Atalanta Fugiens · 1618 · Emblem VII
Fit pullus a nido volans, qui iterum cadit in nidum.
A fledgling flies from the nest and falls back into it.
What rises falls back, and rises again. The repetition is not failure: it is how the volatile becomes fixed.
What keeps leaving and returning, and what is it teaching you?
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.