virgo

This constellation is also known as the virgin, symbol, Unicode♍,is the second largest constellation in the sky; only Hydra the long dragon is bigger in area.

Virgo is often represented as a "maiden" (as its name indicates). In antiquity, she may have been Isis, the Egyptian protectress of the living and the dead and the principal mother goddess.
She was also Ishtar of the Sumerian-Chaldean civilisations, or "Inanna", meaning Queen of Heaven. Inanna is described by Kramer (The Sumerians) as an ambitious, aggressive, and demanding goddess of love.
In Roman times the goddess Ceres was depicted: the goddess of the growth of food plants and harvests, and particularly corn. Her festival was in the second week of April, the same time that the constellation appears in the Spring skies.
The Romans had simply adopted an earlier Greek goddess, Demeter. This goddess of agriculture was of the highest birth: born to Cronus and Rhea, she was the sister of Zeus. As evidence of her antiquity in Greek lore, her name has been found on a tablet from Pylos dating to the thirteenth century B.C. 

If you want to locate this constellatio follow these instructions:


1.Search for Virgo in the springtime. Wait until about 11:00 p.m. as the weather gets warmer to search for Virgo. In the northern hemisphere, it can best be seen at this time.


2.  Find the Big Dipper. This asterism, a group of stars forming a shape, is like a road map to the other constellations and Virgo is no exception. The Big Dipper will be in the direction of north as it rotates around the northern celestial pole like the hands of a clock. Determine the seven stars that form the shape of a huge ladle in the sky and follow the "handle" of the dipper in an arc out into space until you come to the brilliant star Arcturas, in Bootes the Herdsman.

3. From Arcturus, continue the arc until you come to Spica. Spica is the 15th brightest star in the sky and by far the most luminous in all of the Vorgo constellation. Spica means "ear of wheat," a reference to Virgo being portrayed as the goddess of the harvest in some cultures.


4.  Imagine Virgo as a giant letter "A" laying on its side. It does not resemble a woman or a maiden in any way, shape, or form so if that's what you are expecting, you will be disappointed. Spica marks the bottom of the lower side of the "A," which is wavy in appearance.