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Spica

Spica (Alpha Virginis). Sometimes referred to as Spica Virginis.

Spica is the brightest star in the constellation of Virgo, and the fourteenth brightest star in the sky. It consists of two blue stars orbiting close together. is an open star cluster in the constellation of Cancer. Visible to the unaided eye, this cluster is composed of at least 40 stars.

Below are delineations of Spica as found in Anne Wilson’s encyclopedia of fixed stars.

"With Sun: Great and lasting preferment, eminent dignity, immense wealth, great happiness to native's parents and children, help from friends among clergy, favorable for public and legal affairs. If culminating, Church and State preferment. If with Venus and Mars also the native is a potent king obeyed by many people, but subject to many infirmities. (Robson).

With Moon: Gain through inventions, success, wealth and honor from Mercury, Venus or Jupiter people. (Robson).

With Mercury: Neat, tidy, clever, ingenious, favor of clergy and people in authority, gain through investment, responsible position. (Robson).

With Venus: Benefits from friends, social success, false friends of own sex. (Robson).

With Mars: Popular social success, may have good judgment and quick decision or be violent in dispute, rigid, and nearly or quite a fool. (Robson).

With Jupiter: Popular, social success, wealth, ecclesiastical honor and preferment. (Robson).

With Saturn: Apt to be suspicious, sharp or rugged, but does much good, occult interests, good speaker, popular, many friends, gain through legacies but extravagant, good health, favorable for domestic matters. (Robson).

With Uranus: Mediumistic, popular, business connected with ornaments, gain through marriage, fortunate, sudden natural death. (Robson).

With Neptune: Well-born, comfortable surroundings, always sufficiently well off, associated with companies, gain through legacies, favorable for domestic matters, somewhat fast and extravagant, does not live to old age. (Robson).”¹