The constellation Leo has always been associated with fire and the sun. The ancient Egyptians saw Leo in relation to summertime and the annual flooding of the Nile River, which was necessary to assure a bountiful harvest. To escape the heat of the desert, lions moved onto the river banks during the summer months. There… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Leo the Lion
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Mythic Monday: Cancer the Crab
The glory of Cancer the Crab shows that even a wrathful Hera can be soft hearted toward one of her trustworthy minions. Although the outcome was not in Hera’s favor, she bestowed eternal life on her faithful helper. The basic myth of the immortalized crab comes from the time of Hercules’ twelve labors. As the… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Cancer the Crab
Mythic Monday: Taurus the Bull
In the cave of Lascaux is a depiction considered by some scholars to represent the constellation Taurus. It is, of course, in the shape of a bull. The bull has been honored since ancient times for magnificent strength and fertility. Taurus the Bull is an ancient and revered zodiac symbol. The ancient Sumerians worshiped a… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Taurus the Bull
Mythic Monday: First and Foremost Aries
The mythological archetype of the sun sign Aries is the warrior. He loves danger and is the epitome of dangerous. He bursts onto the scene of a fight, jumping in—fierce and fearless— to confront the enemy. Other descriptive words are daring, dashing, dauntless, and determined. His symbolic era is that of larger than life heroes,… Continue reading Mythic Monday: First and Foremost Aries
Mythic Monday: The Old Sea Goat
In the modern zodiac a goat symbolizes the astrological sign of Capricorn. In older traditions, however, and still sometimes today, the goat is a special variety of creature– a sea goat, half goat and half fish. The earliest known origin of depicting Capricorn as a sea goat occurred around 1,000 B.C.E. in Babylonia, the cauldron… Continue reading Mythic Monday: The Old Sea Goat