psyche, goddess of the soul (asteroid 16)
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Psyche was a mere mortal who had Aphrodite's jealousy and Eros's love. Out of jealousy, Aphrodite told Eros to make Psyche fall in love with a horrible man. Instead, he took her far, far away so they could live and love each other in secret. Eros and Psyche were married but the strange thing was that Eros made sure Psyche never saw what he looked like. She didn’t mind because she had a fulfilling love life at night and all the luxuries she could ever wish for during the day (Beauty and the Beast shit lol). It was her jealous sisters that urged her to look at her husband’s face - planting the idea in her mind that the man she married may be a hideous monster. Which led to Psyche lighting a candle to see his face that night while he slept. She was transfixed by his beauty so much so that she didn’t notice that the wax was melting. A drop hit Eros’s back - he was enraged so he left. Aphrodite was pleased with herself because Psyche came to her begging for her help. Aphrodite gave her four impossible tasks to complete: sorting a giant pile of grain (pismires helped her sort (Cinderella vibes)), gather wool from the sheep that eats man (a reed her how to complete the task), fill a vessel with water from the Styx and Cocytus (these rivers are toxic to mortals - an eagle helped her), and to get a box from Persephone (easily done). But the box supposedly had something in it that would make a person more beautiful and that made her curious because of what it could do for her. She opened it (just as Aphrodite wanted) only to fall into a deep sleep. Zeus learned of this and demanded that she be fed ambrosia and nectar so that she would survive this terrible thing that Aphrodite manipulated her into - she became immortal and Eros declared his love for her all over again. IN MY OPINION Psyche can represent a) what kind of people you place blind trust in, b) why people get jealous of you, c) what area in life people easily manipulate you, and/or d) how people can favor you.
i encourage you to look into the aspects of psyche along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of psyche AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede psyche!
OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: eros (433), aphrodite (1388), zeus (5731 / h42), and ambrosia (193)!
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