CELEBRITY ASTROTWIN

BY THE RATIO

BASED ON YOUR PERSONAL ASTROLOGY CALCULATED ON YOUR BIRTH CHART/ NATAL CHART MATCHED ON SUN, MOON, AND RISING COMBINATION:

LEO SUN, VIRGO MOON
VIRGO RISING
YOUR CELEBRITY ASTROTWIN IS

MADONNA

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CELEBRITY ASTROTWINS WERE HAND CURATED
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ABOUT MADONNA

Madonna Louise Ciccone is an American singer, songwriter, and actress born on August 16, 1958. Referred to as the "Queen of Pop" since the 1980s, Madonna is known for pushing the boundaries of songwriting in popular music and for the visuals she uses onstage and in music videos. Her works, which incorporate social, political, sexual, and religious themes, have generated both critical acclaim and controversy. Madonna is often cited as an influence by other artists. Madonna has attained many number-one singles throughout her career, including "Like a Virgin", "La Isla Bonita", "Like a Prayer", "Vogue", "Take a Bow", "Frozen", "Music", "Hung Up", and "4 Minutes".

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.)

LEO

In contemporary astrology, Leo is associated with a proud, well-developed sense of self.

Leo is associated with a flair for social performance. The ability to shine and direct attention at themselves is in most cases a beloved Leo trait.

Leos know how to light up a room and in most cases do not shy from doing so.

In ancient times, Leo symbolized the full energy of the sun at the summer solstice.

At the macro level, Leo was the greatest explosion of the cosmos, and on the individual level, the full affirmation of one’s individuality, will, and consciousness.

Originating from Egypt in the 4th millennium, B.C., the ancient depiction of Leo was a lion’s tail drinking at a river.

Ancient Egyptians placed two lions on maps and in art at the boundary of the known world to guard the rising and setting of the sun.

Since the sun represented the ability to grow crops; Leo represented the ability of humanity to survive. Hence, the guarding and protecting symbolism of the lions.

Ancient art often depicted Leo the Lion’s (the sun’s) victory over the Taurus the Bull’s earth energy, of Day over Night, and of Summer over Winter.

Leo also represented the penetrating force of God’s light and his word.

As such Leo was also associated with Christ as a judge and teacher.

Leo represented the power to achieve one’s aspirations, the force and splendor of existence, a generous and lofty spirit, but also ambition and pride.

Leo was associated with full summer and fire.

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.

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.

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”.

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