Microscopium shown in the Uranographia of Johann Bode (1801).
My horn shall be exalted like the horn of the Unicorn" The Book of Psalms "He hath as it were the strength of a unicorn" The Book of Numbers "Will the Unicorn be willing to serve thee" Job And the unicorns shall comedown with them, and the bullocks with the bulls and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. Isaiah The constellation Monoceros depicts the mythical single-horned beast, the Unicorn. The word literally translates from the Hebrew as Wild Ox and appears several times in the Old Testament of the Bible.
In the lore on Genesis, the Unicorn was the first animal named by Adam elevating it above all other beasts in the universe. When Adam and Eve left paradise, the Unicorn went with them and came to represent purity and chastity. The Roman church interpreted the Unicom in several ways.
In medieval times, it became a symbol of Christ himself, and its horn was symbolic of the unity of Christ and God.
On the other hand, the
Unicom also appears as a symbol of evil in the book of Isaiah.
Monoceros prances between Canis Major (below it) and Canis Minor (above) on the Atlas Coelestis of John Flamsteed.
Monoceros fills a large area between Hydra and Orion, separating Orion‟s two dogs. It is the
Unity emerging from Duality, suggesting an evolutionary advancement. Its symbol also appears in Liber LXV:
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