Spica the main fixed star in the Virgo constellation, one of the 4 royal stars.

Virgo was often drawn with a staff or rod in her right hand and an ear of wheat in her left hand. Virgo is thought to represent Erigone who on finding her father Icarius (Bootes) dead, hanged herself in grief and was raised to heaven for her piety.
The Greek word for virgin is parthenos, and Virgo had the title ParthenosDios, the Virgin Goddess; parthenic, ‘of the nature of a virgin’, Parthenon, the name of the temple of the virgin goddess Athena on the Acropolis at Athens. Parthenogenesis means reproduction without fertilization, from Modern Latin, literally ‘birth from a virgin’, the word is sometimes also used to describe reproduction modes in hermaphroditic species which can self-fertilize.
https://www.constellationsofwords.com/virgo/

Transits to Spica are related to women's rights and it comes up invariably when the movement is in the news or important developments happen.

Let's go back in time here.


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The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen

The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne), also known as the Declaration of the Rights of Woman, was written on 14 September 1791 by French activist, feminist, and playwright Olympe de Gouges in response to the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
We find the asteroids Olympia conjunct Chiron in the T-Square and Olympiada conjunct the Sun.
So clearly, she has a stamp on this Declaration.
By publishing this document on 15 September, de Gouges hoped to expose the failures of the French Revolution in the recognition of gender equality. As a result of her writings (including the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen), de Gouges was accused, tried and convicted of treason, resulting in her immediate execution, along with the Girondists.

The Declaration of the Rights of Woman is significant because it brought attention to a set of what would later be known as feminist concerns that collectively reflected and influenced the aims of many French Revolutionaries and other contemporaries.
Wikipedia
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Roe vs Wade
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It was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution's 14th Amendment of the United States generally protected the right of an individual to choose to end their pregnancy prior to viability. The decision struck down many abortion laws, and caused an ongoing abortion debate in the United States about whether, or to what extent, abortion should be legal, who should decide the legality of abortion, and what the role of moral and religious views in the political sphere should be. The decision also shaped debate concerning which methods the Supreme Court should use in constitutional adjudication.

The chart shows an Octolinear Kite (an opposition linked by 2 semi-squares and 2 sesqui-quadrates) with Spica. The focus is on the 8th Harmonic showing a struggle and intense liberation of energy in relationship to the needs of others with the opposition Neptune/Kronos. The power (Kronos) opening up to the unknown (Neptune). At the same time, a revolution (Uranus) in the midpoint Cupido (associations)/Poseidon (cultural and moral worldview) and Jupiter (spreaded throughout the whole country).
This Kite was a very powerful and liberating statement for women.



#MeToo Movement

In 2006, activist Tarana Burke coined the term "MeToo"
In the chart of Tarana Burke, a Virgo with Spica in the midpoint of the quadruple conjunction Uranus, Poseidon, Cupido and Venus in Libra in opposition to Chiron in Aries. A healer.

It gained widespread attention in 2017 when actress Alyssa Milano urged victims of sexual harassment and assault to share their stories on social media.
#metoo became viral in Oct, 15 2017 with 12 million responses on social media in 24 hours and it became viral in 85 countries in the world. A revolution 'en marche'.

Here we find an 'Harmonic Kite'
SU/ME conjunct Spica with Zeus approaching in opposition to Eris/Uranus. And a Grand Trine in Fire signs.
The Element Fire (a vision) is accentuated in this configuration and spreaded by the Sun/Mercury in Air (sense of organization).

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Roe vs Wade overturned

The more recent chapter shows a different picture with Zeus right on Spica and it will be there roughly until 2030. And a T-Square between Eris/Zeus and Pluto.

