The Witness of the Stars By The Rev. Ethelbert William Bullinger, D.D. “_HE telleth the number of the stars;_ _He giveth them all their names._” (Ps. cxlvii. 4. R.V.) Published by the Author London 1893 CONTENTS Preface. Introduction. The First Book. The Redeemer. Chapter I. The Sign VIRGO. 1. COMA (The Woman and Child). 2. CENTAURUS (The Centaur). 3. BOÖTES (The Coming One). Chapter II. The Sign LIBRA. 1. CRUX (The Cross). 2. LUPUS or VICTIMA (The Victim). 3. CORONA (The Crown). Chapter III. The Sign SCORPIO. 1 and 2. SERPENS and OPHIUCHUS. 3. HERCULES (The Mighty Man). Chapter IV. The Sign SAGITTARIUS. 1. LYRA (The Harp). 2. ARA (The Altar). 3. DRACO (The Dragon). The Second Book. The Redeemed. Chapter I. The Sign CAPRICORNUS (The Sea Goat). 1. SAGITTA (The Arrow). 2. AQUILA (The Eagle). 3. DELPHINUS (The Dolphin). Chapter II. The Sign AQUARIUS (The Water Bearer). 1. PISCIS AUSTRALIS (The Southern Fish). 2. PEGASUS (The Winged Horse). 3. CYGNUS (The Swan). Chapter III. The Sign PISCES (The Fishes). 1. THE BAND. 2. ANDROMEDA (The Chained Woman). 3. CEPHEUS (The King). Chapter IV. The Sign ARIES (The Ram or Lamb). 1. CASSIOPEIA (The Enthroned Woman). 2. CETUS (The Sea Monster). 3. PERSEUS (“The Breaker.”) The Third Book. The Redeemer. Chapter I. The Sign TAURUS (The Bull). 1. ORION (The Coming Prince). 2. ERIDANUS (The River of the Judge). 3. AURIGA (The Shepherd). Chapter II. The Sign GEMINI (The Twins). 1. LEPUS (the Hare), THE ENEMY. 2. CANIS MAJOR (The Dog), or SIRIUS (The Prince). 3. CANIS MINOR (The Second Dog). Chapter III. The Sign CANCER (The Crab). 1. URSA MINOR (The Little Bear). 2. URSA MAJOR (The Great Bear). 3. ARGO (The Ship). Chapter IV. The Sign LEO (The Lion). 1. HYDRA (The Serpent). 2. CRATER (The Cup). 3. CORVUS (The Raven). Summary. “For Signs And For Seasons.” Appendix. Note on the Sign LIBRA. Footnotes [Cover Art] [Transcribers Note: This e‐book contains countless special symbols, and characters from uncommon character sets. If you see unrenderable characters, you may need to change to a font that has the needed Unicode blocks. It uses these uncommon character sets: Greek (Unicode U+0370 through U+03FF), Greek Extended (U+1F00 through U+1FFF), Hebrew (U+0590 through U+05FF), and Miscellaneous Symbols (U+2600 through U+26FF). Hebrew pointings and Greek markings are as provided in the original book, and some differ from the usual pointings and markings for those words.] PREFACE.