No. 11 of 12 · Zodiac Nights
Aquarius
Pictures by Charles F. Blunt
Aquarius the Water-Bearer tips his jar across a navy sky of gold stars, from Charles F. Blunt's The Beauty of the Heavens of 1842. In Greek myth the water-bearer is Ganymede, who poured the wine for the gods on Olympus, and here he pours a stream of stars instead. For someone born between January 20 and February 18.
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From the great astronomy books of the 1800s / AQUARIUS / The Water-Bearer · January 20 – February 18 / The water-bearer pours a stream of stars from his jar. In the Greek myth he is Ganymede, who poured the wine for the gods on Olympus. / The Beauty of the Heavens, 1842 / Charles F. Blunt's lecture on astronomy in 104 hand-coloured scenes, published in London by Tilt and Bogue.
