concept
Virgo
also: знак Девы, the Virgin
The zodiacal sign the sun transits during most of Julian-calendar August; invoked in the piece to mock-scientifically explain nature's supposedly languid, melancholic mood in the month.
Reading notes
- On August §12 sign of Virgo
The zodiacal sign the sun transits during most of the Julian-calendar August, invoked here to justify nature's supposedly "virginal," melancholy mood in the month.