A new and complete illustration of the occult sciences / [E. Sibly].

  • Ebenezer Sibly
Date:
1807
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Credit: A new and complete illustration of the occult sciences / [E. Sibly]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mete out that diftance wherein the fun and all the ftars, in a certain breadth one from another, move in their circuits form eaft to weft. Now the fun, in his annual progrefs from weft to eaft, does not keep the equinoctial line, but declines from it at one part of the year to the north, and at another part of the year to the fouth; and the planets alfo obferve the fame order in their progrefs, except that the fun always keeps the fame conftant track, whereas the planets often vary in their declina- tions from the equinoctial line. Hence another great circle is conceived in the heavens, called the Zodiac, which is likewife divided, as all the great circles are, into three hundred and fixty degrees; but this circle, being as it were the high road of the planets, and comprehending fo much of the heavens as the fun a d planets fwerve in their declinations, is con- ceived to be twenty degrees broad; and it is confined to this fpace, be- caufe none of the planets ever reach beyond ten degrees north, or ten de- grees fouth, from the equinoctial line; and the fun’s path or track in the zodiac is called the ecliptic line., becaufe the eclipfes only happen when the moon is alfo in this line. The zodiac is alfo divided into twelve equal parts, called the twelve figns, or houfes of heaven; and, thefe beginning where the fun enters the equinoctial to the northward, the firft fign is named Aries, and the reft in order are called Taurus, Gemini. Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scor- pio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquaries, and Pi fees. Thefe figns con- fift of thirty degrees each ; and, being all of them divided into four equal parts, determine the four feafons of the year. Now, when the fun enters into the fign called Cancer, he is in his greateft north declination, and at that time is diftant from the equinoctial line twenty-three degrees to the north; which occafions another circle to be deferibed, called the tropic of Cancer, the centre of which being the north pole, it comprehends as much of the extremity of the round world as falls under twenty-three degrees and a half from the equator to the northward. And, when the fun enters the fign Capricornus, he is in his utmoft fouth declination, and occafions another circle to be deferibed, called the tropic of Capricorn, as many degrees from the equator to the fouth, as the other tropic is to the north. At the diftance of forty-five degrees from each of thefe tro- pics, two other circles are imagined, called the ardtic and antardtie circles, which, being but little more than twenty degrees. diftant frotn each pole, do likewife encircle fome fmall portion of the extremities of the world. The inferior circles, called parallels, run from eaft to weft, and ferve to divide the heavens into feveral foaces. between the preater • A ' O circles.. Ancient:
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