In recent weeks, in the early hours of the night , stands to the south, low over the horizon in the sky with its elegant and winding, making it, in my opinion, one of the most fascinating constellations and "realistic."
E 'there with its tail arched, and the dreaded sting and, from time immemorial, the invincible chases Orion in an attempt to kill as desired by the jealous and vengeful Apollo.
sparked the ire of the son of Zeus an invitation to a hunt that Artemis had sent all'invincibile hunter, who never in his life he had chosen the path of flight before finding his way and the Scorpion Today, however, has no choice but to hide under the horizon as soon as it sees rise in the east, having failed in any way to get rid of the animal.
To his left, at a safe distance from the sting, and Sagittarius tends the arc with the intention of hitting him (probably just a precaution), the arrow pointing directly to his red heart, Antares , so called (anti-Ares) in the sky because its light competes with that of Mars, the red planet. And 'one of the biggest stars ever we know of hundreds and hundreds of times larger than the Sun, seen as small, however, the other due to the great distance that lies to us, that is "just" the fifteenth among all in terms of brightness.
Above it, Ophiuchus seems to want to crush the foot and, while holding the snake, push out of the ecliptic, the path of the sun, finally take its place in the Great Circle, the Zodiac: in short, the representation of the endless struggle between light and darkness, between order and chaos.
battles, threats and close encounters with no holds barred in one of the less peaceful parts of the sky. Yet Scorpio is always there, unable to resist the attacks, although Julius Caesar had lifted its claws to make it to his right, the constellation of Libra. Resists and stays there to report always tell how the Indians of Central America, the entrance of souls into heaven, that access to travel across the Milky Way to return back to Earth.
And it is precisely in finding always there, where his presence creates so much anxiety and confusion, which, from the Earth, my, in turn our gaze in that direction, finds serenity.
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