Clock zodiac dial, detail of the Scorpion

"Scorpio is a fixed, northern, frigid, humid, dormant, fleeting and feminine sign, and dominates over the shameful parts of the man and his infirmity, and his planet is Mars. When the Moon is in Scorpio, it is bad to start a chimney on the ground or ascend mountains or threes."
This description of the Scorpion sign contained in the Pietro Adamo’s Declaration makes us understand how much the zodiacal characteristics were important to the Renaissance man in his actions, despite of the Christian faith. So we can also understand how these images, the far-off heirs of ancient gods, were shaken in copper with utmost care. Each of them, in fact, represents a beautiful sculpture that can be admired in the halls of the Time Museum housed within the Clock Tower.