daedalus, the inventor (asteroid 1864)
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Daedalus was the infamous creator of the Labyrinth in which the Minotaur dwelt. He was given the task of building the Labyrinth after helping Minos wife have sexual relations with a bull - which lead to the birth of this beast (the Minotaur) that Minos then hid under his court in Crete. The Athenian king was forced to pay tribute to Minos - the cost would be seven men and seven women annually to be sacrificed to the Minotaur. After the Labyrinth was built, Daedalus was kept imprisoned in a tower with one of his sons, Icarus. They were imprisoned as a means to avoid news spreading that the Labyrinth existed. Of course, Daedalus couldn't stand this turn of events and instead created wings by melting together feathers using wax. Which, as we know, does not end well for Icarus who drowns in the sea after ignoring the advice of his father. Daedalus ended up in the court of Cocalus who lived in Sicily. In Sicily, he built a temple for Apollo, whom Daedalus presented his wings to as an offering. Minos, meanwhile, searched for Daedalus and devised a plan to lure him out - he made a riddle and when he discover Cocalus had the qnswer he know he had been harboring Daedalus, he demanded Daedalus to return to Crete. Cocalus told Minos to relax a bit as his guest, then the two could be on their way, but when Minos went to bathe, Cocalus' daughters murdered him. IN MY OPINION Daedalus in your chart can represent a) out of the box thinking, b) creativity/innovation, c) boundaries between your wishfulness to create and morality, d) where you hide or are forced to hide, and/or e) your appreciation for puzzles.
i encourage you to look into the aspects of daedalus along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of daedalus AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede daedalus!
OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: minos (6239), apollo (1862), and icarus (1566)!
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