The Sphere of the Fixed Stars
The Sphere of the Fixed Stars
Zodiac man from an English folding almanac. Wellcome Library MS 8932 (ca.1415-1420), f.1v
The rulership of signs over the body was commonly represented in the diagram called a ‘Zodiac man’:
- Aries — head
- Gemini — arms and shoulders
- Leo — shoulder blades and sides
- Libra — hips and buttocks
- Sagittarius — thighs
- Aquarius — ankles
- Taurus — neck
- Cancer — breast
- Virgo — stomach and intestines
- Scorpio — genitals
- Capricorn — knees
- Pisces — feet