hunting down Io, forcing Leto to give birth to Apollo and Artemis on a branch, etc. Perhaps this reflects insecurity of Hera's - in myth we see her as envious if not more so than Aphrodite. Hera hating Troy and meddling in the affairs to spite Paris after choosing Aphrodite instead of her to receive the apple of discord, when Antigone says she is prettier than Hera - Hera turns her into a stork, Hera attempting to kill Hercules both in the womb and as baby, etc. Hera is certainly a very dynamic character. IN MY OPINION Hera in a chart represents a) your marriage, b) where you may be deceived by those that are closest to you, c) where people betray your ultimate trust while you have always been loyal to them, d) where you believe you are special to someone only to find out you’re not, e) where you can’t forgive and forget, and/or f) where you dedicate a lifetime of anger with someone to get even.

i encourage you to look into the aspects of hera along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of hera AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede hera!

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: zeus (5731 / h42), poseidon (4341 / h47), athena (881), pallas (2), rhea (577), apollo (1862), leto (68), kronos (h43), semele (86), thetis (17), io (85), artemis (105), aphrodite (1388), paris (3317), antigone (129), and heracles (5143)!

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Paris was the son of King Praim and Queen Hecuba. We all know him as the reason for the start of the Trojan War. Before his birth he was prophesied to cause doom and destruction to the kingdom of Troy and that it was best if he was killed upon birth to save the kingdom of Troy. The royal couple couldn’t do that to their sweet baby son... so they gave him to the local cowhand to slaughter. But he couldn't kill the cute little kid either... so he took the kid to the wilderness to die. When a bear found the baby... it couldn't kill him either (lmfao baby Paris was “the little engine that could” in disguise), instead the bear nursed him (someone got out the psychology textbooks). When the cowhand returned to see if the baby was gone nearly a week later, he discovered Paris was still alive so he took the baby home with him to raise alongside his own children. Growing up, Paris had a relationship with a nymph named Oenone for many years until the marriage of Peleus and Thetis (read Eris's post to catch the drift). After Aphrodite's promise to give him the most beautiful woman in the world he let Oenone down easily telling her this - she loved him so much that she would be happy to help him whenever he needed as he searched. Oenone knew time grew short for their relationship when soldiers arrived to take Paris's favorite bull for the festival in Troy. The bull was set to be a tournament prize - Paris went despite Oenone begging him to say it because intuitively she knew that Aphrodite's promise would be found soon thereafter. He signed up for the tournament, beating each opponent in the games including King Praim's sons. When he won against Hector, they chased him to a temple in which his biological parents would claim him as their own once more. King Menelaus would be hosted by his family then ask that they visit Sparta whenever they wished as honored guests. King Praim would send his sons to Spartan shores in hopes of finding his sister, who disappeared during the disaster that occurred during Hercules's time in Troy. This is when Paris would meet Helen, who was the proud wife of King Menelaus. Menelaus would leave the company mid-visit due to the unexpected passing of a relative - as soon as he was gone, Helen and Paris would finally give in to the romantic tension built between them. Helen and Paris agreed to run away to Troy together - Paris had his men rob the treasury of Sparta before leaving (a “bruh moment” if i have every seen one). As we know, Paris's arrow with the help of Apollo would kill Achilles and then he too would be shot and killed. IN MY OPINION Paris in you chart may represent a) where you cause large scaled destruction to the world around you, b) where and how you may escape death many times, c) where you make life changing decisions, d) where you betray others, e) affairs, and/or f) where you topple legends.

i encourage you to look into the aspects of paris along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of paris AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede paris!

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: aphrodite (1388), hera (103), thetis (17), peleus (11311), helena (101), priamus (884), hecuba (108), oenone (215), hektor (624), menelaus (1647), apollo (1862), and achilles (588)!

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“when talking about such a popular god or goddess i am going to for warn paraphrasing - of course all these stories have more details and all these popular gods have stories within stories. i would love to share them all/in detail but i would need a book and a lot more time to write it. my attempt in writing these posts are to inform you on the high level story of the god’s or goddess’s life. that being said if any one of the events regaled in the post pique you interest - please let me know i don’t mind giving a more in-depth tale of any of the events mentioned.”

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Hermes is the son of Zeus and Maia. Like nearly every god of mythology his youth seems non-existent. He was born in a cave in Arcadia at dawn and by noon he had created the first lyre to exist and learned to compose music - he wrote his own hymn to celebrate his birth (lol was it this the origin of "Happy Birthday"? who knows). By that evening he had stolen a cow from Apollo and as an apology he gave the cow back and gifted Apollo the lyre along with a promise of friendship (awww). Hermes has many moments in which he presents as a darling to those around him: guiding Persephone back to Demeter, being a wingman (haha wing-man) for his father, presenting Paris at the wedding where Eris destroyed the peace with the apple of discord, etc. Hermes knowingly manages and controls the balance of harmony between the gods by doing all these darling acts. While Hermes is considered one of the twelve top Olympians, he doesn’t typically strike out on his own adventure instead he plays a role in nearly myth in some form or another. This included his role with many lovers with whom he had quite a few popular children (Pan, Hermaphroditus, Tyche, etc). IN MY OPINION Hermes in a chart represents a) where you create mischief, b) where in your life you move quickly, c) where you may be seen as good but not be the best person, d) fertility, e) where you tend to be the peacekeeper or create balance, and/or f) where you have luck and a chance to travel.

i encourage you to look into the aspects of hermes along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of hermes AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede hermes!

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: apollo (1862), paris (3317), zeus (5731 / h42), demeter (1108), and persephone (399)!

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