| 单词 | zodiacal |
| 例句 | The root of the word is that for zoo, because the zodiacal constellations, like Leo, are mainly fancied to be animals. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The next section contains circular diagrams of the kind often found in medieval zodiacal texts; scholars call this part “astrological,” which is generous. The Unsolvable Mysteries of the Voynich Manuscript 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Today’s Old Farmer’s Almanac, for example, has a “Secrets of the Zodiac” table, identifying which part of the body is influenced by which zodiacal sign. Review | Outhouses are gone, but ‘The Old Farmer’s Almanac’ is still here. Why? 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z I was doing my graduate work in infrared astronomy at Imperial College in the 1970s, and one of the professors had been doing spectroscopic studies of zodiacal dust. Meet the rock guitarist who helped NASA land on an asteroid 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Explain how the zodiacal constellations are different from the other constellations. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The contours of this “zodiacal” dust could refine formation models, but they are largely unknown because measurements have only been taken from inside the cloud, McNutt says. ‘Voyager on steroids.’ Mission would probe mysterious region beyond our Solar System 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z It’s also moving through the densest part of a region called the zodiacal cloud, a thick disk of space particles that permeates our Solar System. Why getting hit by space dust is an unavoidable aspect of space travel 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Cosmic dust was known to exist in interstellar space for more than a century, supplementing the solar system dust—known from its reflected sunlight, which is observed as zodiacal light. Was the Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua a Nitrogen Iceberg? 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z The satellite also caught images of zodiacal light, which reflects off faint interplanetary dust that is usually obscured by the brightness of the sun. Public gets look at closest-ever pictures of sun 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Three other satellites included one that aims to study zodiacal light and image the Milky Way, officials said. European planet-studying mission launches from South America 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Then there are the illustrations, which include unidentifiable but detailed and realistic plants, circular zodiacal and astronomical diagrams, crowned nude women bathing in green or blue pools and other images that defy description. Perspective | Why do people keep convincing themselves they’ve solved this medieval mystery? 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z A calendar dial notes the days of the week, month and year, and a zodiacal ring shows the path of the sun and moon through the sky. One of the World’s Oldest Clocks Stops Ticking, Briefly 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z He exploited the Goat-Fish constellation, Capricorn, as his personal zodiacal sign and a symbol of power in the first century A.D. A Manhattan Exhibit With Antiquity on the Clock 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z The zodiacal light is a triangular glow seen best in night skies free of overpowering moonlight and light pollution. A Meteor Shower and 8 More Can’t-Miss Sky Events in October 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z The space agency tried to warn people not to read too much into the calendar or the many zodiacal constellations: “Astrology is something else. It’s not science.” The week astrologists calmed clients panicked over zodiac identity crisis 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z The zodiacal lights rise over the Atacama Desert in Chile. This Week’s Night Sky: See an Eerie Pyramid of Light 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Illustrating the importance of dark skies, skygazers beyond city limits should be on the lookout for the faint but beautiful gleam of the zodiacal lights. This Week’s Night Sky: See Mercury Take Flight Catch the lineup and look for the glow of the zodiacal lights. This Week’s Night Sky: See Moon Pose with Mars and Saturn 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z The elusive zodiacal lights will glow on the horizon, and Jupiter’s moons play peek-a-boo as they move around the planet. This Week’s Night Sky: Look for Pyramid-Shaped Lights Throughout the week, just before local dawn and under very dark skies, the ghostly glow of the zodiacal lights will be visible across mid-northern latitudes around the globe. This Week’s Night Sky: A Lion Makes a Meteoric Roar 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Starting on September 4, the next two weeks mark the best chance for Northern Hemisphere observers to catch the elusive glow of the zodiacal lights. This Week’s Night Sky: See an Eerie Pyramid of Light 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z The zodiacal lights are actually created as sunlight reflects off countless interplanetary particles scattered along the plane of the solar system. This Week’s Night Sky: See Mercury Take Flight Beginning Tuesday, keen-eyed skywatchers in the mid-northern latitudes will get to witness the ghostly glow of the zodiacal lights just before local dawn. This Week’s Night Sky: Andromeda Time Machine 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Another phenomenon, the zodiacal light, appears in the east before sunup. Your Wednesday Briefing 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z This open cluster lies in the heart of the zodiacal constellation Cancer in the southeastern sky. This Week's Night Sky: Planets Align With Moon and Star 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Located in the zodiacal constellation Sagittarius, this distinct stellar pattern—complete with handle, lid and spout--marks the heart of the mythical centaur. This Week's Night Sky: Meteor Shower and a Dip in Lagoon Nebula 