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SONAMPWh 11. 12. ad. CHAPTER II. PRELIMINARIES EXPLAINED 9. Rasis and their Extent.— Sign. Its English Its Test equivalent. Symbol. Extent. Mesha Aries v 0° 30° Vrishabha Taurus & 30 60 Mithuna Gemini o 60 & Kataka Cancer S 90 120 Simha Leo & 120 150 . :Kanya Virgo m 150 180 Thula Libra = 180 210 Vrischika Scorpio ™ 210 240 Dhanus Sagittarius + 240 270 Makara Capricornus 270 300 Kumbha Aquarius = 300 330 Meena Pisces * 330 360 10. Nakshatras and their Extent.— Rasi. Nakshatra. Pada. Space on the (Sign) (Constella- (Quarter) ecliptic from tion) 0° Aries Aries 1, Aswini 4 13° 20! 2. Bharani 4 26 «40 3. Krithika 1 30 00 8 A MANUAL OF HINDU ASTROLOGY No. Rasi. Nakshatra. Pads. Space on the (Sign) (Constella- (Quarter) ecliptic fom tion) 0° Aries 2. Taurus Krithika 3 4° Of 4. Rohini 4 53 20 - 5. Mrigasira 2 60 oO 3. Gemini Mrigasira 2 66 «40 6. Aridra 4 80 0 7. Punarvasu 3 90 0 4. Cancer Punarvasu 1 93 «20 8. Pushyami 4 106 40 9. Aslesha 4 120 0 5. Leo 10. Makha 4 133 20 IL. Pubba 4 146.40 12. Uttara 1 150 9 6. Virgo Uteara 3 163 OO 13. Hasta 4 173, 20 14. Chitta 2 180 0 7. Libra Chitta 2Z 186 40 15. Swathi 4 200 0 16. Vishaka 3 210 0 8. Scorpio Vishaka 1 213 20 17. Anuradha = 4 226 40 18. Jyesta 4 240 0 9. Sagittarius 19. Moola 4 253 20. Poorvashada 4 266 21. Uttarashada 1 270 ©g8 CONSTELLATIONS AND THEIR EXTENT 9 No. Rasi, Nakshatra. Pada. Space on the (Sign) (Constella- (Quarter) ecliptic from tion) O° Aries 10. Capricornus Uttarashada 210° * O 3 22, Sravana 4 293 +20 23. Dhanishta 2 300 iO 11. Aquarius Dhanishta 2 306 40 24. Satabhisha 4 320. =O 25. Poorva- 3 3300 bhadra 12. Pisces. Poorva- 1 333 20 bhadra 26. Uttara- 4 346 «40 bhadra 27. Revathi 4 360 0 The above table may be interpreted thus. it will be seen that there are 27 constellations comprising the 12 signs. For instance, take Aries. You will find that 4 quarters of Aswini (13° 20'), 4 of Bharani (13° 20’) and 1 of (3° 20) Krithika—on the whole 9 quarters constitute it. Again, the remaining 3 of Krithika (10°), the 4 of Rohini (13° 20’) and 2 (6° 40’) of Mrigasira make up Taurus and so on. What use this table will be of, the reader will realise after he has gone through some more pages. For the present suffice it to say that he must be quite familiar with it in order 10 A MANUAL OF HINDU ASTROLOGY to understand the information set forth in the subsequent chapters. Note—In the characteristics of the signs and “planets which | am giving below, such information as has a direct bearing upon and involved in the mathematical calculations, has been included. All other details necessary for predictions, which can be gathered from any astrological work has been scrupulously omitted. 11. Movable Signs.—Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. 12. Fixed Signs —Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius. 13. Common Signs. — Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces. 14. Odd Signs.—Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius and Aquarius. 15. Even Signs— Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn and Pisces. 16. Signs of Long Ascension.—Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius. 17. Signs of Short Ascension—Capri-

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