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AQUARIUS, the constellation the Water Carrier, is the eleventh sign of the zodiac, lies in the southern hemisphere between Capricorn and Pisces, and is the night house of Saturn (Tetrabiblos I.17, 29).

Aquarius is one of the signs of the zodiac, Astr I.8. It lies directly opposite Leo, Astr II.6.17, and obeys the sovereign or western sign Scorpio, Astr II.28.38. [Scorpio]

Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, ed. and trans. F.E. Robbins, 81.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
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