morpheus, god of dreams and sleep (asteroid 4197)
i feel it is time to talk about the god of dreams given that completely odd tv adaptation of him on the netflix show the sandman. morpheus is one of my deities so i feel compelled to clear some things up.
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so who is morpheus?
Morpheus is the son of Hypnos, the god of sleep, and grandchild of Nyx, the goddess of the night - sometimes Morpheus is Nyx's son asexually created. Morpheus is thought to be in control of the human-like beings in a dream. These beings are called the morphai. While the dreamscape and objects in a dream are not his at all but his brothers' - Phobetor (sometimes referred to as Icelus - the ruler of objects in a dream) and Phantasus (the ruler of the dreamscape). Morpheus did rule over his brothers, but he was not the one who decided who dreamt of what - he answered to Iris. Iris is the messenger goddess of the gods, who delivered to Morpheus what the gods wanted the humans to know or see in dreams. The first written appearance of Morpheus in mythology appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses. In Ovid's depiction, he is a sleep demon who takes on the form of the characters within your dreams. It is believed that Morpheus slept in a cave filled with poppies allowing for uninterrupted sleep - yes, the word morphine comes from this god. IN MY OPINION Morpheus in your chart represents a) where you find yourself dreaming, b) the type of dreams you tend to have, c) where you make dreams into reality, d) how active a dreamer you are, and/or e) how deep of sleeper you are/whether you sleep well or not.
i encourage you to look into the aspects of morpheus along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of morpheus AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede morpheus!
OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: nyx (3908), hypnos (14827), iris (7), and ovidius (2800)!
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