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More Information on the Signs of the Zodiac
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Origins
The term zodiac, meaning "circle of little animals", denotes several places where a circle of twelve animals occurs.
However, another suggested etymology is that the Greek term was borrowed from the Sanskrit sodi,
denoting "a path", i.e. the path through which the sun travels.
The latter is perhaps the more probable etymology, as at least one of the signs in the zodiac does not represent a
living creature. Indo-European cultures developed a zodiac of twelve signs associated with a yearly cycle and with
constellations of stars that lie along the apparent path of the Sun across the heavens (the ecliptic) and used in
astronomy and astrology. Likewise in Chinese astrology, months and years pass through a cycle of twelve animals
that imply certain fortunes or misfortunes related to events occurring within those signs.
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