Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 194
Zodiac and the Signs of the Zodiac are two very differentthings. Long ago, when the zodiac was invented, the constella-tion of Aries, the Bam, was in the first of the 12 spaces and heand the sign of this space were of course at that time the same. Owing to a peculiar motion of the Earth, called… … Aquarius, the Water Man.—A constellation of autumn:Aquarius is always pictured in the almanacs as pouring waterfrom a pitcher. All the stars of this constellation are faint and scattered 174* THE BOOK OF THE STARS and none of them are in a line with the ecliptic. Aquarius gothis name from the…
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