Their names are 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. Astronomical and Geographical Essays: Containing a Full and Comprehensive ... - Página 68de George Adams - 1812 - 518 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Robert Main - 1863 - 434 páginas
...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... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1866 - 460 páginas
...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 - 1867 - 888 páginas
...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 páginas
...Ecliptic, 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 - 1868 - 328 páginas
...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 - 1870 - 144 páginas
...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... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1871 - 464 páginas
...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,... | |
| George Farrer Rodwell - 1871 - 620 páginas
...Aries, and the sign Aries extends 30 degrees from this point. Then follow the signs in the order— Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...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... | |
| Charles Joyce White - 1872 - 300 páginas
...parts, called signs, which begin at the vernal equinox, and are named eastward in the following order : Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...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... | |
| sir William Henry M. Christie - 1875 - 146 páginas
...from the ecliptic. The Zodiac is divided into twelve constellations, each occupying about 80° — Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces — the order given being that in which the Sun passes through them, or from west to east. Aries has... | |
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