534. And on her head a crown of twelve stars. This symbolizes its wisdom and intelligence resulting from its concepts of Divine goodness and truth drawn from the Word.

A crown on the head symbolizes wisdom and intelligence (nos. 189, 235, 252). Stars symbolize concepts of Divine goodness and Divine truth drawn from the Word (nos. 51, 420). And the number twelve symbolizes everything connected with the church that relates to its goodness and truth (no. 348).

So then, the crown of twelve stars on the woman's head symbolizes the wisdom and intelligence of the New Church resulting from its concepts of Divine goodness and truth drawn from the Word.

235. And they had crowns of gold on their heads. This symbolically means, which are truths of wisdom springing from love.

To be shown that a crown symbolizes wisdom, see no. 189 above, and that gold symbolizes the goodness of love, nos. 211, 913. Therefore a crown of gold symbolizes wisdom springing from love.

From that wisdom flow all the constituents of heaven and the church, constituents which are symbolized by the twenty-four elders (no. 233), and therefore crowns of gold were seen on their heads.

It should be known that the spiritual sense is abstracted from persons, as said in nos. 78, 79, 96 above. So also here.