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Scorpions for the month of Cheshvan

Scorpio sign for Cheshvan in the zodiac on the replica of the painted ceiling of the destroyed wooden synagogue of Gwozdziec, in the POLIN museum, Warsaw

We’re in the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, whose Zodiac sign is Akrav — Scorpio — the Scorpion. 

Here are some examples of how it is depicted in some of the Zodiacs found in European synagogues (and a library).

Scorpio (looking like a crocodile) in the Zodiac in the restored synagogue in Dabrowa Tarnowska, Poland
Zodiac on the ceiling of the synagogue in Siret, Romania
In the Zodiac by the artist Lele Luzzati on the ceiling of the Jewish library in Rome
Scorpio in the Zodiac in the synagogue in Chmielnik, Poland; now a Jewish museum

 

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