#urania

[herpsandbirds]

Green-banded Urania Moth (Urania leilus), family Uraniidae, Brazil

Diurnal Moth

photograph by Isabel Silva

[l-ii-zz]

[starweaverblog]

Apollo with his nine muses 🌿

[phantastische-illustrationen]

Urania - Antologia Scolastica No.2, 1972 (Karel Thole)

[detailedart]

Details: Portrait of Urania, 19th century, British School.

[starlitskycreations]

Apollo and the Muses

I tried to make this one mirror the artwork of Artemis and the Pleiades. Still not sure if I accomplished that or not, but it looks really good on its own.

[homey-worshiper]

drawing for muse urania

thank you to @poet-of-mind-and-stars for giving me the idea

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[astrolovecosmos]

The Muses: Urania

There are a set of asteroids named after the Greek muses, each shedding light on an area of art/creativity.  The Muse of Astrology 🌙 ⭐ 🌟 💫 ✨ 🪐 🔮 Urania is the muse of astronomy and astrology. Her name means, "heavenly" or "of heaven". She is associated with the globe, universal love or love of humanity, the stars, celestial bodies, divination, and majesty. Her asteroid number is 30.

Aries: May love to dive into the natal chart/natal astrology and identity through astrology. Could have an interest in astrocartography or career guidance and decisions. Passionate about their views and the art.

Taurus: Using astrology for financial, career, or business decisions makes sense for any earth sign. (business or financial astrology) May gravitate towards compatibility and likely approaches astrology as an artform.

Gemini: May explore all types of subjects in astrology, has a huge thirst for knowledge and always wants to learn a new sector or practice within astrology. They can be hooked on trying to understand themselves and others through astrology.

Cancer: May have an interest in counseling astrology or maybe horary astrology. Counseling astrology aims to comfort, guide, and reassure through astrological practices while horary astrology aims to answer specific decisions and guide people with decision making. Karmic or past-life astrology may interest them as well or using astrology as a tool for intuition. They may like to merge astrology with other divination practices.

Leo: May be interested in Mundane astrology (political or world event astrology). A love for compatibility could exist with synastry or composite charts. They may also be the type to hone-in on a specific placement or few placements in astrology. For example in this day and age you see astrologers online who hyperfocus on just moon signs, Leo placements, etc. Will take great pride in their craft.

Virgo: May be the type who likes to draw their own charts from hand or learn how to do an ancient practice or method without technological help. They will likely study their interests or specialty highly in-depth. May find medical astrology and financial/business astrology interesting.

Libra: Could be a specialist in compatibility and social problem solving in astrology. Could be highly familiar with synastry, composite charts, elemental analysis, and more. Might love to connect with other astrologers or be part of a group or organization. They can be poetic, artistic, or even abstract in their interpretations. They can appreciate astrology as a craft, artform, or sacred guidance.

Scorpio: An astrologer who may seem incredibly in-tune with the practice. May be most drawn to medical astrology, all types of predictive astrology, mixing psychology with astrology, compatibility, and using astrology for spiritual practices. They may mix other spiritual practices or divination with astrology. Their astrology takes can have depth and inspiration.

Sagittarius: May be interested in Mundane astrology (political or world event astrology), electional astrology (astrology that helps figure out when to start a new project, endeavor, business, etc.), or astrocartography. Could integrate astrology into their personal beliefs. May give new insight to the astrology community or be known for their own breakthroughs in interpretation. May like to learn many different systems from other cultures and parts of the world.

Capricorn: The most practical forms of astrology likely appeal to this astrologer such as finance, business, medical, and maybe electional. Predictive astrology, natal astrology, and compatibility could be their secret curiosity but practiced with a lot of skepticism. Despite their astrological practices and knowledge may be known for giving sound advice overall.

Aquarius: May be interested in studying the most obscure corners of astrology and trying out different house systems until they find the right one that truly resonates. Is good at taking complex topics and simplifying them to clients or an audience. They can also be highly relatable, funny, or overall interesting in their practice. May love to use astrology for problem solving or to even perform experiments. Their love for astrology could be deeply rooted.

Pisces: Could be most interested in predictive astrology of all types or psychology astrology. Their approach to astrology is likely highly spiritual. Astrology may act as a muse for art and romance. Their practice could rely on feeling and intuition. Karmic/past life astrology could be of interest and using astrology for healing purposes. Is very likely to use astrology to help others in some form.