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Zodiac Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.
The Zodiac is the twelve constellations in the form of animals or humans.
Western Zodiac
Western Zodiac signs
The modern astrological signs are the simplified pictures of the signs used in the Hellenistic times. These are the twelve animals the signs represent:
- Aries (The Ram)
- Taurus (The Bull)
- Gemini (The Twins)
- Cancer (The Crab)
- Leo (The Lion)
- Virgo (The Virgin)
- Libra (The Scales)
- Scorpio (The Scorpion)
- Sagittarius (The Archer)
- Capricorn (The Sea-goat)
- Aquarius (The Water Carrier)
- Pisces (The Fish)
Chinese Zodiac
In the Chinese Zodiac, years match twelve animals in turn.
Images for kids
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Wheel of the zodiac: This 6th century mosaic pavement in a synagogue incorporates Greek-Byzantine elements, Beit Alpha, Israel.
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Zodiac circle with planets, c.1000 - NLW MS 735C
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The 1st century BC Dendera zodiac (19th-century engraving)
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Angers Cathedral South Rose Window of Christ (centre) with elders (bottom half) and Zodiac (top half). Mediaeval stained glass by Andre Robin after the fire of 1451
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The zodiac signs in a 16th-century woodcut
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A volvella of the moon. A volvella is a moveable device for working out the position of the sun and moon in the zodiac, 15th century
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18th century star map illustrating how the feet of Ophiuchus cross the ecliptic
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Path taken by the point of vernal equinox along the ecliptic over the past 6,000 years