Atalanta Fugiens · Emblem XLV
Sol et ejus umbra perficiunt opus.
The sun and its shadow complete the work.
Emblem XLV
Not the sun alone. The work is completed by the light and by the shadow it casts, a line Jungian readers have always found hard to resist.
A question to carry
What shadow does your light cast, and have you included it?
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.