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LUNAR HOUSES. 



SIGNS of the ZODIAC. 



Rat. 



Rat, Aquarius. 



Antelope. 



Ox, Capricorn. 



Arrow, bow. 



Tiger, Sagittarivt. 



Tail of the lion. 



Lion. 



Beam of a pair of scales. 



Dragon, Balance. 



Serpent. 



Serpent, Virgin. 



Horse. 



Horse. 



Goat. 



Sheep, Crab. 



Ape. 



Ape, Twins. 



Eagle. 



Bird, Bull. 



Dog's tail. 



Dug, Ram. 



Fish. 



Hog, Fish. 



In the Arabian sky, the belt of Orion is deno- 

 ted under the name of ' Mican, the beam of a pair 

 of scales ; and it seems so much more remark- 

 able, that a lunar station of the Hindoos bears 

 the same denomination, as, since the discovery 

 of the zodiac of Tentyra, doubts have been 

 raised with respect to the antiquity of the con- 

 stellation of the Balance. It cannot be denied, 

 that the signs, which compose the Egyptian, 

 Chaldean^ and Greek zodiac, were known in 

 India from the remotest times ; and it is pro- 

 bable, that Julius Caesar, when he added the 

 Balance to the Roman zodiac, followed the 



