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asteroid was named after the merchant guild that gave its name to the Hanseatic
League. Hansa shows mercantile ability, particularly in associations with others.
Sources:
Kowal, Charles T. Asteroids: Their Nature and Utilization. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Ellis
Horwood Limited, 1988.
Room, Adrian. Dictionary of Astronomical Names. London: Routledge, 1988.
Schwartz, Jacob. Asteroid Name Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.
Harmonic Astrology
HARD ASPECTS
Hard aspects are aspects that present a native with challenges—squares, oppositions,
semisquares, and the like. Hard aspects is the preferred contemporary term for the
aspects that were traditionally termed malefic aspects (malefic dropping out of usage
because of its negative connotations).
HARMONIA
Harmonia, asteroid 40 (the 40th asteroid to be discovered, on March 31, 1856), is
approximately 116 kilometers in diameter and has an orbital period of 3.4 years. Harmonia
was named after the Greek daughter of Aries (Mars) and Aphrodite (Venus). J. Lee
Lehman associates this asteroid with musical as well as social harmony. Jacob Schwartz
gives the astrological significance of Harmonia as “balance between forces, singing.”
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.
HARMONIC ASTROLOGY
Harmonic astrology is the term used for a system of astrological analysis developed by
British astrologer John Addey in the 1960s and 1970s. Many of the concepts used in
harmonic astrology have roots going back hundreds of years. Johannes Kepler developed
a theory of aspects and planetary relationships that closely mirrors many of
Addey’s ideas, and some of the varga charts used in Vedic astrology are equivalent to
the harmonic charts used by Addey and other harmonic astrologers. However, Addey
formulated many ideas that go beyond the scope of what had been developed before,
and he supported his ideas with a great amount of research.
In harmonic astrology an aspect is viewed as a fraction of a circle. For example,
a trine aspect of 120° is 1 ⁄ 3 of a circle, a square is 1 ⁄ 4 of a circle, a sextile is 1 ⁄ 6 of a circle,
a quincunx is 5 ⁄ 12 , and so on.
According to the theory of harmonic astrologer, aspects with the same denominator
have a great deal in common. For example, a 1 ⁄ 7 aspect, a 2 ⁄ 7 aspect, and a 3 ⁄ 7
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