Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Do you Think Virgo's Archetype is truly Ruled by Apollo?

from what i have heard apollo is associated with Leo while the word jupiter is the roman word for the greek god Zeus. since Jupiter in astrology is the ruler of Sagittarius, it makes sense that Sagittarius is the modern equivalent of Zeus and not taurus. the word apollo is believed to be of non greek origin. its thought to have entered the greek culture through asia minor, civilizations like the Hittites may have exported the culture to greece. apollo was the sun god, in ancient times the sun had always been associated with the east, as it rose from the east. and therefore the origins of worshiping the sun makes sense to be from the east. fire had always been worshiped by the people of asia minor, primarily in places like northern Iraq and the pre-persian civilizations of modern day Iran which also became part of the Persian culture as well. the sun is the ruler of Leo in modern astrology and therefore it makes sense that apollo is the ancient equivalent of Leo. the only ancient equivalent of Virgo i can think of is the Germanic god called Odin. Tacitus seems to associate Odin with the roman god of mercury. mercury being the ruler of Virgo can be its modern equivalent.

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