Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 199
the chief star in Virgo. The ancients always represented Virgo, the Virgin, with asheaf of wheat in one hand and a sickle in the other. TheVirgin and the harvest always went together in the minds ofthe ancients and this accounts for the pictures of Virgo in thealmanacs of the present time. Libra*… … constellations in the zodiac when they were first mapped outthousands of years ago, although there were twelve signs orspaces in the zodiac. Its position is shown in Fig. 178. Then in the days of the Eoman Empire, about 300 years be-fore Christ, some genius clipped the claws of the Scorpion andmade…
Astronomy · Stars
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