Atalanta Fugiens, Emblem XIV

Atalanta Fugiens · 1618 · Emblem XIV

Hic est Draco caudam suam devorans.

This is the dragon devouring its tail.

The ouroboros: the process that feeds on itself and so renews itself. It can be an image of wholeness or of a loop that never opens.

Which cycle in your life feeds on itself, and does it renew you or wear you down?

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Michael Maier, Atalanta Fugiens (Oppenheim, 1618). Engraving in the public domain. Motto transcribed from the 1618 edition; translation and reading by The Hermetic School. All the emblems.

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