Here you can see a schematic drawing of the winter-spring dial plate, which is in use from the winter solstice to the summer solstice. A second dial plate is used during the other time interval from the summer to the winter solstice. This other dial plate shows the second half of the analemma loop and looks almost the same as this one except for a different legend for the months and different signs of the zodiac.

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