[symbol] Aries [symbol] Libra [symbol] Taurus [symbol] Scorpio [symbol] Gemini [symbol] Sagittarius [symbol] Cancer [symbol] Capricorn [symbol] Leo [symbol] Aquarius [symbol] Virgo [symbol] Pisces Through these twelve signs the planets continually move, and are ever in one or other of them. They are divided into _north_ and _south_. The first six, from Aries to Virgo, are _northern_; the latter six, from Libra to Pisces, are _southern_; this is because the Sun and planets when in the first six are north of the equator, and when in the last six they are south of that line. Each point of the zodiac rises and sets once every twenty-four hours, occasioned by the earth's revolution on its axis once every day; therefore, when any given point is _rising_, the opposite point must be _setting_.[3] [3] Aries is always opposite to Libra; Taurus to Scorpio; and so on of all the rest, as shown by the table given (p. 11). As the zodiac consists of 360 degrees from the first point of Aries until we come to that point again, and as these are divided into twelve portions or signs, they must consist of 30 degrees each. The aspects are five in number; they represent certain positions which the planets bear to each other as they move through the signs of the zodiac; they are as follows, with their symbols:-- [Symbol] Conjunction], when two planets are in the same place, viz., in same degree of the same sign. [Symbol] Sextile, when they are 60 degrees or two signs apart. [Symbol] Square, when they are 90 degrees or three signs apart. [Symbol] Trine, when they are 120 degrees or four signs apart. [Symbol] Opposition, when they are 180 degrees or six signs asunder. The conjunction ([symbol]) is rather a position than an aspect, as planets can hardly be said to aspect each other when they are in the same place. When Saturn is in the first degree of Aries, and any planet in the same degree of that sign, they are said to be in conjunction; this is good or evil, according to the nature of the planets thus posited. The Trine ([symbol]) is the most powerful of all the good aspects. The Sextile ([symbol]) is favourable. The Square ([symbol]) is evil. The Opposition ([symbol]) is also very evil. There are several other aspects (sometimes called the "modern aspects") invented by Kepler; but as they only appear to complicate what is at best a very intricate study, it is best to ignore them and adhere in this, as in the matter of the planets, to the old methods. CHAPTER III. CONCERNING THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC