Constellation Hercules
Harikulesa mandala – Engonasin – Ingeniculus – Nisus/Nixus – Al Jatha, the kneeler. Forms 3 lotuses. Hercules the constellation.
Alpha – Ras Algethi (head of the kneeling one).
Beta – Kornephoros (club-bearer) – Rutilicus, little spade.
Delta – Sarin.
Kappa – Maasim (wrist).
Xi – Marfik.
Omega – Cujam (club).
Stars at Sidereal Zodiac Degree
Marsik
1°51’ Scorpio
– Kappa Hercules. The right elbow of Hercules.
Kornephoros
7°13’ Scorpio
– Beta Hercules. Also known as the ‘glittering’. The club bearer, or little spade. In the left shoulder of a kneeling Hercules.
Kajam
14°27’ Scorpio
– Omega Hercules. The club in the hand of Hercules.
Sarin
20°53’ Scorpio
– Delta Hercules. – The left shoulder of Hercules.
Ras Algethi
22°17’ Scorpio
– Alpha Hercules. The head of Hercules. This is Hercules. In the Indian pantheon, Hercules makes 3 Lotuses called Harikulesvara.
Maasym
26°02’ Scorpio
– Lambda Hercules. The wrist (of the innocent one).
Corona Borealis constellation
Uttar Kirita mandala – The northern crown – Alfekka, the broken dish – Dervish’s dish.
Alpha – Alphecca – Gemma – broken ring of stars – a gem – Clava Coronae, the key of the crown – Al Kāsā, the dervish’s dish.
Beta – Nusakan (the two).
Alphecca
18°25’ Libra
– Alpha Corona Borealis. – Dervish’s dish. Also known as Gemma, the holy shining point that is the centre of the crown and its spirit. Corona Borealis is the broken crown of kings, also called Panchajanya in Indian pantheon.
Nusakan
15°15’ Libra
– Beta Corona Borealis. The pauper’s bowl, in the northern crown of the constellation. Associated to the begging bowl of fakirs, mystic and the fool in old world tarot cards.
Serpens constellation
Sarpa mandala – Serpens Ophiuchi – The snake.
Alpha – Unukalhai (neck of the snake).
Beta – Chow (imperial dynasty).
Theta – Alya (thick tail).
Unukalhai
28°12’ Libra
– Alpha Serpens. The Serpent’s heart. This is the same snake depicted in medicinal healing and caduceuses, and inferred as the kundalini snake.
Alya
21°53’ Sagittarius
– Theta Serpens. The thick tail of the Serpent.
A coat of quotes and passing poetry
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Why thus longing, thus forever sighing
For the far off, unattained, and dim,
While the beautiful, all round thee lying,
Offers up its low perpetual hymn?
Wouldst thou listen to its gentle teaching, All thy restless yearnings it would still; Leaf and flower and laden bee are preaching.
Thine own sphere, though humble, first to fill.
Poor indeed thou must be, if around thee
Thou no ray of light and joy canst throw,
If no silken cord of love hath bound thee.
To some little world through weal and woe;
If no dear eyes thy fond love can brighten, — No fond voices answer to thine own;
If no brother's sorrow thou canst lighten
By daily sympathy and gentle tone.
Not by deeds that win the crowd's applauses, Not by works that gain thee world-renown,
Not by martyrdom or vaunted crosses, Canst thou win and wear the immortal crown.
Daily struggling, though unloved and lonely,
Every day a rich reward will give;
Thou wilt find, by hearty striving only,
And truly loving, thou canst truly live.
Dost thou revel in the rosy morning,
When all nature hails the Lord of light,
And his smile, the mountain-tops adorning,
Robes yon fragrant fields in radiance bright?
Other hands may grasp the field and forest,
Proud proprietors in pomp may shine;
But with fervent love if thou adorest, Thou art wealthier,—all the world is thine.
Yet if through earth's wide domains thou rovest,
Sighing that they are not thine alone.
Not those fair fields, but thyself thou lovest,
And their beauty and thy wealth are gone.
Nature wears the color of the spirit;
Sweetly to her worshipper she sings;
All the glow, the grace she doth inherit,
Round her trusting child she fondly flings.
"Why thus longing | Harriet Winslow Sewall