Zodiac
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- The zodiac is a belt-shaped region of the sky that extends approximately 8° north and south (as measured in celestial latitude) of the ecliptic, which is the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year. The orbital paths of the Moon and major planets are within the belt of the zodiac.
In Western astrology, and formerly astronomy, the zodiac is divided into the following twelve signs: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. Each occupies 30° of celestial longitude and roughly correspond to the astronomical constellations with the same name. These astrological signs form a celestial coordinate system, or more specifically an ecliptic coordinate system, which takes the ecliptic as the origin of latitude and the Sun´s position at vernal equinox as the origin of longitude.
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Ohne Titel, Buchillustration zu Lucretius "Über die Natur der Dinge" (De Rerum Natura)
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Image: Winckelmann-Museum Stendal - CC BY-NC-SA -
Sonnensystem und Sternzeichensymbole
Entwurf von Richard Teschner...
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Image: Stift Heiligenkreuz - CC BY-NC-ND
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