Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces; the whole occupying a complete circle, or broad belt, in the heavens, called the Zodiac. The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a ... - Page 27by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - 1838 - 305 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Main - Astronomy - 1863 - 434 pages
...divided into twelve equal parts called Signs of the Zodiac, named in the order of the Sun's course, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The great circle also which is drawn through the poles of the Ecliptic and Equator, and is therefore perpendicular... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1866 - 460 pages
...which are p^JfD l1? 'ZOH tVl, God created the twelve signs of the Zodiac, viz. :^~ In the World — Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. In Man — The organs of Sight, Hearing, Smelling, Talking, Taste, Copulating, Dealing, Walking, Thinking,... | |
| George Frederick Chambers - Astronomy - 1867 - 888 pages
...phrases. I here give the astronomical and some of the chief mathematical ones : — SlQNB OF THE ZODIAC. Aries . . Taurus .. Gemini . . Cancer .. Leo Virgo...Scorpio . . Sagittarius Capricornus Aquarius Pisces . . r « n s a "I Vf X The first, T , indicates the horns of the Kara ; the second, h , the head and... | |
| sir Richard Phillips - 1868 - 354 pages
...passing through twelve equal parts corresponding to the months, called signs of the Zodiac, and named Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. This apparent motion results from a real motion in the Earth round the Sun in the course of a year,... | |
| William James Rolfe, Joseph Anthony Gillet - Astronomy - 1868 - 328 pages
...including the paths of all the larger planets), and hence called the zodiacal constellations, viz. Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo,. Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. These are also the names of the twelve signs, or divisions of 30° each, into which the zodiac was... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - Astrolabes - 1870 - 144 pages
...tjje JWonetjjesl. TTnder the compase of thilke degrees ben wretyn the names of the twelve signes, as Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. And the nombres of the degrees of these signes ben wretyn in augrim above, and with longe devysions... | |
| George Farrer Rodwell - Physical sciences - 1871 - 620 pages
...point of Aries, and the sign Aries extends 30 degrees from this point. Then follow the signs in the order— Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The sun's motion along the ecliptic is not uniform, so that he continues a longer time in some signs than... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1871 - 464 pages
...The Man that bears the watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails." And in Latin they run thus : " Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. 38. The constellations visible above the zodiacal constellations, called the northern constellations,... | |
| Charles Joyce White - Astronomy - 1872 - 300 pages
...divided into twelve equal parts, called signs, which begin at the vernal equinox, and are named eastward in the following order : Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. Hence the vernal equinox is called the first point of Aries. The Zodiac is a zone or belt on the celestial... | |
| Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Constellations - 1873 - 358 pages
...Bu-iiced, and how reckoned? Name sigi i in order? How does the Sun pioceed tlr: >jgt til . sign* ? Aquarius, Pisces. The Sun, commencing at the first degree of Aries, about the 21st of March, passes, at a meak rate, through one sign every month. 11. The Zodiac is a zone or girdle,... | |
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