CELEBRITY ASTROTWIN
BY THE RATIOBASED ON YOUR PERSONAL ASTROLOGY CALCULATED ON YOUR BIRTH CHART/ NATAL CHART MATCHED ON SUN, MOON, AND RISING COMBINATION:
SCORPIO SUN, LIBRA MOON
VIRGO RISING
YOUR CELEBRITY ASTROTWIN IS
BUD SPENCER
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WHO IS YOUR CELEBRITY ASTROTWIN?
ABOUT BUD SPENCER
Carlo Pedersoli, known professionally as Bud Spencer, was an Italian actor, professional swimmer, and water polo player born on October 31, 1929. He was known for action-comedy and Spaghetti Western roles with his long-time film partner Terence Hill. Spencer and Hill appeared in, produced, and directed over 20 films together. He also participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, reaching the semi-finals in the 100 m freestyle (58.8 s heats, 58.9 s semi-final). He supported and funded many children's charities, including the Spencer Scholarship Fund.
ASTROLOGY
Astrology has served a critical role in society, forever. It is probably older than Gold. It is arguably the oldest thought-system on earth. As astrology grows in popularity and use all over the world, The Ratio aims to reignite humanity’s study of astrology with the most recent human technologies like Big Data, Statistics, and AI. Humanity can and should know the best about our history and our relationship to the cosmos.
Below is more information about the definition of sun sign, moon sign and rising sign - not just in contemporary astrology but also ancient astrology. At least in the Western world. Astrology is not unique to the Western world, in fact it developed independently in every continent on earth. We focus here on the West. Contemporary definitions were poetically summarized by author
Katy Bohinc, and ancient definitions largely come from the beautiful text
“Astrology, Magic and Alchemy in Art” by Getty Publications of the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Each of us is not just an astrology chart; an astrology chart is also one’s belonging in history and the universe. Astrology is the macro-cosmos and the micro-cosmos, it is ancient and contemporary, it is a place in space and also in time.
SUN SIGN
In contemporary astrology, the sun represents our ego energiess.
It suggests how our ego will act, what characteristics it will likely take, and how we will respond at an ego level to situations.
In contemporary astrology, the sun and its position in the zodiac are the most commonly known aspect of a person.
Based on the date of birth, most people know their sun sign.
However, at the time that astral knowledge was born, the Sun occupied a secondary position to the Moon.
The ancient Babylonians worshiped the sun for purposes of divination but did not use it to compute time or to perform the tasks of daily life.
Originally, the sun was derived from the Sumerian god Shamash, who bore light and life but also drought and famine.
It was the Egyptians who initiated the cult of the “day star” attributing the sun to a primary role in fertilizing the Nile Valley at the time of the summer solstice (announced by the rise of the fixed star, Sirius).
In late antiquity, Neoplatonists identified the Sun with the rational soul and the ability to listen and to imagine.
Later, in Dante’s cosmology, the sphere of the sun is akin to “heaven,” and the seat of Arithmetic and Theology.
During the Renaissance, sun worship went through another strong revival. The sun was said to preside over medicine and poetry, using music and song as powerful healing tools. The sun also “lit up mens’ hearts”, spurring them to love knowledge.
Throughout ancient astrology, the sun is the masculine figure and link between the perceptible world and intelligible reality. Furthermore the sun was believed to foster harmonious behavior and broad-mindedness.
(Little known fact, sun sign horoscopes were actually invented in the 1800’s to sell newspapers. At The Ratio we think we should go a little deeper, but, sidenote.)
SCORPIO
In contemporary astrology, Scorpio is associated with death, rebirth, sex, intimacy and generally what we call in contemporary times, “depth.”
If the proceeding sign to Scorpio, Libra, is about socializing, diplomacy, and balance, Scorpio is about anything underneath the surface depths.
An emotional water sign, Scorpio is known to be quite sensitive under what appears to be a controlled and sophisticated façade.
If the Scorpio is penetrated, they strike back dramatically with a verbal sting, or worse.
The evolved side of Scorpio is associated with the Eagle. The Eagle archetype is the Scorpion who has transcended their sensitive dark side to fly over issues with unflappable wisdom.
Scorpio ultimately represents a depth which can ruminate to the point of death, and then regenerate as a reborn phoenix.
In ancient times, Scorpio was associated with the death of the Sun in the winter months.
The Scorpio constellation originated in ancient Babylonia.
Later, in 46 B.C. the original Scorpio constellation was split by Julius Caesar between the claws of the Scorpio (Libra) and the body and tail (Scorpio).
In ancient times, the Scorpio symbolized the return to the primordial state through a path of suffering and inner torment.
Scorpio was a return to a state of original chaos before the rebirth of spring.
It is not by coincidence that the rights of death – Halloween, Day of the Dead, All Saints Day, etcetera – fall during Scorpio season.
Scorpio is represented by the gods of the underworld.
Scorpio’s underworld affiliation is underscored by the position of the fixed planet Antares precisely within the Scorpio constellation.
Antares, a fixed star associated with military strategy and prowess, is often called the “heart of Scorpio” or the “Star of the Spirits”.
Antares falls just under the ecliptic at the southern extremity of the Milky Way.
Kabbalists associated Scorpio with the number 13, and with the Death card (major arcana) of the Tarot – the symbol of transformation and rebirth.
Scorpios were considered to be clear-eyed and cautious but underneath simmered an extreme emotionalism which could tend towards aggression or eroticism.
Scorpio corresponded to the fullness of fall, to virility, and to water.
MOON SIGN
In contemporary astrology, the moon represents our feelings and emotions.
The zodiac sign where our moon falls describes how we emotionally process and react to situations all our life.