Anna Sanchez in her paper 'Zeus in Uranian Astrology' best explain the energy of Zeus
"This is the powder keg that holds all the seeds that generates procreation from the ethers into tangible creation. The artists, writers, inventors of the world have very active axis points that are most likely shared with Venus, Mars and or the Meridian. Zeus represents the instant of creation as much as the Meridian represents the minute of an event."
And
"Witte spent a great deal of time on the Russian front trying to perfect the formula for firing a gun, or shooting. He was very invested in working out the energy of Zeus since he know that when paired with Mars there would either be a creation or gunfire. Since then technology has advanced a great deal. In my work I have seen Zeus apply during periods of radiation for people, arguments, laser surgeries and even a few home inventions.'
And the symbolism here carries itself in the ban on abortion for 'Zeus carries an element of wild card when unharnessed' and Eris conjunct Mars is the concept of dissension and conflict with the breakdown of social cohesion.
On the website of AstroGraph.com, he says that 'Eris is the feminine Warrior for Soul purpose. Before being officially named Eris it was called Xena and the name Persephone was considered. He also says it is the archetypal image of militant feminism that does not shrink from violence and is willing to make a stand for what one believes is right against a patriarchal society."
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To sum up, we need to keep an eye on the opposition Eris/Zeus in the axis of Spica as they are both stationary for a couple of years on this degree to see how abortion in U.S.A will unfold as Spica seems to be the guardian of women's rights. And Chiron (the healer again) is approaching Eris, another chapter is coming up.

Ouranos wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 1:29 pm

The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen

The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne), also known as the Declaration of the Rights of Woman, was written on 14 September 1791 by French activist, feminist, and playwright Olympe de Gouges in response to the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
We find the asteroids Olympia conjunct Chiron in the T-Square and Olympiada conjunct the Sun.
So clearly, she has a stamp on this Declaration.
By publishing this document on 15 September, de Gouges hoped to expose the failures of the French Revolution in the recognition of gender equality. As a result of her writings (including the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen), de Gouges was accused, tried and convicted of treason, resulting in her immediate execution, along with the Girondists.

The Declaration of the Rights of Woman is significant because it brought attention to a set of what would later be known as feminist concerns that collectively reflected and influenced the aims of many French Revolutionaries and other contemporaries.
Wikipedia
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Thanks for this, Ouranos. Very intriguing.

I appreciate the way you bring in the asteroids in the first section and show their connection to the author's name. I've never studied asteroids and their supposed meanings much but have delved here and there in looking at them specifically when it comes to names/naming of things. This interest began because in my own chart the asteroid that is my name "Jason" is conjunct my ASC ruler. Additionally, an asteroid that is my mother's surname, which also happens to be my middle name, is conjunct my MC (traditionally the house of the mother). I've seen other people use the asteroids in this way that is very very interesting, I think.

Regarding the chart you shared for this Declaration and the resultant trial and execution of Olympe de Gouges (how grim), I find it fascinating that Mercury (writings, declarations) is approaching Spica while being disposited by Venus in Scorpio (a sign opposite her own that is often associated with power but also treachery)- one could say there's something of a "poison pen" that's possible in this Mercury-Venus combination. Is it a pen in this Spica's hand?!

Venus is applying a square to its own dispositor: Mars in Leo (a royal, brutal sign). But royal Mars' influence doesn't end there, as we have the Moon applying to Saturn (in its fall) in Aries; two parties which don't tend to mix well, and in a very general sense could show the oppression/execution (Mars-Saturn) of emboldened women/ a woman (Moon).

In any case, a chart that features the feminine planets in Mars' signs seems very suitable for the "fighting for/against women's rights"

I'll look over the rest of the post once I'm home from work later. Glad to see you sharing in this way. Thanks again.

Ouranos wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 1:29 pm Spica the main fixed star in the Virgo constellation, one of the 4 royal stars.

If you're talking about the 4 Royal Stars of the Persians - Spica doesn't belong to them. The 4 Royal Stars are Aldebaran, Regulus, Antares and Fomalhaut.

However, Spica is certainly a very important fixed star in astrology. It has a visual magnitude of 0.97, i.e. ranked among the Top-20 of brightest stars viewed from earth (see Table in Wikipedia). Combine this with an ecliptical latitude of only 2.03° S (unfortunately not shown in the Table) meaning that Spica is placed well within the zodiac belt. The zodiac belt is the region where the main action in our astrological universe happens, as indicated by the planets travelling in proximity to the ecliptic.

