URANIA

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In Greek mythology, Urania, ‘celestial’, is the muse of Astronomy and Astrology. The most common genealogy considers her the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, although other versions mention her as the daughter of Uranus and Gaia. Urania is the mother of Linus, whose father was Apollo. She is the youngest of all the muses.

She is commonly represented dressed in blue, the colour that represents the celestial vault, with a globe near her, on which she measures positions with a compass that she carries in one of her hands. She has a crown or diadem formed by a group of stars, which also fill her cloak. At her feet, there are scattered some mathematical instruments, which is why some consider her, tacitly, to be the muse of mathematics and all the exact sciences.