Signs of the zodiac, 16th-century artwork. Clockwise from upper left, the zodiacal signs are: Pisces (the fishes), Aries (the ram), Taurus (the bull),

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Signs of the zodiac, 16th-century artwork. Clockwise from upper left, the zodiacal signs are: Pisces (the fishes), Aries (the ram), Taurus (the bull), Gemini (the twins), Cancer (the crab), Leo (the lion), Virgo (the maiden), Libra (the scales), and Scorpio (the scorpion). Three of the traditional twelve signs of the zodiac are not shown here. Artwork from 'Opera' (1580), a 1000-page posthumous collection of the works of Dutch physician and linguist Jan Becan (1518-1572).

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Size: 3333px × 5764px
Photo credit: © MIDDLE TEMPLE LIBRARY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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