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27. Jj^\ The Balance. 



None of the stars of this sign have been considered worthy of being- 

 pointed out by name. One however, situated near it, but properly belong- 

 ing to the Scorpion, is termed ^^^-^^ Al-zubenen, the Claws; whence the word 

 Azubenen has been derived, or rather corrupted, 



28. '-r'J^\ The Scorpion. 

 Sxof 51-i'of , Scorpius. 



The Scorpion contains, according to Alcazvini, twenty-one perfect and 

 three imperfect stars. The three stars in the forehead ((3, J, ^r), to which 

 Ulugh Beg adds a fourth (»), and supposed to form the crown of the Scor- 

 pion, are called J-l^l the Crown, and indicate also the seventeenth man- 

 sion of the moon. The large bright star in the body is called the Scorpion's 



heart, ^J/yJl 1 -Jj , Kaf5^i'a Zxof m'« ; and the pair near the extremity of the tail 



(^ «) <L!yJl the point or sting of the Scorpion's tail. Upon this constellation, 

 Ebn Mahommed makes the following remark : i-J;y«^ J^^ ^^^-^ ^J^^ hi^i 

 yi^\ Jjli^ |j-« ^j^^ '—r^ i^ ti^^ jjjijl ij^ jA^\ j^ '—r^^ i_^i.'' jf^ Axe i^.yl.ij 

 " The constellation of the Scorpion is known to every one ; on the buttock 

 there is a bright reddisli star of the second magnitude, which is the Scor- 

 pion's heart, and one of the mansions of the moon." 



29. ^^\ The Bow (the Archer). 

 ToUm;, Sagittarius, Arcitenens. 



This sign numbers thirty-one stars, which are included within the con- 

 fines of the figure. Eiglit stars in its head, denoting also the twentieth 



mansion of the moon, are known under the name of JUJl the Camels going 

 to pasture. The stars in the left shin-bone and the thigh («, /s), to each of 

 which the Borgian globe gives a particular name, riz. <u^ the Knee, and (^yy^ 

 tlie Tendon, are comprehended on our globe under the appellation <-ry>: 



i^j-«yi the Archer's Tendon. The word ijJJl , which is to be read at the 

 extremity of the band of the Arclier's cap, denotes, according to Kazvini, 

 a spot in the heavens where there is an obscure star, not easy to be observed, 

 and surrounded by six small dull stars, called jjM\ the Strings of Pearl. It 



