| Marcus Benjamin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick, Gerald Van Casteel, George Jotham Hagar - 1910 - 610 páginas
...divided into twelve equal parts, called " signs," which are designated by the names of the constellations Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius. Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces, which are supposed to have been invented in Egypt, and refer to the division of the seasons and the... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1913 - 504 páginas
...meridian, the equator, the horizon, the ecliptic, the tropic of Cancer, the tropic of Capricorn. 3 Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces. 4 Colures, zones, and climates. assure you, as the world goes, I can afford you nothing else. Yes,... | |
| 1843 - 1098 páginas
...there be xii. signs in the heest (highest) heven, whiche be raoveabull ; that is to say, in Laten, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisses.* And these twelve signea be not bestes, but by way of filosofy they be likened to such beasts... | |
| John William Norie, J. W. Saul - 1917 - 642 páginas
...The man that holds the water-pot, And Fish with glittering tails. Put into their latinised names they are : Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces. Between this equatorial band and the poles are many other constellations, stars of various brightness... | |
| American Oriental Society - 1917 - 484 páginas
...dry. Moon, cold and wet. Mercury, mixed. Jupiter, hot and wet. The qualities of the constellations are: Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricornus Aquarius Pisces ', -f- ascending Mars Venus Mercury Moon Sun Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Mercury Jupiter... | |
| American Oriental Society - 1917 - 490 páginas
...dry. Moon, cold and wet. Mercury, mixed. Jupiter, hot and wet. The qualities of the constellations are: Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricornus Aquarius Pisces -f- ascending f Mars | Venus Mercury Moon I Sun Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Mercury .... | |
| Virgil - 1922 - 450 páginas
...frequently used in poetry for the cardinal, or strictly, meaning ' twelve each year. ' The twelve signs of the Zodiac are : Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo,...Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. mundi : ' heaven,' of. Hor. Od. 2. 12. 15 qui mare ac terras •cariisque mundum \ temperat... | |
| George Leonard Hosmer - 1925 - 306 páginas
...belt. The constellations along! this belt, and which have given the names to the twelve " signs I of the Zodiac," are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces. These constellations were named many centuries ago, and the 3 f THE CONSTELLATIONS 113 names have been... | |
| Edward Arthur Fath - 1926 - 328 páginas
...The Zodiacal Constellations. — These constellations are those crossed by the zodiac. In order, they are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces. Sun, moon and planets are therefore always found within the borders of these 12 constellations. 337.... | |
| ISABEL MARTIN LEWIS, A. M. - 1926 - 312 páginas
...the constellations lying at that time within each of these divisions. These zodiacal constellations are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces. With the exception of Libra, the Scales, all of these constellations are named for people or animals... | |
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