Ophiuchus is the most unusual presence in the sky. It is the only non-zodiac constellation that crosses the ecliptic, like a forgotten wanderer roaming the edges of the twelve signs, deliberately ignored and denied recognition as the “thirteenth house.”
Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine, used the serpent staff in his hand to cure countless illnesses, even bringing the dead back to life. But for breaking the laws of heaven, Zeus struck him down with a thunderbolt. As he lay dying, he gazed at the serpent that had been by his side all his life and made one final wish: “Let healers live forever, but let them suffer the pain of everyone they cure.” After Asclepius died, he became the constellation Ophiuchus…
Those bitten by a serpent’s fangs become “substitute healers.” They gain Asclepius’s power to heal, able to mend wounds and reverse illness, but are also bound by an eternal curse…
Shen Gong is one of the chosen “substitute healers”…
