Noel (Christmas) By John Barr/from this Archive, Holidays and Special Days And there were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. Luke 2:8 To them Orion was not a huntsman but a shepherd of the lambent. Safe from Leo, Lupus, Taurus his charges followed him to dawn, counted and content to know they would persist when daylight rendered them no longer visible. Not souls–not yet–they were signifiers ready to be metaphors. Share via: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print More