{O położeniu nieba pod czas rewolucyi roku} – opisy nieba w dniu równonocy wiosennej w kalendarzach astrologiczno-prognostykarskich z I połowy XVIII wieku
{About the Location of the Sky under the Revolution of the Year} – The Descriptions of Heavens on the Spring Equinox in Astrological-Predictive Calendars from the 1st Half of the 18th Century

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the ways of conceptualizing planets in the description of Heavens in prognostics included into the 18th-century calendars. The astrological-predictive calendar follows a multi-style pattern and comprises anisofunctional set of genres, each of which exhibits its own compositional structure and reflects astrological knowledge in its layout as well as both its linguistic and stylistic properties. Astral ideology employs the central metaphor of Heavenly Republic. Heaven is conceptualized as a country whose organization resembles the political order of Noble Republic (of Poland): elective monarchy. In {Heavenly Republic} the elected kings are planets, bondmen are states and nations, kingdoms, provinces and cities. The equality of planets with respect to their eligibility as {The Lord of the Year} reflects the idea of nobility egalitarianism.

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