Aries Totem Art Print - Cocorrina

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Aries Totem constellation and zodiac sign art print, in black and gold foil by Cocorrina & Co Shop
Aries Totem constellation and zodiac sign art print, in black and gold foil by Cocorrina & Co Shop
Aries Totem constellation and zodiac sign art print, in black and gold foil by Cocorrina & Co Shop

Aries Totem Art Print

Regular price €36,75




✦ Eco friendly Ink & recycled materials
✦ Ethically made and sourced
✦ Small run production
✦ FSC Certified
✦ Carbon neutral shipping
✦ Family owned brand

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Babylonians identified Aries as the agrarian worker, the last stop on the ecliptic. The name of the constellation later changed to Ram, but why Babylonians changed it is uncertain. In the 7th century BC, Neo-Babylonians did a revision of the Babylonian zodiac that placed Alpha Arietis, Hamal, very close to the vernal equinox, which is how Aries came to be so prominent among the zodiac signs in astrology.

In those times, Aries contained the equinox, the point at which the Sun crosses the celestial equator from north to south. Because of precession (slow wobble of Earth’s axis), the vernal equinox is no longer in Aries, but in Pisces. In 130 BC, however, it was located just south of Gamma Arietis (Mesarthim) and was taken to be the starting point of the zodiac.

In Greek myth, Aries is identified with the golden ram that rescued Phrixus and took him to Colchis, where he sacrificed the ram to the gods. The ram’s skin that he placed in a temple was the Golden Fleece, which later appears in the story of Jason and the Argonauts.

Phrixus was the son of a Boeotian king. He had a twin sister, Helle. The children had a stepmother, Ino, who hated them and wanted to get rid of them. She came up with a plan to put the land of the brink of famine by making sure the wheat crops failed. When a man was sent to consult the Oracle at Delphi, Ino bribed him to lie and say the Oracle asked for the king’s children to be sacrificed if they did not want the people to starve.

Phrixus and Helle were about to die when a winged ram with golden wool came to their rescue. The ram was sent by their real mother, the cloud nymph Nephele. It took both children and flew east to Colchis. Only Phrixus survived the journey. Helle fell off the ram and drowned in the Dardanelles. The strait was later renamed to Hellespont, or sea of Helle, in her memory.

Phrixus was welcomed by King Aeëtes of Colchis, to whom he presented the Golden Fleece. In return, the king gave Phrixus his daughter Chalciope’s hand.


Made by us in our Studio

Size: A3 Size (29.7 x 42.0cm), (11.69 x 16.53 inches)

Paper: Cotton Munken Polar 240 gsm.

Features: Metallic Foil

Shipping times: Up to 5 business days.

Shipping Package: The Art Print is sent in a thick recycled paper tube, wide enough to keep your print protected. 

Environment / Safety: FSC-C020637, PEFC_05-33-99, EU Ecolabel : SE/011/05, The paper is inspected for Nordic Ecolabelled printing, ECF, ISO 14001, EMAS,  Age resistant (ISO 9706), Woodfree 

(Frame not included)

Aries Totem constellation and zodiac sign art print, in black and gold foil by Cocorrina & Co Shop