天象图

墓顶的以莲花为中心的天象图体现了以佛土为中心的宇宙观。

The star-maps , with lotus in its center , on the domes of the graves embody the universal views regarding the Buddhist land as its center .

她后来回到家，笑着告诉我说，看“疯子奥尼”的X光片就像在看一张天象图：仍然留在他体内的12颗子弹使她想起了流星。

She came home afterward and laughingly told me that looking at his X-ray was like visiting a planetarium : the twelve bullets still in his body reminded her of shooting stars .

为预测天象对人事的影响，占星术士须绘制出一幅图来，标明特定时刻，如一个人的诞生时刻的天象。这幅图称为天宫图。

Astrologers learn about the influence of the heavenly bodies on what happens on the earth by casting ( drawing ) a circular chart called a horoscope , which shows the position of heavenly bodies at certain times , such as when a person in born .