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Plate with signs of the zodiac and planets

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Plate with signs of the zodiac and planets
Cast from the original, ca. 1930
Rome, Museo della Civiltą Romana, inv. M.C.R. n. 2898

Lunar astrological calendar showing, at the top, the busts of seven heavenly bodies connected with the days of the week: Saturn, the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus. In the centre, we see a circumference divided into 12 parts, each with one of the signs of the zodiac depicted with the initial of its Latin name.