signs of zodiac

Signs of the Zodiac

These reliefs of signs of the zodiac are from the 12th century church

of Saint-Austremoine, in France.

Medieval Catholics were much closer to nature than most people today,

and had a much greater appreciation for the changing months and

seasons.

This appreciation was often expressed by the use of the zodiac in

churches and in books of hours.

This would come as a shock to most internet "Catholics", whose only

exposure to the zodiac, and astrology, comes from newspaper

horoscopes.

These same sort have a very much distorted view of what the world of

the Middle Ages was actually like.

You'll learn a damn sight more about medieval life by reading Chaucer