“When the first is torn off, a second of gold succeeds; and a twig shoots forth leaves of the same metal.”

“When the first is torn off, a second of gold succeeds; and a twig shoots forth leaves of the same metal.”

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It was sunset at Jerusalem, night on the Ganges, and morning at the Mountain of Purgatory.

The sun being in Aries, the night would “come forth with the scales,” or the sign of Libra, which is opposite Aries. These scales fall from the hand of night, or are not above the horizon by night, when the night exceeds, or is longer than the day. ↩