ZODIAC

an imacinary band or zone | occu of the celestial sphere sufficiently wide to | for | include the apparent movements among | but ¢ the fixed stars of the sun and the five | whilk — which were known to the ancients. | Syst zodiac was divided into twelve equal | part parts or “‘ signs,"’ each of which took its | 20th name from a characteristic constellation | thus of fixed stars within the division. These | grou! signs were the “am, the Bull, the Twins, | Ama the Crab, the Lion, the Virgin, the Scales, | 2. ™ the Scorpion, the Archer, the Goat, the | 4/eta Water-carrier and the Fishes. The central | into! line of the Zodiac is called the “ Ecliptic,” | or Z because the moon must be on this line for | Com} on eclipse to take place. an © [s. 326]