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hel, goddess of death (asteroids hel (949) & hela (699))

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Hel was the third child of Loki and the giantess Angrboða and the sister of Fenrir, Jörmungandr, and Sleipnir. It most versions, her looks are the emphasis - half of her skin appeared to be pink and plump like a newborn's, while the other half looked decayed and sickly - nearly green or blackish in appearance. Her face was said to have been in a constant state of gloom. When the other gods heard of her and her siblings' existence, they were alarmed due to the parentage - two troubling/"evil" beings had come together to produce three monstrous children... The gods decided to kidnap the children to better assess them in Asgard. Odin was just as sure as he was about the serpent, Jörmungandr, that Hel had to elsewhere. He hurled her into Niflheim - the world beneath the worlds, where the shadows and mist would become her only true companions. As so she made her hall, Eljudnir, which would become the home of the dead when Odin would task her with looking after them, the dead of all the nine worlds who had died of illness or old age, and cursed her to always have to share her food with whoever came her way. Bitterly, her plate was named Hunger, her knife was Famine, her bed was Sick-Bed, and its hangings Glimmering Misfortune. Only when Ragnarok occurred, did Hel see the light of day again. IN MY OPINION Hel/Hela in your chart can represent a) where a part of you decays, b) where your looks make you seem unapproachable/threatening, c) where/how your parents reputation effects how you get treated by others, d) where you are surrounded by darkness, e) what you have to share but lack yourself, and/or f) where you seek opportunities to get even with those who have done you wrong.

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

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: loke (4862), jormungandr (471926), odin (3989), and wodan (2155)!

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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 it’s 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 freya’s 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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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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jörmungandr, the world serpent (asteroid 471926)

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Jörmungandr is the son of the god Loki and the giantess Angrboða. Jörmungandr and his siblings, Hel and Fenrir, were living in Jotunheim when a prophecy was brought forth to Odin that one of the children of Loki would cause devastation in the future. With this knowledge Odin ordered that they be removed from the enemy land of the giants while they were young; Jörmungandr was hurled into the sea by Odin, Odin had hoped that the ocean would destroy the serpent. Jörmungandr grew to be an extremely large serpent as he consumed the sea - he was so large that he could encircle the entire world. Jörmungandr is often thought of as the original ouroboros. Jörmungandr is considered the archenemy of Thor. Thor's hatred of the creature stems from a myth in which Thor and company visited the land of the giants - the gods came to the gates of a castle but could not open the gates. The bars were luckily widely spaced in the land of the giants, so they were able to slip in - the king of the castle was put off by their unexpected arrival and said to them if they wanted hospitality, they would have to complete three tasks. Lift the king's cat from the ground - Thor was incapable of completing the task, he was only capable of lifting a paw from the ground. The next task was to drink the entirety of the castle's drinking horn - Thor who normally could handle his drink was not capable of completing this task again. Thor was irate and demanded that he fight one of the king's fiercest warriors as the final task. The king stated he could fight the castle's nurse who was an old woman - he failed this task too. The king confessed to them that he had used magic to trick the gods: the cat was Jörmungandr who Thor nearly pulled from the ocean, the horn was linked to the ocean and Thor nearly drained the ocean, and the old woman was actually the personification of age which no one has ever beaten. Thor was angered by this and went to swing at the king, but the king and his castle disappeared; from then on the king and Jörmungandr were considered enemies of Thor. Some believe this king was Loki in disguise who was attempting to free his son from his confinement. In one myth recounted in Prose Edda, Thor fishes for the serpent and fails to pull him up and kill him. During Ragnarök all three of Loki's children would join the chaos and battle against the gods - Jörmungandr would be killed by Thor at this battle, but Thor is thought to have died from one of Jörmungandr's poisonous bite. IN MY OPINION Jörmungandr in a chart can symbolize a) unknown and unexpected transformation, b) where you are large than most things, c) where people constantly try to end you, d) your connection to the ocean, and/or e) how banishment changes you.

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

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: loke (4862), odin (3989), wodan (2155), donar (2176), thora (299), hela (699), and hel (949).

