In the ancient Zodiac of Denderah it is the same idea, though the man holds two urns, and the fish below seems to have come out of the urn. The man is called _Hupei Tirion_, which means _the place of him coming down_ or _poured forth_. In some eastern Zodiacs the Urn alone appears. [Illustration] Plate 18: AQUARIUS (the Water Bearer) & PISCIS AUSTRALIS (the Southern Fish) This agrees with its other names—Hebrew, _Deli_, _the water‐urn_, or _bucket_ (as in Num. xxiv. 7); the Arabic _Delu_ is the same. There are 108 stars in this Sign, four of which are of the 3rd magnitude. Their names, as far as they have come down to us, are significant. The star α (in the right shoulder) is called _Sa’ad al Melik_, which means _the record of the pouring forth_. The star β (in the other shoulder) is called _Saad al Sund_, _who goeth and returneth_, or _the pourer out_. The bright star δ (in the lower part of the right leg) is well‐known to‐ day by its Hebrew name _Scheat_, which means _who goeth and returneth_. The bright star in the urn has an Egyptian name—_Mon_ or _Meon_, which means simply _an urn_. Aquarius is the modern Latin name by which the sign is known. It has the same meaning, _the pourer forth of water_. Can we doubt what is the interpretation of this sign? The Greeks, not knowing Him of whom it testified, were, like the woman of Samaria, destitute of that living water which He alone can give. They therefore invented some story about _Deucalion_, the son of Prometheus; and another, saying he is _Ganymede_, Jove’s cup‐bearer! But, as an astronomer says, “We must account otherwise for the origin of this name; for it is not possible to reconcile the symbols of the eleventh(49) sign with Grecian mythology.” No! we must go further back than that, and not cramp our vision, and distort the Scriptures, by confining our thoughts to “the Church.” The Church is nowhere seen in these Signs, as she is nowhere revealed in the Old Testament. This we shall enlarge on when we come to the sign Pisces. Meanwhile we must read the witness of the stars as if there had been no Church! Christ is first. Yea, He is all in all. The Scriptures testify of Him; and the very stars in this Sign tell of His going away and His coming again. These prophetic signs have to do with Him, with the Atonement He wrought, with the conflict He endured, with the blessings He secured, with the victory He shall win, and the triumph He shall have. For it is written: “He shall pour the water out of His buckets, And His seed shall be in many waters, And His king shall be higher than Agag, And His kingdom shall be exalted.” (Num. xxiv. 7.) It tells of that glorious day when “A King shall reign in righteousness; And princes shall rule in judgment; And a MAN shall be as an hiding place from the wind, And a covert from the tempest; As RIVERS of WATER in a dry place.”