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Teo-Cipactli, are connected with the constella- 

 tion of Capricorn, and that of Deqcalion, an- 

 ciently placed in Aquarius. 



We have now explained the correspondencies 

 that exist between the signs of which the different 

 zodiacs of India, Thibet, Tartary, and the hiero- 

 glyphics of the days and years of the Mexican 

 calendar are composed. We have found that in 

 these correspondencies, the most numerous and 

 striking are those of the cycle of the twelve ani- 

 mals, which we have designated under the name 

 of the zodiac of Tartary and Thibet. To finish 

 a discussion, the results of which are so impor- 

 tant to the history of the ancient communications 

 of nations, we shall examine more closely this 

 last zodiac ; and prove, that, in the Asiatic sys- 

 tem of astrology, with which the Mexican astro- 

 logy appears to have a common origin, the 

 twelve signs of the Zodiac preside not only over 

 the months, but also over the years, the days, 

 the hours, and even over the smallest parts of 

 the hours. 



When we consider, that the nations of eastern 

 Asia employ at the same time divisions of the 

 ecliptic into twenty-seven or twenty-eight, into 

 twelve, and into twenty-four parts ; and that the 

 same signs of the solar zodiac bear denomina- 

 tions, and often figures, entirely different ; we are 

 tempted to believe, that this multiplicity of signs 

 must produce an extreme confusion in the limits 