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Can you interpret asteroid Iduna (176)? Thank you.

idun, goddess of youth (asteroid 176)

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Idun - also written as Idunn and Iduna - is the goddess of spring, youth, and rejuvenation. She is commonly referred to as Bragi's wife. Idun is the keeper of the "apple (similar to the garden of Eden in the Christian Bible - we love the smell of appropriation, no? yes, well we can find her myth (pre-Christianity) in the poem "Haustlöng" from the Prose Edda - modern day we consider Idun's fruit an apple but it may have been another or similarly fruit in general) of immortality” which is thought to keep the gods young (Ambrosia, is that you?) in Norse mythology. She is thought to carry this apple in an ash wood box called an eski. A popular myth in which she plays a bigger role is one in which Odin, Hoeing, and Loki were traveling in the mountains of Asgard. During this trip the gods tried to cook oxen meat on a fire but found that the meat would not heat. An eagle revealed itself to be the source of this issue - it had been using magic to prevent them from eating as it too wanted a meal. When the gods finally allowed the eagle to eat with them, Loki tried to strike it but the eagle grabbed hold of him and took him far away. Loki learned that the eagle was a giant named Thjazi - the giant had a new demand that the goddess that created the gods' youth be brought to him in exchange for Loki's life. Loki quickly agreed and was returned to the group. When the gods returned home, Loki soon lured Idun into the forest where the eagle would be and sure enough Thjazi grabbed her and took her to Jotunheimr (the home of the giants). Immediately, the gods began to age and became upset that they're precious Idun was missing. Since Loki was the last god to be seen with her they threatened him into telling them what had occurred. Loki was quickly released and lent a cloak from Freya then sent off to retrieve the stolen goddess. Loki flew to the land of the giants and when he found her alone in the Thjazi's hall he transformed her into a nut and carried her home. Thjazi soon discovered the goddess missing and saw Loki fleeing towards Asgard - he pursued the trickster. When the gods saw the two approaching they set a large fire around the gates of Asgard - while Loki just made it, Thjazi was not so lucky. Thjazi in his eagle form burned to a crisp at the doorway to Asgards and Idun was welcomed home as she returned youth to the gods. IN MY OPINION Iduna in your chart can represent a) where you can find a more youth version of yourself or revisit your youth, b) where you are wanted for you gifts/talents, c) where you are gullible (especially if iduna aspects mercury or loke), and/or d) where you are always welcomed with open arms.

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

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: loke (4862), brage (4572), odin (3989), and wodan (2155)!

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Hi, I'm new at learning about asteroids and I stumbled across this one : Frigg (77).

I heard it's related to how your partner treats you or loves you, relationship related things.

Mine's in Libra in the twelfth house sextile Mercury, any idea what it could mean?

frigg, goddess of fertility and motherhood (asteroid 77)

frigg and freya are often confused between one another (i believe it was proto-germanic language that cause the distinction between the two to be so confusing and caused the two to merge in myth) people tend to argue one has dominance over the domains of love, fertility, friday, etc. to keep it straight, I PERSONALLY, will state that on my page frigg will be the mother (her husband, odin, is the all father), friday, and dedication (wifely and sexually conservative) meanwhile freya will be beauty, love (often more sexually indulgent), and war. and both will be representations of fertility and divination. i believe you are describing more so freya (76) than frigg (77). let me know in the comments if you still feel interested in understanding your placement after reading frigg's myth and my interpretation. if you are interested in a freya post please use my "ask me anything" button and request her!

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on to the myth of frigg.

Frigg is Odin's wife and the queen of the Aesir. There are very few primary sources that define her characteristics or her status beyond her relationship to her husband and children. The worship of Frigg was namely fertility, marriage, home, wisdom, and most things wife-related (again, i would like to blame christianity for rewriting myths because Frigg likely was much more than just a wife and homemaker but there is such little to go off of now aside from someone who has grown up in the culture (which i am not that someone)). The few sources she appears in present her as a pacifist and gentle woman. In "Lokasenna", Loki says terrible things about Frigg and Freya tells Loki to stop because Frigg has the ability to use seidr on him. Seidr is the power to work with fate in the universe and change it. In the Norse tradition, this is a facet of magic associated with a völva - a partially closed practice of witchcraft (you need to be devoted and trained by another pre-existing völva). Frigg's gifts are seen as powerful: shape changing, fate spinning (she is even referred to as The Spinner), prophecy, rune casting, etc. and she never appears to use them to cause harm. Her power is most prevalently seen in Prose Edda in which she does everything in her power to protect Baldur. She made fire, water, earth, trees, sickness, animals, venom, metal, etc. swear to not harm Baldur. Of course, Loki found a loophole in all this. Upon his death, Frigg convinces Hermod to travel to Hel and bring Baldur back - sadly, Hel did not allow it. IN MY OPINION Frigga in your chart represents a) your relationship with your family unit and who you would do anything for, b) where you use your powers in a caring manner, c) where you can change your fate, and d) where you have the power to make others respect your wishes and fulfill their promises.

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

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: loke (4862), odin (3989), wodan (2155), baldur (4059), freia (76), hel (949), hela (699), and hermod (2630)!

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