The rendering of the zodiac in the extraordinary painting entitled zodiac is highlighted with each character's distinctive identity and influence. The Libra figure centers the piece, dramatically demonstrating her inherent need for balance, justice and harmony in all things. This is also the sign of the artist due to the creative qualities inherent in this complex member of the zodiac. Another prominent sign is Cancer, personified here as a Madonna figure, her heavenly appearance emphasizing her nurturing and highly feminine characteristics. The sign of Gemini is also personified as female in this painting, in the form of twins who represent the duality of Gemini. Whereas the female Cancer is portrayed as demure and sublime, the Gemini females are seductive and restless. Yet another sign of the zodiac appears as a bull, representing the powerful sign of Taurus. As our eyes meander through the images in the painting, we see each of the twelve signs, their powerful depictions a clear reminder of the magic, cyclical process by which primordial energy passes from spirit to matter, from the non-formal world to the world of forms and then returning again along that same never-ending spherical path.