"One of a kind centaur", from Harvard Art Museums: "Exceptional vessels"

This quote talks about this artefact: rhyton with a centaur holding a goat, currently in
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology.

What does this, "one of a kind", image mean? Here is what I think:

Sagittarius 23 November – 21 December

The hunter, usually represented as a centaur. Marks the beginning of the fur hunting
season in continental Europe). You can read more about why Sagittarius is where it
is on the solar circle in my post "The hunter".

Capricorn 22 December – 20 January

The ibex goat. Marks the mating season of Alpine Ibex goats in continental Europe.
You can read more about why is Capricorn where it is on the solar circle in my post
"Goat".

Now if we look at the Sagittarius and Capricorn zodiac signs together, we see
something very interesting: Winter Solstice marks the end of Sagittarius (Centaur)
and the beginning of Capricorn (Goat)



Is this what the above image represents, the moment when hunter catches the ibex
goat?

The new solar year starts on that day, and that was a pretty big thing in the past...

This is the same symbolism preserved in the Slovenian legend about Goldhorn.



In it, a hunter hunts an ibex goat, mortally wounds it, and from goat's blood grows a
beautiful alpine rose.

This is a multi layer legend. To me the most interesting layer to this story is the
astrological one. The Zlatorog story describes the succession of three winter
astrological signs, Sagittarius, Capricorn and Aquarius.

Sagittarius 23 November – 21 December (The hunter)
Capricorn 22 December – 20 January (The ibex goat)
Aquarius 21 January – 19 February (The blood)

You can read more about this legend in my post "Zlatorog-Goldhorn".

Interestingly, in Sanskrit tradition, goat was the animal sacrificed instead of a pig,
which was in Europe the animal sacrificed during winter solstice celebrations.



Basically, the goat has to die, in order for spring to arrive...

This was probably the older tradition than the one preserved in Europe today, as it
matches the season marker, unlike the pig...

You can read more about sacrificial animals in Indo-European tradition in my post
"Sacrificial animals"

So what do you think? Makes sense?