1.  Judgment must be regulated by thyself, as well as by the science; for it is not possible that particular forms of events should be declared by any person, however scientific; since the understanding conceives only a certain general idea of some sensible event, and not its particular form. It is, therefore, necessary for him who practices herein to adopt inference. They only who are inspired by the deity can predict particulars.

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ZODIAC, an ecliptic coordinate system.

The first sexagesimal (i.e., base 60) zodiac was created by the ancient Babylonians (c. −450)—and it was sidereal.