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Tnoon then stood in Vf. The proper image of this Capricornus 

 will be seen in my "Berichtigungen der alten Geschichte," p. 137. 



L, iv. 9, refers Saturn to ^, as we have seen above. Comp, 

 L. xi. 8, Venus Urania. 



L. iv. 7, shows that Jupiter stood on the same day in n, the 

 house of Venus (L. xi. 4), represented by a goddess decorated 

 with a horned disk (L. v. 7), because this planet very often ap- 

 pears horned even to the naked eye. 



L. iv. 5, Mars in conjunction with a segment of the Zodiac of 

 which the planet Mercury was the warden (L. xi. 3). The same 

 % is in L. v. vi. and in many other places expressed by a decapi- 

 tated man or even by the two vence jugulares alone, because 

 decapitation belonged to the ducatus of Mars. But, query : how 

 is it that L. V. vi. and others place the two planets, viz. Saturn 

 and Mars, in the same house of Mercury.? And how is it that 

 Saturn, when all other inscriptions refer to Aquarius (iv. 9, v. 

 9, vi. 9, vii. 9), reappears in the house of Mercury together with 

 Mars? The answer is al hand. Saturn and Mars must have 

 been in conjunction in the same sign, namely, because it occupies 

 jjj alone, in Aquarius. This sign, preceding the winter solstitial 

 point, contains the Decuria of Mercury (CJ? o°-io°), that of the 

 Moon (c;? io°-20°), and that of Saturn (cjc 20°-30°). See the au- 

 thor's Astron. -^g. PI. I. Since, then, b reappears conjoined 

 with % in the Decuria of ^ in t^ , it is evident that on that day J? 

 and % must have stood in ^ between 0° and 10°. Besides, the 

 planet with the head of a crocodile must be Saturn, because this 

 animal belonged to the ducatus of Saturn (L. ii. 7), and the let- 

 ters sbk contain the name of the crocodile co-v^i, the old Sovchi. 

 The name of Mars, bearing the ven<^ jugulares^ written trnnnn^ 

 i.e. -e^poi noem hhiju — " the horror of the arrogant mutineers" — 

 clearly characterizes the god of war and vengeance. The name 

 of the Decuria of ? is called avns^ because the chessman or rook 

 pK (eben) by which the name of Heliopolis p{>: (aven) was called, 

 furnishes the name of Mercury : ekTe^n, inconstant, fallacious. 



L. iv. 3, refers the planet Venus to tt^, the house of ? (L. iii. 

 6). Since, however, the elongation of ^ from the sun never 

 amounts to more than 4Sdegs., it is apparent, that, the sun stand- 

 ing in "K 0° and half in SL 30°, Venus could not have been seen in 

 "I 60° east of the sun. That house of ? to which Venus is refer- 