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z He often sailed using zodiacal charts—according to “Good Night, Sweet Prince,” a biography by his friend Gene Fowler, he was a devotee of astrology and had “an inborn trend toward mysticism.” The Movie Star and the Missing Totem Pole 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z “The odds are greater than 7-to-1 that on your birthday, the sun was not in what you think is your zodiacal constellation.” Everything you wanted to know about the stars — and more, from Astronomy magazine 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z In 2008, he finally finished his doctorate, with a thesis on zodiacal light, the faint patch of interstellar radiance that’s sometimes visible on the horizon at night. The Age of Asteroids 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z You will now begin to see what this zodiacal device has to do with our interpretations of the Bible. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z The outer arch of the Iffley doorway consists of zodiacal signs, and at the south doorway are other designs elsewhere mentioned in this volume, far removed from Christian intent. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z They could give the most complete description of the zodiacal heavens and the different constellations. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z At the Lowell Observatory, Douglass succeeded in photographing the faint zodiacal light, and very successful photographs of Mars were taken at this institution as early as 1905 by Slipher. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z About fifty minutes after sunset, observed a strong ray of light in the west-by-south quarter, supposed to be a zodiacal light. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z Four such cataclysms must have occurred while the sun was making one journey through the twelve zodiacal constellations. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z That is, the return of the Lord the Sun to the zodiacal signs of spring and summer, when he alone is truly the savior.* Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z The mysterious stones, twelve in number, encircling the altars of sacrifice, sometimes said to be zodiacal rings, after the twelve signs of the zodiac, are here frequently to be found. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z Without any doubt it is a solar appendage and possibly it may merge into the zodiacal light. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Now the nature of the influence exerted by the different stars, especially the planets and zodiacal constellations, varied greatly. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z But further proofs are superfluous, as the zodiacal designs must be much older than the Bible or they could not have been so frequently used in it. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z In the September crucifixion, Christ, as the sun, is called "the Just One," because he is then in the zodiacal sign, Libra, or the Balance. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z The porch of the Virgin at Notre Dame at Paris has a number of compartments representing the zodiacal signs and the labours of the different months. Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z I hope that the preceding zodiacal signs—transferred to the earthly shadow and representative purpose—of Aries, Taurus, Cancer, Leo, Libra, Scorpio, Capricornus, and Pisces, are sufficiently obvious to the reader. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z A straight edge ing May 3 would cross the circle of the zodiacal signs at a point a little past the 21st degree of Aries. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z At an earlier period the sun entered the zodiacal sign of Taurus at the vernal equinox. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z A gauzy black mantilla and a crimson rose adorned her hair, while the graces of her figure were emphasized by a broad zone of African gold, chased with zodiacal characters by sable craftsmen. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z In Canterbury Cathedral also is a pavement of large stones, somewhat rudely inlaid, bearing figures of the zodiacal signs in circular compartments. Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z The constellation of Libra appears to have been of later date than the other eleven members of the zodiacal circle. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z A palace, mansion or house was that zodiacal sign in which a planet was supposed to be peculiarly at home. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z I scrawled on her back the zodiacal sign for Venus, the Virgin, and went further. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z They were called the zodiacal constellations or signs of the zodiac—the name being derived from their being mostly named after living beasts. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z This may account for the glow of the nebulae, and the zodiacal light. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z The names of these zodiacal constellations, in their order, beginning at the west and counting round the circle, are: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z And where this nebular region, marked by the zodiacal light, terminates, the world of life begins, namely at the Earth. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z Over the sun's burial place stood the zodiacal light, a red grave pyramid, flaming unmoved up into the silent deep of blue. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z In our own days the zodiacal constellations are no longer the signs of the zodiac. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z The design is reproduced with modifications on early Syrian cylinders, and the name of the zodiacal sign Aquarius shows to what an antiquity it must reach back. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z Around them, however, there probably still floats a wide atmosphere of the more elastic materials, which the heat dissipates, of which the zodiacal light, perhaps, furnishes us with an example. