"Hear ye the words of the Star Goddess, She in the dust of whose feet are the hosts of Heaven, whose body encircleth the universe."  The Ancient Greek goddess Astraea "star-maiden" was a personification of justice, innocence and purity. She weighs the deeds of mortals in her scales to deliver law and order on earth. According to legend, Astraea, the celestial virgin, was the last of the immortals to live with humans during the Golden Age. Fleeing the injustice and wickedness of humanity, she ascended to heaven to become the constellation Virgo. Her scales of justice became the constellation Libra. One day Astraea is expected to come back to Earth, bringing with her the return of the utopian Golden Age. Virgo was also associated with the goddess of wheat, Ceres. The late Republican Ceres Mater (Mother Ceres) was described as genetrix (progenitress) and alma (nourishing). Ceres was patron and protector of plebeian laws, rights and Tribunes. Goods, prope...