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Page 42
... Pisces .. AW ww * " The first , , indicates the horns of the Ram ; the second , 8 , the head and horns of the Bull ; the barb attached to a sort of letter m , designates the Scorpion ; the arrow , , sufficiently points to Sagit- 4 ...
... Pisces .. AW ww * " The first , , indicates the horns of the Ram ; the second , 8 , the head and horns of the Bull ; the barb attached to a sort of letter m , designates the Scorpion ; the arrow , , sufficiently points to Sagit- 4 ...
Page 230
... Pisces ( the fishes ) is the month for fishing . SIGNS AND CONSTELLATIONS DO NOT AGREE . - By the precession of the equinoxes , as we have before described on page 121 , the signs have fallen back along the ecliptic about 30 ° , so that ...
... Pisces ( the fishes ) is the month for fishing . SIGNS AND CONSTELLATIONS DO NOT AGREE . - By the precession of the equinoxes , as we have before described on page 121 , the signs have fallen back along the ecliptic about 30 ° , so that ...
Page 334
... Pisces ; Aquarius is on the meridian , south ; then Capricornus , and lastly Sagittarius , in the southwest North of the Ecliptic , Pegasus and Andromeda lie east of the meridian , the Swan , Dolphin , Eagle , Taurus Poniatowskii , and ...
... Pisces ; Aquarius is on the meridian , south ; then Capricornus , and lastly Sagittarius , in the southwest North of the Ecliptic , Pegasus and Andromeda lie east of the meridian , the Swan , Dolphin , Eagle , Taurus Poniatowskii , and ...
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