The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands
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The woman spoken of in Revelation 12:1-6 may be symbolic for Israel, with the twelve stars being symbolic for the twelve tribes of Israel. Alternatively (less likely I think), the woman may be the Church, with the twelve stars being symbolic for the twelve apostles.
Now, who is the great prostitute spoken of in Revelation 17? None other than the Roman Catholic Church!
Symbols in Revelation have multiple layers of meaning. The woman in Revelation is both Mary, and the Christian church, the New Isreal, as it were. But if you say she isn't Mary, then you have a very unique interpretation of Scripture, far, far from the mainstream, that you're welcome to.
I think you’re overstating the ‘mainstream’ position. A quick look at how non‑Roman Catholics interpret Revelation 12:1-6 shows that the woman is overwhelmingly understood broadly as God’s covenant people, not Mary.
One can look and find sources that don’t interpret her as Mary on at least one level, or that even emphasize that the woman in Revelation is the church and only secondarily Mary, which actually is the Catholic and Orthodox interpretation, which is the majority of Christians.