For the 2,160 years before that it crossed through the constellation of Aries (the Ram). For nearly the past 2,000 years the sun has crossed the equator at the vernal equinox in the constellation of Pisces (the Two Fishes). Īmong the ancients the sun was always symbolized by the figure and nature of the constellation through which it passed at the vernal equinox.
It is far more probable that the creatures assigned to the twelve houses are symbolic of the qualities and intensity of the sun’s power while it occupies different parts of the zodiacal belt. the collections of stars, named after certain animals, have no resemblance whatever to those animals which are therefore merely signs of convention adopted to distinguish certain portions of the heavens, which were probably consecrated to those particular personified attributes, which they respectively represented. the zodiacal signs were derived from the star groups which they now represent. the Greek word zodiakos comes from zo-on, meaning “an animal.” He adds: “This latter word is compounded directly from the primitive Egyptian radicals, zo, life, and on, a being.” The Central and North American Indians also had an understanding of the zodiac, but the patterns and numbers of the signs differed in many details from those of the Eastern Hemisphere. “The Chaldeans, Phœnicians, Egyptians, Persians, Hindus, and Chinese all had zodiacs that were much alike in general character, and different authorities have credited each of these nations with being the cradle of astrology and astronomy. Crocker Company, 1928 – pictures, endnote and underlined parts are from the editor): Hall, “ The Secret Teachings of all Ages ”, H. In order to celebrate the today cosmic alignment between the star Antares (The Scorpion), Earth, Sun and the star Aldebaran (The Bull) - the “central equator of the Zodiac” and one of the most significant Directions for the evolution of our Solar System and Planet - here are some extracts about the Zodiac symbolic Reality (from the precious work by Manly P.