autumnal signs

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Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius.

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  • Autumnal

    ·adj Past the middle of life; in the third stage. II. Autumnal ·adj Of, belonging to, or peculiar t...

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  • autumnal equinox

    The time when the sun crosses the equator, under a southerly motion, and the days and nights are the...

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  • autumnal point

    That part of the ecliptic whence the sun descends southward. ...

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    This method of indicating houses is one that was adopted by the Romans and has come down to us from ...

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  • ascending signs

    Those in which the sun appears to ascend towards the north pole, or in which his motion in declinati...

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  • cardinal signs

    The zodiacal signs which the sun enters at the equinoxes and solstices. ...

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  • descending signs

    Those in which the sun appears to descend from the north pole, or in which his motion in declination...

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  • signs of the zodiac

    The emblems of the twelve divisions, into which the ancients divided the zodiac. ...

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