And all the while our father sings softly to himself, looking now and then at us who are his cross, and again into the shining constellations which hide his crown.
Some cavernous recesses were lit with constellations of shining zoophytes, and there were floors of pearl, studded with diamonds.
High overhead, in a sky which was almost black, sparkled the bright constellations of Orion and the Pleiades--the celestial clocks which marked the long, weary hours between sunrise and sunset.
Only when a fish sprang with a little splash out of one of these submarine constellations and shattered it into trembling fragments of broken light could we realise that it was nothing but a mirrored reflection of the heavens above.
It is no gigantic Atlas, as the Greeks fancied, that upholds the celestial sphere; all the constellations are kept from falling by an impalpable energy that uses no muscles and no masonry.
The calamity had come--he was absolutely untouched--he was locating the constellations and surprised and happy in his ability to enjoy them.
Through the hundred feet of space between I caught the brilliancy of the weird constellations in Norhala's great eyes--saw with a vague but no less dire foreboding that on her face dwelt a terrifying, a blasting wrath.
I think that naming of the various constellations is very like a good deal of mystical preaching that there is nowadays.
You may imagine anything you like in theconstellations of the heavens.
Constellations were given recognition before the planets were identified.
Much importance was also attached to the positions occupied by the constellations when the planets were propitious or otherwise; no king would venture forth on an expedition under a "yoke of inauspicious stars".
Our grave astronomers are no longer astrologers, but they still call certain constellations by the names given them in Babylonia.
Even in the dialogues of Plato the immemorial belief was perpetuated that the constellations were "moving as in a dance".
Babylonia as the available data permitted him, is of opinion that the leading stars of three constellations are referred to, viz.
It is hard to believe that the Greeks made much progress as scientists before they had identified the planets, and become familiar with the Babylonian constellations through the medium of the Hittites or the Phoenicians.
The three constellations associated with each month had each a symbolic significance: they reflected the characters of their months.
In time--ages hence--the pole will circle round to the point it spun at when the constellations were named by the Babylonians.
Indeed, in Vedic literature there is no certain reference to a single planet, although constellations are named.
We crossed other constellations and came back toward the solar system.
The scattered Nebulae in the vast expanse above--the grouping of stars of the first magnitude, and the opening of new constellations to the view, invest with a peculiar interest the first view of the southern sky.
Her son, Arcas, not recognizing his mother in that shape, is about to kill her; but Jupiter removes them both to the skies, where they form the Constellations of the Great and the Little Bear.
Both the Constellations and the winds injure it, and the greedy birds pick up the seed as it is sown; darnel, and thistles, and unconquerable weeds, choke the crops of wheat.
The position of this circle also indicates that the constellations were formed at a place between 36 deg.
Almost all the constellations afford examples of this sort.
This was not a bad arrangement for a certain class of gazers, since the luminary was observed to be in or near one or other of these parts, or constellations every night.
Now, the centre of this circular blank space most probably coincided with the South Pole of the heavens at the time when the constellations were first formed.
Firminicus gives the names of several constellations not mentioned by Ptolemy.
The classical constellations of Hipparchus and Ptolemy number forty-eight, and this is the number described by Al-Sufi in his "Description of the Fixed Stars" written in the tenth century A.
Other small constellations have also been formed by various astronomers from time to time, but these have disappeared from our modern star maps.
The total number of constellations now recognized in both hemispheres amounts to eighty-four.
In a work published in Berne in 1760, Schmidt contends that the ancient Egyptians gave to the constellations of the Zodiac the names of their divinities, and expressed them by the signs which were used in their hieroglyphics.
There are someconstellations south of the Equator which, although above Al-Sufi's horizon when on the meridian, are not described by him, as they were formed since his time.
A good many constellationshave been added to the heavens since the days of Al-Sufi, and notes on some of these may be of interest.
This poem describes all the old constellations now known, except Libra, the Balance, which was at that time included in the Claws of the Scorpion.
Through these the sun in annual journey towers, And o'er each clime their various tempers pours; In gold and silver of celestial mine How rich far round the constellations shine!
The Dragon which guarded the golden apples of the Hesperides, and the ship Argo complete the number of the constellations mentioned by Camoens.
Juno changed them into bears, and Jupiter placed them in heaven, where they form the constellations of Ursa Major and Minor.
Numbered in the celestial census, I am sure it will not be there when the constellations are rolled together as a scroll.
They star the prairies as constellations the heavens.
For simply learning the constellations and the chief stars you need no opera-glass or other instrument.
With the aid of the charts, familiarize yourself with the appearance of the constellations by noticing the characteristic arrangements of their chief stars.
As an indispensable aid--unless you happen already to possess a complete star atlas on a larger scale--I have drawn the six charts of the zodiacalconstellations and their neighbors that are included in this chapter.
Some ordinary almanacs tell in what constellations the principal planets are to be found at various times of the year.
This is an acquaintance with theconstellations and the principal stars--not a difficult thing to obtain.
Learn by observation at what seasons particular constellations are on, or near, the meridian--i.
By these constellations are meant holy souls who are the manifestations of purity and the dawning-points of the lights of Unity.
The nights following these severe storms were always bright and pleasant, and the heavens would be studded with constellations of familiar, guiding stars.
Leaving these familiar southern stars and sailing toward constellations in the north, we hoist all sail to the cheery breeze which carries us on.
The powers of the ocean assented, and consequently the two constellations of the Great and Little Bear move round and round in heaven, but never sink, as the other stars do, beneath the ocean.
Stars in these constellations served as guides to Greek and Tyrian mariners.
From that period to the close of the war our country was benefited by the combined wisdom and noblest efforts of two of the brightest constellations of genius that have ever illuminated our world.
Here Onyx gleams and Bdellion doth shine; And bright as Heaven glows with glittering stars; So here Dame Nature sowed her constellations Of stones that pale our stars.
Dolphins were seen and captured, sharks were fished for and caught, stiff breezes and calms succeeded each other, constellations in the far north began to disappear and new constellations arose in the southern skies.
Next that each separate element might hold Appropriate habitants,--the vault of heaven, Bright constellations and the gods receiv'd.
Culpeper describes certain herbs as being under the dominion of the sun, the moon, or a planet, and others as under a planet and also one of the constellations of the Zodiac.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "constellations" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
