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February, Second Month, hath 28 Days.
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                                   D. H. M. 
Last [[Icon: Last-quarter Moon]]    3 6 51 A.
New [[Icon: new Moon]]             10 2 58 A.
First [[Icon: first-quarter Moon]] 17 2 41 A.
Full [[Icon: full moon]]           25 5 55 A.
                    { 1                   17}
[[Icon: ascendant]] {11  [[Icon: Virgo]]  16} Deg.
                    {21                   16}
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|Days|Planets' places, &c.
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|---:| [[Icon: the sun]] | [[icon: Saturn]] | [[icon: Jupiter]] | [[icon: Mars]] | [[icon: Venus]] | [[icon: Mercury]] | [[icon: first-quarter Moon]]'s Lat.|
|---:|[[Icon: Aquarius]] | [[icon: Aries]] | [[icon: Scorpio]] | [[icon: Pisces]] | [[icon: Pisces]] | [[icon: Capricorn]]
| 1 :| 13 :| 25 :| 29 :| 7 :| 26 :| 20 :| 2 N.
| 7 :| 19 :| 26 :| [[icon: Sagittarius]] 0 :|  12 :| [[icon: Aries]] 3 :| 28 :| 5 N.
| 13 :| 26 :| 26 :| 1 :| 16 :| 10 :| [[icon: Aquarius]] 6 :| 1 S. 
| 19 :| [[Icon: Pisces]] 2 :| 27 :|  1 :|  21 :|  17 :| 16 :| 5 S.
| 25 :| 8 :| 28 :| 2 :| 26 :| 21 :| 26 :| 1 S.
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Remarkable days, &c.| [[Icon: the Sun with face]]ri.| [[Icon: the Sun with face]] set | [[Icon:First-quarter moon]] pl. | [[Icon:First-quarter moon]] rise | [[Icon:First-quarter moon]] sou.
1 :| 6 :|: Pleiades set 2 1 | 6 57 |  5 3  | [[icon: Libra]] 15[[icon: Libra]]10 18[[icon: Libra]]3 40
2 :| 7 :|: Purification V. Mary. | 6 56 | 5 4 | 28 | 11 25 | 4 30
3 :|: F :|:  Arcturus rises 9 45 | 6 55 | 5 5 | [[icon: Scorpio]]11 | morn. | 5 20
4 :|2 :|: Clear and windy; :| 6 54 | 5 6 | 25 | 0 35 | 6 13
5 :|3 [[Icons: quartile Saturn Mercury]] 6 53 | 5 7 | [[icon: Sagittarius]] 9 | 1 44 | 7 6
6 :|4 :|: Day 10 16 | 6 52 | 5 8 | 23 | 2 50 | 8 0
7 :|5 :|:Spica [[icon: Virgo]] rises 10 27 | 6 51 | 5 9 | [[icon: Capricon]] 7 | 3 52 | 8 59
8 :|6 :|: flying clouds, with:| 6 50 | 5 10 | 22 | 4 55 | 10 2
9 :|7 Days increase 1 6 | 6 49 | 5 11 | [[icon: Aquarius]] 7 | 5 52 | 10 59
10 :|: F :| Quinquagesima. 6 48 | 5 12 | 22 | sets | 11 56 
11 :| 2 :|: rain or snow; :| 6 46 | 5 14 |[[icon: Pisces]] 6 | 6 34 | aft. 50
12 :| 3 :|:Shrove Tuesday. | 6 45 | 5 15 | 20 | 7 37 | 1 38
13 :| 4:|: Ash Wednes. [[Icons: sextile circle-icon Saturn]] 6 44 | 5 16 | [[icon: Aries]] 4 | 8 42 | 2 31
14 :| 5 :|: Valentine. | 6 43 | 5 17 | 18 | 9 49 | 3 20
15 :| 6 :|: cold winds from :|6 42 | 5 18 | [[icon: Taurus]] 2 | 10 54 | 4 10
16 :| 7 :|: Sirius south 8 35 | 6 40 | 5 20 | 15 | morn. | 5 2
17 :|: F :|: [[Icon: Venus]] sets 9 11 | 6 39 | 5 21 | 28 | 0 1 | 5 52
18 :| 2 :|: the westward;:| 6 38 | 5 22 | [[icon: Gemini]] 11 | 0 58 | 6 41
19 :| 3 :|: [[icon: the Sun]] enters [[icon: Pisces]] | 6 36 | 5 24 | 23 | 1 55 | 7 32
20 :| 4 :|: Pleiades set 12 42 | 6 35 | 5 25 | [[icon: Cancer]] 5 | 2 49 | 8 18
21 :| 5 :|: hard frosts :| 6 34 | 5 26 | 17 | 3 40 | 9 8
22 :| 6 :|: [[Icon: Venus]] greatest elongation. | 6 33 | 5 27 | 29 | 4 25 | 9 53
23 :| 7 :|: toward the end :| 6 32 | 5 28 |[[icon: Leo]] 11 | 5 3 | 10 39
24 :|: F :|: St. Matthias. | 6 31 | 5 29 | 23 | 5 41 | 11 27
25 :| 2 :|: [[Icon: first-quarter Moon]] eclipsed, visible. | 6 30 | 5 30 | [[icon: Virgo]] 5 | rises | morn.
26 :| 3 :|: [[Icons: sextile Saturn Mercury]] | 6 28 | 5 32 | 17 | 6 23 | 0 9
27 :| 4 :|: of the month. :| 6 27 | 5 33 | 29 | 7 27 | 0 52
28 :| 5 :|: Day 11 8 | 6 26 | 5 34 | [[icon: Libra]] 11 | 8 31 | 1 39
Venus [ [[Icon: Venus]] ] will be Evening Star until the 28th day of May; then Morning Star till the End of the Year.


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