Atalanta Fugiens · Emblem XXXIII
Hermaphroditus mortuo similis, in tenebris jacens, igne indiget.
The Hermaphrodite, lying in darkness like one dead, needs fire.
Emblem XXXIII
The united being is not yet alive. It lies in the dark and waits for heat.
A question to carry
What in you is complete but not yet warm?
Emblem of the day
Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens (1618), with the Latin motto, a translation and a reading for each plate.
Engraving in the public domain.