Hi ! Can you tell me about lameia if you can please? I heard that is the Greek version of lilith so I wondered if they have the same effects in a chart, thank u have a great day/night!😊💫
lamia, the devourer (asteroid 248)
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Lamia was the daughter of Belus (some say she was the daughter of Poseidon) and Lybie - both were Egyptian rulers at the time. The Classical Antiquity poet, Aristophanes, states that Lamia was a queen of Libya who captivated Zeus. Hera was not at all pleased with this coupling so she aimed to ruin Lamia. Every time that Lamia had a child, Hera arranged for the child to be killed either at Lamia's hands or someone else's. As one could imagine, Lamia started to get paranoid, unhinged, and desperate - so she started stealing babies from others... and eating them (i did say unhinged). To stop this, Zeus had Lamia pluck out her own eyes (in some versions it is Lamia who tries to pluck out her eyes and fails to do so) - Hera however cursed her with sleeplessness (it is speculated that this curse was to see future events - Lamia would be plagued with the worst of the visions often seeing the death of her children or other children around her) and convinced her to keep her eyes in a jar. Sleepless, deranged, and desperate Lamia became a troubling creature who stalked the night. Many people at the time made her into the equalivent of "the boogeyman" - telling their children that Lamia would eat them if they were bad. IN MY OPINION Lameia in your chart can represent a) where you have a fall from grace, b) where other people make you do terrible things, c) where you are desperate, d) your reputation with children, e) where you have visions of terrible things, f) insomnia, and/or g) why/where others fear you.
i encourage you to look into the aspects of lameia along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of lameia AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede lameia!
OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: zeus (5731 / h42), hera (103), and aristophanes (2934)!
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