Spica
Spica is a fixed star in Virgo, at 24.1° Libra, of the nature of Venus and Mercury.
Longitude is the tropical position for 2020 from Agrippa's table as tabulated in modern reference works; fixed stars precess about 1 degree per 72 years, so a working should recompute the position for its own epoch. The gem and plant are Agrippa's, and where the gem is not itself a catalogued stone the value is the catalogue's family head, with Agrippa's own name in `gem_name`. Spica is the wheat of Virgo, one of the most fortunate fixed stars; the tradition reads it as a gift that must be harvested rather than merely received.
Correspondences
Sacred timing
- Sign
- Libra
- Degree
- 24.1
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Alpha Virginisthe Ear of WheatChitra
Practice
- Magical Uses
- HarvestGiftGeniusPeaceProsperityLearning
Nature and meaning
- Nature
- Benefic
Details
- Designation
- Alpha Virginis
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Longitude
- 24 Libra 06
- Gem Name
- Emerald
- Stone
- Emerald
- Plant Name
- Sage
- Keywords
- The wheatHarvestGiftGeniusPeaceThe virgin
- Sigil
- Agrippa's sigil is the ear of wheat in the Virgin's hand, used for harvest and for the gifts of the mind.
- Herb
- The Sage
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♈ Zodiac 1
- Libra Behenian stars
☾ Lunar mansions 1
- al-Simak Behenian Star
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