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"When in the fonrth month (June) the sun is arrived
nt tho summer solstice, he hegins to go back again
to the southward; which ret.rograc1c tnation the
Egyptians expressed by the Crab, which is said to go
backward.
The excessive heat, which "usually follows in the
next month (July), is expressed by the Lion, for its
fierceness, and strength.
The symbol for the harvest month (August) is the
Virgin Reaper, with an caf of corn.
'Vhen the snn arrives at the autumnal equinox (in
September) it is expressed by the Balance or Scales,
in equilibria, because the days and nights arc then
every where equal.
October is a sickly season, when'the hot months of
the summer produce their fatal effects: the symbol
therefore is the Scorpion, whose sting is deadly.
The diversion of hunting, which is chieny followed
in N ovemher, is signified by the Archer.
As the Crab, which goes haekward, signified the
summer solstice, when the sun begins to go back from
the northern tropic; so the Goat, which delights to
browse up hill, is the symbol of the winter solstice,
when the sun (in Deccmher) hegins to ascend from
the southern tropic, and is continually mounting for
the ensuing half year. .
Aquarius, or the 'Vatering Pot, fitly represents the
rains and snows of the winter (January).
And the
Two Fishes appear to have a reference to the fishing
season, which takes place in February.
Zone, s. from ~"'V71> %on", a girdle. A division of the
earth.
Zoo-logy. See LOGOS, p. IS.
Zoo-phyte, s. fl'Om t",ov, %0011, an animal, and rpvrov,
1,kttt~1I, a plant. A telID applied to certain snbstance.
which partake of the nature ofvegetable. and ~nimals.