Collection 062 / Colour, season & material
The Zodiac Cabinet
Twelve signs. Seventy-two colours. A year, collected.
Browse all twelve studiesChoose a compartment to explore its materials. Use arrow keys to move around the year.
A year,
collected.
01 / Early spring
Aries
The Pruned Vine
- Fleece White#D3BB9D
- Terracotta#AF6842
- Spring Linen#81835C
- Limestone#CABAAA
- Rose Wool#8A594E
- Spring Soil#2A1C13
Colours sampled from the specimen drawer. An imagined material arrangement.
OphiuchusA constellation companionTwelve equal calendar divisions; separate constellation sketches, not a continuous sky map. Star positions: Bright Star Catalogue / HEASARC. Data-use terms. Original connecting lines. Northern Hemisphere seasons.
01 / Origins
The year, given a material form.
Florence’s Baptistery carries a zodiac in white marble, green Prato serpentine and red marble. The cathedral’s record connects it to the near-identical pavement at San Miniato al Monte, dated 1207. At Dendera, a zodiac carved for a temple ceiling now belongs to the Louvre’s collection. These are particular objects, made in particular traditions, rather than one universal colour code.
The seasons in this edition follow the Northern Hemisphere. The rooms and material trays are imagined interpretations; the historical works remain linked source records.
02 / The twelve signs
A cabinet for the whole year.
Open a study for its sampled palette, seasonal room and printable constellation card.
Aries
Early spring
Ferrara · Fleece, terracotta & spring green.
Taurus
Spring
Ferrara · Sage silk, limestone & beeswax.
Gemini
Early summer
Ferrara · Cornflower, poppy & pale linen.
Cancer
Summer solstice
Florence · White marble, serpentine & silver.
Leo
High summer
Ferrara · Wheat, gold leaf & sunlit clay.
Virgo
Late summer
Ferrara · Fig, raw linen & olive wood.
Libra
Autumn equinox
Ferrara · Madder cloth, oak & pewter.
Scorpio
Autumn
Chantilly · Seed grain, oxblood & walnut.
Sagittarius
Late autumn
Chantilly · Acorns, russet wool & old brass.
Capricorn
Midwinter
Chantilly · Slate, evergreen & oxblood velvet.
Aquarius
Winter
Chantilly · Lapis cloth, gold leaf & winter linen.
Pisces
Late winter
Chantilly · Snow wool, blue enamel & smoked oak.
Beyond the twelve
The constellation
the zodiac leaves out.
The Sun crosses Ophiuchus, but neither equal-sign zodiac adds a thirteenth sign. Read the dates, the atlas and the distinction.
Open Ophiuchus
03 / Through the year
One Sun.
Two starting points.
The tropical zodiac begins at the March equinox. The Lahiri sidereal zodiac applies an offset for precession. Both have twelve equal 30° signs; neither is a map of the IAU constellation boundaries.
| Sign | Tropical | Sidereal · Lahiri |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | – | – |
| Taurus | – | – |
| Gemini | – | – |
| Cancer | – | – |
| Leo | – | – |
| Virgo | – | – |
| Libra | – | – |
| Scorpio | – | – |
| Sagittarius | – | – |
| Capricorn | – | – |
| Aquarius | – | – |
| Pisces | – | – |
Computed by Lunologium. Lahiri offset at 1 January 2026: 24.2203°. The table is an annual reference, not a live clock. See the separate Ophiuchus constellation transit.