baldur, god of purity and joy (asteroid 4059)
this likely my favorite mythological story that i have ever stumbled upon its the story of how mistletoe got itâs meaning and why friday the 13th gets its bad wrap (please dont listen to the tiktok people who say its about sex and love because "friday is freyaâs day" - friday is for frigg - plus when have any gods ever needs a rare day of the year in order to have sex lol).
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on to the myth of baldur.
Baldur (sometimes written as Baldr) was the son of Odin and Frigg. He was thought to be beautiful and just and thus was a favorite of the gods. Baldur had a nightmare one day in which he saw his own death - Frigg too had the same dream. When the gods learned of this, they grew worried - Odin rode to Hel to talk with an oracle about the dreams. Upon his arrive, Odin found a dead seer, völva, and Odin using his power of resurrection to bring her back to life - she confirmed that Baldur would die but did not specify how. When Odin returned to Asgard he shared the knowledge that Baldur would die and that the seer didn't say how - immediately Frigg was upset and began to look for a way to save her son. Frigg resolved to approach all living things in existence and have them promise not to harm Bladur. When Loki learned that Baldur could not be harmed by anything, he was outraged and plotted a scheme to cause Baldur's and all the gods' greatest misfortune. Loki transformed into an old woman and asked Frigg if all things had sworn to do no harm to Baldur and Frigg responded that she hadn't asked or demanded mistletoe to do no harm to her son as it was a harmless weed. Frigg knew nothing of the lady's true identity. Loki however immediately located mistletoe and built a weapon (sometimes an arrow, other times a spear). To celebrate Baldur's invulnerability, a dinner of twelve guests was held and Loki (an uninvited thirteenth guest) arrived with the weapon. The gods had made a game out of throwing things that would normally do harm to a god at Baldur - they were having fun apart from Hodr, Baldur's blind brother. Loki approached Hodr and handed him the weapon telling him to throw it like a spear - Hodr did so and mortally wounded Baldur. All the gods surrounded him as he laid dying. Frigg demanded that someone travel to Hel and demand she give Baldur back - Hermod, Baldur's brother did so. For nine days he rode in search of Hel and when he found her, she stated that she would return him to the land of the living so long as everything wept for his return - all but a giantess named Thökk (Loki in disguise) wept for Baldur. Thus Baldur was forced to stay in Hel; his wife (Nanna) died of grief and the gods set their bodies ablaze. As punishment, when Loki, was found out to be the reason for Baldur's permanent death, Loki was bound to the infamous rock with a snake hung over head to drip poison on his brow - the next event to take place was Ragnarok (a misfortunate event - making Baldur's death story in which a thirteen guest was the cause of his death, Frigg's (Friday's) worst nightmare and a day of misfortune - she also swore that mistletoe would always be an object of love and never one of harm from that day on). IN MY OPINION Balder in your chart can represent a) where you are loved by all (except for the sign/planets your loke is in and/or aspects), b) where you have precognitive powers, c) where others would do anything to save you, d) where you shine the brightest for others before a period of darkness, and/or e) how missed you are in death.
i encourage you to look into the aspects of balder along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of balder AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede balder!
OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: frigga (77), loke (4862), odin (3989), wodan (2155), hel (949), hela (699), hoder (4669), and hermod (2630)!
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