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Symbolism of the Snake Zodiac
Symbolism of the Snake Zodiac
Snakes are mostly images of witchcraft and ghosts. Nuwa and Fuxi in ancient Chinese mythology are both human-headed and snake-shaped. “Lu Lingguang Temple Fu” describes “Fu Xian’s scale body, Nuwa’s snake body”, “Emperor Century”, “Lu Shi”, “Supplementary Notes”, “Historical Records. Supplement”.
“Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors” is also recorded. The stone portraits of the early Eastern Han tombs in the military tent camp in Nanyang, Henan, are in obeisance to the rules, and the Nuwa follows the rules. The Fuxi and Nuwa intercourse statues in the ancient tombs of the Tang Dynasty in Xinjiang have the bodies of intercourse snakes below their waists.
Snakes are complex animals, and their interpretations in different cultural backgrounds can be described as ever-changing, ranging from horrifying fears to symbols of wisdom and peace. Snakes are known as “little dragons” in the folk, but the status and symbolic meanings of snakes and dragons are worlds apart. Let’s take a look at the symbolism of the snake in the zodiac.
The first symbolic meaning of the snake: lucky, auspicious and sacred
In some places it is considered a good omen to have a domestic snake in the house. The ancient Egyptians believed that the snake was the protector of the monarch. The pharaoh used gold and precious stones to shape the image of the cobra and decorated it into the crown as a symbol of imperial power. In the European countries before the BC, the envoys carved the image of two snakes on the cane, representing the power of the envoy, and it was the special scepter for the envoys in international exchanges, so the snake became a symbol of the state and authority.
The second symbolism of the snake: cunning and gloomy
In the Bible, the serpent is the most cunning of all things created by God, and it was because of its temptation that Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden stole the fruit of wisdom and were driven out of the Garden of Eden. In fact, from another perspective, “cunning” can be regarded as a synonym for wit, wisdom and intelligence.
The cold image of snakes is related to “cold-blooded animals”. So don’t think that coldness is the characteristic of snakes. In addition, the snake has no vocal cords and cannot make sounds, which adds to its gloomy image. Some women who are beautiful on the outside and vicious on the inside are also called “femme beauties”. There are often images of beautiful snakes in some literary works about detection and espionage.
The third symbolism of the snake: the mystery
Although snakes have no feet, they come and go without a trace, mysterious and unpredictable. In ancient times, people were powerless to the harm and threat of snakes. In order to win over snakes and benevolent to others, people worshiped and worshipped snakes as gods. In many areas of our country, there are taboos about snakes, such as not saying that snakes have no legs, not seeing snakes mating, not using finger snakes, not seeing snakes shed their skin, etc. These are considered bad omen. Some taboos are still in vogue.
It is regarded as a symbol of beauty, infatuation, righteousness, open-mindedness and flexibility. It has the auspicious meaning of being soft and strong, and being indomitable.
It loves to wrap around with thin body and crawl fast without claws. After tossing and turning to the cold winter, there is no trace of grass. Disturbance, disturbance, monasticism in the permafrost.
Snake people are smart, agile, and quick to do anything. Snake people work hard, are loyal to others, and have a good relationship with others. Snake people have outstanding talents, they can do well in whatever they do, and their careers are booming. As long as Snake people have a positive and enterprising spirit, it will be easy to make achievements in life.
Traits: Intuitive, wise, attractive, alert, cautious, sympathetic, disguised, greedy, extravagant, arrogant, lazy, conceited
