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INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I: THE ZODIAC AND THE PLANETS
CHAPTER II: THE PHASES OF THE MOON
CHAPTER III: THE COURSE OF THE SUN THROUGH THE TWELVE SIGNS
CHAPTER IV: THE NORTHERN CONSTELLATIONS
CHAPTER V: THE SOUTHERN CONSTELLATIONS
CHAPTER VI: ASTROLOGY AND WEATHER PROGNOSTICS
CHAPTER VII: THE ANALEMMA AND ITS APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER VIII: SUNDIALS AND WATER CLOCKS
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BOOK VII
BOOK IX
1. FIRST under the He-Goat lies the Southern Fish, facing towards the tail of the Whale. The Censer is under the Scorpion's sting. The fore parts of the Centaur are next to the Balance and the Scorpion, and he holds in his hands the figure which astronomers call the Beast. Beneath the Virgin, Lion, and Crab is the twisted girdle formed by the Snake, extending over a whole line of stars, his snout raised near the Crab, supporting the Bowl with the middle of his body near the Lion, and bringing his tail, on which is the Raven, under and near the hand of the Virgin. The region above his shoulders is equally bright.
Vitruvius: The Ten Books on Architecture. Vitruvius. Morris Hicky Morgan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. London: Humphrey Milford. Oxford University Press. 1914.
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