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Asteroids - The Nine Muses

Hello everyone!

We are back today with an introductory post to our next series: The asteroids associated with the nine muses in Greek Mythology!

We wanted to give a little background on these by talking about their mythology overall, and make this a little landing page for these asteroids. Each of the muses is associated with a talent or gift of some sort, usually in the fine arts, and their asteroids are associated with the same gifts. Each muse is going to have a different post where we talk about the mythology behind the asteroid, as well as what it affects or indicates in someone's individual birth chart.

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Mythology:

The nine muses are the beautiful daughters of Zeus, the ruler of the gods, and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory. The story is that Zeus found Mnemosyne very attractive, and disguised himself as a human shepherd in order to lure her into sleeping with him. They slept together for nine consecutive nights, and each night they conceived one of the muses. They were all born in Pieria at the foot of Mount Olympus. It is said that Mnemosyne gave the babies to Apollo and a nymph named Eufime. Apollo raised them on Mount Parnassus, Helicon, or Elikonas. (It's debated where they actually resided between these three places). He taught them to express their talents in the arts, as he himself was a god who loved fine arts and music. They grew up to perform for, and entertian, the gods residing on Mount Olympus. In doing so they also were the ones who encouraged inspiration and imagination for many artists and scientists.

In other myths: The Muses are sometimes referred to as water nymphs, and there are some accounts of them having been born from the four sacred springs on Mount Helicon that appeared when Pegasus stomped his foot on the ground there.

The muses are known as the inspirational goddesses of literature, sciences, and the arts (including art, music, dancing, etc.) The etymology of the word "muse" has a meaning of desire, wish, or inspiration, and this word is also where we get the modern day "museum" from. (Which honestly makes sense you know...because museums have art and science in them.) Muses are seen, even today, as inspiration for artistic creation. That's why we have the term "my muse." They are also inspiration for the creation of many instruments, languages, and different types of writing and poetry.

The Nine Muses

Each of the muses was known for specific talents or gifts. The following is a really quick breakdown of each, but it doesn't include everything they are known for. (That info will be in each muse's individual asteroid post!)

Calliope -

Muse of: Eloquence & Epic Poetry Asteroid: 22 (Kalliope) (<- click for more)

Clio -

Muse of: History Asteroid: 84 (Klio)

Melpomene -

Muse of: Tragedy Asteroid: 18 (Melpomene)

Thalia -

Muse of: Comedy Asteroid: 23 (Thalia)

Terpsichore -

Muse of: Dance Asteroid: 81 (Terpsichore)

Erato -

Muse of: Love & Lyric Poetry Asteroid: 62 (Erato)

Euterpe -

Muse of: Music Asteroid: 27 (Euterpe)

Polyhymnia -

Muse of: Sacred hymns & Poetry, Spirituality Asteroid: 33 (Polyhymnia)

Urania -

Muse of: Astronomy Asteroid: 30 (Urania)

We hope you enjoy the muses and their asteroids, and find them as entertaining as we do! (Puns are all I have, these are the jokes.) We will be updating with links as their personal posts go up. Let us know which muses you find inspiring and relate to, or what you think about your astrology in relation to them!