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z For, in the first place, we have the zodiacal light, a nebulous appendage to the Sun, as Herschel conceives, extending beyond the orbits of Mercury and Venus. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z Leibgeber, now that all his goals were reached, emitted a long, gladsome zodiacal light; and Firmian did not darken it with the full depth of his mourning night shadow, but only with the half-tints thereof. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z The centre of the zodiacal circle is a very important point, that circle being traced on the most ancient spheres, and probably being noticed even before the pole of the heavens. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z The zodiacal light is an effect probably due to the reflection of sunlight from the myriads of these tiny meteors which occupy the space inside the earth's orbit. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Two to look for: the gegenschein and zodiacal light. Want to see better? We'd have to turn out the lights. 2010-06-08T04:00:00Z Our letter m, which in Hebrew was called mim, water, has still a considerable resemblance to the zig-zag wavy line which had been chosen to represent water, as in the zodiacal symbol for Aquarius. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide This has been explained from the association of ideas arising from the fact that in April the sun quits the zodiacal sign of the fish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" It has been thought possible indeed to assign definitely each god of the Egyptians to one of the twelve zodiacal signs. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z What zodiacal constellation came to the meridian at midnight on that date? A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z This so-called zodiacal light is sometimes called false dawn. Want to see better? We'd have to turn out the lights. 2010-06-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Brown’s theory is that the early Accadians named the zodiacal signs after certain myths and festivals connected with the months. Custom and Myth New Edition The new chapters treat of the circuits of the sun, planets, and comets, of the zodiacal lights, meteors, and meteoric stones. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. We have already said that the signs of the zodiac are not now the same as the zodiacal constellations, and this is now easily understood. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z The zodiacal signs were not introduced till the Ptolemaic period. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" The old zodiacal rhyme was running through Hyrst's mind, and that was the only thing that was in his mind. The Legion of Lazarus The following are the zodiacal signs in their regular order, with proper dates, and the four triplicities. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 By Spenser, with his usual exquisite ingenuity, employed in gathering in the general harvest, and portioning it out with the Scales, his zodiacal sign. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), We need perhaps only mention the astrological books of the Jews—the Cabal—in which the Bull is dealt with as the first zodiacal sign. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z For a few nights there shone for him the pale, scattered, and sad zodiacal light, which, after the waning of the evening twilight, silvered until a late hour the western side of the sky. In Desert and Wilderness Sopdu was the god of the eastern desert, and he was identified with the cone of glowing zodiacal light which precedes the sunrise. The Religion of Ancient Egypt The sun passes through each of the zodiacal signs successively in the course of a year; and the duration of each sign is about thirty days. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 The Spenserian mingling of this medi�val image with that of his being wet with showers, and wanton with love, by turning his zodiacal sign, Taurus, into the bull of Europa, is altogether exquisite. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), To commemorate the happy influence of the zodiacal sign under which he was born, he had the picture of it struck on some of the medals that were issued in his reign. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z The moon came out from under the earth and began to satiate the darkness with light, and on the west with the waning and pale twilight extended the zodiacal luminosity. In Desert and Wilderness The zodiacal constellations of Gemini, Cancer, and Leo, together with their neighbors Auriga, the Lynx, Hydra, Sextans, and Coma Berenices, will furnish an abundance of occupation for our second night at the telescope. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers For it cannot have been till about that time that the present arrangement of the zodiacal signs—that is to say with Aries as the first and Aquarius as the eleventh—can have been adopted. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture The corn and sickle sculptured with singular care and precision, in bold relief, and the zodiacal sign, the Crab, above, also worked with great spirit. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), The path of the Sun in the heavens is described by Milton with marked precision, and he mentions in regular order the names of the zodiacal constellations through which the orb travels. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Chaucer says of his 'bosom's lord,' "And most his might he sheddeth ever in May"— renowning here, as we saw that he does elsewhere, the whole month, as love's own segment of the zodiacal circle. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 The resemblance to the zodiacal light was striking; and a community of origin between that enigmatical member of our system and the corona was irresistibly suggested. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition We may therefore put on one side as an unsupported and unfortunate guess the suggestion that the Epic of Gilgamesh is the setting forth of a series of zodiacal myths. