The Temple of Artemis at Ephesos in astrology

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesos in astrology and astrogeography. The 7 world wonders of the ancient world.

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The Temple of Artemis at Ephesos

Artemis was a Greek goddess of hunting, the wilderness, wild animals, transitions, nature, vegetation, childbirth, care of children, and chastity. Her symbols were a bow and arrow, quiver, hunting knives and a cypress.

The last of the Artemis Temples at Ephesus was one of the most important works of architecture in ancient history. It was ranked among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Astrogeographical positions of the 7 World Wonders:

• The astrogeographical positions of the 7 world wonders describe the

Artemis` Birth Place on Delos at 3°Sagittarius and 2°Libra

Artemis was born on the sacred Island of Delos by the Titan Leto a childhood goddess and mother of Apollo. Her fater was Zeus (Jupiter, Sagittarius) .

Astrogeographical postion of Artemis birth place Delos for field level 1 (larger region, global resonance): 3°SAGITTARIUS (shamanism, priest caste, initiation, fire sacrifice, preaching, playgrounds, luxury, design , fashion) – 2°LIBRA (aristocracy, courtly culture, justice, appeal to high culture, relationship. beauty, decoration). The sign combination indicates relates to a harem culture, prostitution and a playground for relationship). Compare: Capri and the astrological constellation of Harems.

Artemis as the Guardian – Goddess of the Amazon warrior caste

The deer and the cypress were sacred to her. All these symbols point at the relationship of the Artemis archetype with fire sign Sagittarius the sign of hunting, arrow and bow and of cypresses. The first shrine at Ephesos is attributed to the founder and first queen of the Amazons named Otrera. Ephesos is therefore to be explored as an important major city and possible capital of the Amazon warrior caste.

Origin of the Amazons in Astrogeography

Assumed Origin: Caspian Gate Region between Asov Sea & Caspian Sea – field level 1 (larger region): Cancer – Pisces

City of Themiscyra (Pontus, South Coast of Black Sea): FL 1 (larger region): 24°Aries – 1°Cancer. FL 2 (city): Capricorn – Aries (warrior caste)

Related: Lykia (South-West coast of Turkey) – Field level 1 (larger region): Capricorn/Aquarius – Libra

The Temple Site of Ephesos

In the 7th century BC, the earliest shrine was destroyed by a flood. Its reconstruction, in more grandiose form, was begunaround 550 BC under the Cretan architect Chersiphron and his son Metagenes. The project was funded by King Croesus of Lydia, and took 10 years to complete.

This 2nd last temple was destroyed on 21 Jul 356 BCE by Herostratus though an arson attack.

His motives have been subject to speculation in the history of literature and art. During interrogation under torture he is reported to have commited the crime in order to make himself famous .His name has become an eponym for someone who commits a criminal act solely to become famous, and the Herostratus syndrome afflicts “people who perpetrate odious attacks for the sake of infamy”.

Timeline:

• 7th ct. BCE. destruction of an older sanctuary by a flood
• ca. 550 BCE: Larger Temple begun — PL 1st dec. GEM — NE 1st dec. CAN — UR in VI
• 21 Jul 356 BCE: Destruction through Herostratus` arson attack
• 323 BCE: Construction of “World Wonder Temple” begun: UR-PL conj. ca. 15° TAU, NE ing. SAG
• 268 CE: damage or destruction by a Gothic invasion
• 401 CE: complete destruction

Construction of the final version of the temple known as one of the 7 world wonders was begun in 323 B.C.

The establishment of the Apollo cult as a Greek unification cult from the 8th century BC onwards, and Artemis as a symbol of resistance against it

Artemis was Apollo’s firstborn twin sister. This led to a cultural and historical rivalry between the cults, temples, and even the cities where one of the two deities was worshipped as the principal god. The significance of religion for the state cult of the many Greek city-states thus became a rivalry between their main gods. As had already happened in Egypt through the establisment of Amun-Re, or to Mesopotamian head goddess Innanna – Ishtar this led to the establisment of unifying deities.

With the ever-expanding Greek city-states and colonies from the 8th century BC onward, a unified Greek national cult, with Apollo as the god of all Greeks, was so established as a solution to the ongoing competition and wars among the Greeks.

From that point on, the spiritual center of all Greeks, the Temple of the Earth Mother Goddess Gaia, with the Omphalos of Delphi—the navel of the world was rededicated as a cult site for Apollo.

The suppression and subversion of the cults of female deities by a male principal deity was directly linked to the image of male role dominance. Spiritually and culturally, this was a regression and a form of “barbarism.” It was precisely during this period of the “Cultural Revolution” that the first Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was founded by the Amazon queen Otrera in the 7th century BC.

