Virgin Mary and 12 stars?

Question

Does any one what the 12 stars above the Virgin Mary's head represent if anything?

Answer 1

The 12 tribes and the 12 apostles

Answer 2

The number 12 is found in many places. Some say it refers to the heavenly realm, while the number 7 refers to the earthly realm.

Remember there were also 12 apostles, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 months in a year.

Look at these pictures, portraying the Virgin Mary standing on a crescent moon or crescent Venus with 12 stars around her head. These images are all over Europe. Why would they want to depict 12 tribes of Isreal?

http://www.levity.com/alchemy/virga_aure...

http://www.nd.edu/~wcawley/corson/serpen...

I think it all goes back to the beginning of religion with Ahkenaten in Egypt when their Gods lived among the stars and they worshipped the sun and moon.

You can also draw a parallel between Jesus and Sirius, the morning star.

Mary would be the planet Venus in the crescent stage. The three stars of Orion's belt shine brightest in mid-winter, pointing to the east where Sirius rises. Jesus would be Sirius, rising Dec 25, the winter solstice, defeating darkness and bringing spring. He then would die at the spring equinox (Easter).

Acharya S. claims Jesus the "Son of God" is really the SUN of God. Here's a short video. http://www.truthbeknown.com/mary.html...

Again, the central theme is the giving of life, the seasons, and the sun.

The 12 stars would be the "heavenly hosts" or signs of the zodiac. The astrological basis for modern religion has been lost over the centuries but can still be seen in ancient art and buried in the Bible.

More about the pagan roots of Christianity. http://www.humanistsofutah.org/1999/wasj...

Answer 3

Rev 12:1 A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.

Note is does not say this is the Virgin Mary. I believe it is more likely a symbol for Israel, with the twelve stars representing the 12 tribes.

Answer 4

In Revelation chapter 12, the woman is described as "clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars" (Revelation 12:1). Note the similarity between this description and the description that Joseph gave of his father Jacob (Israel) and his mother and their children (Genesis 37:9-11). The stars refer to the twelve tribes of Israel. So, the woman in Revelation 12 is Israel.

Answer 5

Virgin Mary, is not involved with anything regarding the end times.
Her mission was the blessed birth, fortold hundreds of years before it happened in the book of Isaiah.
The twelve stars are the 12 tribes of Isreal
And they are listed also in the bible.

Answer 6

Her stars represent the 12 minor prophets. The 8th star is Habacuc. He has schizophrenia. The third vision of fatima says to the left of Our Lady and a little above. That's Habakkuk. The 8th of the 12 minor prophets. The 8th star. The third vision of fatima says flaming sword flashing. The instability of schizophrenia. That's me, Habacuc.

Answer 7

That was the decoration made by the man who made that image of Virgin Mary. She is not the actual virgin Mary and nobody now has really taken the true picture or image of virgin Mary. Picture taking is not yet available at their time and if ever available at that time, the original picture might have been rotten. or no more to be found.
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Answer 8

the woman is symbolic of israel. the stars represent the 12 tribes.

Answer 9

Probably the 12 tribes from the old testament.

Answer 10

The 12 tribes of Israel.