Atalanta Fugiens · 1618 · Emblem XXXIV
In balneis concipitur, et in aere nascitur, rubeus vero factus graditur super aquas.
He is conceived in the baths and born in the air; made red, he walks upon the waters.
A whole sequence in one line: conceived in water, born in air, and, once red, above the water that once held him.
What once held you under that you might now stand on?
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.