 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
 | Dumbarton Oaks, Gisela Marie Augusta Richter - Art - 1956 - 136 pages
...the border begin at the top, over the man's head, and are in the usual order — counter clockwise: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces (cf. Cumont, in Daremberg and Saglio, Dictionnaire, V, sv Zodiacus, pp. 1046 ff.). The zodiac circle... | |
 | Hilton Hotema - Religion - 1996 - 100 pages
...portions called signs, which were designated by the names of the constellations then adjacent to them in the following order: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer,...Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces. Due to the precession of the equinoxes, the signs of the ecliptic are now about one place... | |
 | Robert E. Lewis - Foreign Language Study - 1973 - 132 pages
...Chaucer Astr. l.8.4: Under the compas of thilke degrees ben writen the names of the Twelve Signes: as Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. Ibid. 2.25.43: My sonne is peraventure in the first degre of Leoun, 58 degrees and l0 minutes of height... | |
 | H. van der Waerden - History - 1973 - 374 pages
...remain within the zodiacal belt or zodiac, which contains the zodiacal constellations. These are : Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. In the middle of this belt runs the ecliptic, the apparent path of the sun. The sun traverses this... | |
 | J. Kerkhof - Literary Criticism - 1982 - 524 pages
...chapter on Nouns, S 404. The same holds good for names of constellation's: ... the Twelve Signes: as Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. (Astr. I, 8-2/5(43/4) 689. When the name is anglicised, however, the article is used. Thus we find... | |
 | Aleister Crowley - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 338 pages
...K. of S. = Key of Sulomon. OPAA = Oriens — Paimon — Ariton — Amaimon. V b n OS A TT m. t K = Aries. Taurus. Gemini. Cancer. Leo. Virgo. Libra....Scorpio. Sagittarius. Capricornus. Aquarius. Pisces. = Saturn. = Sun. = Moon. = Mars. = Mercury. = Jupiter. = Venus. enclosing a number shows that the number... | |
 | C. F. Volney - Philosophy - 1987 - 262 pages
...point of intersection of the ecliptic and equator at the vernal equinox. They are named respectively Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. These names are borrowed from the constellations of the zodiac of the same denomination, which corresponded... | |
 | Constantin-François Volney - History - 1991 - 260 pages
...point of Intersection of the ecliptic and equator at the vernal equinox. They are named respectively Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo Libra, Scorpio. Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. These names are borrowed from the constellations of the zodiac of the same denomination, which corresponded... | |
 | Cesare Emiliani - Science - 1992 - 740 pages
...during the year is called the zodiac. This band contains the 1 2 zodiac constellations of antiquity (Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces). These constellations represent mainly animals; hence the name zodiac (from the Greek (Jiov, meaning... | |
 | Djuna Barnes - Fiction - 1992 - 100 pages
..." who does not brag." Cry, heard from one End of Forever-and-no-end to the other), all the Angels, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces, all, all gathered together, so close that they were not recognizable, one from the other. And not nine... | |
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