Definition of zodiac signs in astrology?

Answer 1

It's a sign that represents your birthday. Like May is Taurus and there is Pisces, Leo, Capricorn. What it comes from is the constellations which are behind the path the Sun and planets follow in the sky through the year. 'Your' sign is the one behind the Sun when you were born. Of course it has nothing really to do with your character or fate.

Answer 2

The Zodiac is a figure representing 12 astrological signs. Here are the 12 signs and their dates: Aries the Ram: March 21 to April 19 Taurus the Bull: April 20 to May 20 Gemini the Twins: May 21 to June 21 Cancer the Crab: June 22 to July 22 Leo the Lion: July 23 to August 22 Virgo the Virgin: August 23 to September 22 Libra the Balance: September 23 to October 23 Scorpio the Scorpion: October 24 to November 21 Sagittarius the Archer: November 22 to December 21 Capricorn the Goat: December 22 to January 19 Aquarius the Water Bearer: January 20 to February 18 Pisces the Fishes: February 19 to March 20

Answer 3

I notice this is placed in Chinese Language and Culture as well as Astrology, so I assume you're looking for something about the Chinese Zodiac. This is a system that is both simpler and more complex than the western one, since it is based on equalized cycles of time that are no longer tied to anything in the heavens. However, there are many subcycles and variants within the cycles. Essentially any period is divided into twelve and the sections named after the twelve animals of the zodiac (which comes from a Greek word meaning "little animals").

The cycle that is most commonly referred to is the one of the years, but the same cycle starts every day around 11 pm, or every year with the First Month/Moon after the Chinese New Year: the Rat/Mouse, then the Ox, the Tiger, the Rabbit/Cat, the Dragon, the Snake, the Horse, Goat/Ram, Monkey, Rooster/Cock, Dog, Pig/Boar. 2008 was the most recent Year of the Rat, so we're now (2011) in the Year of the Rabbit.

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The traditional Zodiac in the west has twelve signs, which correspond to the twelve New Moons (or Full Moons) in a year. These were marked out and named after the twelve constellations along the line of the apparent path that is followed by the Sun, Moon and planets (the ecliptic).

These twelve constellations give their names to twelve sectors of the sky, which are then regularized to a twelfth of the circle each -- the constellations vary in size and "sign" is usually reserved for the equalized versions. This band of stars is there all the time, and at any place in the world the zodiac appears to go round the earth once a day, though you can only see them at night.

As the Earth goes round the Sun, the Sun appear to be in a different sector of the sky, and so passes through the twelve constellations and the twelve signs of the zodiac. So the Sun is in each sign of the Zodiac for about 30 days.

(There is a complication: the "signs" used by most western astrologers are based on the seasons of the year, and these signs no longer match the constellations that gave them their names, because of a phenomenon called "precession".)

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A zodiac sign is the sign that represents your birthday. It only lasts for certain days of a month, and then it goes into a new zodiac sign. For example, May's zodiac sign is the Taurus.

Answer 4

Zodiac Sign is also the same with Astrological signs which represent twelve equal segments or divisions of the zodiac. According to astrology, celestial phenomena reflect or govern human activity on the principle of "as above, so below", so that the twelve signs are held to represent twelve basic personality types or characteristic modes of expression. And they can be further broken down into decans or ten day periods so in effect 36 different personalities result

Answer 5

A zodiac symbol is a notation used to represent a Sun sign. The 12 zodiac symbols are as follows:

Aries

Taurus

Gemini

Cancer

Leo

Virgo

Libra

Scorpio

Sagittarius

Capricorn

Aquarius

Pisces

Answer 6

Wikipedia has a very good overview of the signs of the Zodiac, try the link below.

Answer 7

The Zodiac animals are tiger, snake, monkey, rat, rabbit, horse, chicken, oxen, dragon, sheep, dog, and the boar.

Answer 8

A zodiac sign is any of the twelve star signs corresponding to the constellations which form the zodiac.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

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