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Attila
J. Lee Lehman associates this asteroid, as well as the asteroids Pallas and Minerva,
with “interest or ability in areas which combine the functioning of the mind and the
body.” Athene, in contrast with Pallas and Minerva, indicates more interest in being
competent than in being right (Pallas) or accomplished (Minerva).
Sources:
Kowal, Charles T. Asteroids: Their Nature and Utilization. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Ellis
Horwood Limited, 1988.
Lehman, J. Lee. The Ultimate Asteroid Book. West Chester, PA: Whitford Press, 1988.
Room, Adrian. Dictionary of Astronomical Names. London: Routledge, 1988.
Schwartz, Jacob. Asteroid Name Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.
ATLANTIS
Atlantis, asteroid 1,198 (the 1198th asteroid to be discovered, on September 7, 1931),
is approximately 2.8 kilometers in diameter and has an orbital period of 3.4 years.
Atlantis was named after a mythological continent, said by Plato to have existed in
the Atlantic Ocean, that was destroyed by cataclysmic earthquakes. According to
Martha Lang-Wescott, the location of Atlantis indicates where one experiences a
sense of imminent doom, as well as a willingness to “pay for” real or imagined errors or
unworthiness from the past. This asteroid’s key words are “expiation” and “ethics.”
Jacob Schwartz adds “the use of karma to rationalize events” to the astrological significance
of Atlantis.
Sources:
Lang-Wescott, Martha. Asteroids-Mechanics: Ephemerides II. Conway, MA: Treehouse Mountain,
1990.
———. Mechanics of the Future: Asteroids. Rev. ed. Conway, MA: Treehouse Mountain, 1991.
Schwartz, Jacob. Asteroid Name Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.
ATTILA
Attila, asteroid 1489 (the 1,489th asteroid to be discovered, on April 12, 1939), is
approximately 15 kilometers in diameter and has an orbital period of 5.7 years. Attila
was named after the West’s most famous barbarian, Attila the Hun. J. Lee Lehman
associates this asteroid with power and dominance issues. Attila, she says, “signifies
the fighter. The Attila type does not retire gracefully.” Jacob Schwartz gives the astrological
significance of this asteroid as “active dominance to get what one wants even
fighting when it is unnecessary.”
Sources:
Kowal, Charles T. Asteroids: Their Nature and Utilization. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Ellis
Horwood Limited, 1988.
Lehman, J. Lee. The Ultimate Asteroid Book. West Chester, PA: Whitford Press, 1988.
Schwartz, Jacob. Asteroid Name Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.
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