Asteroid 2929 Harris was discovered on January 24, 1980 by Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa unit of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. It has a period of 5 years,185 days, and was named for astronomer Alan W. Harris.
However, the influence of asteroid Harris seems to have a lot to do with the deeds(proven or alleged) of three people prominent in the annals of American crime: accused Symbionese Liberation Army terrorists William Harris and Emily Harris, who were once married to each other,
William and Emily Harris
and Eric Harris, who with Dylan Klebold perpetrated the April 20,1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.
Eric Harris
Houston was nicknamed "Murdertown USA" in the 1950s due to its high violent-crime rate. Currently it is the home of such icons of conservatism(or reaction) as George Bush and Tom DeLay. It is located in Harris County, which is named for early Anglo settler John Harris. Harris County sends more people to death row than almost any other county in the United States. One could have been woman named Andrea Yates who attempted to lead a Christian-fundamentalist stay-at-home-mom lifestyle, having no life outside her five children while her husband Russell served as sole breadwinner; she was tried in Houston for drowning her children in the bathtub, found guilty but mentally ill, and sentenced to life in the criminally insane unit of the Texas state mental hospital at Rusk. The prosecutors, who misguidedly refused to take the death penalty off the table, did not push hard for it during closing arguments, but wish they could have gotten it; they either refuse or are unable to see the moral poverty of their stance. Littleton is also known for its conservatism and religiosity.
Which is to say that asteroid Harris has to do with reaction, conservatism, violence, homicidal insanity, and how one reacts when one is pushed too far, through persecution or just plain imposition. Harris may also serve as a personal-name asteroid for those with that name.
Eric Harris had asteroid Harris in the seventh house of open enemies and conflict, vigintile the Moon(the public, emotions), square Mercury(school, the media), tredecile Venus(values, indignation, teenagers), square Jupiter(the law, religion, philosophy), quintundecimal Ceres(family), vigintile the East Point(how the world sees you), decile the Part of Fortune(unfoldment of the life), septile the Black Moon(wildness, shocking behavior), square the Midheaven(reputation), decile Nessus(the predator), conjunct Varuna(judgment, grandness), sextile McAuliffe(a liability), quincunx Pittsburghia(inner depths, serious as a heart attack), contraparallel Ramirez(invasion by evil, frenzied murder), and sextile Tutenchamun(bringing the marginalized to prominence).
His partner in crime Dylan Klebold had Harris in the tenth house of reputation, sextile Saturn(the rules, careful planning, hard work), quadraundecimal Neptune(delusion), quintile Pluto(trauma, unforgettable things, criminality, insanity, society's dregs, things that develop slowly and secretly over a long period of time), nonile Ceres(family), biquintile the Part of Fortune(unfoldment of the life), tredecile the Black Moon(wildness, surprises), square Juno(the rage of the powerless), semisextile Don Quixote(to take on the system and lose), square Chariklo(glamor, need to keep perspective), and square McAuliffe(a liability).
Mel Gibson, who is noted for his conservative beliefs and has made a career out of portraying men pushed to the limit(e.g.,Mad Max, Fletcher Christian, the medieval Scottish rebel William Wallace), has Harris in the sixth house of work, conjunct the Galactic Center, and also vigintile the Sun(to shine), biquintile Uranus(rebellion, nonconformity), nonile Chiron(the maverick), opposite the East Point(how the world sees you), conjunct Juno(marriage), square the Midheaven(career, reputation); contraparallel Hylonome(popularity), Fisher(looking for something), and Hatshepsut(women in authority); square Don Quixote(to go against the establishment), quintile Lilith(reluctant acceptance), sextile Varuna(that which is immense), and conjunct Volta(to electrify).
Jim Jones, of Jonestown infamy, had Harris vigintile the Sun, decile Mercury, biundecimal Mars(aggression, violence), decile Jupiter(foreign countries, religion), quindecile the Part of Fortune, parallel Ceres(family, nurturance), undecimal Chariklo, and contraparallel Pholus(ceremony, honor, infiltration, to win over) and Hatshepsut.
Joseph McCarthy, who with his campaign of lies and persecution did possibly more harm to his cause of anti-communism than the Soviets' propaganda machine ever did, had Harris in the first house, sextile Neptune(paranoia, delusion, conspiracy theories), nonile Pluto(abuse of power), quindecile Ceres, parallel the Vertex(ideal relationship), square Chiron, parallel Pallas(politics), parallel Vesta(dedication), undecimal the Ascendant(personal interests), square Don Quixote, square Hylonome, square McAuliffe, quintile Pinocchio(lies), and contraparallel Tutenchamun(to make those beneath those above and vice versa).
Rodney King, whose brutal beating at the hands of Los Angeles police officers led to the deadly 1992 race riots in that city and helped ruin its police department's once-storied image, has Harris in the third house of the media, on the IC(and therefore opposite the Midheaven); also, square the Moon, septile Mars, septile Uranus, trine Neptune, trine Chiron(hard lessons taught), quindecile Juno, opposite the Black Moon, parallel Hylonome, square Lilith(racism, poverty, repressed rage erupting), parallel Phaethon(out of control), quincunx Pholus, quincunx Hatshepsut(females in authority, like U.S.Representative Maxine Waters, in whose district much of the rioting occurred), square McAuliffe, and opposite Valentine(to want love["Can't we just get along?]).
Harvey Milk was assassinated, along with San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, by a former San Francisco county supervisor he'd defeated to become America's first openly gay elected politician; as a result of the tragic double assassination, Dianne Feinstein, the mayor pro tem, became mayor, and the assassin, Dan White, while acquitted of the murders, eventually killed himself. Milk had Harris in the second house of values, decile the Sun, undecimal Pallas, binonile Juno, quintile Ceres(nurturance), sesquiquadrate the Part of Fortune, sextile the Ascendant, parallel Hylonome, conjunct Asbolus(awful things, good advice rejected and bad advice followed), conjunct Lilith(the marginalized, having to accept something), conjunct Nessus, quincunx Hatshepsut, square Lacrimosa(tears and mourning), sextile Pinocchio, parallel Simpson(to get away with something temporarily), and parallel Valentine.
The glyph for Harris is mine and is derived from the Symbionese Liberation Army logo, a seven-headed rattlesnake; this snake, though, only has two heads, suggesting the expression "beside oneself."