Saturn, Father Time, Chronos, Capricorn Posters and Art Prints

A symbol of cyclical time. He is usually portrayed as an old callous man with a thick grey beard, personifying the destructive and stifling aspects of time. The Romans equated Cronos with Saturn, who also had a sickle, and was treated as an old man. He eventually became a companion of the Grim Reaper, personification of Death, often taking his scythe. He may have as an attribute a snake with its tail in its mouth, an ancient Egyptian symbol of eternity.