Astrology (page 1/5)

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Virgo (the Virgin, or young woman, or youth)

Zodiac sign for Virgo taken from The Zodiac

Cancer (the Crab)

Zodiac sign for Gemini taken from The Zodiac

21.—Armillary Sphere

“I have subjoined a plate of the Armillary Sphere, which is an artificial contrivance, representing the several circles proper to the theory of the mundane world, put togeher in their natural order, to ease and assist the imagination in conceiving the constitution of the spheres, and the various phenomena of the celestial bodies. For this purpose the Earth is placed at the center, pierced by a line supposed to be its axis, the upper point of which is fixed in [...] [more...]

Armillary Sphere, Scanned Version

I scanned the Armillary Sphere again (oops), and this time decided to publish the illustration moer or less as it came off the scanner, as a picture from an old book. [more...]

A View of Man in his Primeval State as invested With power by his Creator to rule & Govern gross Elements (Fig. 2 of 2)

“The second figure shews the elementary and astral influence in the prime-eval state of man, as having no action whatever internally, but falling on his exterior or back parts; whilst his face, turned to the light, received the beautific vision of [...] [more...]