The Amazon warriors had originally migrated from the region between the Black and Caspian Seas to Lydia, in what is now western Turkey. Naturally, their tribal cult of female warriors could not accept the devaluation and subversion of their female deities. Especially when it came to war gods, the identification with a tribe and its respective deity was particularly important.

In this respect, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus should be examined from the outset as a counter-design to the Apollonian takeover of important trading centers. This is also evident in the fact that the Temple of Artemis is said to have been destroyed by arson precisely on the day of the birth of Alexander the Great, whose national cult established him as an incarnation of Apollo.

A very clear indication of how significant this “socio-political” role of Artemis was for the critical or even oppressed social classes and Greek cities (polis) can be impressively gauged by the fact that the largest temple construction in Greek history was begun in the very year of the death of “Apollo-Alexander,” coinciding with one of the Uranus-Pluto conjunctions that occur only every 111-143 years. And Uranus – Pluto conjunctions represent the most important aspect of the rebellion against slavery, oppression, and rape (see the Pluto-Uranus conjunction of 1965/66).

The temple Site at Ephesos

Model of the last Temple of Artemis of Ephesos which was built form 323 BCE in Miniatürk Park, Istanbul, ph: Zee Prime GNU/FDL

Astrogeographical Position of the Temple of Artemis

Field Level 1 (larger region, global resonance): 28°Sagittarius – 19°Virgo

The position at 19°Virgo coincides with an exact conjunction to the 18°Virgo resonance of the City of Athens the birth place of goddess Athene and site of her magical Parthenon Temple (“Virgin House”) on the Acropolis mount. The relation of the goddess Athena with an independent caste and order of women concides with the importance of the capital of Artemis as a center of another famous caste of independent women: the legendary Amazons..

The 28°Sagittarius resonance of Ephesos is conjunct the astrogeographical positions of the important fashion & design capitals Paris (28°SAG – 27°AQ) and Beirut (27°SAG – 7°ARI) pointing at a temple site dedicated at its important role as a cultural center and market. The correspondence of Sagittarius (sign of hunting, arc & bow and of archers) with the archetype of the goddess of hunting along with her emeblematic weapons being arc and bow is evident. The affinity of the symbolism of Sagittarius (centaur = a being half man half horse) with the archetypal image of “HORSES” is an analogy with the foundation myths of the ancient sanctuary and town of Ephesos with the female warrior caste of the “Amazons”.

Field Level 3 (surrounding area in which the temple site is embedded): Leo – Sagittarius

In astrological zoology (theory of the zodiac) where air signs relate to birds, water signs to water animals and earth signs to vegetarian and omnivors the zodiac signs related to the fire element (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius) stand for the predators. Leo the sign of the cats and Sagittarius, the sign of hunting with a bow therefore relate to the aspect of Artemis as the goddess of the hunt.

Other aspects of Artemis may of course also have been supported by the constellation of the site. As the twin sister of Apollon the god of the Sun Artemis has been related to the Moon goddess for the purpose of polarization. But because of the temple`s position in Leo Artemis is to be seen as a female aspect of the Sun God itself at this temple site.

In astrology the ruling “planets” of Leo (the Sun) and of Sagittarius (Jupiter) are the largest  celestial bodies in the solar system. Therefore their combination brings together the two factors with the strongest gravitation. This is why their combination is also defined as indicating royalty. This royal combination of Leo with Sagittarius indicates a situation as the king or queen among the gods here. It can explain the enormous size and costs of the building, which was the largest temple in ancient greek history.

Field Level 4 (exact site of the temple, describing the building as such): Gemini – Gemini

Gemini represents the systemical astrological definition of technological language, scripture, exchange, learning and progress, assimilation of different cultures and inheritances, road crossings and interfaces between opposites and the issues of personal liberty and equal rights. It so stands for an achitectural project that functioned as a school and even university of technical learning and education for architects, stone masons, construction workers, sculptors and painters too.

Gemini stands for a deity that promotes progress, learning and optimization of technology., culture, social standards and exchange between the different groups, classes and ethnicities of society.

And it is elaos symptomatic of the aim to built an iconic, symbolical “signpost building” to demonstrate and promote the advantages of skills, innovation. learning and exchange of knowledge and technology. Among capitals and cultures the most important representative of this astrological priority in history are the City of Rome and the Roman Empire.

The Destruction of the Temple in 356 BCE

The destruction of the 2nd last temple is said to have taken place on the day Alexander the Great was born. The construction of the world wonder temple 33 later was begun in the year that Alexander died. This alone delivers the idea of the onstruction of the new temple as a monument to the triumph over Alexanders death. Even more so because the Uranus – Pluto conjunction of 323/22 CE explains the Artemision as a temple dedicated at overcoming enemies.

