Vindemiatrix
Vindemiatrix
Vindemiatrix, the grape-gatherer near 9 degrees of Libra, was anciently called the widow-maker. Robson gives it mental concentration and steady focus, but also falsity, disgrace, and a tendency to folly that undoes the work, with risk of loss in widowhood. Brady reads it as the harvest and what is gathered too soon or too late. The gift is concentrated thought; the caution is the misstep born of overconfidence.
- fixed-star
- vindemiatrix
- malefic
Sources
- Robson, The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology (1923)Gives the traditional nature and influence of Vindemiatrix.
- Brady, Brady's Book of Fixed Stars (1998)Reads Vindemiatrix through its myth and its meaning by conjunction.
- Ebertin, Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation (1971)Gives the practical, observed effect of Vindemiatrix on a conjunct planet.