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The text is written from left to right, and some pages are foldable sheets of varying sizes. Most of the pages have fantastical illustrations and diagrams, some crudely coloured, with sections of the manuscript showing people, fictitious plants, astrological symbols, etc.
A late-15th-century manuscript with the zodiac symbols A mid-18th-century manuscript with symbols for the zodiac and planets. Note the distinctive shapes of Virgo (6), Scorpius (8), Capricornus (10) and Aquarius (11). The zodiac symbols have several astronomical interpretations.
The traditional Western zodiac associates Leo with the period between about July 23 and August 22, [2] and the sign spans the 120th to 150th degree of celestial longitude. Leo is associated with fire , accompanied by Aries and Sagittarius , and its modality is fixed .
Modern zodiac wheel showing the 12 signs used in horoscopic astrology. The zodiac was in use by the Roman era, based on concepts inherited by Hellenistic astronomy from Babylonian astronomy of the Chaldean period (mid-1st millennium BC), which, in turn, derived from an earlier system of lists of stars along the ecliptic. [8]
A more mundane example is the presence of astrological symbols found on some shoes and sandals from the Roman Empire. The use of shoes and sandals is well known, but Carol van Driel-Murray has proposed that astrological symbols etched onto sandals gave the footwear spiritual or medicinal meanings. [95]
Gemini (♊︎) (/ ˈ dʒ ɛ m ɪ n aɪ / JEM-in-eye [2] Greek: Δίδυμοι, romanized: Dídymoi, Latin for "twins") is the third astrological sign in the zodiac.Under the tropical zodiac, the sun transits this sign between about May 21 to June 21. [3]
Under the tropical zodiac (most commonly used in Western astrology), the Sun transits this sign on average from October 23 to November 21. [2] Depending on which zodiac system one uses, someone born under the influence of Scorpio may be called a Scorpio or a Scorpionic .
The novel's complex structure is based on the system of Western astrology, with each of the twelve local men representing one of the twelve signs of the zodiac, and with another set of characters representing planets in the solar system. The novel has won many awards and honours, including the 2013 Booker Prize.