Antila the Air Pump and Fornax the Furnace

Antila & Fornax

The Air Pump and The Furnace

The thinkers of the Rennaisance allowed mankind to develop new mastery over fire and air.  More than just sauvy manipulation, humans develloped a sharper mathematical understanding upon the elements beyond the poetic and spirit realm.  Rather the logical center of mind became witness to the birth of modern science which unleashed powerful tools of creation and weapons of mass destruction. Science would also hijack and occult the ancient and romantic notion of the "Elements" for its own mysterious perogatives.

Here the Furnace and Air Pump are matched as they represent a potent mastery over the elemental forces of Fire and Air.  Their flags are on similar celestial latitudes, but the Air Pump just nibbles in the 50s.

 Notice the hidden letter A in the symbol for Antila the Air Pump? 

 Can you find the hidden F in the symbol for the Furance?  Luckily both the Greek and English word begin with the letter F. 

Sextans the Star-Compass and Octans the Navigator's Star Compass

Sextans and Octans

The Sextant Star Compass and The Octant Navigator's Star Compass

Once again another harmonious pair was placed into the heaves by our ancestors, or cousins as it may be for a good majority of world without any European Ancestors.  Nonetheless these two providential pairs align in more than one way - in that 'Tri-Fecta Triple Crown Way.'

1. First they are basically the same thing, a navigator's star compass.

2. Second they are perpendicular to each other, as the Sextant is on the Equator while the Octant is on the South Pole.

3. Finally they are on opposite Galactic Factions; Sextant is on North Galactic - M-87 Galactic Supercluster Capitol Side while Octant is on the Southern Galactic - Neighbor Andromeda Galaxy Side.

 Sextans crosses the Equator so it gets the Equator Stripe, but it only dominates the southern equatorial latitude.  Subsequently the northern one's degree's latitude is just a stripe while the southern ones degree's celestial latitude is much thicker.  Likewise Sextans just crosses the southern 10s, so it gets a bottom red stripe.



 Sextans astrological symbol has three inner spaces which is halfway to six, that reflects the Six in Sextant's name.  Likewise, Octans has four inner spaces which is half way to eight, that reflect the Eight in Octant's name as with the eight legged fish - the Octopus.

 Octans crosses all the 80s region of the Celestial South Pole, and just reaches slightly into the southern 70s.  The Southern Star has eight points, in honor of the "Eighth of a Wheel Star Compass." 

Flags of Microscopium the Microscope and Telescopium the Telescope

Microscopium & Telescopium

The Microscope and The Telescope 

For most of written human history, we had no idea of the tiny universe of animals living all around us and in our tears and ears, nor did we understand that the sun is really a star and that others stars are suns.  

But with the invention of the Microscope and Telescope the hidden formerly invisible kingdoms of amazingly small animals and plants became visible.  Likewise the borders of our universe expanded, we would no longer perceive the planets as stars.

We became simultaneously giants and tiny creatures.  Super-giants relative to the animals that live in the drops of morning dew, and paradoxically tiny creatures relative to expanded borders of the known Universe.

"Five stars transformed into Planets that Wondered, and Earth transformed into a Wandering Star. "

So radical was this shift in our perception of reality, we now take it for granted today.  Much of this wonder shift in consciousness was due to our ability to improve our vision by creating 'magical glasses' constructed on sound mathematical principles that exposed these hidden worlds of wonder - the telescope and microscope. 

 The flag of Microscopium the Microscope has  bands of blue, green, and yellow.  Green is the thicker since Microscopium completely crosses all of the 40s Celestial Latitude.  Since The Cosmic Microscope partially fills the 30s and 50s it gets a smaller yellow band and smaller blue band. 

The flag of Telescopium uses the colours of blue and indigo to indicate its visibility along the 50s and 60s degree's celestial latitudes.  Since The Heavenly Telescope does not dominate a band, the centrally placed stripes are present.






By providence these constellations are at one of the Celestial Four Corners, as it is on Earth.  We have the American four corners of Utah-Colorado-Arizona-New Mexico or Canadian four corners of North West Territories-Nunavut-Manitoba-Saskatchewan.

But the Celestial Four Corners are composed of the Microscopium-Sagittarius-Telescopium-Indus.  On our Celestial Globe Microscopium is diametrically opposed to Telescopium as are Utah-to-Arizona or rather North West Territoires-to-Manitoba.  

Triangulum the Right Triangle and Triangulum Australe the Southern Equalateral Triangle

Triangulum and Triangulum Australe

The Right Triangle & Southern Triangle 

Coincidentally there are two constellations dedicated to the triangle.  Sorry no circles, hexagons, rectangles, trapezoids or any other type of shapes need apply.   A rhombus almost made in, but the astronomers couldn't dig the funky four corners, so it was given a pink slip.

So why are triangles so important to astronomers?  Because they are a fundamental shape that allows scientists to calculate distances with shadows and starlight.  Basically all other shapes can be broken down into triangles, which lead to the "Advanced Study of the Triangles" aka Trigonometry.  Long story short, the careful study of triangles allowed mankind to sail around the world.

 The Northern Triangle has its stars in the general shape of Right Triangle.  But it simply goes by the name Triangulum the Triangle.  Triangulum Australe the Southern Triangle is in the general shape of an Equilateral Triangle.   

