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LUNAR HOUSES. 



SIGNS of the ZODIAC. 



Rat. 



Rat, Aquarius. 



Antelope. 



Ox, Capricorn. 



Arrow, bow. 



Tiger, Sagittarius. 



Tail of the lion. 



Lion. 



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Serpent. 



Serpent, Virgin. 



Horse. 



Horse. 



Goat. 



Sheep, Crab. 



Apt. 



Ape, Twins. 



Eagle. 



Bird, Bull. 



Dogs tail. 



Dog, 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 



