Rosanne
If you look at the astrological ceiling horoscope? in Florence you will see that it is based on Ptolemaic( expressly Almagest )
Looking from the top- you have Draco, Ursa Minor and Ursa Major.To the right is Cephaus,(The King of Ethiopia) followed by Cassiopeia(The vain Queen of Ethiopia), Perseus,(Greek Hero who slays Medusa) Auriga(The Charioteer sometimes son of Hermes) ending at Taurus.
Below Taurus is Orion(The Huntsman), below Orion is Eridanus(River:traditionally the River Po),below the River is Great dog where Sirius is.
Left of Taurus is Gemini, The sun, Cancer and Leo on the elliptic, going left.
Below Gemini is Canis Minor(cat/dog/fox); below and to the left of Cancer is Hydra.
Above Hydra is Leo. Virgo is not there.
Then I had a thought about the Christianizing of the Zodiac.
What if Virgo is personified as the three Virtues?(She always used to have angel wings)
With Libra scales she is Justice?
With Crater and Corvus she is Temperance?
With Leo she is Strength?
All attributes of the Virgin Mary.
If this is so she would not be in a horoscope painting and funnily enough she is not.
~Rosanne
Looking from the top- you have Draco, Ursa Minor and Ursa Major.To the right is Cephaus,(The King of Ethiopia) followed by Cassiopeia(The vain Queen of Ethiopia), Perseus,(Greek Hero who slays Medusa) Auriga(The Charioteer sometimes son of Hermes) ending at Taurus.
Below Taurus is Orion(The Huntsman), below Orion is Eridanus(River:traditionally the River Po),below the River is Great dog where Sirius is.
Left of Taurus is Gemini, The sun, Cancer and Leo on the elliptic, going left.
Below Gemini is Canis Minor(cat/dog/fox); below and to the left of Cancer is Hydra.
Above Hydra is Leo. Virgo is not there.
Then I had a thought about the Christianizing of the Zodiac.
What if Virgo is personified as the three Virtues?(She always used to have angel wings)
With Libra scales she is Justice?
With Crater and Corvus she is Temperance?
With Leo she is Strength?
All attributes of the Virgin Mary.
If this is so she would not be in a horoscope painting and funnily enough she is not.
~Rosanne