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Anatomical Zodiac Man from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry In Western astrology , astrological signs are the twelve 30-degree sectors that make up Earth's 360-degree orbit around the Sun . The signs enumerate from the first day of spring, known as the First Point of Aries , which is the vernal equinox .
Aries (♈︎; Ancient Greek: Κριός, romanized: Kriós, Latin: Ariēs, lit. 'ram') is the first astrological sign in the zodiac, spanning the first 30 degrees of celestial longitude (0°≤ λ <30°), and originates from the Aries constellation.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 February 2025. Area of the sky divided into twelve signs For the East Asian zodiac, see Chinese zodiac. For other uses, see Zodiac (disambiguation). The Earth's orbit around the Sun causes the apparent motion of the latter along the ecliptic (red). Earth is axially tilted 23.4° relative to this plane ...
Taurus (♉︎; Ancient Greek: Ταῦρος, romanized: Taûros, Latin for "bull") is the second astrological sign in the modern zodiac.It spans from 30° to 60° of the zodiac.
A map of the IAU-defined constellation boundaries with the equal length signs used in tropical astrology overlaid.One can see that, due to precession and the inequality in the sizes of constellations, it appears that the constellations the signs are based on have moved eastward by nearly a month (or 30 degrees).
Under the tropical zodiac, the Sun is in the Aquarius sign between about January 20 and February 18. [2] Aquarius is one of the three air signs, alongside Gemini and Libra. The ruling planets of Aquarius are Saturn (In traditional astrology alongside Capricorn), and Uranus in modern astrology. It is a fixed air sign. The opposite sign of ...
During the Middle Ages, the zodiacal symbol of Cancer was included in devotional books and incorporated into monumental sculptures. [15] The depiction of Cancer as a crab is most prevalent in Mediterranean and Western European art. [15] In Dante Alighieri's Paradiso, he makes reference to Cancer, writing: Thereafterward a light among them ...
April Captains (Portuguese: Capitães de Abril) is a 2000 film telling the story of the Carnation Revolution, the military coup that overthrew the corporatist dictatorship (known as the Estado Novo) in Portugal on 25 April 1974.