"A zodiacal constellation, supposed to represnt a man standing with his left hand extended upward, and his right pouring out a vase a stream of water, which flows into the mouth of a southern fish."-Whitney, 1902

Aquarius

"A zodiacal constellation, supposed to represnt a man standing with his left hand extended upward, and…

"The third sign of the zodiac, so named from its 2 brightest stars, Castor, of the 1st magnitude, farthest to the west, and Pollux of the 2d, farthest to the east. Its constitutent stars form a binary system revolving in about 250 years. The sun is in G. from about May 21st, till about June 21st." — Williams, 1889

Gemini

"The third sign of the zodiac, so named from its 2 brightest stars, Castor, of the 1st magnitude, farthest…

"A zodiacal constellation, giving its name to a sign of the zodiac, lying east of Taurus, on the other side of the Milky Way." -Whitney, 1911

Gemini

"A zodiacal constellation, giving its name to a sign of the zodiac, lying east of Taurus, on the other…

Zodiac of gold found at Cusco, Peru.

Zodiac

Zodiac of gold found at Cusco, Peru.

"The twelve signs of the zodiac, together with the Sun, and the Earth revolving around him. When the Earth is at A, the Sun will appear to be just entering the sign Aries, because then, when seen from the Earth, he ranges towards certain stars at the beginning of that constellation. When the Earth is at C, the Sun will appear in the opposite part of the heavens, and therefore in the beginning of Libra. The middle line, dividing the circle of the zodiac into equal parts, is the line of the ecliptic." —Comstock, 1850

Zodiac Signs

"The twelve signs of the zodiac, together with the Sun, and the Earth revolving around him. When the…