androgeos, the competitive (asteroid 5027)
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Son of King Minos and Pasiphae, Androgeus was the brother of Ariadne. He was one of the competitors of the first Panathenaic Games, famously known for its athletics/cultural events. It is Androgeus's death that is most interesting - in some versions, he his killed during the games by his rivals, but in others, he is sent by King Aegeus to confront the Marathonian Bull. In the bull version, he is ran though with one of the bull's horns and bleeds out. Whether he is murderer by his competition or a raging bull, Androgeus's death is blamed on the Athenians - Minos sends an army and a naval fleet to avenge his son. When the Athenians begin to lose to the Cretes, they consult an oracle who tells them to pay tribute to Crete. Every year hence, the Athens sent seven men and seven women to Minos who then sent these people into the labyrinth to face the Minotaur. IN MY OPINION Androgeos in your chart can represent a) how you represent your country / nationalism, b) what/who is out to get you, c) how others avenge you, and/or d) where terrible things that happen to you is just the inciting incident for worse things to come.
i encourage you to look into the aspects of androgeos along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of androgeos AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede androgeos!
OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: ariadne (43) and minos (6239)!
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