Editing Zodiac (section)

=== Early modern ===

An example of the use of signs as astronomical coordinates may be found in the ''Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the year 1767''. The "Longitude of the Sun" columns show the sign (represented as a digit from 0 to and including 11), degrees from 0 to 29, minutes, and seconds.<ref>''[https://archive.org/details/nauticalalmanac07offigoog Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the year 1767]''. London: Board of Longitude, 1766.</ref>

[[Mughal Empire|Mughal king]] [[Jahangir]] issued an attractive series of coins in gold and silver depicting the twelve signs of the zodiac.<ref>{{cite web
 | title=Jahangir's 12 gold coins of the Zodiac, Mughal Empire, ca. 1620 A.D.
 | publisher=University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
 | year=1972
 | url=https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/ic/id/7341/
 | access-date=2023-05-17
 | archive-date=17 May 2023
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517165358/https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/ic/id/7341/
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref>

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File:P.9 a volvella of the moon. A volvella is a moveable device for working out the position of the sun and moon in the zodiac.jpg|A volvella of the moon. A volvella is a moveable device for working out the position of the Sun and Moon in the zodiac, 15th century
File:Monasterio de Svetitskhoveli, Miskheta, Georgia, 2016-09-29, DD 41.jpg|17th-century fresco of [[Christ]] in the zodiac circle, [[Svetitskhoveli|Cathedral of Living Pillar]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] 
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