Scorpio sign appears on a marble capital along with the planet Mars and Aries sign at the Palazzo Ducale (1309 to 1424) in Venice:
Picture is cropped from Wikimedia commons entry: Category:Capitals in the Doge's Palace (Venice) - 18 - uploaded by Giovanni Dall'OrtoThe Twelve important Indian Rivers are connected to the Zodiac Signs:
Ganges is connected to Aries; Reva river is connected to Taurus; Saraswati is connected to Gemini; Yamuna is connected to Cancer; Godavari is connected to Leo; Krishna is connected to Virgo; Kaveri is connected to Libra; Bhima River is connected to Scorpio; Radhya Saga is connected to Sagittarius; Tungabhadra is connected to Capricorn; Indus is connected to Aquarius; Pranahitha is connected to Pisces;
Pushkaram is a celebration near each river once in every 12 years. Millions of people participate in each Pushkaram, taking a dip in the river in order to purify physically and mentally.
Scorpio sign appears on a 14th century C.E. illustration from an Arabic manuscript , which is dedicated to astrology, astronomy and geomancy and which was compiled by Abd al-Hasan Al-Isfahani
I copied this image was from Wikimedia Commons, entry: Category: Kitab al-Bulhan; uploaded by: “Peacay”.
Scorpio sign is covered by the left hand of Atlas, but all the other signs appear clearly on the Farnese Atlas, which is kept at the Museo Archaeologico Nazionale in Naples, Italy. It is a Roman marble statue depicting 41 ancient Greek constellations, which are shown in relief. The diameter of the globe is 65 cm. Art historians date the statue to the second century C.E., but actually it is a Roman copy from a much earlier Greek original.
Image was copied from Wikipedia entry Farnese Atlas Uploaded by Gssq
Even though astrology/astronomy started in the Near East (Sumer, Babylon, Egypt) the signs of the zodiac as we use them today find their complete explanation in the context of Greek mythology. An excellent website brings a few versions of the same basic story. Here's the story that appears in the 1st century C.E. book titled Catasterismi (Greek: placing among the stars), which is a collection of ancient Hellenistic sources. In The Astronomy Fragment 4 there, which was translated by Evelyn-White, Greek poet Hesiod (from the 8th century B.C.E.) is quoted as saying that:
Orion went away to Crete and spent his time hunting in company with Artemis and Leto. It seems that he threatened to kill every beast, there was on earth; whereupon, in her anger, Ge (the Earth) sent up against him a Scorpion of very great size by which he was stung and so perished. After this Zeus, at the prayer of Artemis and Leto, put him among the stars, because of his manliness, and the Scorpion also as a memorial of him and of what had occurred.
Other sources add that this story about the enmity between Scorpion and Orion explains why they are never seen in the sky at the same time: one of them sets as the other rises.
Colorful Scorpio Sign and date picture is courtesy of “kptattoo” from Flickr
Tattooing the sign alone is like giving away your ID number, adding the date (for those who know some astrology) is like giving away your ID card!
Scorpio sign appears on a Roman Mosaic from the third century C.E., which is showed now at the Bardo Museum in Tunis.
To the best of my knowledge this is the only Roman Mosaic that contains both the zodiac signs and the hexagram.
Copyright: AntonioR [from Flickr] 2008
Scorpio sign and glyph appear on a Silver Zodiac Coin, which was issued by Armenia in 2007
Design: U. Walerzak
Scorpio Sign and glyph appear on an Elizabeth II Coin issued in Cook-Islands in 1977 along with the 11 other astrological signs of the zodiac
Scorpio is De Gaulle’s Zodiacal Sign. This stamp belongs to series with famous people and their astrological Signs, which was issued by Fujeira in 15 March 1973.
Unproportionally big Scorpio Sign
Hebrew word on top means Scorpio
Design: Sabina Saad from Israel
Copyright: Sabina Saad 2008
Silver necklace with Scorpio glyph made by C. Lago. Picture is courtesy of "ametistagirl" from Flickr
Glyphs (Internationally known hieroglyphics / symbols used in Western astrology to represent the 12 signs of the Zodiac) are a surprisingly late astrological development- they were used for the first time only circa 10th century C.E.:
Aries: curved horns of the ram or the letter T
Taurus: circle with horns on top
Gemini: like the roman symbol for the 2 (II)
Leo: small circle connected to lion’s tail
Virgo: looks like the letter M plus the letter V
Libra: pair of scales
Sagittarius: looks like an arrow aiming upward
Capricorn: curved tail of a fish or first two letters in the Greek word tragos, which means "goat."
(Source: The Alpha and the Omega by Jim A. Cornwell)
Aquarius: two zigzags one above the other - looks like water
Pisces: back-to-back half circles connected by an horizontal line in the middle
14th century Scorpio sign from Italy, Milan-Duomo (Cathedral), where at midday, a ray of sun hits the right zodiacal sign.
