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After weeks – nay! months – of waiting for a great spam comment or two to come along, I don’t get any. The example above is from way back when, when I decided to save some of the more ‘odd’ spam comments. This was the only one saved.
They don’t do spam like they used to.
Not that I’m complaining, mind.
Let’s hope that we have now entered a Spam Free Zone!
Did you know that there’s a star with the designation 24213?
There is! It’s in the Taurus constellation. In the image to the left, the small red box towards the centre marks the co-ordinates of where 24213 actually is. Or should be. The co-ordinates are 03 52 11.9 +25 11 03, but I’ve zoomed into those co-ordinates and couldn’t make out a star… unless the box is in the wrong place and it’s meant to be on the large star just below it. The Universe is quite a big place to be slightly off, however, but one of those stars pictured will be 24213.
Taurus is one of the oldest constellations known to man, dating back to the Copper Age, an early part of the Bronze Age, and as such holds its place in many ancient legends and mythological tales.
There’s a link between Taurus and Phoenix; it is quite a feeble attempt at finding a connection, but it’s there never-the-less.
Firstly, Taurus and Phoenix are two constellations, one in the north, the other in the south, but that isn’t the connection. According to Greek Mythology, Zeus took on the form of a bull in order to abduct Europa, a Phoenician princess, so that he could marry her in Crete. Now, as convoluted as these myths and legends get, Europa was either the daughter of the king of Phoenicia, Agenor, or she was the daughter of Phoenix, one of Agenor’s sons. Whether Europa and Zeus wed is open to debate, as Zeus was also with Hera at the time, and presumably a few others as well. They had several children, Zeus and Europa, one of whom was Rhadamanthus, which I’ve merely included here as it rolls off the tongue! He was a resident of the Underworld, incidentally.
Anyway, I digress. It’s so easy to when looking into links with the past. It’s still fascinating.
So, Zeus became a bull, which is how he came to represent Taurus – or Taurus represents him. He is also the God of the Skies, and the God of Thunder. And Europa was (or wasn’t) the daughter of Phoenix.
And here’s the feeble link. A rocky road, if you like, or even a rickety railway track. Phoenix, or the Phoenician princess, ties in with my Sunday’s post, and Zeus and his thunder links into Saturday’s post.
There is method in my madness.
Somewhere.
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