03-06-2020, 09:06 PM
@Koen, no reference I'm afraid, just it triggered some memories when I looked at it.
Kircher in his Oedipus Egypticus (mid 1600's) used the same imagery, he was linking the original zodiac back to the Greek myths via the Egyptians. Admittedly this has nothing to do with the image under discussion!
![[Image: from-athanasius-kircher-oedipus-aegyptia...=640&h=636]](https://benebellwen.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/from-athanasius-kircher-oedipus-aegyptiacus-1652-titled-hermes-hieroglyphic-plan-of-the-ancient-zodiac.jpg?w=640&h=636)
Admittedly it doesn't make much sense to do it like that, as the stars make up two fishes and you run the risk of confusing it with Sagittarius. But there's no doubt it is a sea centaur (ichthyocentaur).
Maybe the bloke just liked horses?
Kircher in his Oedipus Egypticus (mid 1600's) used the same imagery, he was linking the original zodiac back to the Greek myths via the Egyptians. Admittedly this has nothing to do with the image under discussion!
Admittedly it doesn't make much sense to do it like that, as the stars make up two fishes and you run the risk of confusing it with Sagittarius. But there's no doubt it is a sea centaur (ichthyocentaur).
Maybe the bloke just liked horses?