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture This is what is termed the zodiacal light, and is believed to be the thinner portion of the sun's atmosphere. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story A view of the zodiacal light is shown in Fig. The Story of the Heavens Of the twenty-eight zodiacal constellations, seven are infelicitous and no one will risk entering upon a new venture on these days. The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow Should it "be compared to the coruscation of the electric fluid in the aurora borealis? or to the more magnificent cone of the zodiacal light?" A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition There is no need to suppose that each of the brethren had a zodiacal figure already assigned to him as a kind of armorial bearing or device. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture It cannot float in the atmosphere, for it is not a sort of meteorological phenomenon, like the aurora borealis or the zodiacal light. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy A remarkable appendage to the sun, which extends to a distance very much greater than that of the corona, produces the phenomenon of the zodiacal light. The Story of the Heavens The "Earthly Stems" are represented by symbolic animals, and have zodiacal signs and control of certain hours. The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow "You might as well try to measure the zodiacal light," it was remarked to Sir George Airy. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The forms of the letters are derived from the shapes of the constellations, of which twelve are zodiacal, six northern and six southern. Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance There followed a famine and plague in India, which country is said to be ruled by the zodiacal sign Capricorn! How to Read the Crystal or, Crystal and Seer The zodiacal twelve are in some respects the most important and interesting of all the ancient constellations. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy The zodiacal signs which the sun enters at the equinoxes and solstices. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The supplies presumed to be contained in the zodiacal light would be quickly exhausted; a constant inflow from space would be needed to meet the demand. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The sun-shields are about to be seized by different animals, dragon, tortoise, bird, etc., a seeming evident suggestion of either an eclipse, or the passage of the sun into some zodiacal sign. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs The sun was down, but a long, long twilight succeeded, with some faint show of a zodiacal light. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland If we were to follow the description given by the astrologers themselves, not much insight would be thrown upon the meaning of the zodiacal signs. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy The heavens had been mapped out and the stars named; the sun's course along the ecliptic had been divided into the twelve zodiacal signs, and a fairly accurate calendar had been constructed. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs From the zodiacal light, then, Mayer derived the store needed for supporting the sun's radiations. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Yet further in the remove we find the zodiacal light. New and Original Theories of the Great Physical Forces They never appear except among the zodiacal constellations. Half-Hours with the Stars A Plain and Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations It seems to me highly probable that the date to which all inquiries into the origin of the constellations and the zodiacal signs seems to point—viz. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy The saints of the Romanists have usurped the place of the zodiacal constellations in their governance of the parts of man's body, and that 'for every limbe they have a saint.' Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing There was a remarkable comet in 1843, the tail of which was at first confounded with what is called the zodiacal light. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I In tropical latitudes, the zodiacal stars, such as Orion and Antares, give the east and west bearing, and the Southern Cross the north and south when Polaris and the Great Bear can not be seen. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions The zodiacal light is a peculiar brightness, pyramidal or wedge-like in form, seen at certain periods of the year in the eastern or western sky, before sunrise and after sunset. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 449 Volume 18, New Series, August 7, 1852 We may, however, infer generally from their accounts the influences which they assigned to the zodiacal signs. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy That is clearly indicated by my latest pondering of the zodiacal signs. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Now, for the first time, I saw what is called the zodiacal light. My First Voyage to Southern Seas In the arch above he made the twelve months in relief, with varied fancies, each month with its zodiacal sign, a work which must have been considered marvellous in those times. The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8) The light travels forward along the zodiacal signs from Gemini to Cancer and Leo from August to November, keeping pace with the sun. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 449 Volume 18, New Series, August 7, 1852 The zodiacal light is well worth observing at this season of the year. A Field Book of the Stars The calendar is thus shown to be the product of the same general order of religious ideas that we have detected in the zodiacal and planetary systems. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria About it, in far flung streamers of cold fire shone the mighty zodiacal light, an Aurora on a titanic scale. The Black Star Passes At the end of twelve months it has completed the zodiacal circle of 360 degrees, or one Solar year. Palmistry for All Some of his views and determinations were well founded; and from them we gather that the zodiacal light was nearly or quite the same in his day as at present. