constellation Leo is one of the twelve zodiacal and known to people for a long time.Many nations since those times find it a symbol of fire, connecting with dry and hot during the summer solstice.Our ancestors believed that being between the stars of Leo, the Sun becomes stronger and hotter.
its name from the constellation of Leo is obliged to the ancient Egyptians, who noticed that at the time when it appears in the sky, the Nile dries up, and at night the neighborhood filled the hungry lions of the desert with a loud growl.For this reason, he is depicted as a lion, which flows from the mouth of a stream of water.But there is another version, according to which the constellation got that name.It states that during the drought dried up the Nile filled with the help of locks, made in the form of a lion's head.
Another link with the past is a classic myth tells how there was the constellation of Leo.The legend associated with the Nemean monster and feats of Hercules.She tells us that the lands of Nemea, a town in the northeast of the Peloponnese, came a huge lion, the size is several times larger than usual, with impenetrable skin arrows.This animal lived in the mountains and fed cattle and humans.King Eurystheus ordered Hercules to get rid of a predator.
Hercules began to prepare a weapon to fight the enemy.He fashioned a club from the olive tree, to uproot it from the ground, took an arrow from a bow, and went into the Nemean land.Having found the beast began to let the hero arrows at him, but they rebounded from the skin of a lion, both on stone wall.Then I went to the course of mace, but it only teased monster.It was invulnerable.Realizing the futility of their weapons, Hercules rushed to the predator with his bare hands, and with great effort yet to deal with it, smothering his inhumanly strong big hands.Carcass thrown his shoulders, the winner went to the palace of the king Eurystheus.Skin production went to the hero, and he served as a reliable cloak to death.And the gods of the beast was taken up to heaven and arranged in the form of bright stars.That is, according to legend, and there was the constellation of Leo, and in honor of the labors of Hercules began to organize the Nemean Games.When they are carried out, the world was declared in Greece.
the sky this constellation occupies the space between Virgo and Cancer, and consists of 122 stars, which can be easily seen in our country in late February and early March at midnight.The biggest star in the constellation of Leo - is Regulus (meaning "king"), it has a blue-white color and luminosity, which is 165 times greater than the sun.For a little less luminaries include Denebola - it is located at the end of the lion's tail, and very close to the ground;Algeba - located in the center of the head, golden yellow, and Wolf - dwarf weak red star, its brightness is a hundred thousand times smaller than the sun.
constellation Leo is associated with wisdom, courage and strength.It refers to the elements of fire and controlled by the sun.He is considered the royal sign, and if a person is born under him, he will have a royal temper, pride and nobility, as well as the ability to manage people.
