(407) Arachne, ability to direct personal resources and abilities toward a positive aim

(407) Arachne is a main belt asteroid (middle zone I) discovered in October of 1895. It was spotted without being identified in October of 1950.

It has a perihelion of 2.44 AU and an aphelion of 2.80 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.62 AU. It has an orbital period of 4 years and 92 days. It has an inclination of 7.5º. It has a diameter of about 95 km.

It has the following orbital resonances:

Semi-major axis:
4:17 with Earth-Moon (99.9)
13:12 with Ceres (%100.0)
13:12 with Pallas (99.8)
3:2 with Cybele (99.5)

Perihelion:
8:7 with Juno (99.9)
9:8 with Eunomia (%100.0)
7:5 with Interamnia (%100.0)
5:3 with Cybele (99.7)

Aphelion:
2:5 with Mars (%100.0)
6:5 with Davida (99.7)

 

 

Greek mythology

 

Arachne was the daughter of Idmon of Colophon, a dyer who dyed wool with the purple of Tire. She lived in Hipepa, where she had her workshop. Her ability to knit and embroider was extraordinary, but the praise she received ended going up to the head of the young woman, to the point of affirming that her abilities were superior to those of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war, and also of crafts. The goddess was angry, but gave the young Arachne a chance to redeem herself:

 

Athena assumed the form of an old woman and warned Arachne not to offend the gods. The mortal scoffed and proposed a weaving contest in which she could prove her superiority. Athena took off her disguise and the contest began. Athena wove the scene of her victory over Poseidon, which inspired the citizens of Athens to name the city in her honor. The Arachne tapestry, on the other hand, represented twenty-two episodes of infidelities of Zeus to Hera with Leda, Europa, Danae and others, in which he participated disguised as different animals. 

 

At first, Athena recognized that the young woman's dexterity had been perfect, but then she realized how disrespectful the subject she had chosen had been. Her anger led her to destroy the tapestry and turn Arachne into a spider.

 

The asteroid Arachne is related with the ability to direct resources and personal skills towards a positive and beneficial aim.

 

"The Healer" (2016)

 

Camilla Luddington, actress of the movie "The Healer" (2016), has Arachne in Capricorn (6th Moon-Node House), in trine/sextile with the Crossing Axis of Age Progressions (Horoscope of signs) in Taurus/Scorpio.

 

Oliver Jackson-Cohen, actor of the movie "The Healer" (2016), has Arachne in Libra (7th Moon-Node House), near the Crossing Point of Age Progressions (Signs Horoscope), in square with Neptune in Capricorn (4th Moon-Node House); and in opposition to Vesta in Aries (1st Moon-Node House).

 

James Frecheville, actor of the movie "I.T." (2016), has Arachne in Libra (4th Moon-Node House), in sextile with Jupiter in Leo (6th Moon-Node House), which is in opposition to Saturn; and in (cuadra)novile@160º[2] with the Sun in aries (10th Moon-Node House, cusp), which is in conjunction with Mercury.