B. c., when near the winter solstice, and a Royal Star, one of the four Guardians of Heaven, sentinels watching over other stars; while about 500 B. A Field Book of the Stars - Page 52by William Tyler Olcott - 1907 - 163 pagesFull view - About this book
| Richard Hinckley Allen - Constellations - 1899 - 598 pages
...one of the four Guardians of Heaven, sentinels watching over other stars; while about 500 B. c. it was the object of sunrise worship in the temple of Demeter at Eleusis ; and still later on, with astrologers, portended eminence, fortune, and power. The Chinese knew it... | |
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