Themis
Scotland
Louis XVI
Robert Burns
Prov.16:2
"All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits."
Libra (♎) is the seventh astrological sign in the Zodiac. It spans the 180–210th degree of the zodiac, between 180 and 207.25 degree of celestial longitude. Under the tropical zodiac, Sun transits this area on average between (northern autumnal equinox)
September 23 and October 22, and under the sidereal zodiac, the sun
currently transits the constellation of Libra from approximately October
16 to November 17. The symbol of the scales is based on the Scales of Justice held by Themis, the Greek personification of divine law and custom.[4] She became the inspiration for modern depictions of Lady Justice. The ruling planet of Libra is Venus.
Libra is the only constellation in the sky represented by an inanimate
object. The other eleven signs are represented either as an animal or
mythological characters throughout history.
Interestingly, Libra was not included in the earliest Zodiacs. It is
believed to have been known to the Egyptians as Zugon, or the Yoke,
where only the beam of the scales was represented, typifying the
Nilometer, the instrument by which the inundations of the Nile were
measured.
Statue of Themis, Chuo University, Japan.
Louis XVI
Behold The Beauty Of Scotland
Robert Burns:
Burns was also a man inspired by his country – perhaps his greatest
talent was for livening up the old Scots’ tongue, and writing the most
vivid accounts of the personalities he would meet in his travels across
Scotland.
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