The text of Revelation 12:1-2 presents a woman defined by specific celestial positioning and an acute physical condition. She is described as being clothed with the sun, indicating that the sun itself serves as her covering. The moon is positioned physically beneath her feet. Upon her head, there is a crown consisting of twelve stars. These three specific descriptors—sun, moon, and twelve stars—constitute her external appearance as observed by John.

Simultaneous with this description is her physical state of pregnancy. The text states she is with child and crying out. The cause of this cry is explicitly identified as travailing in birth and being pained to be delivered. The narrative presents the celestial attributes of the sun, moon, and stars existing concurrently with the biological reality of labor pains and the vocalization of distress associated with imminent childbirth. 

The text provides these details as the factual baseline of the vision without explicitly defining the arrangement of the stars beyond their location on the crown or assigning a specific rank of authority to the woman based on her attire.

ANY ATTEMPT AT EXPLAINING THIS AS SYMBOLISM IS A POINTLESS PROJECT.  NO ONE KNOWS IF THERE IS A SYMBOLIC STATEMENT BEING MADE HERE WITH THESE DESCRIPTORS.  REALLY, ALL WE HAVE IS A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE APOSTLE JOHN ACTUALLY SAW. THAT IS IT. THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO IT. THUS, GOING FORWARD, THERE IS NO REASON TO THRUST ACADEMIC/THEOLOGICAL/SEMINARY-BASED SYMBOLISM THEORIES UPON THE STUDY OF THE APOCALYPSE.