Atalanta Fugiens · Emblem XIV

Hic est Draco caudam suam devorans.

This is the dragon devouring its tail.

Emblem XIV

A reading

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.

A question to carry

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

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Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens (1618), with the Latin motto, a translation and a reading for each plate.

Engraving in the public domain.