blazing fire._ Generally, when he is thus represented, there is a pot
hung over the fire, from the top of the chimney. Sometimes he is pruning
trees, as in Spenser:
"Yet had he by his side
His plough and harnesse fit to till the ground,
And tooles to prune the trees."
Not unfrequently, in the calendars, this month is represented by a
female figure carrying candles, in honor of the Purification of the
Virgin.
His sign, Pisces, is prominently carved above him.