Aries

(a'ri-eez.) (Astron.) The Ram, a constellation; and also the first sign of the Zodiac. The commencement of this sign on the ecliptic is called the first point of Aries; it is the point in which the ecliptic pa es from the S. to the N. side of the equinoctial line. The sign A. is at present occupied by the cons tel. Pisces. [s. 46]