![]() Associated, too, with Leda, the friend of Jupiter and mother of Castor, Pollux, and Helena, it was classed among the Argonautic constellations, and Helenae Genitor, with other names derived from the well-known legend, was applied to it.Īs the bird of Venus it also has been known as Myrtilus, from the myrtle sacred to that goddess and it was considered to be Orpheus, placed after death in the heavens, near to his favorite Lyre ( Lyra). When the Romans adopted the title that we now have, our constellation became the mythical swan identified with Cycnus, the son of Mars, or of the Ligurian Sthenelus or the brother of Phaethon, transformed at the river Padus (Eridanus) and transported to the sky. Ĭygnus, the Swan that modern criticism says should be Cycnus, lies between Draco and Pegasus. This is consistent with the spectra of Deneb Adige (Venus) and Sador (Mercury), but both Albireo and Gienah have a Martian nature. Ptolemy gives its stars the nature of Venus and Mercury: Idealistic, psychic, handsome, neat, lovable, refined, genteel, intelligent. Ĭygnus in classical times was a dreaded constellation hostile to all things in the air. By the Kabalists it is associated with the Hebrew letter Resh and the 20th Tarot Trump “Judgment”. There is some love of water and swimming and the arts. The affections are ill regulated and unsteady, the talents develop late. Cygnus gives a contemplative, dreamy, cultured and adaptable nature. ![]()
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