 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 8.  Conversations on Natural Philosophy: In which the Elements of that Science ... - Page 84by Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), Thomas P. Jones - 1826 - 220 pagesFull view - About this book
 | J. Madison Watson - 1878 - 170 pages
...Neptune. Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, Urania, etc., are minor planets. The twelve signs of the Zodiac are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. Write Arcturus, sidereal, galaxy, cosmogony, Orion, welkin, solstice, penumbra, macrocosm, apsides,... | |
 | Mother Angela Gillespie - Spellers - 1879 - 168 pages
...Neptune. Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, Urania, etc. , are minor planets. The twelve signs of the Zodiac are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. Write Arcturus, sidereal, galaxy, cosmogony, Orion, welkin, solstice, penumbra, macrocosm, apsides,... | |
 | Philip Thomas Main - Astronomy - 1879 - 230 pages
...which are called the Signs of the Zodiac. They are called in the order of the Sun's course, Aries (Y), Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra (£:), Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The Vernal Equinox was once in the sign Aries, but by its retrograde motion in the ecliptic has moved into... | |
 | William Lawson (F.R.G.S.) - 1880 - 196 pages
...zodiac, and each sign was named after the constellations which occupied the space. These constellations are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. As the ecliptic is a great circle, it bisects the celestial equator, and the two points where the circles... | |
 | W. H. Higgins - Astronomy, Ancient - 1882 - 72 pages
.... • • 35 The Southern Fish . . . . 36 CONSTELLATIONS OF THE ZODIAC MOONSTATIONS OR MANSIONS .. Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo .. Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricornus Aquarius Pisces ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF NAMES The Ram The Bull The Twins . . The Crab The Lion The Virgin . . The Balance..... | |
 | Alfred Edersheim - Bible - 1883 - 868 pages
...and melted them, and formed of them the twelve constellations in the world (signs of the Zodiac ) : Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius. Capricornus. Aquarius, Pisces (these are expressed in the original in an abbreviated, contracted form). These are the twelve months... | |
 | William Thynne Lynn - 1884 - 118 pages
...than 8°. The stars distributed along and around this zone are distributed into twelve constellations, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces ; and the line of the ecliptic itself is divided into twelve signs as they are called, each taking... | |
 | French principia - 1886 - 420 pages
...which the sun appears to move,13 and is divided into twelve signs or constellations (/.), namely : — Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius," Pisces. 1. Say of unequal (276 (Z>)) (-elle) when it means different, duration. of a later season, and by neuf... | |
 | Gustav Seyffarth - Bible - 1886 - 242 pages
...12 signs, with their subdivisions. The Zodiac of Davenport, Iowa, depicts these 12 signs as follows: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. Moreover, these signs of the Davenport Zodiac represent a planetary configuration by putting the 7... | |
 | Paul Carus - Religion - 1910 - 1048 pages
...I!y means of these twelve letters 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 the year . . the twelve months, viz.: Nisan, Ijar, Sivan. Tamus, Ab, Elul. Tishri, Cheshvan or Marchcshvan.... | |
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