| NORTHERN SIGNS. | |||||
| Aries, | Taurus, | Gemini, | Cancer, | Leo, | Virgo. |
| ♈ | ♉ | ♊ | ♋ | ♌ | ♍ |
| March, | April, | May, | June, | July, | Aug. |
| 20, | 20, | 21, | 21, | 23, | 23. |
| SOUTHERN SIGNS. | |||||
| Libra, | Scorpio, | Sagittarius, | Capricorn, | Aqua. | Pisces. |
| ♎ | ♏ | ♐ | ♑ | ♒ | ♓ |
| Sept. | October, | November, | Decem. | Jan. | Feb. |
| 23, | 23, | 21, | 21, | 20, | 18. |
Pupil. Why do you write northern and southern signs, Sir?
Tutor. Because they are situated north and south of a circle in the heavens, called the equinoctial, which circle crosses the ecliptic in the points Aries and Libra, and extends 23-1/2 degrees on each side of it; and which I shall have occasion to mention to you another time.
Pupil. When you think proper, Sir, I shall be glad to have it explained to me.
Tutor. Look at your table, and tell me what sign and what degree the sun is in the 30th of March, and 20th of October.
Pupil. The sun enters Aries the 20th of March, of course he must be 10 degrees in that sign the 30th; and, as he does not enter Scorpio till the 23d of October, he must want three degrees of completing the sign Libra; he must therefore, on the 20th of October, be in 27 degrees of Libra.
Tutor. Very well.—Do you learn the table, as you will have a farther use for it.
DIALOGUE VI.
Pupil.