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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, 
Beam of a pair of scales. 
Dragon, Balance, 
Serpent. 
Serpent, Virgin. 
Horse. 
Horse. 
Goat, 
Sheep, Crab. 
Ape. 
^pe, Twins. 
Eagle, 
Bird, Bull. 
Dog^s tail. 
Dog, Ram. 
Fish. 
Ilog, 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 
