Astrolabe Catalogue

Zodiacal signs

Type: Zodiacal signs
Geometry: Inner Circular, concentric
Unit of measurement: Zodiacal sign
(Numbering) starts at: Aries
(Numbering) ends at: Pisces
Numbered: Not numbered
Repeats: 1 times

Scale located on: Tympan, Womb or Back .

Location(s) detail:

VI: half circle inside the V circle (on mashriqi astrolabes) - covering LL and LR (VI)

Zodiac:

1 الحمل
2 الثور
3 الجوزا
4 السرطان
5 الاسد
6 السنبله
7 الميزان
8 العقرب
9 القوس
10 الجدي
11 الدلو
12 الحوت
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