MARY ELLEN SNODGRASS is an award-winning author of reference works and English and Latin textbooks. Her work The Encyclopedia of Utopian Literature (1996) was cited as an Outstanding Reference Book by the American Library Association and received citations from Choice and Library Journal. She is also the author of the Choice-award-winning Voyages in Classical Mythology (1994) and of Japan and the U.S.: Economic Competitors (1993), which received an award from the New York public Library. In addition to publishing 52 works, she was Chair of the English Department at Hickory High School in North Carolina and a columnist for the Charlotte Observer.

• Preface Introduction The Zodiac The Historical Foundation of Astrology The Zodiac from the First to the Twentieth Century The Zodiac in the Arts and Sciences Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces Appendix I: A Time Line of Developments in Zodiacal Study Appendix II: A Comparative Chart of Elements of the Constellations Appendix III: Geographical Areas Linked with Sun Signs Appendix IV: Planetary Correspondences Appendix V: Zodiacal Pathology Bibliography Index

MARY ELLEN SNODGRASS is an award-winning author of reference works and English and Latin textbooks. Her work The Encyclopedia of Utopian Literature (1996) was cited as an Outstanding Reference Book by the American Library Association and received citations from Choice and Library Journal. She is also the author of the Choice-award-winning Voyages in Classical Mythology (1994) and of Japan and the U.S.: Economic Competitors (1993), which received an award from the New York public Library. In addition to publishing 52 works, she was Chair of the English Department at Hickory High School in North Carolina and a columnist for the Charlotte Observer.

• Preface Introduction The Zodiac The Historical Foundation of Astrology The Zodiac from the First to the Twentieth Century The Zodiac in the Arts and Sciences Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces Appendix I: A Time Line of Developments in Zodiacal Study Appendix II: A Comparative Chart of Elements of the Constellations Appendix III: Geographical Areas Linked with Sun Signs Appendix IV: Planetary Correspondences Appendix V: Zodiacal Pathology Bibliography Index