Picture is courtesy of mixedmediaexpressions.com from Flickr.
Scorpio sign glyph and constellation appear on a 1974 postage stamp among other Signs of the Zodiac in a series issued by Maldive Islands, which are located in the Indian Ocean.
Picture of “Rainbow Scorpion” is courtesy of Adelaide Archivist from Flickr. It is made by Anthea
from so colorful crystal beads that it makes one forget the real-life creature (eventhough the shadow is still frightening).
On this postage stamp, which was issued in Greece in 2007, we see Scorpio constellation sign and glyph.
According to the dictionary most of the zodiac sign names date to 1350–1400 Middle English and are based on Latin
Aries - the Ram
Taurus - the Bull
Gemini- the Twins
Cancer – the Crab; : cancr-, akin to Greek karkínos, crab
Leo the Lion
Virgo, the Virgin, maiden (before 1000; Middle English)
Libra- the Balance, pair of scales
Sagittarius- the Archer, from sagitta: arrow
Capricorn, the Goat; caper, goat + cornu, horn
Aquarius- the Water carrier, from aqua, water
Pisces the Fishes - from pisces, plural of piscis, fish
Scorpio Sign Tattoo on the foot
Choosing the skin of the foot as a canvas for this design is cool – people might warn you that there’s a scorpion on your foot:)
Picture is courtesy of “echelonAng3L” from Flickr.
Picture of Scorpio Sign sketch is courtesy of Scurzuzu from Flickr. It looks as if this Scorpio is wearing sunglasses.
Scorpio sign in Palermo Sicily Cathedral as part of 1690 meridian line and solar calendar (heliometer). Above there’s a small hole in the roof. on midsummer's day the light from the hole falls on Cancer and six months' later on Capricorn. Picture is courtesy of maha-online from Flickr.
Scorpio sign medallion on the floor of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. -picture is courtesy of Marjorie Lipan
The most surprising Antikythera mechanism (no one expected that the Greeks could build such a complicated device so early) was discovered in a ship wreck near the Greek island of Antikythera in 1901 and is dated to about 150–100 B.C.E. It is kept in Athens at the National Archaeological Museum.
The front dial has a scale with the 365 days, which surrounds a scale with the Greek signs of the Zodiac.
Picture is copied from Wikimedia entry Antikythera uploaded by Marsyas.
San Marino stamp with Scorpio sign glyph and constellation
R.S.W.Bobbette wrote in 1997 in her article Introductory Essays On Rudolf Steiner's Star-Knowledge that Steiner claimed
An example of Rudolf Steiner's 12 levels of consciousness is given in another article by Philosophy of Freedom where we see a diagram that attaches
Aries to Idealism
Taurus to Rationalism
Gemini to Mathematism
Cancer to Materialism
Leo to Sensationalism
Virgo to Phenomenalism
Scorpio to Dynamism [which explains the material world in terms of active forces, in contrast to the passive view of matter in philosophical mechanism]
Libra to Realism
Sagittarius to Monadism [of Gottfried Leibniz]
Capricorn to Spiritism [séances]
Aquarius to Pneumatism
Pisces to Psychism [The doctrine of Quesne]
The author of this article claims that the basis for his diagram is found in the fourth lecture of Human and Cosmic Thought where Rudolf Steiner speaks of an inner Spiritual Astrology.
Six hexagrams, a telescope along with the zodiacal signs and glyphs appear on a mosaic ceiling at Greenwich Town Hall, London, England, above the main door. It is not clear why the hexagrams were introduced in this context and why six. I guess it has to do with the influence of alchemy. Anyhow it’s a nice contribution to my new research about the hexagram and the Zodiac
See: www.flickr.com/groups/858932@N24/discuss/72157607482488166/
The Scorpio sign is the second from the bottom on the left column.
Picture is courtesy of a2d
The connection between the zodiac and the six-pointed star is the subject of my new research.
Photo is courtesy of Dobush from Kfar Aza, Israel.
Scorpio sign on an elegant ring
Picture is courtesy of “gizzmo2z”
I’m searching for similar pictures of rings of the other zodiacal signs. In case you have one don’t hesitate to send it to me.
Scorpio sign and glyph (along with Leo Virgo and Sagittarius) are seen in this picture of Paul Manship’s (1885 - 1966) Prometheus sculpture, which was created in 1934 at the Rockefeller Center in New York.
Courtesy of “wallyg”.
Zoom in by clicking the “all sizes command above the picture in Flickr.
The design of Merréll O'Brian's book cover shows that there is a connection between the zodiac and the six-pointed star. this is also the subject of my research.
Merréll O'Brian designed the Zodiac signs, each on a separate Star of David, on the cover of his book The Council of Twelve. He wrote to me that
The Council of Twelve has been in existence for 26000 years since The Creator placed Adam, Aries,"the First" as a high priest of the tribes; Adam created with the sun and moon…
