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The Temple of Artemis at Ephesos in astrology

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The Greek Goddess Artemis in Astrology: Roman Copy of the 2nd century B.C. sculpture of the Artemis of Ephesos

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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For the Sagittarius resonance with cypresses compare my article: The Zoroastrian Sarve or Cypress of Abarkhu.

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesos

The last of the Artemis Temples at Ephesus was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Artemis symbols were a bow and arrow, a quiver and hunting knives. 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. In the 7th century BC, it was destroyed by a flood. Its reconstruction, in more grandiose form, was begun around 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.

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

This version of the temple was destroyed on 21 Jul 356 BCE by Herostratus though an arson attack. Construction of the final version of the temple known as one of the 7 world wonders was begun in 323 B.C. In 268 AD, the temple was destroyed or damaged in a raid by the Goths.

Model of the Temple of Artemis, Miniatürk Park, Istanbul

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

Geminis

The destruction of 356 BCE

Artemision of Ephesos in Astrology
The Artemision of Ephesos in Astrology. destruction of the older temple of Artemis calculated for 21 Jul 356 BCE (greg. date) calculated for midnight with transits for the year 323 BCE when the construction of the last temple was begun.I calculated that chart for the spring equinox an 20 March 323. The dates should be observed as approximate rather than precise – meaning that particular focus should be given on the position of the slower moving outer planets as definitions of the fashion, spirit and zeitgeist of the timing.

Destruction of the Temple 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. That may not be fully impossible.
  • 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.
  • Neptune the final sweeper of history at 16°Virgo conjunct the 19°Virgo resonance of the “Capital of the Amazons” explains a period of re-connection of the town and sanctuary with its fuller spiritual potentials.
  • Whatever reasons

The construction start of the World Wonder Temple in 323 BCE:

  • URANUS – PLUTO CONJUNTION OF 322 BCE: Construction of the World Wonder Temple was started during the climax period of the Uranus – Pluto conjunction of 25 May 322 BCE at 20°Taurus.
  • The aspect can be explored as a hint at the aim of the new temnple to revenge and make up for the destruction of the Goddess of the Amazons Temple 33 years before.
  • 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.
  • This is also to be concluded here due to the fact that this bomb-shell conjunction of the years 323 – 322 BCE happened right conjunct the position of Saturn at 20° Taurus during the arson attack against the older temple of July 356 BCE.

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