Aquarius Constellation Research Paper

In the beginning of his diary, he spoke of his regard for the Virgin, which is known as the Virgo. In his diary, Virgo was depicted as a beautiful woman and he equated her to Marian Maudsley. This partially accounts for his love of her. Leo said, “the signs of the zodiac, each somehow contriving to suggest a plenitude of life and power, each glorious, though differing from the others in glory. …And I remembered too…the magic with which they were then invested, and the tingling sense of coming fruition they conveyed— the lowly creatures no less than the exalted ones.” (Hartley. 19). This quote suggests that Leo saw the signs as equals, none greater than the other. However, soon after he can not decide whether he related to the archer or the water-carrier more, but he eventually puts down each of their respective professions he believed that they had. “The two men attracted and repelled me at the same time; perhaps I was jealous of them.” (Hartley. 21). He also refers to his imagination as being “passionately hierarchical” at that time. (Hartley. 19). He eventually refers to Marian’s lover, Ted Burgess as the water-carrier, or Aquarius. This is because Ted is a farmer and laborer. For example, when Leo falls off a haystack on Ted’s farm, Ted finds him while carrying “a pail of water in each hand.” (Hartley. 97). Later in life, Leo acknowledges that his saving of Leo was probably the

In spite of this, most of the women he had slept with had been raped, including his own wife. Hera had been purposely avoiding her brother, wanting nothing to do with him. He was well aware of this, and while pursuing her had come up with a plan. Zeus transformed himself into a "sad and bedraggled looking cuckoo bird, soaked from a strong downpour"(Pontikis). Hera, pitying the bird, held him up to her heart for warmth and desired to heal him. In this moment, Zeus transformed back into his regular form and raped Hera, who could do nothing in the spontaneity. After this incident, they married out of guilt for the rape and conceived multiple children (Pontikis). Among other victims was the kidnapped Prince Ganymede, whom was taken by Zeus in the form of an eagle. Upon being ddelivered to Mount Olympus, he raped the young boy, and made him his cup-bearer (Leadbetter). As an apology, he did not return the prince to his family, but sent a couple of

Odysseus was sound asleep in the woods only to be awakened after hearing the sound of girls shouting. The girls were kicking around a ball when they woke Odysseus as they were waiting for the river-washed clothes to dry in the sun. Fate was taking place to connect the exhausted traveler with a princess, Nausikaa. The night before, Athena visited Nausikaa in her dreams with intentions to influence her to go to the river to wash herself and her clothes for reason to be able to meet Odysseus. Once Odysseus gathered himself to go see what was around him, he comes out from behind the bushes causing the maids accompanying Nausikaa to all scatter at the sight of him. He is compared to a calm mountain lion that looks to be roughened by his hardships,

My favorite constellation by far is the Gemini constellation. The Gemini constellation is my favorite because my star sign is Gemini. And it is fairly easy to spot in the night sky, although the best viewing month is in February.

Tisk and Nopy were married. Tisk loved her husband so much, but he didn’t it loved her as intense as she. When Tisk got pregnant of a baby girl, she was so excited to tell Nopy her news. She told him, but Nopy didn’t like the idea of taking care of a baby. He left without saying a word. Tisk cried for days because Nopy broke her heart.

Gemini is the constellation I have chosen to use in my essay. The reason for that is my zodiac sign is Gemini, and it's the constellation I am most familiar with. Gemini is composed of several stars, the most popular being Pollux and Casper, the two 'heads' of the constellation. The greek myth where Gemini is orinated from is of two twin brothers -the stars- Pollux and Casper. The constellation is seen between the constellations, Taurus and Cancer.

Yet to her came Zeus in the golden rain. As she sat there through the long days and hours with nothing to do, nothing to see except the clouds moving by overhead, a mysterious thing happened, a shower of gold fell from the sky and filled her chamber. How it was revealed to her that it was Zeus who had visited her in this shape we are not told, but she knew that the child she bore was his son” (Hamilton, Pg. 198).

I've picked the constellation, Aquarius, as my topic for this assignment. I chose this star constellation because my sign is Aquarius, therefore I thought it would be fun and entertaining to do for the project and I would also love to learn more about my sign. The Aquarius is located in the Southern Hemisphere and is one of the oldest recorded constellation of the Zodiac. It is a very large constellation; it spreads out over 980 square degrees and it is the 10th largest constellation in the sky. There aren't many bright stars in the sky, so it's hard to see without a telescope in handy, but you can try and see if you can find it with the naked eye! The Aquarius was recorded during the second century by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy. The constellation name means "cup bearer" or "water bearer" in the Latin language. The

The sun had just risen and Zeus was nowhere to be found when Hera awoke. She was not as much filled with worry as she was with suspicion and anger. This is because he had been sneaking about until early in the morning for weeks in a row. She was sure that he was having relations with yet another mortal, but she wanted solid proof. So the next night she pretended to fall into a slumber, and when he left she followed him.

One day during ancient Greek times, the supreme god, Zeus, was out searching for any form of entertainment when he saw one of the most beautiful creature he had ever laid his eyes on. She was a mortal and Zeus was immediately mesmerized by her. Zeus had had many flings with mortals, but he believed that he truly loved her. Her name was Seraphina. A year later, they had a child and named him Adoneas.

Cygnus is a Greek myth about two friends named Cygnus and Phaeton. They both decide to go chariot racing together. Cygnus and Phaeton race too close to the heavens, and shattered down to Earth. Cygnus ended up not getting hurt, but his friend’s dead body was trapped in the bottom of the Eridanus River. Again and again, Cygnus dove in the water to retrieve his beloved friend for a proper burial, but fell short each time. Zeus, the god of the gods was moved because Cygnus was so noble, and gave the exceptional friend a choice: immortality or a swan. Zeus said that if Cygnus wanted to be a swan, he would live as a swan for the rest of his life. Boldly, Cygnus chose to be a swan to obtain his friend. Zeus was moved by the heroic act, and decided

Throughout Greek myths, Zeus plays a highly important role because he is the king of the gods, involved in many mortals’ lives, and continually effects these mortals lives. This effect mirrors many norms within Ancient Greek society which was highly focused on male figures who dictated the decisions of families and individuals and their choices were often not questioned or change by others. This presents a difference from many aspects of modern society, and at times, this difference shocks modern audiences interacting with Greek myth. Specifically, one can find actions and characteristics of the god Zeus by examining his role in the myths of the Rape of Persephone, Io, and Heracles that would shock modern audiences.

While in the mountains she comes across a cave out of which pops out the Nemean lion. The Nemean lion took Gorgophone for Zeus who had requested that the Lion do his “dirty” work. Once Gorgophone was bound and could not move, Zeus finally decided to come in and attempt to save her but did not want let her know it was him, and also since he could not be seen in his divine, so he decided to take the form of Hercules. While in the form of Hercules he came across a man who claimed that Gorgophone was his wife. It was Shartsmugel, whom Zeus had never met before. Though Zeus, who was still in the form of Hercules, knew where Gorgophone was, he decided it was best to lead Shartsmegul on. Shartsmugel thought something was off about

The constellation I have chosen is Cancer. I chose this constellation because it is my zodiac sign. Naturally, I found it interesting to learn about and write an essay on my discovery and creation theory. Cancer is Latin for "Crab", The name was chosen because the representation of the the constellation is in fact a crab. The constellation is 506 sq. degrees and made up of faint stars.

In this story the swan was the disguise of Zeus who was obsessed by his own passionate love for Leda. The reason of transforming is possibly to hide himself from his jealousy wife, Hera who often obstructed his affairs.