Zodiac called imaginary zone, located in the sky, and extending to nine degrees of the ecliptic in both directions.After Zaki zodiac are the visible path of the planets, the Sun and the Moon.At the same time, our light travels along the ecliptic, and the rest of the stars in their motion through the zodiac follow up and down from the ecliptic.
beginning of the zodiacal circle believe equinox (spring), which is the ascending node of the solar orbit.It ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.
the zodiac moves fourteen constellations, but by itself the zodiac is divided only into twelve equal parts, each of 30-degree arcs represent a sign, a symbol that corresponds to a zodiacal constellation.An exception to the rule is the constellation Ophiuchus, and China, which does not match any one character in the described circle.
zodiac constellation located along the apparent annual path of the sun among the stars.Despite the fact that the light passes through the constellation Ophiuchus, his ancient tradition is not added to the zodiac.
Even in the times of ancient Greece all open zodiacal constellations were grouped, and each is assigned a celestial sign.
today said signs are not used to identify the constellations of the zodiac, they are used only for signs in astrology.The corresponding symbols are indicated also in terms of the autumn and spring equinoxes (Aries and Libra) and points winter and summer solstice (Capricorn and Cancer).
a result of the precession of the data points in the past two thousand years have passed from the corresponding constellations, but the designations assigned to them by the ancient Greeks, still exist.In the same way, and they shifted the constellations of the zodiac, which are tied to the vernal equinox in the western astrology.It turns out that today there is no consistency between the characters and the coordinates of the constellations.Lost and relationship between the dates of entry into the zodiacal constellations the sun.
today Marked border of the constellations of the zodiac do not correspond to and accepted by astrologers divided into 12 parts of the ecliptic.
In astrology, all signs of the zodiac are divided into four categories, which bind to specific elements - earth, water, air and fire.
to fire sign is Sagittarius, Leo and Aries, a symbol of the Earth - Capricorn, Virgo, Taurus, water - Pisces Scorpio, Cancer, and the air is referred to Aquarius, Libra, Gemini.
Fire signs define the hot man who inflames everything, controls the will of other mortals.Water symbols correspond to the intuitive and emotional person.Signs of air characterize the logic and intelligence.And the symbols of the earth are ranked as cautious, prudent, reliable people.Also consider that the signs of water and land -introverty and air and fire - extroverts.
Signs of the Zodiac and the constellations of the zodiac is divided into crosses, which correspond to the division into four seasons: winter, summer, spring and autumn, the beginning, the end and the middle of which correspond to the main (cardinal), stable (fixed) and variable (mutable) characters.