Virgo was often drawn with a staff or rod in her right hand and an ear of wheat in her left hand. Virgo is thought to represent Erigone who on finding her father Icarius (Bootes) dead, hanged herself in grief and was raised to heaven for her piety.
The Greek word for virgin is parthenos, and Virgo had the title ParthenosDios, the Virgin Goddess; parthenic, ‘of the nature of a virgin’, Parthenon, the name of the temple of the virgin goddess Athena on the Acropolis at Athens. Parthenogenesis means reproduction without fertilization, from Modern Latin, literally ‘birth from a virgin’, the word is sometimes also used to describe reproduction modes in hermaphroditic species which can self-fertilize.
https://www.constellationsofwords.com/virgo/

Transits to Spica are related to women's rights and it comes up invariably when the movement is in the news or important developments happen.

I'm not sure about the suggested link between the concept of virginity - traditionally associated with Spica/Virgo - and modern feminism. Feminism seems more about living out sexual fantasies w/ impunity (abortion) than retaining purity.

Jason,

Thank you. I recognize your ability to combine interpretations with planets in motion.
Note that I have chosen to draw the charts for Noon, Sun on the MC like they do in financial chart incorporations.
The Houses are Topocentric.

Astrophilus,

Thank you for the correction on Spica.
Spica is the brightest star in the constellation of Virgo and it believed that this is the star that gave Hipparchus the data that led him to discover the precession of the equinoxes.

I'm not sure about the suggested link between the concept of virginity - traditionally associated with Spica/Virgo - and modern feminism. Feminism seems more about living out sexual fantasies w/ impunity (abortion) than retaining purity.

Linking sexual fantasies to impunity (abortion) is a gross statement and underlying that purity is linked to virginity is an oxymoron..
It simply shows women's evolution.
We just need to open up our eyes to why Spica shows up repeatedly in the timeline of woman's rights.

Ouranos

Ouranos wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 8:00 pm
Spica is the brightest star in the constellation of Virgo and it believed that this is the star that gave Hipparchus the data that led him to discover the precession of the equinoxes.

Yes, bright stars close to the ecliptic are most useful for that. Another thing one could mention is that Spica to this day is used as the fiducial star for the most popular Ayanamsha in the Sidereal Zodiac, Lahiri. This Ayanamsha equates Spica = 0° Libra (interestingly not Virgo, despite being the Alpha Virginis star).

Linking sexual fantasies to impunity (abortion) is a gross statement and underlying that purity is linked to virginity is an oxymoron..
It simply shows women's evolution.
We just need to open up our eyes to why Spica shows up repeatedly in the timeline of woman's rights.

If you take these events as signifying the opposite as to what Spica/Virgin traditionally signified (right for promiscuity vs. virginity before marriage), then I agree.

What is astrological feminism? What should a horoscope that symbolizes this energy look like?

If you take these events as signifying the opposite as to what Spica/Virgin traditionally signified (right for promiscuity vs. virginity before marriage), then I agree.

Right for promiscuity before marriage... Hem!
Your statement has nothing to do with astrology and out of context.
Women would say "That's none of your business. My body belongs to me"
And since you insist on traditional meaning, what would be the Fixed Star equal to Spica for men?

Ouranos wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 8:00 pm We just need to open up our eyes to why Spica shows up repeatedly in the timeline of woman's rights.

This wasn't addressed to me, but I'd like to point out that even though you only mentioned:

Ouranos wrote: Virgo is thought to represent Erigone...

There are other goddesses said to be associated with Virgo possibly. Namely, Astraea (who fled to heaven at the advent of the bronze age due to man's increasing lawlessness), and Justitia or Dike holding the scales of Libra.

And, Manilius had some interesting things to say about Virgo:

“At her rising Erigone, who reigned with justice over a bygone age and fled when it fell into sinful ways, bestows high eminence by bestowing supreme power; she will produce a man to direct the laws of the state and the sacred code; one who will tend with reverence the hallowed temples of the gods. [Astronomica, Manilius, 1st century AD, p.265]

The temperaments of those whose span of life she pronounces at their birth Erigone will direct to study, and she will train their minds in the learned arts. She will give not so much abundance of wealth as the impulse to investigate the causes and effects of things. On them she will confer a tongue which charms, the mastery of words, and that mental vision which can discern all things, however concealed they be by the mysterious workings of nature. From the Virgin will also come the stenographer [scriptor crit velox]: his letter represents a word, and by means of his symbols he can keep ahead of utterance and record in novel notation the long speech of a rapid speaker. But with the good there comes a flaw: bashfulness handicaps the early years of such persons, for the Maid, by holding back their great natural gifts, puts a bridle on their lips and restrains them by the curb of authority. And (small wonder in a virgin) her offspring is not fruitful. [Astronomica, Manilius, 1st century AD, p.237 and 239]

Virgo - Constellations of Words

Thank you for the reference to Manilius Jason.

