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Print made by Crispijn de Passe the Elder

Jupiter - Sun - Moon - Saturn

Under each we see numbers corresponding to stages & ages of human life. In the picture of Moon, we see age of infancy, Sun is the youth, Jupiter is the maturity and Saturn is the old age.

The Seven Planets by Adriaen Collaert After Marten de Vos. Title page shows stages of human life, four tempers and four elements. Venus is with arts, Mercury with science & education, Mars with war.

Mars is once again a warrior, with Aries (ram) & Scorpio near him. Jupiter is a philosopher, priest, with archer (Sagittarius) & fish (Pisces) near him.

Similar planetary symbolism by the School of/style of Lucas Cranach the Younger. Moon, with a crab/lobster under her feet, Sun with regal symbolism and a lion, Mercury with symbols of science & trade, Venus with ornate dress, holding a heart, with bull/Taurus & Libra near her.

Mercury. Above him we can see the symbols of zodiac signs of Virgo & Gemini, both ruled by the planed Mercury. Under him, we see depictions of trade, communication, as well as learning, science & formal education.

"The ancient Sages taught that for each individual soul, or perhaps for a number of souls with the same nature and affinity, there is a being of the spiritual world who, throughout their existence, adopts a special solicitude and tenderness toward that soul or group of souls."

Indeed. Fish appears often in context of healing or sacred teachings. Jonah is saved by being in a fish (in some a whale). In Hinduism, Vishnu takes avatar of fish (Matsya) & during the great flood, helped the seven sages. Matsyendra, the first Hatha yogin was also inside a fish. https://t.co/qPbr05oSNA

Archangel Rafael in a Cusco painting & in a painting by Juan de Valdés Leal (1622 – 1690), Spanish.

Rafael or Raphael is an archangel of healing in Abrahamic religions. In Islam his name is Israfil. He often holds a fish, symbol of healing (he healed Tobit with a fish's gall).

Romantic winter landscapes by Albert Bredow (1828 - 1899), German-Russian