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Sochi Clock Tower's Mysterious Zodiac


The Clock Tower at the Sochi Central Railroad Station has a crazy Zodiac -- here's a close-up image to see for yourself.
I finally found this from the Moscow Times: "The zodiac signs are in the wrong order, and some are missing altogether. The architect, Alexei Dushkin, was rumored to be a member of an occult group so the mix-up is not accidental. Only the Leo, Virgo and Libra symbols are in order while Taurus, Scorpio and Aquarius are replaced with a swan, snake and hound dogs."
Curiously, the architect Alexei Dushkin designed a twin with the same Italian style -- the Railway station in Simferopol, Ukraine. It too has a mixed-up circle of animals. A Ukrainian travel-site explains: But if you pass the railway station of Simferopol, don't miss the anomaly: Virgo, Libra and Taurus were replaced by serpent (Serpentarius), greyhound and swan!"
Maybe he had a warped sense of humor, or just wanted to mix things up a bit. A mystery befitting this time of Mercury retrograde.
Sochi Clock Tower (c)Belyaev Viacheslav via Cliparto

Source: http://astrology.about.com/b/2014/02/19/sochi-clock-towers-strange-zodiac.htm
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Anonymous said…
That is really intriguing. I wonder why they're in the wrong order.
6:34 AM
Unknown said…
No wonder I was confused when looking at it! Very curious.
7:09 AM
Anonymous said…
I adore a good mystery so I researched this strange zodiac in ref to Dushkin and Stalin (who commissioned it) and I think I have some explanation for part of this mystery. I noticed immediately that Capricorn is the only sign in its "proper place" (10th H. - "midheaven"). I found that Stalin changed his birthday when he reached 50. This put the date a year and 3 days ahead which made his birth chart exactly the same as the winter solstice (symbolically making him "the Sun" being "reborn") and also made his Asc. & Sun conjunct in Capricorn! (Powerful placement!) I have some ideas about the "new" Zodiac animals since Scorpio has 2 other stages (Serpent & Eagle), this could correlate to the snake & swan. On a website for the railroad, however, it mentions that the "construction of the clock was interrupted" as explanation for the anomaly (but BOTH clocks? Doesn't seem likely...)
9:59 AM
Unknown said…
Ah, a mystery we may never know the why of in this clock face.
8:27 AM
Unknown said…
I wonder what the architect was thinking when he was making this clock since he put them in the wrong order. There must have been a good reason for it.
10:53 AM
penni d said…
It would be interesting to know if the paths of these two had ever crossed. One mystery here, one mystery there, what would tie them in together?
3:30 PM
Unknown said…
I didn't watch the Olympics so this is the first time I'm seeing it
10:36 PM
Unknown said…
Hmm, I wonder if this mystery will ever be solved? It is rather intriguing and really makes you wonder what was going through the clock makers mind when he made it.
1:32 AM
Nico said…
Looks very fascinating, I wonder what his motivation was behind this.
3:07 AM
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