Excerpt from Gleanings From the Past: Being an Exposition of Biblical Astronomy, and the Symbolism and Mysteries on Which Were Founded All Ancient Religions and Secret Societies
If the reader can imagine himself standing upon the Cut representing the earth, with the belt of stars, included in the figures of animals, entirely surrounding him, he will be able to realize the exact position we occupy among the starry host.
The earth passes entirely around the circle in one year consequently the sun appears to us to pass through all the constellations during that period.
These figures in which the reader can observe a profuse sprinkling of stars are called by astronomers constellations. In the whole heavens there are about one hundred; forty-eight of which, including the thirteen in our diagram, are so ancient that their origin is unknown.
These constellations are imaginary hues drawn around the clusters of stars through or among which the sun appears to pass yearly, requiring one month in its passage through each constellation, or more properly through each Sign. The small marks opposite and inside of each constellation, are called signs, and the whole circle being divided into arcs of 30 degrees each; the sun is said to be in the sign although it may have left the constellation, but not yet have entered into the next division of the circle. The cut representing the eagle is explained on pages 164 and 165.
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