I might also mention that both Manilius and Valens assign tutelary deities to signs of the zodiac. These do not seem to be rulers/domiciles in our current sense. For example, Valens (I: 2) says that Gemini is "the house [i.e., sign] of Mercury" but also that "The gods Apollo, Hercules, Vulcan, Juno, and Saturn are associated with it." The gods of Capricorn are "Venus, the moon, Ceres, and Mercury."

I?ve done a little digging and found this link

http://cura.free.fr/decem/10kengil.html

to an article by Ken Gillman. I don?t vouch for its accuracy, but it?s very interesting and precisely addresses the issues introduced above. To me, Mr. Gillman?s humble tone, especially at the end, and the fact that he raises and leaves open many interesting questions, distinguish his thinking.

It seems to me that some of the concepts, archetypes, mythemes, or Platonic forms that are associated with various ancient Gods don?t neatly fit into individual signs or constellations. That is what makes this subject interesting.

Phil

Thanks for the link

Very interesting ariticle