Four Women of the Night Sky

Virgo, Andromeda, Coma Berenices, Cassiopeia. These are the four constellations figured as women.

Virgo always carries a branch or some grain, sometimes both. Both are symbols of the "desired one," a coming savior, born of woman without human father, who would crush the serpent.

 

 Andromeda is the chained woman. Her rebellion has enslaved her to the sea dragon. A hero comes, delivers her, and slays the monster. 

 

Coma Berenices, the hair of a queen, is not the most ancient representation of this constellation. The Dendera Planisphere represented it as a woman holding a child, a restatement of Virgo bearing the seed.

Cassiopeia is the woman enthroned. Not only is she saved from the monster who would devour her, she is enthroned to reign beside the king.

Do you see human history in the story of these four women of the night sky? Humanity lost, cut off from God by our rebellion, yet God in his great love promised to send one to deliver us. Christ redeemed us from the curse, destroyed the power of death, and seats us beside him on his throne.

Some of these truths we have not yet seen with our physical eyes, but they have been accomplished in eternity and some day we will have the full experience of them.

Here are some scriptures to study for a better understanding of these ancient images:

Genesis 3:1-15; Galatians 4:4; Haggai 2:7; Colossians 1:13; Romans 6:22; 2 Timothy 2:12.