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Zodiac
Imaginary belt in the
celestial sphere, extending about 8° on either side of the ecliptic,
the apparent path of
the
Sun among the stars.
The width of the zodiac was determined
originally so as to include the orbits of the Sun and Moon
and of the five planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) that were known to the
people of ancient times.
The zodiac is divided into 12 sections
of 30° each, which are called the signs of the zodiac. Starting with the vernal equinox
and then proceeding eastward along the ecliptic, each of the divisions is named for the
constellation situated within its limits in the 2nd century BC.
The names of the zodiacal signs are
Aries, the Ram; Taurus, the Bull; Gemini, the Twins; Cancer, the Crab; Leo, the Lion;
Virgo, the Virgin; Libra, the Balance; Scorpio, the Scorpion; Sagittarius, the Archer;
Capricornus, the Goat; Aquarius, the Water Bearer; and Pisces, the Fishes.
Because of the precession of the
equinoxes about the ecliptic, a 26,000-year cycle, the first point of Aries retrogrades
about 1° in 70 years, so that the sign Aries today lies in the constellation Pisces. In
about 24,000 years, when the retrogression will have completed the entire circuit of
360°, the zodiacal signs and constellations will again coincide. See
Astrology,
Horoscope
and Houses.
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