Atalanta Fugiens · Emblem XXX
Sol indiget luna, ut gallus gallina.
The sun needs the moon, as the cock needs the hen.
Emblem XXX
The solar and the lunar are not ranked. Each needs the other.
A question to carry
Where do you favour the sun and neglect the moon, or the other way around?
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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.