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Sunday, 9 May 2021

Virgo Constellation


Date: May 9, 2021 

Time: 9:47PM GMT+8

Location: 12.0489N 120.1519E


The constellation Virgo is usually depicted with angel-like wings holding an ear of wheat in her left hand, marked by the bright star Spica. It is often said to personify Persephone the Goddess of spring season, daughter of Demeter the Goddess of harvest. 

According to the Greek mythology, eternal spring once reigned upon the Earth until Persephone was abducted by the God of the underworld Hades. Her mother Demeter was so overcome with grief over the loss of her beloved daughter that she ruined the harvest in her despair. The Earth  would not bear fruit again until Demeter is reunited with her daughter Persephone. 

Humanity would have died altogether had Zeus not intervened. He insisted that the God of the underworld Hades return Persephone to her mother Demeter. Persephone was then given back to her mother, but she has to return to the underworld for four months in every year.