On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 17:37:48 +0100, Bill Hails
<bil### [at] europeyahoo-inccom> said:

>Will W wrote:
>
>> Very, very good! I'm going after the larger size now: I'll use it as
>> wallpaper.
>
>I'm flattered :-)
>
>> I like what you've done with paintings and the wallpaper.
>> 
>> The order of the zodiac signs is right for an orrery [...]
>
>Thanks for clearing that up.

Actually the symbols should progress in a counterclockwise manner,
that's the way it was represented on all the orreries I used for
reference for the one I made for the "Worlds Within Worlds" IRTC round
(http://www.irtc.org/ftp/pub/stills/2002-02-28/orrery.jpg)

To read an orrery, the current sign (and month, if marked) is the one
directly opposite the Earth.  That is, it's indicated by a line drawn
from the Earth through the center of the Sun.  That's something I
didn't find out until after it was submitted, and therefore my signs
are rotated 180 degrees (D'oh!).

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