Evangelist
John the Evangelist
Evangelist1 tradition
John's Gospel soars from its first line, 'In the beginning was the Word', so John is the eagle. On the zodiac the eagle is Scorpio's higher form.
Uses
- Mystical insight
- Contemplation
- Transformation
- Living creature
- Eagle
- Fixed sign
- Scorpio
- Source
- Ezekiel 1:10, Revelation 4:7; assigned by Jerome
Working with it
Read the opening chapter of John's Gospel slowly, and notice why the Fathers gave him the eagle.
Where the traditions place it
- Scorpio — Christian mysticism