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Iconology    



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Angels: The Angel watches over people since they’re always getting into mischief. Many times she will accompany the Muse in Howard’s paintings.




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Chariot: 
The ability of moving from the mundane everyday world through a shift in one's attention to the spherical world that abounds.

   
   
   
   

   

Cat: 
Domesticity, contentment; everything is fine with the world.



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Heart: 
Purity of love.

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Infinity: Designates the
objective flat world reality
and the vertical no time of the subjective.

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 Muse: 
Character that blows his horn to demand attention
 and tells everyone to chill out or calm down. The Muse may be blowing hearts or stars out of his horn to announce love, joy or celebration.




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​Energy
 : Two opposing forces act as one.

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Sun: Warmth, light, strength, and masculinity. Also represent the human spirit of enlightenment.




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Bird of Discernment:
 Wisdom. This was the first icon Howard created and is considered one of the most important. This character has one leg in the real world and one leg is in the unreal world. He is able to distinguish between the two worlds. Many times you may see this bird on the man’s
shoulders, counseling him in his life decisions.

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Star: Universe
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Moon: 
Generally accompanies the man and woman, denoting
something yet unexpressed or unexplained between them. May also mean romance.

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