Persephone is also known as Prosperine and Kore or Core which can mean the center of the Earth or where our word "corn" comes from. Persephone is an agricultural godess, as is her mother Demeter or Ceres, but she also has the distinction of being the queen of the underworld. She is always pictured as holding an ear of grain in her hand. Like Pluto, she shares a dark coloring to her hair and eyes, and is not afraid of hard work, or getting her hands dirty, or facing grim truths. In many way, Pluto and Persephone, or Scorpio and Virgo are two sides of the same coin. They even share similar glyphs or sign symbols. While Scorpio's glyph shows an M with an erect tail or arrow symbolic of sexual energy(like the Mars glyph), Virgo's glyph is an M with an extra segment overlapping the tail end(symbolic of purity and sexual restraint). The planetary glyphs are similar as well. Isis, or the Egyptian equivalent of Virgo, is another favorite. Isis(the Moon) is the daughter of Geb(the Earth) and Nut(the Sky) and is Married to Osiris(the Sun). She gives birth to Horus(another Sun god). This picture of her holding her child is adopted by Christianity as the Virgin Mary holding Jesus. Isis is the grain godess who mingles amongst humans teaching them to grow corn and make bread. While she is basically a godess of agriculture, her tutorship under Hermes(Mercury) has made her skilled in medicine and reading as well. Her diverse skills make her widely known and she is truly the godess with a thousand names. At one point she tricks Osiris into gving her his powers of life and death in exchange for healing him, and becomes the most powerfull of the gods and godesses. She uses her powers wisely, however, to help her beloved humans. She is also acquainted with the underworld and seven scorpions accompany her in her search for her dismembered husband, Osiris. Virgo is also known as Ceres and Demeter, both grain godesses, and the Sumerian Inanna, whose adventures in the underworld reflect those of Persephone. Virgo is also of course, the Christian Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene.
...Persephone/Prosperine/Kore
...Isis
...Ceres/Demeter/Inanna
...also known as Eve, Lilith, Pomona, Rhea, Cybele, Maia,
Corn Maiden, the Great Mother, the Virgin Mary, Nut, Themis,
Astraea, Vesta, Aphrodite, Ishtar, Erigone, Queen of Heaven,
etc.
Virgo's Planetary Ruler
Virgo has as many planetary candidates as she has godess names.
While the planet Mercury is presently her official ruler, she shares
it with Gemini, a situation that does not allow either sign to be their
true selves. It's like two people living in the same house; they must
make compromises in order for them to be able to live peacefully under
the same roof. Both Geminis and Virgos must be tiring of this situation,
and eventually there will have to be a split up. Every sign wants their
own planet(house, apartment, etc.) so they can express their true natures
without hindrance. The problem is deciding who will stay(who is the real owner?)
and who will move out.
Most astrologers and even non-astrologers feel that Mercury is the true ruler
of Gemini and this appears to be so athough we wil never be fully certain
untill the split up occurs. Let's say that Mercury does rule Gemeni first
and foremost, and that Virgo has been shacking up with him all this time
-what is the reason for it? People don't move into someone else's home unless there
is nowhere else to go, or unless they cannot afford it. Cosmically speaking,
it is very possible that the Virgoan race has lost its true home(Maldek?) and
has had to be moved elsewhere(on Mercury).
This, by the way, is actually how planetary rulership works; the dominant race
of that planet, or rather, its dominant king or ruler empowers it by becoming its
logos. All of the other subservient races or nations represent the remaining planetary
influences. So there are two dominant races presently living on/in Mercury -The Gemenians
and the Virgoans. When a new home or planet can be found or re-established, the Virgoans
will migrate there in their ships and empower or impregnate that planet with their
own peculiar collective astrological influence. Then we will have a new astrological
planet. It may be that the search or restablishment of such a home planet is well
underway(the New Jerusalem?). Are not the biblical elect the "virgins" in Revelation
who will be given new bodies and a new Earth(new planet?). This is speculation, but
it's certainly possible!
One of the many candidates for a home for Virgoans is Vulcan, said to be situated
between Mercury and the Sun. Why do we have a tendency to assign masculine gods to
feminine signs? Virgo is a feminine sign and should have a feminine sounding ruler.
Vulcania would be more appropriate. There are six masculine planet/signs in astrology
and six feminine ones, and there should be six masculine gods and six feminine gods
to represent them. Minerva or Medusa would be a more apt name for Pluto for example.
This goes to show the extent of patriarchal rule in our society.
Vulcan was presumably sighted in the late 1800's, by Leverrier and others, but it may have
been a giant ship passing through, for it has not been sighted since. Then there are those
who say that Vulcan is in an etheric(non-materialized) state and can only be seen in
ultraviolet light, or is hiding behind the Sun. Still others say Vulcan is somewhere out
beyond Pluto. The Theosophists make a big deal about Vulcan and include Earth as one of their
twelve planets. They also link Virgo esoterically to the Moon(which supposedly "veils"
Vulcan). It is true though that the Moon has some kind of Virgoan influence. In fact, I
have observed that the Moon often has more to do with Virgo(or Capricorn) than with Cancer.
This is a real mystery for me.
Other popular candidates for Virgo are the asteroids Ceres and Vesta discovered in the
late 1800's, Chiron discovered in 1977(not to be confused with Charon -Pluto's moon, which
by the way was discovered a year later), and the more recently discovered Quaoar. None of
these, however, have so far shown any fully convincing or conclusive link to Virgo. Could
it be that the Virgoan influence, just like its peoples, is scattered across our solar system,
akin to the Jews? The Jews, however, eventually acquired a homeland, and so will the Virgoans.
Another possibility is the Earth's inner sun, which exercises its influence via the Midheaven
in astrology, and which reflects the Persephone/Kore myth. The Earth itself has yet to be recognized
as the true ruler of Libra working via the Ascendant or Rising sign. Earth's astrological influence
does not come from its core or center but from the interior of its shell wherein is located its
spirit or center of gravity. Earth's core or central inner sun is a separate influence altogether,
having its own magnetic field. Could this core or sun somehow be connected to the rulership of Virgo?
There is much talk in metaphysical circles of a planet or sun that is in the process of birthing from
our solar system sun. This planet or body is expected to be born around 2012 or 2013 AD, the famous Mayan
end-time date. According to ex MJ-12 member, Bill Cooper, a huge fleet or armada of reptillian or draconian space ships
is supposed to arrive to the inner solar system at this date, with the possible objective of destroying this new-born
world, but at the same time, Arcturian and Andromedan ships(the forces of Light) are on their way to protect it.
Could this new world be instrumental in bringing the Christ force back to our solar system in full measure,
and could it be associated with Virgo's true ruler?
Unfortunately, there are more questions than answers, and it looks like we will have to wait for the answers.
I do, however, feel that we are reaching critical mass and that at some point soon(2012?) we will have those
answers. Then the great Virgo Mystery will be solved and we shall all rejoice and live in peace at long last.
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beautifully portrays the image of the Virgin Godess 
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