![]() ![]() The glyph of Aquarius (February 16 – March 10) is composed of two horizontal wavy lines one set above the other below. In western astrology the setting of spring would be when the sun is in the constellation of Aquarius, the water bearer. The dynamic year begins with what was known to the ancient Chinese as the setting of spring. Seen from this perspective, glyphs of the constellations can give us pictures of the energies flowing in our gardens throughout what we could call the dynamic year. Reading glyphs in this way is somewhat of a lost art today but it is possible to look at the glyphs with an eye towards their energetic signature. In this way the priests could enter into the energetic dynamics of nature for the purpose of reading the signs in the heavens and how they were to play out on the earth. In the trance they could tell the future and were able to tell the peasants when to plant and when to take the bull out to breed with the cows. In the ancient world the glyphs were carved into stone and the priests would run their fingers along the groove to enter into a trance state. The constellations of the zodiac are traditionally rendered in pictographs called glyphs. The sidereal ephemeris takes into consideration the precession of the equinoxes in determining the the location of the stars and planets as they are today. Editor’s Note: Dennis uses a sidereal ephemeris to determine the dates for each constellation in which the sun is active.
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