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Old 20-May-2004, 01:18 PM
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Default Re: Constellations

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Originally Posted by aurora
H.A. Rey in The Stars had a handy Mnemonic for the zodiac:

ram bull twins crab liverish, scaley scorpions are good waterfish.
ram - aries
bull - taurus
twins - gemini
crab - cancer
li - leo
verish - virgo
scaley - libra (scales of justice)
scorpions - scorpius
are - sagitarrius (archer)
good - capricornus (goat)
water - aquarius
fish - pisces

This mnemonic is in the same order, different starting place, and uses two or more initial letters--except for taurus, which is easy to remember by "terrible":

AQUAmarine PIeces ARe Terrible GEMs, CAN LEO VIsit the LIBRAry and SCOpe-out the SAGan CAPtions?

Anyone who wants to insert Ophiuchus can scope-Out the sagan captions.
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