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Chapter 74: The Course of the Stars
Astronomical Book
74:1
And the angel showed me the courses of all the stars, and how they move in their appointed paths, and how they fulfill their appointed times.
74:2
'The stars are numberless, yet each one is known unto the Holy One, and each hath an appointed course and time.'
74:3
'And the stars rise in the east and set in the west, and they traverse the heavens according to the law which was spoken unto them.'
74:4
'And the stars do not transgress from their appointed paths, neither do they deviate to the right hand or to the left.'
74:5
And the stars give light in the night, and they are appointed to mark the seasons and the times.