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Bacchus, or "Liber Pater," is often identified as Dionysus. He is thought to be more restrained as Bacchus and more unrestrained as Liber ("to be set free") - who is often worshipped alongside Ceres at fertility festivals. Liber is thought to have been Ceres's son but still is sown to Jupiter's thigh in some version to keep him safe from Juno. IN MY OPINION Bacchus in a chart can represent a) restrained fun, b) where you can learn to let loose, c) your fertility, and/or d) where you are celebrated.

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

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: ceres (1), juno (3), and dionysus (3671)!

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last updated: june 13th, 2025

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primordials, titans, & muses

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goddesses

mythical beings

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greek asteroid observations

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Daughter of Pasiphae and the Cretan king Minos, Ariadne was most known for her role in the myth of Theseus with whom she feel in love. Theseus was one of the many heroes who Minos meant to abandon in the Labyrinth with the Minotaur. But Theseus was a rarity in the Labyrinth as he volunteered to be sent in and kill the beast. Ariadne provided him with what he required as she was lovestruck by the hero. Theseus was capable of slaying the Minotaur with the sword she gave him and with a golden ball of thread, he found his way out of the Labyrinth. After this point in the myth, there are two popular endings: in one she hangs herself after Theseus abandons her, and in the second Theseus takes her to the island of Naxos and leaves her there to die. In the both versions, she is recused by and ends up marrying Dionysus. IN MY OPINION Ariadne in your chart represents a) where you give everything you have, b) what you lose when facing romantic rejection, c) where you easily fall in love, and/or d) where you must first face rejection in order to find love.

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

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: minos (6239) and dionysus (3671)!

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hephaestus, god of fire and forges (2212)

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Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. He is often described as the least flattering of the gods: ugly, deformed, brutish, etc. Whether he was born that way or was made to become that way is unclear - some say Zeus threw Hephaestus from Olympus to his mother, Rhea, on earth. In some versions, he is solely Hera's son. Similar to the story told in the Flora myth post - instead of Juno having Mars in Roman myth, it is Hera having Hephaestus in Greek myth. In this version, Hera throws him out of Olympus after seeing how ugly deformed he was and Thetis and Eurynome raise him after discovering him severely injured. Hephaestus plots his revenge against his parents in either version by crafting gold thrones - when Hera sat on the throne she became tied to the seat and was only released when Hephaestus got drunk with Dionysus. Hephaestus is made to stay amongst the gods in Olympus based on his incredible abilities to create. He created the bronze man of Crete, supposedly the first woman Pandora, a famous shield for Thetis which would later become Achilles's, Peleus's sword, Agamemnon's scepter, etc. If you can think it, Hephaestus can make it. As we know he is the husband to the goddess of beauty, Aphrodite, who often was disloyal to him. In some versions, he said that he would only release Hera from the golden throne if he married Aphrodite - which is the reason they are married then. Of course, Aphrodite's rejection of him anyway for not being to her standards and the non-ideal situation that is arranged marriage. Resulting in him finding love elsewhere; many of his children became creators or kings. There is a myth in which he forces himself on Athena and she pushes him off just as he is about to finish - which caused the god’s semen to fall down to earth or Gaea. This union results in a famous king of Athens - Erichthonius. IN MY OPINION Hephaistos in your chart represents a) where you may face a lot of rejection, b) where you are a creator, c) where you get your justice for those who have wronged you, d) where you may receive a life long injury, and/or e) where feminine people despise you.

bruh idk how to feel about a 7h hephaistos at 11° in libra? like not a sextile venus and pluto OR a jupiter and uranus trine :((( i rather not contemplate what that means lol. it smells a lot like a betrayal…

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

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: zeus (5731 / h42), athene (881), pallas (2), gaea (1184), hera (103), rhea (577), thetis (17), eurynome (79), pandora (55), achilles (588), dionysus (3671), agamemnon (911), peleus (11311), aphrodite (1388), and erichthonios (9430)!

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WE MADE IT - 50 GODS, GODDESSES, AND LEGENDS HAVE BEEN POSTED!! the celebration doesn’t end here! the next post will be up in a few hours regarding aphrodite - her sign, degree, house, and aspects in your natal chart! so definitely stay tuned for my biggest post yet to come ;)!

“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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now for the god who has been mentioned in 10/49 of my prior posts: zeus.

