Ophiuchus

Apollo had his sister Artemis kill Coronis. As her body as about to be burned on a pyre he remembered his child and had Hermes perform a C-section and give the baby to Chiron (a centaur) to raise. Chiron taught Asclepius about medicine.

After Asclepius had raised some folks from the dead, Hades became fearful he would not have any new recruits in the underworld. He asked his younger brother, Zeus, to kill Asclepius. (Do any of these gods do their own dirty work?) Zeus complied, killing Asclepius with a lighting bolt.

Later Zeus honored Asclepius by placing him in the night sky as the constellation Ophiuchus (the Serpent Holder).

The 13th Sign:

I’m not quite sure how Ophiuchus became the 13th sign. Aries is normally the first sign of the Zodiac and that would make Ophiuchus the 9th sign and Pieces the 13th. But I quite like being a prime number rather than a square.

Qi LogogramI am curious as to which element will be associated with Ophiuchus: Earth, Air, Wind, or Fire. Since it is sandwiched in between Scorpio (water) and Sagittarius (fire) I’m hoping it will be Steam—ethereal and in keeping with the uniqueness of the new sign.  Steam, as an element, is also intriguing because of its association with the Chinese concept of Qi (ch’i). The logogram for qi is representative of “steam rising from rice as it cooks”. It is believed that when you mix the heart’s fire with water the resulting steam is qi. Qi is difficult to explain (see links below) but simply put is the vital force present in all things.

Trying to combine the Western Zodiac and the Chinese one is always fun. I found this wonderful site: Suzanne White.com in my travels around the web. I’m a Human Snowplow if you’re interested.

The last thing that tickles my Ophiuchus heart is thinking of all those astrologers dividing the horoscope charts into 13 unequal houses-—giggling and running away.

Wikipedia Links:
Ophiuchus-Astrology
Ophiuchus-Mythology
Qi

Another nice article on Qi: The Walking Circle

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