Scorpio Quote Of The Day

Sep 9, 2008

From Hampton Palace, London


Scorpio sign and glyph appear on the 14th century Hampton Palace astronomical Clock. picture taken by shakkai from Flickr. Hampton Palace is a former royal palace located in London. This clock was built before Copernicus and Galileo, so that it shows the sun turning around the earth.

On The Beach


The Scorpio on the beach picture is courtesy of Johann C. Rocholl (Stuttgart, Germany) from Flickr. This seems like an original idea, and I’m sure the kid enjoyed the event not less than the photographer. I reckon this formula works for the other astrological signs as well.

Sep 8, 2008

Selket Scorpio


We see here Egyptian ancient (1342 B.C.E.) scorpion goddess, Selket. The picture was taken at the Louvre, Paris, and is courtesy of “that james” from Flickr. Selket is also called Serqet, Serket, Selqet, Selkit, Selkis. Selket was the ancient goddess of magic and the underworld.
Giorgio de Santillana and Hertha von Dechend On their essay Hamlet's Mill claim that Scorpio is a cross-cultural image:
That fits "Mother Scorpion" of Nicaragua and the "Old goddess with the scorpion tail" of the Maya as it also fits the Scorpion-goddess Selket-Serqet of ancient Egypt and the Ishara tam.tim of the Babylonians. Ishara of the sea, goddess of the constellation Scorpius, was also called "Lady of the Rivers"

The Scorpion goddess drawing appears in the Maya Codex Tro-Cortesianus

From 1502


Scorpio glyph appears on bottom right of German Artist Albrecht Durer (1471 –1528) woodcut from 1502. It shows Urania, the muse of astronomy and astrology holding the Zodiac.

Posture


Picture of Scorpio Posture Potsdam, Germany, is courtesy of olaribu04 from Flickr. Imitating postures of different kinds of animals is ubiquitous in many cultures. I.e., in Yoga there’s the (Vrischika) scorpion posture in which body looks like a scorpion with its tail ready to sting.

From Morocco


Picture of fake Scorpio fossil from Morocco is courtesy of katieandtommy from Flickr. On the background we see Stephen Jay Gould’s essay "The Lying Stones of Marrakech", about the fake fossil trade in Marrakech with an identical Scorpio.

Sep 6, 2008

Crying escorpioo

The crying Scorpio picture is courtesy of nevesneto from Flickr. This is a personification of a Scorpio and like a human being it has eyes and tears, teeth and even shoes. As you know the only sign that doesn’t need personification is Virgo, but I’m curious to see if this artist (nevesneto) made personifications of the other 10 astrological signs…