Destruction of the olderTemple of 550 BCE on 21 Jul 356 BCE:

• The arson attack is said to have taken place on the day Alexander the Great was born. While that may not be fully impossible.it is not precisely verifiable as well. Nevertheless the Moon in fire sign Sagittarius the sign of fire sacrifice, cleansing fires and arson attacks is a highly plausible aspect for the date of the arson attack on 21 or 22 of July.
• But what needs to be recapitulated is that such type of a narrative suggests an impact of the godly Alexander that assigns him with the power to destroy the iconic sanctuary of the female warrior goddess suggesting his superiority over her.
• The inheritant motives of such a perspective are: profile neurosis, male of emale dominance, battle of gender related role patterns, castration, hate, “revenge” and similar issues.
• Such issues are highly probable for the destruction of the temple as well as its reconstuction because. This is because aspect of emancipation from patterns of role behaviour, war of genders, issues of sadism, masochism, hate revenge, destructivism and castration in particular was present during the year of the laying of the foundation for the last and largest of ancient Greek temples in 323 BCE: a CONJUNCTION OF URANUS WITH PLUTO.
• Neptune the final sweeper of history at 16°Virgo was conjunct the 18°- 19°Virgo resonance of Ephesos and Athens explaining the period as a time of political weakness and being under pressure from foreign influences. Since Ephesos and Athens were under the same transit a common competitor or enemy is higly probable.
• Mars the indicator of warfare at 16°Gemini and sqaure to the 19°Virgo resonance of Ephesos indicates an attack on the City itself.
• The motives for the destruction of the temple my so be explored in a climax period of conflicts with foreign competitors.
• A plausible competitor of Athens and Ephesos at this time is the Macedonian capital of Pella located at 0°Scorpio and 10°Cancer.
• Mercury at 10°Cancer and conjunct the 10°Cancer resonance coordinate of the Macedonian capital Pell is a possible indication of a Macedonian conspiracy.
• The same accounts for the position of Uranus at 7°Capricorn opposite Pell. Such opposition transits symptomatically indicate expansion of the capital or city beyond limits.

The construction start of the World Wonder Temple in 323 BCE

Despite the coincidence of his birth with the destruction of the earlier temple of Artemis Alexander the Great himself there is no evidence of him as an enemy of the City of Ephesos. On the arrival of Alexanders army in Ephesos he was supposedly greeted and celebrated since he has assumed to have freed the city of the pro-Persian oligarchy.

Read: Some consideration in Alexanders arrival in Ephesos in 333 BCE

• URANUS – PLUTO CONJUNTION OF 25 MAY 323 BCE at 20°TAURUS: construction of the World Wonder Temple was started during the climax period of the Uranus – Pluto conjunction of 323 BCE at 20°Taurus.
• This conjunction ended the life and along with it the period of permanent conquest of Alexander the Great.
• The aspect can be explored as a hint at the aim of the new temple to revenge and make up for the destruction of the Goddess of the Amazons Temple 33 years before.
• With construction begun during a UR-PL conjunction the highly innovative new ARTEMISION OF EPHESOS can be explored as a temple of rebellion. revolution, liberation, and emancipation of supressed and/or attacked groups among Greek Cities, populations, cultural preferences, ethnic groups and gender.
• This is also to be concluded here due to the fact that this bomb-shell conjunction of the year 323 BCE happened right conjunct the position of Saturn at 20° Taurus during the arson attack against the older temple of July 356 BCE.
• The opposition of the Uranus – Pluto conjunction at 20°Taurus to the 15°Scorpio resonance coordinate of Athens can be explored as a hint at the aim of the Asian Greek groups to surplus Athens.
• The conjunction between Uranus (rebellion, revolution, castration, fresh air, holistic potentials and self liberation) and Pluto (closed containers, patterns of role behaviour, battle for power & dominance, suppression of females through male dominated hierarchy) in Taurus the sign of market places, income, wealth, center of social hierarchy and recognition and posession of territory indicates the aim of building the temple as a monument to the strengths and rights of women.

Artemis Temple of Brauron in Pisces – Aries

Located some 30 km east of the City of Athens Brauron was the site of an important temple of Artemis.

The Artemis Temple of Brauron was for field level 4 (exact site of the building) located in the sign combination of Pisces (temples, worship, imagination, dreaming re-connection, meditation) with Aries:(mobilization, motivation for: beginnings, projects, warfare, healing).

Pisces is simply the indicator for temples sites as places of meditation, prayer and god contact. In temples sites Aries stands for the function of temples as places that stimulate motivation for new phasesor stages of life, new endeavours particularly warfare as well as mobilization and physical healing.

Temple of Artemis Orthia in Sparta in Cancer – Aries

For field level 4 (exact site of the building) the Temple of Artemis Ortia in Sparta was located in the sign combination of Cancer (springs, fertility, motherhood, ancestors, children, conception. homelands) with Aries:(mobilization, motivation for: beginnings, projects, warfare, healing).