Mark the Evangelist

Mark's Gospel begins with a voice crying in the wilderness, like a lion's roar, so Mark is the lion. On the zodiac the lion is Leo.

Uses

• Courage
• Proclaiming the truth
• Strength of voice

Living creature

Lion

Fixed sign

Leo

Source

Ezekiel 1:10, Revelation 4:7; assigned by Jerome

Working with it

Read the opening chapter of Mark's Gospel slowly, and notice why the Fathers gave him the lion.