About Signs of the Zodiac, in principle, every educated person has some idea.The interest in horoscopes and astrological forecasts occasionally erupts with great force, and then dies and is reborn again.Particularly strong need to understand the vicissitudes of his destiny appears at crucial moments in life when you should take some important decision.Here then we are inviting to the aid of astrology, to lift the veil on the future.
Introducing the zodiac
basis of astrological knowledge make observations of the zodiac and the planets, the constellations that pass through it.Zodiac circle from Greek translated as "circle of animals", "animals are in a circle."In fact, this imaginary circle, which is divided into 12 equal parts of the same imaginary value.Each of them corresponds to a certain constellation, and as exactly half of them are connected with the animals, hence the uniqueness of the name.
zodiacal circle was invented by mankind for a long time, more than 4000 years ago.The first information about it came from ancient Babylon.Babylonians is a circle with the constellations, and initially moved around the Moon.In the future, the zodiacal circle was divided into equal portions, and attention was paid in addition to the moon and other planets and stars, including the sun.
next stage in the study of the celestial sphere is related to the ancient Greeks.They introduced the concept of the zodiac, renamed some constellations.Due to the Greeks we got so familiar Aries and Libra.Yes, and the zodiac somewhat modified.Ancient astronomers included a 13 constellations, therefore, divided into 13 shares.However, later "superstitious" constellation excluded.However, on the Ophiuchus astronomers and astrologers argue to this day.
Scientists have identified one more nuance.Modern astrology zodiac signs should be considered in a different way, and the range should be not begin with Aries and a Pisces.The error lies in the shortcomings of time and astronomical changes associated with leap years.Taken in the Middle Ages as a basis for computing the Ptolemaic system somewhat outdated, but remained as the only working.
Star "loss»
So, in ancient Greece, it was not twelve, and thirteen signs of the zodiac."Loss" was the constellation Ophiuchus, about which a debate: whether to take into account the passage of the sun through it or not?That is how important those degrees, which affects the sun in its path.A practitioner of astrology, of course, take into account all the nuances, but in the popular literature for ease of understanding of the subject Ophiuchus is not taken into account.But I remember all of it, who is familiar with classical mythology.After the constellation got its name from Asclepius, more precisely, in his honor.So the name of the god of medicine, not only entered the aphorisms and sayings, and ascended to heaven as a constellation.
We and our horoscopes
horoscope can believe and not to believe or take seriously talk about them with a sneer - a private matter.According to the definition of astrologers, it is like a snapshot of the sky map, which accurately indicate the positions of the sun, moon, all 9 planets and some stars at the time, when a man came into the world.For an accurate horoscope is important not only the day, month and year of birth, but also the time, at least approximate, and locality.That is why people born about the same time, can not be identical horoscopes.