In the ancient world, the Moon held a pre-eminent position among the celestial bodies because among other things, its movement served to mark time and nature’s major functions such as generation, growth, and death.
The moon was personified by the great archaic goddesses who guarded the rhythms of nature and the occult arts like the Egyptian Isis, Greek Hecate and Persephone, and the Roman Diana.
The moon was also associated with the figure of the Virgin Mary.
The length of a month, 28 days, was calculated based on lunar phases – new moon, quarter moon, full moon, and last quarter moon – as were a woman’s fertile periods and the gestation of the fetus in the mother’s womb.
The movement of the tides and important chores such as sowing, pruning, and decanting wine into casks also depended on the phase of the moon.
The moon was humanity’s original calendar and was associated with the cycles of life: fertility (full moon), death (black moon), and regeneration (new moon).
The color of the moon, changing as it does from dark red to brilliant white, its brightness, and its position along the heavenly horizon were considered to be signs of either calamities or strokes of good fortune, as were lunar halos and eclipses.
Because of the variability with which it appears and disappears from the sky and its influence on female physiology and on fruits and plants, the Moon has been reputed to be the cause of many psychological phenomena.
In ancient astrology, the moon symbolizes the Mother.
For Neoplatonists, the moon is associated with the body and form.
In Dante’s cosmology, the moon was the seat of Grammar.
LIBRA
In contemporary astrology, Libra is associated with aesthetics, diplomacy, and balance.
Libras are known to prefer balance, beauty, and diplomacy, in contrast to their opposing sign, Aries, which is known to prefer individualism and directness.
Libra is associated with the planet Venus, a love of socializing, and an ability to smooth different perspectives.
Behind the scenes though, Libras are often weighing out the different perspectives they encounter in order to create balance, perhaps sometimes in a way too superficial for some.
Libra is the only inanimate symbol in the Western Zodiac and originated in the Sumerian astrological tradition.
All other zodiac signs are animals; while Libra is represented by scales.
Libra also is not a constant constellation throughout ancient astrology.
Libra was reintroduced into the Western Zodiac by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C.
Prior to this, Libra was a subset or part of the constellation of Scorpio, representing the claws of the scorpion.
In the Hellenistic age, Libra represented the figure of the virgin Astraea, the transformation of cosmic justice, holding in her hands the needle of the astral scale.
The balance of the astral scale is on one side the severity of Saturn (structure) and on the other the mercy of Venus (love).
The two sides of the Libra scale correspond to the two extremes of the karmic law to which the soul is subjected after incarnating into a body.
Libra represented the season of harvesting grapes and grains, and thus the scales which represent Libra were used to count and measure what was harvested.
Symbolically, Libra represented the balance of the scales, or harmony - whether public or private balance, equilibrium between conscious and unconscious drives, or a return to the primordial unity of the unmanifested.
Libra also represented the medium point between physical decline and spiritual growth.
In alchemy, Libra synchronized Hermetic and Alchemical disciplines that aimed to harmoniously balance opposites.
Libra corresponds to the end of summer and the beginning of fall.
RISING SIGN
In contemporary astrology, the Rising sign denotes the social personality of an individual in the first 15 minutes of meeting someone.
We might often wonder why we act slightly differently in social situations than in private situations with close friends and family.
Contemporary astrology would tell us that our social personalities are often different from our private ones (unless the rising sign and the sun sign are the same).
In both contemporary and ancient times, the Rising sign is also used to calculate the different houses of an astrology chart.
The ascendant (rising sign) in ancient times was named by the constellation which sat to the East in the horizon at the time and place of a person’s birth.
From the Greek “hora” (hour) and “skopeo” (I observe), horoscope means the “zodiac point that looks at the hour”.
By extension, “horoscope” means the study of the birth theme of the individual based on the time of birth.
The term “prognostication” is derived from the Greek “prognostikos”, or the science of future events.
In order to truly calcu,late a horoscope, the Rising sign of the individual needs to be included to observe the houses in each sector of a person’s birth chart.
This means an individual’s time of birth is a critical factor in studying an individual’s horoscope at depth and providing any type of true “prognostication”.
(The Ratio wants to get there - learn more!)
VIRGO
In contemporary astrology, Virgo is often associated with attention to detail, cleanliness, virginity and a down to earth nature.
This sign is known to be detail-oriented perhaps to a fault, and is often identified by their precise descriptions in conversation.
Virgos are often perfectionists, orderly, and very skilled at self-improvement.
In ancient astrology, Virgo represents the Great Mothers and ancestral divinity that watched over sowing and harvesting.
For Neolithic populations and ancient Egyptians, Virgo – not Aries – was the first constellation of the zodiac.
It is believed (according to modern calculations) that the Astral symbolism of Virgo originated in 6500 B.C.
3,500 years later, the first sign of the zodiac would shift from Virgo to Aries.
This epochal change in the first sign of the zodiac marks the transition from a feminine, matriarchal conception of the world (the moon) to a patriarchal type of universe ruled by male divinities (the sun).
Associated with Isis, Demeter-Persephone, Dike (Justice) and Astrea (Law), in ancient times Virgo was called the “mistress of the Golden Age”.
Early Christians associated the Virgo zodiac sign with the Madonna.
Something which might surprise more patriarchal societies, Virgo, while obviously associated with the feminine, denotes the logical powers of the mind and the ability to unify and link discourse.
Virgo often was seen as the sign which held the capacity and skill to bring negotiations to a close.
Virgo represented a receptive intelligence which could align to spiritual knowledge, uncover new forms of life, and have a great mastery over the raw energies of instinct.
Virgo was associated with the end of summer, purity, the earth and each year’s time of harvest – or birth.
ABOUT THE RATIO
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