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The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] Bacon. From the world's girdle to the frozen pole. Cowper. That gems the starry girdle of the year. Campbell.

ologer professed to foretell the events of the person's life; especially, the sign of the zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment.

The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac, marked thus

The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus libra in almanacs, etc. (b ) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.

h. 43 m. 4.7 s. -- Solar month, the time in which the sun passes through one sign of the zodiac, in mean length 30 d. 10 h. 29 m. 4.1 s.

The twelfth sign of the zodiac, marked pisces in almanacs.

The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72º. Hutton.

Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March.

; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify. Before him burn Seven lamps, as in a zodiac representing The heavenly fires. Milton.

The ninth of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22, marked thus [ ] in almanacs; the Archer.

The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus [scorpio] in almanacs.

The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac.

Bearing signs. [Obs.] "The signifer sphere, or zodiac." Holland.

planets, or asteroids, and the comets; also, the meteorids, the matter that furnishes the zodiacal light, and the rings of Saturn. The satellites that revolve about the major planets are twenty-two in number, of which the Earth has one (see Moon.), Mars two, Jupiter five, Saturn nine, Uranus four, and Neptune one. The…

The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [taurus] in almanacs.

Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely. [Obs.] Skeat. Infortunate ascendent tortuous. Chaucer. --Tor"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Tor"tu*ous*ness, n.

The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon. In sextile, square, and trine. Milton.

A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini.

A sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of August, marked thus [