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ninety degrees, except for those who live directly under the poles, for whom the Horizon and the equator always coincide. The seven planets are carried under the oblique circle in such a way that the year is divided by it into twelve signs or months. The first sign is therefore at the vernal equinox. The second, after 30 degrees have passed. And so, with 30 degrees assigned to each individual sign or month, the 360 degrees are completed. However, I would wish that all twelve be called by either numbers or the months that are in the sacred books, for the reason that there are 12 various influences of the sky, over each of which a single intelligence presides. The name derived from Ianus Janus, who is also Noachus Noah, should remain for the tenth month, January, because the whole circle of earthly nature, and especially the human race, owes what remains after the waters of the Flood to this very Noah after God. We are able