-----------+------------------+-----------------+------------------- | | |Time Constellation Astronomical| How Pronounced | Common Names |will Appear on Your Names | | |Meridian at 9 P. M. -----------+------------------+-----------------+------------------- Aries | A´-ri-es | The Ram | December Taurus | Tau´-rus | The Bull | January Gemini | Gem´-i-ni | The Twins | February Cancer | Can´-cer | The Crab | March Leo | Le´-o | The Lion | April Virgo | Vir´-go | The Virgin | May Libra | Li´-bra | The Balance | June Scorpio | Scor´-pi-o | The Scorpion | July Sagittarius| Sag´-it-ta´-ri-us| The Archer | August Capricornus| Cap´-ri-cor´-nus | The Goat | September Aquarius | A-qua´-ri-us | The Water Bearer| October Pisces | Pis´-ces | The Fishes | November -----------+------------------+-----------------+------------------- To find any constellation during any other month than that given in the last column above subtract two hours for each following month. Suppose you want to find Aries, the Ram, in January instead of December, look for it on your meridian at 7 P. M.; in February look for it at 5 P. M., and so on. You will of course come to a month where the constellation will run into daylight and then you won’t be able to see it again until the Earth has traveled round the Sun to a point where the Earth is again between the Sun and the constellation. The constellations of the zodiac are shown in Fig. 172; also the symbol for each sign and the month in which the sun enters the sign. As we shall later explain, the constellation is no longer in the sign of the same name. If you look southward at the sky some night for any particular constellation you need not expect the stars which form it to stand out separate and distinct, as shown in Figs. 172 and 174; if you do you will be sadly disappointed, for many of the constellations of the zodiac are hard to recognize compared with the Big Dipper, or Orion, or Pegasus. [Illustration: FIG. 172.--CONSTELLATIONS AND SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC.] Nor are the constellations of the zodiac as equally spaced in the sky as in Figs. 172 and 174. Some of the stars are very scattered and stretch over part of two signs of the zodiac, while others do not take up nearly all the space allowed them; Figs. 172-174 are but rough sketches. To recognize these constellations you will have to use a good star map.