Discussion of the Konstellations

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I pasted the relevant section of the Farnese Atlas beneath it, leaving only the constellations on the tropic of Capricorn. I did mirror the image, since celestial spheres are mirrored by convention, so you have to mirror them again to get the normal positions. The thing in between the Dog and Hydra is the top of Argo Navis, which belongs to the Antarctic Circle and can be ignored.

That leaves three constellations in this section, from right to left: Hare, Dog, Hydra-Corvus-Crater.

So... it works out rather well. Though it takes some time and experience with the constellations to adjust your eye to it - which is why I'm a bit afraid I may be speaking Chinese sometimes :/

If the nymph lying in the water is Hydra, it fits rather well, although I suppose other interpretations are possible (that a nymph lying in the "hole", for example, is Crater). It was Hydra who guarded the water in Crater and the leftmost nymph has water coming to the head and might be blocking it? I'm not sure, it takes some study, but the possibilities are very interesting.

The dog looks like a guy with breast implants. I don't know if it has any relevance, but there are only a few places where breasts are drawn this way (circles rather than bumps). It looks so oddly deliberate but I suppose it might just be a different hand.


Since this path of analysis is both extensive and somewhat intricate (I've been trying to follow it but I may have missed some of the posts), I can't remember if you've done the left side of this page yet.