 Triangulum the Triangulum Australe is the rarest of Constellations as it can be found in one band on the Southern 50 degrees Latitude of the Celestial Globe.  Consequently it only has one colour - indigo.  It is best visible during the July, thus the Cancer sign.  The downward pointing triangle clues us in that it is the Southern Triangle of 50 degrees south.  Lastly since it is embedded in the Milky Way it has a yellow coloured symbols.

The flag Triangulum the Triangle is composed of the colours yellow and orange.  Since the Triangle does not completely dominate a band it has two central overlapping stripes.  Triangle is best viewed during the month of November.  Although it is considered the 'northern' triangle since in the Northern Skies, Triangle is a part of the Southern Galactic Cluster.  Consequently the Astrological icons are green. 

Our solar system is a wacky planet like Uranus.  Our system's planets orbit the Milky Way Black hole at an extreme angle 'out of tilt' with direction of the Milky Way Galaxy. 

Flag of the Draco the Dragon and Phoenix the Firebrid - The Dragon and Phoenix

Draco & Phoenix

The Dragon and The Firebird

The next harmonious pair is the mythical Phoenix and Dragon.  Nearly every culture has a legend about dragons and some kind of mystical bird with Magical powers.  Likewise both mystical creatures are associated with fire.  The Dragon Breathes fire while the Phoenix rises from the ashes of a fire.  It is kind of fighting fire with fire.

On one last modest level, both their names in 'English' have silly subs for the initial sounds. Legend has it, if you spell Dragon with a natural J or Phoenix with an F, you'll attract the unwanted attention of angry dragons and territorial phoenixes.

Interestingly both constellations are on opposite teams of our Galactic Disk.  Draco is allied with the Galactic Super Cluster Capitol Galaxy M-87, within Virgo's Golden Grain.  On the other hand, Phoenix is on Andromeda's side with a clear view to our closest Galactic Twin - Andromeda Galaxy.



The flag of the Draco the Dragon is composed of several colours: black, violet, indigo, blue, green, white, red, and navy blue. The colours denote the celestial latitude (Declination).  Since the Dragon passes into the 80 degree celestial polar regions, its time chart is navy blue and it has black stripe up top. 



The flag of Phoenix the Firebird is composed of the colours yellow, green, blue, black, and white.  Since it is best visible during the months of October and November the signs of Libra and Scorpio are present. 
 
Note that the Dragon and Phoenix is a popular dish in American-Chinese Restaurants.  It is usually composed of chicken and shrimp, most often General Tso's Chicken and Sweet and South Shrimp.  You can imagine the shrimp looking like little water dragons while the chicken is the distant relative of the phoenix.  

The colours indicate the celestial latitude while the zodiac signs tell us the celestial longitude.  The Celestial Sphere is basically the cosmos in a ball.  You have to step outside the universe to understand its dynamics.  It's similar to globe but puts the universe in a sphere. 

Flag of Norma the Set Square and Circinus the Drawing-Compass

 Norma & Circinus

The Set Square and The Drawing-Compass

The names of the Constellations in the Night's Sky are not so random.  An emergent pattern can be discerned when they are put in a certain order like Yin and Yang as in the Eastern Traditions or rather like Eve and Adam as it is in the Western Traditions, respectively.  Note that Yin is to Eve as Adam is to Yang.

The Constellations harmoniously pair up in an uncanny and amazing way.  They illustrate a kind of Cosmic Symmetry that is often found in Masonic Imagery.  In fact there are two constellations dedicated to the two iconic symbols of Free Masonry: the drawing-compass and square level.  Coincidentally both constellations reside in the Milky Way Galaxy and are 'non-partisan' on a Galactic Scale.  Since they are located in the Milky Way their symbols are white sandwiched between yellow astrological symbols.

 The main stars for Norma the Set Square are along its northern borders.  The symbols for Gemini indicate that it is best viewed during the month of June.  Note a good way to remember the Constellation of the Set Square's Greek name is to think of Norm from This Old House, who was a carpenter.  Thus Norm could often be seen using a Norma on PBS. 

 The stars that make up the constellation of Circirnus the Drawing-Compass are best seen during the months of May and June ergo the symbols of Taurus and Gemini. 

Flag of the Corvus the Crow and Columba the Dove

 Corvus & Columba

The Crow and The Dove

This is the first part of the Constellation Flags Series, beginning with Corvus the Crow and Columba the Dove.  The uncanny aspect of the 88 constellations is that they pair up, in a manner like Yin and Yang. 

In this case the Constellations of the Crow and Dove form a special relationship. They were the only non-sacramental animals mentioned on Noah's Ark, and were the key messengers that told Noah that the flood had subsided.  They are symbols of light to dark and mysterious to the mundane.  The crow is dark and mysterious, while the dove is light and mundane.  The temperament of the crow and dove also differ like night and day.  Both are rather common animals, but the bird song of the crow is described as a spine tingling crackle while the Dove speech is thought of as a peaceful coo. 

Constellation Flag of Corvus the Crow

Constellation Flag of Columba the Dove

The flag of Corvus the Crow uses the colours red, orange, and black.  In between the Aries symbol is the Astrological Symbol for Corvus, because it is best visible during April.


The flag of Columba the Dove uses the colours orange, yellow, and green.  Like the flag above the black stars show some of the brightest stars in this Constellation.  The Peace Sign has been chosen as the Astrological Symbol of Columba the Dove. 

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