"The equinoxes and solstices," says Higgins, "equally marked the births and deaths of John and Jesus." The one preceded and prepared the way for the other, who receded.
One advanced, the other declined.

Jesus ascended, John descended.
Astrologically speaking, "He must increase, but I must decrease." (John iii, 30.) SCORPIO, the Scorpion .-- The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters on the 23d of October, is marked thus [symbol for SCORPIO].
Scorpio is fabled to have killed the great hunter Orion, and for that exploit to have been placed among the constellations.

For this reason it is also said that when Scorpio rises Orion sets.
SAGITTARIUS, the Archer: (marked thus, [symbol for SAGITTARIUS]) is the ninth zodiacal sign, and corresponds with the month of November.

This sign is represented like a centaur and was fabled to be Crotus, the son of Eupheme, the nurse of the Muses.
CAPRICORNUS, the Goat.( [symbol for CAPRICORNUS])--The tenth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters the 21st of December, (the longest night in the year,) called the winter solstice.

This sign is drawn to represent the horns of a goat, and is fabled to have been Pan, who in the war of the giants was taken to heaven in the shape of a goat.