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] ]