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Basilique Ste-Madeleine, Vézelay - West Burgundy Zodiac Signs and Monthly Activities
The zodiac and monthly activity cycle at the Cathédral St-Lazare (Autun, Burgundy)
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The Zodiac signs and monthly activity illustrations start from the bottom left hand side of the middle archivolt, which is at the bottom of this page ..... we are starting on the right hand side
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Harvesting Grapes
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The pig knows what's coming, but the axe man may be wavering ?
Sagittarius the Centaur Archer (and life of the party)
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Harvesting Grapes (above)
Scorpio – October
October 24 – November 22 Le Scorpion (The Scorpion)
Killing a Pig
Sagittarius – November
November 23 – December 21 Le Sagitaire (The Archer)
Old and New Year (below)
Capricorn – December
December 22 - January 20 (December 22 - Winter Solstice) La Capricorne (The Sea Goat)
Winter (below)
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Old Year holds up New Year
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Winter sneaks a sideways look at the lintel girl with rolled down top and big .... ears. The inscription reads "OMNIBUS IN REMBRIS DESIGNAT IMAGO DECEMBRIR"
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Storing grain
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Libra minus scale arm
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Siren
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detail photos all above
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Cancer the Crab Centre Bird Mandorla Flexidog with big feet (or impending auto-fellatio)
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Gemini Twins Scything Hay Cancer the Crab
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Unhappy (hawkless) hawker
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detail photos above and below
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Spring Excess and the Gemini Twins
Taurus the (mer-) Bull
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Aries – March
March 21– April 20 (March 21 - Spring Equinox) Le Bélier (The Ram)
Spring Pruning
Pisces – February (right)
February 19 – March 20 Les Poissons (The Fishes)
Disrobing in the warmth (right)
Aquarius – January
January 21 – February 18 Le Verseau (The Water Carrier)
Cutting Bread in January (see below)
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Pisces
Disrobing
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Pruning Vines in March
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Cutting Bread in January
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SCROLL UP FOR ZODIACS AND MONTHLY ACTIVITIES STARTING AT THE BOTTOM IN JANUARY
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Link to the story of Vézelay and photos from our 2004 visit there
The zodiac and monthly activity cycle at the Cathédral St-Lazare (Autun, Burgundy)
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