Mythology Of Libra, Virgo, Pisces, Aquarius
Libra is a relatively young sign.
Originally, in the Zodiac developed by ancient Babylon, there
were only eleven signs. Scorpio took up a double-sized slice of
the sky, and was immediately followed by Virgo.
The mythology relating to Virgo is very difficult to pin down,
because there are so many maidens spread across mythology. The
most common, though, have been Ishtar, Demeter, or Astraea.
At some point, Scorpio's claws were cut from his constellation
and attached to Virgo as her scales. This made Virgo the
blindfolded goddess of Justice we know today. But that still
didn't work, because now Virgo took up an oversized slice of
the sky.
The ancient Romans solved the problem by cutting the scales
from both Scorpio and Virgo and making them a
constellation--and a Sign of the Zodiac--in their own right.
Libra remains the only sign that is not a person or an animal.
The sign of Pisces, a faint constellation, has always been
known as two fish. The Greek myth most likely to be associated
with Pisces is the story of how Aphrodite and her son Heros
escaped from the monster Typhon. The pair turned into fish, and
tied their tails together to make sure they weren't separated.
Even today, many depictions of Pisces show a line or bar
connecting the two fish.
One of the oldest signs of the Zodiac, Aquarius is widely
associated with the Greek myth of Ganymede, the cup-bearer of
the gods, and the first mortal ever to be turned into an
immortal. Zeus had a fondness for him, turned into a bird, and
swooped down to carry him off to Mount Olympus as their
servant, a sort of mythological cabana boy. Ganymede is
surrounded by water constellations. Near himare Pisces the
fish, Eridanus the river, Delphinus the dolphin, and Cetus the
sea monster.
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