The evening the light went out
This is the sky of Genesis 3 — dusk over the west gate. Its first drawn figure is the Serpent: the whole crooked line of it, from the garden's question to the promise of the crushed head — with the bright Seed-star striking from above. The gold stars open this scene's word studies: the guards, the exile-verb, the covering, and her seed.
Because Scripture itself draws this figure: the subtil beast of the field, Pharaoh the river-dragon, the brood of vipers, that old serpent of Revelation 12:9 — one poetic family, honestly distinguished on the word pages. And above its head, one bright star: the promise that began in this very chapter. (The figure is our own invention — the connections are Scripture's.)
Genesis 3 — the breach · Her seed · The night sky of Genesis 1