Zeus is the son of the titans Cronus and Rhea. As we know, Cronus had just usurped his father, Uranus, and had received the prophecy that he would be dethroned by his child. So in turn, when each of his children was born, he devoured them. Rhea was determined to save her sixth child (Zeus) after witnessing the first five get eaten (get mothering - took five cases of cannibalism smh). Rhea brought young Zeus to her mother, Gaea, who hid him while Rhea returned to Cronus with a swaddled stone in which he promptly swallowed. Zeus had a goat named Amalthea (yes, the goat (some stories have her as a nymph) from Abundantia’s story - I am sure that there is some sort of psychological insight to gain from that lol) who he received milk from (yea... definitely some thing for Freud to examine here) while warriors were made to dance and fight one another in the cave he was hidden in to conceal Zeus's infant cries (dang talk about attachment disorders and the inspiration for the little albert experiment). When he was finally old enough, he confronted Cronus and manipulated him into drinking poison that caused his siblings to be vomited up. With his sibling, he then planned a war to take down the titans - Titanomachy. With the help of his siblings and two titans (Prometheus and Epimetheus) a strategy was born - which resulted in the Cyclopes and Hecatonchires (the hundred handed primordial) being released from the forges in Tartarus. The Greek poet Hesiod believed that the Cyclopes are the ones who forged Zeus's lightening bolt as a thanks for their freedom. With the newly freed on their side, Zeus and his campaign were able to banish the titans to Tartarus and began the new era of gods and goddesses. Hecatonchires is said to be keeping watch over the titans as his form of thanks to Zeus for freedom. Gaea was irate by the capture of her children so she had another child with Tartarus - Typhoeus - who was also easily defeated. Gaea attempted to take Zeus down with giants as well but to no avail. As we know, his marriage to Hera isn't an easy one - early on she, Poseidon, Apollo, and Athena (namely) chained Zeus in his sleep and stole his bolt. It was Thetis and Briars who helped free him and get his bolt back - when freed, he used intimidation to make every god submit to his rulership and have them swear to never challenge him again. Poseidon and Apollo were sentenced to build walls in Troy (mentioned in Apollo's post), Athena got off easy because she was Zeus's favorite, but Hera suffered the most as she was sent to the void to be suspended in the sky with anvils hanging from her ankles, forced to stare into the gaze of Chaos until she swore allegiance to Zeus again. It is thought that perhaps this occurrence was the reason why he never truly trusted Hera again (and why he had so many affairs). Some of his most famed lovers include: Io (the cow myth - that was talked about in my Juno post), Europa (gave birth to Minos, you know the king from the Minotaur myth?), Leda (Zeus turns into a swan in this one), Danae (mother of Perseus - Medusa slayer), and Semele (Dionysus's mother). IN MY OPINION Zeus in a chart represents a) where you start from snatch, b) your relationship with siblings, c) where you save your family, d) where you experience trust issues, e) where you topple those in charge, f) romantic affairs, and/or g) where you are the ultimate ruler.

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

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS/PLANETS: amalthea (113), athene (881), pallas (2), URANUS, poseidon (4341), hera (103), gaea (1184), rhea (577), semele (86), io (85), apollo (1862), chaos (19521), kronos (43), hepimetheus (1810), prometheus (1809), thetis (17), europa (52), leda (38), and danae (61)!

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midas, the king with the golden touch (asteroid 1981)

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Midas was thought to be the son, or adopted son, of Cybele and Gordias. Midas was also the king of Phrygia. Being the ruler of the realm, he wished for dignity - when he heard that many peasants were getting drunk near his gardens, he sent guards to capture them. One of these violators was the satyr Silenus who was a rather close and respected friend of Dionysus. Immediately, Midas released Silenus from any punishments/capture and instead invited the satyr to stay with him in his castle. Midas had the upmost respect for Dionysus so for ten nights, Midas did nothing but ensure that Silenus was well fed and entertained. On the eleventh night, Midas brought Silenus back to Dionysus. Dionysus was ever so grateful for the king's hospitality to his friend and thus offered Midas a wish. The king asked that everything he touch be turned to gold (prior to this, he was gold obsessed as well allegedly he'd bathed in gold pieces, adorned his outfits in gold, etc.) - Dionysus granted this wish and Midas quickly set about testing this power. This power was infinite to him so he was quite content with never running out of wealth... What he didn't realize was that, when he came home from this great day of turning things into golden, he couldn't touch anything he wanted to remain as it was. He'd lift his bread and it would turn to gold, wine would become a solid gold piece in his mouth, etc. He wept at his table hungry and unable to eat. At this point, his daughter came in to the dining area and touched him as if to see what was wrong or to comfort him when she too became gold (this part was speculated and added in by a Dark American Romantic named Nathaniel Hawthorne in the 1850s so you can either keep that piece of myth in or ignore it because it is not "ancient myth"). Miserably, he went back to Dionysus asking that the god removed this gift - Dionysus advised him to bathe in the river and indeed that did the trick (this is thought to be why we have golden sand and goldfish (not the snack)). When he came home, he found everything he had touched had turned back to normal - including his daughter. It was that day, that he left his daughter in charge of his kingdom so he could go live in the woods with Pan and company to remove himself from all these riches and temptations of royal living. As is known from past posts, Midas judged the competition between Apollo and Pan. The results of this musical battle was that Apollo was the clear winner, but Midas decides that Pan was actually quite good and said such out loud. Apollo in turn gave Midas a pair of donkey ears. This is why in many paintings he is wearing a turban to hide his ears. Of course, Midas couldn’t hide these ears from his barber. He made the man swear to tell no one - of course, the barber couldn’t contain himself and instead chose a loophole (haha hole). The barber dug a hole in the ground and whispered this gossip into the earth and then buried it. Eventually, reeds grew in this spot - every time the wind would blow they would whisper this secret. IN MY OPINION Midas in your natal chart represents a) where you may change your life to the extreme, b) where you struggle to resist temptation, c) where you may not think out your wishes and come to regret them when they come true, d) where you are hospitable, e) where you are punished for your unpopular opinions, and/or f) where your greatest shame becomes the biggest piece of gossip.

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

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: cybele (65), dionysus (3671), pan (4450), and apollo (1862)!

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