Virgo Mythology
Virgo the Goddess probably originated when the Sun was in Virgo during the spring equinox, the time of the Egyptian harvest. She is usually drawn holding a palm branch and an ear of wheat.
There are many identities represented by the constellation VIRGO, all of them related to maidens, purity and fertility. In India VIRGO was Kauni, mother of the great god Krishna, whilst the Babylonians linked her with the goddess Ishtar, Queen of the stars, and the lover of the god of corn, Tammuz. Tammuz was cut down in his prime in the autumn. When she descended into the underworld to reclaim her husband Tammuz, god of the Harvest, the earth went dark and nothing grew. The great gods were forced to intervene, she and Tammuz were saved, and the earth bloomed again.