Astrologie (1963)
Artist: Francoise Faconnet
Year: 1963, 1970s, 1980, 1988, 1999, 2003, 2008
Literature: from 1985 “How to Tie”
From 1988 “How to Wear”
“. . . is a fascinating interpretation of a 400-year-old celestial charting tool used by ancient astrologers to determine the relative positions of the sun and moon. Modern-day zodiac signs were added by Hermes artists.”
Also in 1998 “Having Fun with your Hermes Scarf” (not shown)
Reference: Jackie O. wearing her Astrologie scarf . Credit to HermesGroupie.
Oprah wearing the classic black/white/gold colorway on the cover of O Magazine
Note: The official name — Astrologie — is not on the scarf. It does bear the words “Dies et Hore” (days and hours) which many incorrectly assume is the title.
One of the company’s Ten Best Selling Scarves of all time (Vanity Fair, September 2007).
Original 1963 issue will have no copyright.
Ad Campaign from 1980: 
Below, copyright and caretag from a 1970s reissue. Click on thumbnail.
Below, caretags and copyright from 1980. Click on thumbnail.
Colors: Ref No 1387
- 03 & 51 Black/white/gold (original CW that has been reissued every single time)
- 16 Wine/white/gold
- 08 Cobalt/white/gold
- 25 Ivory/orange/ivory
- 38 Turquoise & gold
- Rouge H
- 37 Orange & blue (2003)
- 43 Ice blue
- 45 (Sp 2008)
- 47 Green/white (Sp 2008)
- 48 Etoupe/orange (2008)
- 49 —————————————>
- 52 Ivory/gold (often reissued CW)
Updated 8/31/08
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 at 4:56 am under
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May 10th, 2009 at 7:26 pmbeautiiful blog merciiiiii
May 13th, 2009 at 8:30 pmHi, cool post. I have been wondering about this topic,so thanks for writing.
June 4th, 2009 at 4:23 pmWell done. Font of information. Query: does the ribbon running from the sun to edge of scarf always have a shadow? Thanks.
November 17th, 2009 at 10:24 amI bought the Fuchsia/Gold one (Spring 2008) #45 listed above for my wife. It’s STUNNING. It’s my favorite issue of Astrologie, along with classic Black/Gold and the Ivory/Gold.
The Green/White (also Spring 2008) #47 is nice, but I feel it loses some ‘pop’ when tied. It’s nice to have the gold in the corners to really give another dimension to it. That being said, the Green is a beautiful color.
January 25th, 2010 at 1:47 am[...] photographed: Jackie O wearing the Hermes Astologie Scarf, source: hermes.digitalurbana [...]
March 6th, 2010 at 2:35 amhello there- what an amazing archive of information this is! thank you! i do have a question about this particular design. i have one which is printed in navy. it belonged to a dear friend of mine, who has since passed. she never wore or purchased replicas, however, i do not see any navy releases of astrologie in your above analysis. does this mean that it’s a replica? i would appreciate your feedback, as i was going to pass it on to someone who has a greater passion and knowledge of hermes than i do, and i do not want to give her a fake.
thanks again…
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:04 pm