In a lecture given in 1908, Rudolf Steiner said...
We may best orientate ourselves towards this question by considering that women have for some time sought to approach the time in human evolution when both sexes shall attain full equality. In so far women have stepped into the struggle for their rights.
“The eternal feminine draws us forward.” (the closing line of Goethe's Faust). The feminine is that element in the world which strives outward in order to be fructified by the eternal elements of life.
Can't remember in which of his lectures when he explained that in the process of materialization, men went deeper into the matter with their body while women stayed more on the spiritual side so to speak, which could explain the differences. Well one spiritual explanation by the great visionary he was.

A little more on the topic, this time from Diana K. Rosenberg's Secrets of the Ancient Skies Vol. 2:

(on Virgo; p.18) "This area of the sky was Sumerian Ab.sin, Akkadian Absinnu, "furrow," bringing to mind the very ancient springtime matings in the fields, sometimes involving sacred temple harlots, to ensure fertility; there are also ancient references to a maiden-goddess figure here, but her specific identity varies."

(on Spica; p.19) "Spica, at the ecliptic and brightest...was the "Star of Prosperity," but the Arabs called it the "Solitary, the Defenceless, the Unarmed One," possibly juxtaposing it with Arcturus of Bootes, who is often depicted as armed."

(on the symbolism of virgin goddesses p. 23) "A virgin personifies the soul in its state of primordial innocence and inviolable purity. An aspect of the Great Mother, she is the matrix, virgin earth, and in her dark aspect, prima materia, the manifest universe. As Virgin Mother, Queen of Heaven, she is the bearer of light and transforming power; her child is born of the spirit or of the will. Virgin goddesses are not necessarily "virgo intacta" (inexperienced sexually) but unwed, i.e. free, a rare condition for a female in ancient times, when all women were expected to wed and bear children."

(on Spica & Arcturus; p. 113-114) "Spica and Arcturus are the two brightest stars in the northern hemisphere; although 30° apart in declination, when projected onto the ecliptic they share the same longitude.; they marked the Autumnal Equinox of the 3rd century CE, at the dawn of the Age of Pisces. More royal, in a sense, than the royal stars, they offer leadership, prominence, honors, power, and extraordinary gifts; learning, religion and philosophy are usually important to those born under them (the old books say "ecclesiastical preferment"). The contrast between the Virgin's quest for peace and the guardian-Herdsman's "strong man" archetype is strong here; there is idealism, impassioned independence, an aggressive resourceful approach to life, a search for challenges and a fierce fighting instinct..."

Ouranos wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 8:46 pm Right for promiscuity before marriage... Hem!
Your statement has nothing to do with astrology and out of context.
Women would say "That's none of your business. My body belongs to me"

Gender equality and sexual freedom are modern ideas that would have been totally alien and inconceivable to astrologers prior to the 20th century. What some might interprete as progress and evolution, others see as decadence and downfall.

And since you insist on traditional meaning, what would be the Fixed Star equal to Spica for men?

It is you who is proclaiming Spica as a "feminist star" while using hypothetical Transneptunian Factors such as Kronos, Cupido, Poseidon and Zeus as proofs. These "bodies" were invented by Uranian astrologers in the 20th century and are not confirmed to actually exist in the sky. By implementing them into our practice we are leaving behind the grounds of observational astronomy and entering the realm of science fiction. Why not consider planet Tatooine from Star Wars then?

It is you who is proclaiming Spica as a "feminist star" while using hypothetical Transneptunian Factors such as Kronos, Cupido, Poseidon and Zeus as proofs.

Correction. Women's rights.

These "bodies" were invented by Uranian astrologers in the 20th century and are not confirmed to actually exist in the sky. By implementing them into our practice we are leaving behind the grounds of observational astronomy and entering the realm of science fiction. Why not consider planet Tatooine from Star Wars then?

You sound like a modern astronomer who has never studied astrology.