Enjoying Fruits of Labor

Details and Artist’s Notes

  • Hearth: A hearth is a fire dedicated to cooking and rituals. Many homes were built with the hearth at the center, providing warmth and comfort. The Greek Olympian, Vesta, also rules the hearth and is associated with devotion, a Taurean trait

  • Wine, cheese and grapes: With hard work, vision and patience, grapes become wine and milk becomes cheese. Enjoying the fruits of ones labor encompasses all Taurus is about

  • Twin Bantu knots: Signifies the bull, Taurus’ mascot

  • Tattoo: A sigil of “Friday” which Venus is the patron of

  • The number 6: There are 6 men in the background; 6 is associated with Taurus and represents domestic happiness, harmony and stability

The winemaker sits before a hearth. She is enjoying the bounty of her harvest as her men tend to her fields as the sun rises. prosperity coming from the newness of the Zodiac season.