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 449 Volume 18, New Series, August 7, 1852 More than two thousand years ago Aries was the leading constellation of the zodiac, and now stands first in the list of zodiacal signs. A Field Book of the Stars In this zodiacal system, as has been intimated and as will be more fully set forth in a special chapter, the planets and stars are identified with the gods. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria It was the zodiacal light, an aurora borealis on a scale inconceivable! The Black Star Passes There is no puny planet, sun or moon, Or zodiacal sign which can control The God in us! Custer, and Other Poems. From this account of what the zodiacal light appears to be, we proceed to consider what it is. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 449 Volume 18, New Series, August 7, 1852 A portion of the zodiacal circle, containing Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius, marks, I suppose, the month in which the event took place. Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. It treats of the heavenly nebulae, suns, planets, comets, aurora borealis, zodiacal light, meteors, and meteoric stones. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II At night, when the firmament is not aglow with the many-tinted lights and silent coruscations of the aurora borealis, the zodiacal light and the stars still shine with intense brightness. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Even the loaves were arranged in two groups of six, like the zodiacal signs above and below the Equator. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Some inquirers—arguing from the 'nebular theory,' which assumes the formation of the several planets, one after another, from nebulous matter—have supposed the zodiacal light to be a remnant of that matter yet unconcentrated. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 449 Volume 18, New Series, August 7, 1852 Know thou that according to mathematical principles, the firmament of this earth’s brilliant day-star hath been divided among twelve constellations, which they call the twelve zodiacal signs. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá The significance is the reality of Prophethood which is symbolized by the sun, and the holy Manifestations are the dawning places or zodiacal points. The Promulgation of Universal Peace We may remark that the main part of the zodiacal light shifts to the south side of the celestial equator as we cross the line. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America Some have even surmised that the zodiacal light is an illuminated tornado of stones showering into the sun to feed its tremendous conflagration. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life According to Humboldt, 'we may with great probability attribute the zodiacal light to the existence of an extremely oblate ring of nebulous matter, revolving freely in space between the orbits of Venus and Mars.' Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 449 Volume 18, New Series, August 7, 1852 For the zodiacal light, which is caused by this radial stream, is at times much more vivid than at others. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Each month between, it appears from a certain zodiacal position. The Promulgation of Universal Peace The zodiacal light here appears in all its glory. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America Make yourself especially familiar with the so-called zodiacal constellations, which are, in their order, running around the heavens from west to east: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces. Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries Mairan, who wrote in 1731, was of opinion that the zodiacal light consisted of particles thrown off from the sun by its rapid rotation, or a species of atmosphere peculiar to the central orb. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 449 Volume 18, New Series, August 7, 1852 In the same way the starry heaven, by the zodiacal movement, is the cause whereby different bodies are generated or corrupted, through the rising and setting of the stars, and their various influences. Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition The zodiacal signs are twelve; the months of the year are twelve, etc. The Promulgation of Universal Peace Originally the bridge was of boxwood, with two fishes carved on it—that was the zodiacal sign of my birthday, February—which was a good sign. Great Violinists And Pianists The nights have hitherto been clear, and the zodiacal light is always brilliant. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government In the meteoric showers of November, the meteors are actually seen to come from the extreme portions of the zodiacal light, or rather a little beyond the visible portions.' Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 449 Volume 18, New Series, August 7, 1852 He accordingly determined a place for it, in his catalogue of the zodiacal stars, making it the 964th of that catalogue. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 With respect to the zodiacal light, that rock against which so many reveries have been wrecked, it consists of the most volatile parts of the primitive nebula. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Each month was also controlled by a zodiacal constellation. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Long after sunset, and long before sunrise, night after night, the faint, nebulous gleam of the zodiacal lights stretches up toward the zenith. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Lions in Egypt were regarded as symbols of the sun when passing through the zodiacal sign of Leo, the time when the annual inundation of the Nile occurred. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood The volume of 1787 gives you Mayer's catalogue of the zodiacal stars. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 The sun has its fiery flames, corona, zodiacal light, and perhaps a finer kind of atmosphere than we know. