Juno is another ex-planet. Juno is asteroid #3 and contains about one percent of the mass of the Asteroid Belt, although Juno has only about three percent of the mass of Ceres. Juno is also the second-most massive stony asteroid. This gives a good impression about the dimensions in the Asteroid Belt.

Juno is named after the Roman goddess Juno, who is the wife of Jupiter. She seems to differ from her Greek counterpart Hera, who is always jealously after her husbands lovers and offspring. Juno seems to be quite chill about all that. Juno is probably what the ancient Romans had seen as a perfect wife and only because of this accepted as the wife of their highest god. But this is disputed, especially by people, who don’t make the necessary distinction between the Greek mythology (for which the Romans used Roman names) and the Roman mythology.

The astrological relevance and meaning of Juno is much disputed. As Jupiter’s wife and the goddess of marriage is Juno often seen as an indicator for a perfect partner. Some say that planet Venus shows what you want and ex-planet Juno shows what you get or what you need. What you get or what you need are already two different points of view. For the Magi School of Astrology represents Juno a sex buddy. Juno is for them one of the sexual planets, which the Magi School of Astrology uses to determine sexual activity. Juno as the partner of Jupiter can, more commonly accepted, indicate a good match/ catch, when interacting with Jupiter. I can’t confirm any of this because I never had a relationship, where Juno could have played a role. But I had once searched the internet for reports of such. Hence the most reasonable view of Juno seems to be that she transforms a relationship. A Juno-based relationship comprises usually a lot of sex, results in a marriage, and ends finally as the stereotypical relationship of a sexless married couple. It is somehow the opposite of the christian ideal, but common enough for becoming a stereotype.