Kronos (h43)
cronus, titan leader of the world (asteroid h43)
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Cronus was the son of Uranus and Gaea - he was the youngest of their titan offspring. Uranus was a paranoid and jealous leader, convinced that his children would one day rebel against him, thus he imprisoned them in Tartarus. It was Cronus who was advised by his mother to castrate his father - which caused the Heavens (Uranus) to be separated from the Earth (Gaea). In some versions, Cronus hides in his mother's womb then castrates his father during coital relationships. Afterwards, he became the king of the titans and had his sister, Rhea, bear his children, the Olympians. His parents cautioned him that he would be overthrown by his child because of what he did... which resulted in him swallowing his children each time one was born. When Zeus was born, Rhea hid him in Crete and presented Cronus with stones which he promptly swallowed instead. Zeus grew up under the watchful eyes of Gaea with the intentions of needing to save his siblings, thus when he was matured, he faced Cronus and cut his siblings out of Cronus's stomach (or, in some versions, forced Cronus to regurgitate his siblings). In some versions, Zeus drugs Cronus per the advice of Nyx and castrates him like Cronus did to Uranus, or, in another version, Zeus and Cronus fought in hand-to-hand combat at the future site of the Olympic Games. Cronus, no matter which version, lost the war fought between him and his children which resulted in him either becoming a prisoner in Tartarus or a king of Elysium. IN MY OPINION Kronos in your chart can indicate a) what you do to protect you mother, b) how you maim your father, c) how you gain power, d) where you feel threatened by karma, e) where you get rough end of the stick, and/or f) where you get knocked down from your position of power.
i encourage you to look into the aspects of kronos along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of kronos AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede kronos!
OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: URANUS, gaea (1184), zeus (5731 / h42), rhea (577), and nyx (3908)!
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