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work The "twelve zodiacal stars were flanked on either side by twelve non-zodiacal stars". Myths of Babylonia and Assyria In tropical countries, the zodiacal stars - as Orion and Antares--give excellent east and west points. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Regarding the question whether the place of the zodiacal light perfectly coincides with that of the Sun's equator, see Houzeau, in Schum., COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Mayer saw it in the year 1756, and placed it in the catalogue of his zodiacal stars, supposing it to be such. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 Sometimes they have no tail, having a nucleus surrounded by nebulosity like a dim sun with zodiacal light; sometimes one tail, sometimes half a dozen. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work "And with the zodiacal circle they mark out twenty-four stars, half of which they say are arranged in the north and half in the south." Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Records made throughout a series of ages, based on astronomical chronology and zodiacal calculations, cannot err. Five Years of Theosophy I have occasionally been astonished in the tropical climates of south america, to observe the variable intensity of the zodiacal light. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Mr. Brown’s theory is that the early Accadians named the zodiacal signs after certain myths and festivals connected with the months. Custom and Myth My disguise was complete, and in my zodiacal quarters I had much fun in telling fortunes for many people I knew quite well, and I could make revelations that seemed to them very wonderful. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment A sun and its corona have been substituted for the zodiacal signs and symbols which fill the centre of the original, for except to an Egyptologist these are meaningless. Architecture and Democracy In the first place, we must call to mind the fact that, at two particular points of his course, the sun is found in the zodiacal signs of Cancer and Capricorn. The Symbolism of Freemasonry When the zodiacal light had been most intense, i have observed that it would be perceptibly weakened for a few minutes, until it again suddenly shone forth in full brilliancy. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 He instantly beheld a vision of the man in the front of the almanac whose envelope is neatly drawn back to reveal his complicated structure in behalf of the zodiacal symbols. The Wrong Twin Kant's speculations on a possible destruction and re-birth of the solar system, on the nature of Saturn's ring, and on the nature of the zodiacal light are similar in several regards to present-day beliefs. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 On the carved mantelpiece stood two of the old soapstone birds which they used to find at Zimbabwe, and between, on an ebony stand, a half moon of alabaster, curiously carved with zodiacal figures. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies The system comprises the major planets, with their satellites; the minor planets, or asteroids, and the comets; also, the meteorids, the matter that furnishes the zodiacal light, and the rings of Saturn. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S Experiments with a large concave mirror have not hitherto given any positive evidence of the presence of radiant heat in the zodiacal light. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 In the course of a year his mind was accustomed to pass in a grand solar sweep through all the zodiacal signs of the intellectual heaven. The Woodlanders My remembrances went to France in the train of those zodiacal stars that would shine in some hours' time. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Westward I saw the zodiacal light mingling with the yellow brilliance of the evening star. The Island of Doctor Moreau Astrology was brought into great prominence by the visit of the magi, the zodiacal constellation Virgo, the "woman with a child," ruling Palestine, in which country Bethlehem is situated. The Woman's Bible The light circle which, in total solar eclipses, is seen surrounding the darkened Sun, I have regarded as the brightest portion of the zodiacal light. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Some critics add a sacrifice in -the first month of winter, for a blessing on the ensuing year, offered to 'the honoured ones of heaven,'--the sun, moon, and zodiacal constellations. The Shih King From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3 The foliage is of exquisite loveliness and variety; but over the transept door is a very Brueghel creation of horrors—in fact, the zodiacal signs worked up together into a nightmare. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc Is this the origin of the zodiacal light? History of Astronomy From the horizon the brightness of the zodiacal light streamed mysteriously upward into the depth of heaven, dimming the stars. Lying Prophets Rothmann must certainly have confounded the disappearance of the setting zodiacal light in the vapors of the western horizon with the actual cessation of twilight. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 By the positions of the sun, moon, and planets in the zodiacal spaces he could determine whether any one of the six classes of dreams was lucky or unlucky. The Shih King From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3 Light: phosphoric. of the stars, intensity of. volcanic, cause of. zodiacal. variations of. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Aristillus and Timocharis set up instruments and fixed the positions of the zodiacal stars, near to which all the planets in their orbits pass, thus facilitating the determination of planetary motions. History of Astronomy We have also seen that astronomers regard the zodiacal light as a residuum of matter enveloping the sun, and which was probably at one time denser than it is now. