The twelve signs · IX The Hermit
Virgo
Often Astraea, goddess of justice, the last of the immortals to leave the earth. Her brightest star, Spica, is the ear of wheat she holds.
Its card
IX The Hermit
The sign
23 August – 22 September
The Sun in the real constellation
about 16 September – 31 October
Brightest stars
Spica, Porrima, Vindemiatrix
Why two sets of dates? The signs were fixed more than two thousand years ago. Since then the Earth's axis has slowly turned, and today the Sun crosses each constellation weeks later than its sign. Our cards draw the sky as it truly is.