THE 13TH HOROSCOPE
Presenting our next Horoscope Collection, OPHIUCHUS.
THE MOVEMENT OF THE HOROSCOPE COLLECTION IS ABOUT USING THE MODERN MEDIUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY TO TELL THE STORIES OF THE ORIGINAL MYTHOLOGIES. THE CONSTELLATIONS WERE STUDIED AND VIEWED AS MYTHOLOGICAL STORIES. DIFFERENT CULTURES, COUNTRIES, AND REGIONS HAD THEIR OWN DEPICTIONS AS WELL. GETTING TO LEARN ABOUT EACH ONE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY RIVETING. WHILE EDUCATING MYSELF, I GOT TO LEARN HOW IN-DEPTH THESE ZODIACS REALLY ARE.
THE DEPICTION OF OPHIUCHUS IS A SNAKE BEARER, THE SNAKE CHARMER.
FOR MY PHOTOGRAPHY CHOICES, I DECIDED IN PURSUING THE SNAKE CHARMER. I WANTED TO CREATE AN INTENSITY FOR THE FIRE SIGN. I ALSO WANTED TO HAVE A LIVING SNAKE FOR IMPACT AS WELL AS A NOD TO ITS SURROUNDING ZODIACS SAGITTARIUS AND SCORPIO. I ALSO WANTED SOMEONE CHARMING AND CAPTIVATING TO MODEL FOR THIS SIGN. SILVIA AND COMPANY SIR HISS, DID THIS SPENDIDLY. VERY EDGY AND COMPLIMENTARY LOOKS. THE HOROSCOPE COLOUR REPRESENTATION IS LIKE THAT OF SAGITTARIUS, PURPLE. HOWEVER, FOR SAGITTARIUS, I USED SOMETHING SOFTER. TO CONTINUE THE INTENSITY, I WANTED DARK ROYAL PURPLE FOR OPHIUCHUS. MIRRORING COMPLECTIONS. THE NETTING, SIMILAR TO THE SCALES, COLOURS, SLEEK AND MINIMALISTIC LOOK. NATURAL YET IMPACTFUL. QUITE THE BITE. WITH ONLY HER PURPLE SETS HER APART FROM THE SNAKE. EVERYTHING TOGETHER, SHE TRULY DRAWS YOU IN. THE HEALER, THE CHARMER, THE SNAKE BEARER.
OPHIUCHUS SYMBOLISM
ABOUT THE OPHIUCHUS...
”The depiction of Ophiuchus, “the 13th horoscope”, is the serpent bearer. If we use a celestial planisphere, we will see that between November 30 and December 18, the Sun occupies one of those less famous constellations: Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer or snake charmer. Those born between these dates are, of necessity, the zodiac sign Ophiuchus.There is no evidence of the constellation preceding the classical era, and in Babylonian astronomy, a “Sitting Gods” constellation seems to have been located in the general area of Ophiuchus. However, Gavin White proposes that Ophiuchus may in fact be remotely descended from this Babylonian constellation, representing Nirah, a serpent-god who was sometimes depicted with his upper half human but with serpents for legs.
To the ancient Greeks, the constellation represented the god Apollo struggling with a huge snake that guarded the Oracle of Delphi. Later myths identified Ophiuchus with Laocoön, the Trojan priest of Poseidon, who warned his fellow Trojans about the Trojan Horse and was later slain by a pair of sea serpents sent by the gods to punish him.
According to Roman-era mythography, the figure represents the healer Asclepius, who learned the secrets of keeping death at bay after observing one serpent bringing another healing herbs. To prevent the entire human race from becoming immortal under Asclepius’ care, Jupiter killed him with a bolt of lightning. Later placed his image in the heavens to honor his good works.
In medieval Islamic astronomy (Azophi’s Uranometry, 10th century), the constellation was known as Al-Ḥawwaʾ, “the snake-charmer”. Aratus describes Ophiuchus as trampling on Scorpius with his feet. This is depicted in Renaissance to Early Modern star charts, beginning with Albrecht Dürer in 1515; in some depictions (such as that of Johannes Kepler in De Stella Nova, 1606), Scorpius also seems to threaten to sting Serpentarius in the foot.
This is consistent with Azophi, who already included ψ Oph and ω Oph as the snake-charmer’s “left foot”, and θ Oph and ο Oph as his “right foot”, making Ophiuchus a zodiacal constellation at least as regards his feet. This arrangement has been taken as symbolic in later literature, and placed in relation to the words spoken by God to the serpent in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:15).”
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IT was SO INCREDIBLY FULFILLING TO have done ANOTHER ARTIST PROJECT. EVERY MODEL IS OF THE ACTUAL HOROSCOPE AND I had ALSO WORKed WITH AMAZING ARTISTS, MUAS, JEWELLERS, DESIGNERS, AND MORE. CHECK OUT THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA BELOW. HELP SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES.
SUCH AN AMAZING COLLABORATION. a model, who’s never done a photoshoot before, and working with another live creature. knocked it out of the park!
The model, Silvia, WAS very brave to take on this photoshoot. something out of her comfort zone, with a python!
thank you to our outstanding team: SARAH MOHSN, JORDAN STEWART, AND TYANNA CELLUCHI!
FEBRUARY 27TH THERE’LL BE A BLOG POST ABOUT THE EXHIBITION IN DETAIL, SHOWCASING BOTH EXHIBITION VIDEOS, THE EXPERIENCE, MERCH DROP, *NEW* PHOTOSHOOT PACKAGES, AND THE DOOR PRIZE WINNERS!
OPHIUCHUS MODEL | SILVIA BEAUDOIN @SILVIA_97B
SNAKE OWNER | Sir HISS @snakelady96