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation The phenomena of light depend upon conditions still less understood, and their variability at twilight, as well as in the zodiacal light, excite our astonishment. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 There is no puny planet, sun, or moon,Or zodiacal sign which can controlThe God in us! Poems of Power There are few who have not seen on the first page of an almanac the curious picture representing a nude man with exposed bowels, and surrounded with the zodiacal signs. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian On the 18th of January, and the 15th of February, 1800, the intensity of the zodiacal light changed in a very perceptible manner, at intervals of two or three minutes. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 There you see the zodiacal figures, two and two, with their symbols, gliding thru space. Palaces and Courts of the Exposition Cassini believed that the nebulous ring of zodiacal light consisted of innumerable small planetary bodies revolving round the Sun. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 It was as if the seasons had changed, as if the zodiacal procession had been thrown into confusion. The Iron Trail He had visited the tropics, where the zodiacal triangle, with its celestial light, replaces, during the short nights, the burning rays of an oppressive sun. Life of Chopin Cassini admitted "that the zodiacal light was feebler in certain years, and then returned to its former brilliancy." Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 A star precipitated with great apparent velocity across the firmament from Vega in the Lyre above the zenith beyond the stargroup of the Tress of Berenice towards the zodiacal sign of Leo. Ulysses Toward 10 o'clock the zodiacal light generally becomes very faint in this part of the Southern Ocean, and at midnight I have scarcely been able to trace a vestige of it. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 The Egyptians, says he, calculated by cycles of 1460 years--zodiacal cycles, as they were called. Atlantis : the antediluvian world The ancients always had the greatest regard for the central star of each of the constellations that made tip the zodiacal signs. The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth But this excellent observer does not mention those changes of intensity in the zodiacal light which I have several times remarked within the tropics, in the space of a few minutes. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 It sinks with the four signs of Zodiac, there being six zodiacal signs divided in the whole night. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies He even went so far as to believe that the fall of fire-balls might be connected with the passage of the Earth through the zodiacal nebulous ring. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 It stands for 12 Egyptian zodiacal cycles plus 12 Assyrian lunar cycles. Atlantis : the antediluvian world My memories took wing toward France, in the wake of those zodiacal stars due to twinkle over it in a few hours. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea I am rather inclined to think that the variations of the zodiacal light are not all appearances dependent on certain modifications in the state of our atmosphere. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 But, in addition to what I have already urged in regard to Encke's comet and the zodiacal light, I had been strengthened in my opinion by certain observations of Mr. Schroeter, of Lilienthal. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 Narrow elongated clouds are scattered over the beautiful deep azure of the distant horizon, flitting past the zodiacal light as before a golden curtain. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 It will he instructive to study this by a comparison of the zodiacal sign, Capricorn, as set forth in the "Light of Egypt," Vol. The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 Then I glimpsed a few bright constellations through the crystal waters, specifically five or six of those zodiacal stars trailing from the tail end of Orion. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea During these variations of the zodiacal light, the hygrometer indicated considerable dryness. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 The lenticular-shaped phenomenon, also called the zodiacal light, was a matter worthy of attention. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 In his impression he was more thoroughly confirmed when, an hour later, he noticed that the star had approached still nearer the horizon, as though it had belonged to one of the zodiacal constellations. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space Upon the astrological plane, the zodiacal sign Sagittarius rules the motive forces and the pedestrian instinct, the thighs, or basis of locomotion; hence, we see, even here, a most perfect analogy. The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 But, as in the case of the zodiacal gems already dealt with, the old authorities by no means agree as to the majority of the planetary correspondences. Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought In other years I saw the zodiacal light augment in the southern hemisphere half an hour before its disappearance. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Sometimes, during nights equally clear, I sought in vain for the zodiacal light, when, on the previous night, it had appeared with the greatest brilliancy. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 His eyes wandered from where the tail of the Great Bear, now a zodiacal constellation, was scarcely visible above the waters, to where the stars of the southern hemisphere were just breaking on his view. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space There is a great deal contained in this zodiacal sign worthy of deep study and reflection. The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 Researches on the zodiacal light have acquired a new degree of interest since geometricians have taught us that we are ignorant of the real causes of this phenomenon. 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