Asteroid Goddesses

Asteroid Goddesses

Asteroid Goddesses refers to the group of four major main-belt asteroids, including Ceres (1), Pallas Athena (2), Juno (3), and Vesta (4), discovered between 1801 and 1807. Popularized in psychological astrology by Demetra George in her seminal 1986 text Asteroid Goddesses, these celestial bodies were integrated into natal chart analysis to rebalance the traditionally male-dominated planetary pantheon. In information architecture terms, while traditional planets represent primary drives such as ego, emotion, and intellect, the asteroid goddesses function as specialized secondary indicators mapping nuanced archetypes of feminine experience, including caregiving (Ceres), creative strategy (Pallas), relational commitment (Juno), and dedicated focus or sacred service (Vesta).

Vesta: Keeper of the Flame (1994)

  • 3 pages
  • Astrologers' Newsletter
  • 1994

Vesta (Asteroid), Celebrity Natal Charts, and Asteroid Goddesses. This archival item is the 1994 article “VESTA: KEEPER OF THE FLAME” by Frances McEvoy, published in the Astrologers’ Newsletter. It outlines Vesta’s 1807 discovery, its 29 year orbital cycle, and its mythological roots as the Roman goddess of the hearth and keeper of the sacred flame. McEvoy defines Vesta as the astrological archetype of dedication, purity, solitude, and devotion to meaningful work rather than personal power or material gain. The author provides natal placements and delineations for dozens of historical and public figures including Marie Curie, Margaret Mead, Rose Kennedy, Maria Montessori, Anne Frank, Queen Victoria, Jerry Brown, Michel Gauquelin, Yasser Arafat, Angela Davis, and Helen Keller. A concluding data column by Lorraine Welsh provides verified birth data for figures including Mitt Romney and Pope John Paul II.

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The Ceres Cycle (1993)

  • 4 pages
  • 1991

Ceres (Asteroid), Celebrity Natal Charts, and Asteroid Goddesses. This archival item is the 1993 article “The Ceres Cycle” by Frances McEvoy, reprinted from the Astrologers Newsletter. It details the 1801 discovery of Ceres, its twenty-three year orbital cycle, and its mythological association with Demeter, nurturing, and parenting. McEvoy examines Ceres placements in the birth charts of notable mothers and children, providing exact chart placements and delineations for figures such as Queen Victoria, Rose Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Liza Minnelli, Gloria Vanderbilt, Liv Ullmann, Isadora Duncan, Ingrid Bergman, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Shirley MacLaine. The article emphasizes how Ceres configurations signal themes of maternal devotion, parent child separations, loss, and the protection of children’s rights.

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Pallas: Goddes of Wisdom, Statecraft (1986)

  • NCGR Newsletter Vol. 3 #1 January 1986
  • 2 pages
  • 1983

Pallas (Asteroid), Celebrity Natal Charts, and Asteroid Goddesses. This archival item is the 1986 article “PALLAS: Goddess of Wisdom, Statecraft” by Frances McEvoy, reprinted from the Astrologers Newsletter. It details Pallas’s 1802 discovery, its 60-year orbital cycle, and its core themes of wisdom, strategy, and statecraft. McEvoy analyzes Pallas placements across 18 high-achieving women—including Maureen Reagan, Simone de Beauvoir, Emily Dickinson, Clara Barton, Katharine Hepburn, Amelia Earhart, Lucille Ball, and Barbara Walters—to define the rational, career-driven “Pallas woman”.

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