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The Celestial Sphere. Sphera cælestis.

[Illustration]

_Astronomy_ considereth the _motion of the Stars_, _Astrology_ the Effects of them. _Astronomia_ considerat _motus Astrorum_, _Astrologia_ eorum Effectus.

The _Globe of Heaven_ is turned about upon an _Axle-tree_, 1. about the _Globe_ _of the Earth_, 2. in the space of XXIV. hours. _Globus Cæli_ volvitur super _Axem_, 1. circa _globum_ _terræ_, 2. spacio XXIV. horarum.

The _Pole-stars_, or _Pole_, the _Arctick_, 3. the _Antarctick_, 4. conclude the _Axle-tree_ at both ends. _Stellæ polares_, _Arcticus_, 3. _Antarcticus_, 4. finiunt _Axem_ utrinque.

The _Heaven_ is full of Stars every where. _Cælum_ est Stellatum undique.

There are reckoned above a _thousand fixed Stars_; but of _Constellations_ _towards the North_, XXI. _towards the South_, XVI. _Stellarum fixarum_ numerantur plus _mille_; _Siderum_ verò _Septentrionarium_, XXI. _Meridionalium_, XVI.

Add to these the XII. _signs_ of the _Zodiaque_, 5. every one XXX. degrees, whose names are Adde _Signa_, XII. _Zodiaci_, 5. quodlibet graduum, XXX, quorum nomina sunt ♈ _Aries_ ♉ _Taurus_, ♊ _Gemini_, ♋ _Cancer_, ♌ _Leo_, ♍ _Virgo_, ♎ _Libra_, ♏ _Scorpius_, ♐ _Sagittarius_, ♑ _Capricorn_, ♒ _Aquarius_, ♓ _Pisces_. ♈ _Aries_ ♉ _Taurus_, ♊ _Gemini_, ♋ _Cancer_, ♌ _Leo_, ♍ _Virgo_, ♎ _Libra_, ♏ _Scorpius_, ♐ _Sagittarius_, ♑ _Capricorn_, ♒ _Aquarius_, ♓ _Pisces_.

Under this move the seven _Wandring-stars_ which they call _Planets_, Sub hoc cursitant _Stellæ errantes_ VII. quas vocant _Planetas_, whose way is a circle in the middle of the Zodiack, called the _Ecliptick_, 6. quorum via est Circulvs, in medio Zodiaci, dictus _Ecliptica_, 6.

Other Circles are the _Horizon_, 7. the _Meridian_, 8. the _Æquator_, 9. the two _Colures_, Alii Circuli sunt _Horizon_, 7. _Meridianus_, 8. _Equator_, 9. duo _Coluri_, the one of the _Equinocts_, 10. (of the _Spring_ when the ☉ entreth into ♈; _Autumnal_ when it entreth in ♎) alter _Æquinoxiorum_, 10. (_Verni_, quando ☉ ingreditur ♈; _Autumnalis_, quando ingreditur ♎) the other of the _Solstices_, 11. (_of the Summer_, when the ☉ entreth into ♋ of the _Winter_ when it entreth into ♑) alter _Solsticiorum_, 11. (_Æstivi_, quando ☉ ingreditur ♋; _Hyberni_, quando ingreditur ♑) the _Tropicks_, the _Tropick of Cancer_, 12. the _Tropick of Capricorn_, 13. and the two _Polar Circles_, 14....15. duo _Tropici_, _Tr. Cancri_, 12. _Tr. Capricorni_, 13. & duo _Polares_, 14....15.

[Alternate Text:

of the _Spring_ when the [Sun] entreth into [Aries]; _Autumnal_ when it entreth in [Libra] ... _of the Summer_, when the [Sun] entreth into [Cancer] of the _Winter_ when it entreth into [Capricorn] ]