...constellations, through which the sun appears to pass in performing his apparent circuit of the heavens : Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. These divisions do not now, however, coincide with the constellations from which their names are derived....

...twelve signs, probably from there being twelve lunations during the course of the sun in the ecliptic. These are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo,...Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces, and denoted by °f,, tf , H, 2o, SI, W, &, "I, t, TfS , X», X- The reason of distinguishing...

...vernal equinox, and is continued eastwardly round to the same point again, in the following order : Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The Sun, commencing at the first degree of Aries, about the 21st 0I March, passes, at a mean rate^through...

...supposed to be divided into twelve signs, or 360 degrees, which have received the following names:— Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. Each of these is divided into thirty equal parts, called degrees ; each GENERAL APPEARANCES OF VENTJS....

...called Signs, which have received the following names from the constellations through vrhich it passes : Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The celestial equator crosses the Ecliptic obliquely in the first degrees of Aries and Libra, two of...

...APPARENT MOTIONS OF VENUS. to twelve signs, or 360 degrees, which have received the following names : — Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. Each of these signs is divided into thirty equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into sixty parts,...

...situated that the earth in its annual revolution passes directly between them and the sun. 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. (Plate VIII....

...of Time. 0 I II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XL r 0 n s Si iy .n. m t Vf WM K Longitude. tude. Aries. - Taurus. - Gemini. Cancer. - Leo. - - Virgo....Scorpio. Sagittarius. Capricornus. Aquarius. Pisces. . 0° 30 CO 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 Lat. Latitude. ABERRATION,^ deviation.) Light occupies...

...are as follows : — beginning at the bottom, at September, and proceeding towards the right hand, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. These are the names of the twelve constellations through which the sun apparently passes in the course...

...these portions are called the twelve signs of the Zodiac ; they are known by the following names : Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius. Pisces ; the origin of these names will be seen hereafter; they are denoted by different symbols, one only...