Aries is the first sign of the zodiac. This watercolour illustration of the Arian astrological energy is available as an art notecard or a print. The text below, describing the symbolism of the zodiac art, is included under the image on the print and comes with the card as a removable insert.
The Fire of Aries is the burning flame of danger and the heat of passion. He has the physical vitality and courage (-or rashness-) to face the fiery obstacle with unprotected body. His nakedness is also the innocent directness of the newborn's contact with the world. Like the infant's, his relations to the world are uncallously and unselfconsciously self-centred. He goes after the treasure of what he wants, directly and impulsively.
Aries: Cardinal Fire
The Sun is in Aries between March 22 and April 20
The cards in this series are illustrations of the "pure" energies represented by the Signs. In anyone's birth chart, these energies interact and mitigate each other's expressions. Thus, no one expresses "purely" the energies described - although some people will find an uncanny affinity with the personification if that Sign is strongly emphasized in their chart.
The choice of male or female personification is based on the traditional association of Fire and Air signs with the masculine and of Water and Earth with the feminine. Like all of the imagery involved, this needs to be understood in symbolic terms.
Many people prefer to use the cards for the principle illustrated rather than for the zodiac sign.
Order #: MB001
| Price | (plus shipping and handling and applicable taxes) | |
| card | 4.50 | |
| letter-size print | ||
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