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Rabu, 09 April 2008

Virgo (The Virgin)

Abbreviation: Vir
Genitive: Virginis
Right Ascension: 13.21 hours
Declination: -3.73 degrees

Virgo, the Virgin, can be seen in spring and summer in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.

Virgo the Goddess probably originated when the Sun was in Virgo during the spring equinox, the time of the Egyptian harvest. She is usually drawn holding a palm branch and an ear of wheat.

To the Babylonians she was the goddess Istar, Queen of the stars, and the lover of the god of corn, Tammuz. Tammuz was cut down in his prime in the autumn, and so Virgo travels the underworld to bring him back. While Virgo is in the underworld, winter reigns, when she returns with him in the spring, the season renew.

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Taurus (The Bull)

Abbreviation: Tau
Genitive: Tauri
Right Ascension: 4.27 hours
Declination: 18.87 degrees

Taurus, the Bull, can be seen during the winter and the early spring in the Northern Hemisphere and from November to February from the Southern Hemisphere.

Taurus is another of the earliest known constellations, and so also probably orginated from the Babylonians.

To the Greeks, Taurus was one of the two bulls with brazen feet that were tamed by Jason of the Argonauts.

In Taurean myth, Zeus swam out to Crete as a bull and seduced Eurpopa who bore a son, Minos, father of Minotaur, a half man and half bull monster. Minotaur was locked in a Labyrinth and ate human flesh. Minotaur was killed by Theseus when he was helped by Adiadne's ball of thread.

Taurus was also referred to as being rich in maidens (the Hyades and the Pleiades, all daughters of Atlas).

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Scorpius (The Scorpion)

Abbreviation: Sco
Genitive: Scorpii
Right Ascension: 16.99 hours
Declination: -37.17 degrees

Scorpius the Scorpion, can be seen in summer from the Northern Hemisphere, but is best seen from the Southern Hemisphere or southern US.

Scorpius is the slayer of Orion. Sent by a jealous Artemis, Orion was stung by the Scorpion and caused his death. Orion could not be saved even by Asclepius, the god of healing.

Scorpius was also responsible for the runaway horses of Phoebus Apollo when Phaethon tried to drive the Chariot of the Sun, he caused great havoc as he careened around the skies, drying up rivers and scorching the earth.

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Sagittarius (The Archer)

Abbreviation: Sgr
Genitive: Sagittarii
Right Ascension: 19.11 hours
Declination: -25.77 degrees

Sagittarius, the Archer, can be seen in the summer in the Northern Hemisphere and in winter in the Southern.

Sagittarius probably originated with the Babylonians. He stands with his bow aimed at the heart of Scorpio. Sagittarius was Babylon's god of War.

In Greek mythology, the centaur Chiron invented Sagittarius so that the Argonauts could find their way to Colchis.

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Pisces (The Fish)

Abbreviation: Psc
Genitive: Piscium
Right Ascension: 0.85 hours
Declination: 11.08 degrees

Pisces, the Fish, appears in the sky between October and December in the Northern Hemisphere, the circle of fishes lies just south of the 'Great Square' of Pegasus.

Pisces is considered the 'last' sign of the zodiac, as Aries is the first. It is a significant constellation today, in that the Vernal Equinox lies within Pisces today (so shouldn't Pisces be first?).

The original drawings of this constellation had the fish swimming together as a pair, today they are drawn facing in opposite directions tied by a cord which runs through Aries and Aquarius. The fish is an important symbol both in Christian and pagan religions. In early mythology (Babylonian) they appear pushing a giant egg out of the river Euphrates, from the egg emerged the goddess Atagartis. It is thought that she is the basis of a 'fish' cult, in which life is renewed each spring.

Aries had been the site of the vernal equinox for over 2000 years, until around 7 B.C. Pisces became the first constellation, a date co-incidentally that generally is accepted for the year that Jesus Christ was born. In that year, Jupiter and Saturn met, at the point marking the new Piscean equinox in the skies, making one exceptionally bright star which, in the winter months could have guided the Wise Men SW from Jerusalem to Bethlehem.

In astrology, Pisces is the water sign and is ruled by Neptune. Pisces is considered to be the most mystically inclined of all the signs, as the last of the twelve, it represents the return to the great ocean from which all life evolved, and where all boundaries are dissolved.

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Ophiuchus (The Serpent Bearer)

Abbreviation: Oph
Genitive: Ophiuchi
Right Ascension: 17.18 hours
Declination: -4.24 degrees

Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer, is best seen in summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.

Ophiuchus vel Serpentarius, the Serpent Holder, is generally identified with Aesculapius a physician who was later made a god. Serpents were always associated with physicians as symbols of prudence, renovation, wisdom, and the power of discovering healing herbs. The modern symbol for medicine derives from this.

Aesculapius was the earliest of his professions trained by a centaur Chiron and the ships surgeon of the Argo. He was so skilled in his profession he could bring the dead back to life. After many successful operations and numerous remarkable cures, Pluto fearful that his dominion would vanish, convinced Zeus to strike Aesculapius with a thunderbolt and transfer him to the stars.

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Libra (The Scales)

bbreviation: Lib
Genitive: Librae
Right Ascension: 15.21 hours
Declination: -15.59 degrees

Libra, the Scales, can be found between Scorpius and Virgo, Libra is the age old symbol of justice, harmony and balance.

It is interesting that to the Italians, French, Germans, Anglo-Saxons, and Romans the constellation was the scales.

The early Greeks did not recognize Libra as the scales, but included it as the claws of the scorpion. Credit is usually given to the Romans for creating this constellation as a sign of the autumnal equinox. The constellation first appeared in the Julian calendar in 46 B.C. The constellation appears again in 43 B.C. in which a comet appeared during the same year as Caesar's assassination, the writing indicates the comet took his soul to heaven, this comet may very well be the same one seen in 531, 1106 and 1680; its next apparition will be 2255.

However, the Egyptians, Hebrews, Persians and Syrians all had it on their planetspheres and called the constellation the 'weigh beam' or scale beam. The Arabs followed the greeks including it as part of the scorpions claws.

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Leo (The Lion)

Abbreviation: Leo
Genitive: Leonis
Right Ascension: 10.66 hours
Declination: 16.45 degrees

Leo, the Lion, can be found in the Northern Hemisphere in the spring and Southern Hemisphere in autumn.

Leo is the Nemean Lion from the Moon who was sent by Hera to slay Hercules. As Hercules first labor, he killed the lion by strangling it with his bare hands. Hercules wore the skin, which made him invincible. When Hercules died, the lion was returned to the celestial heavens with Hercules.

Leo to the Egyptians, was the place the Sun rose after creation (near Denebola) and so was called Domicilium Solis, the badge of fire and heat, or the House of the Sun.

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Gemini (The Twins)

Abbreviation: Gem
Genitive: Germinorum
Right Ascension: 7.19 hours
Declination: 22.69 degrees

Gemini, the Twins, is visible from the Northern Hemisphere in November through April and in the Southern Hemisphere from December through March.

Gemini, the Twins were the sons of Leda who was seduced by Zeus who appeared as a swan, the result of the union was two eggs, one of which contained Helen of Troy and Pollux (the immortal twin) and the other egg were the offspring of Tyndareus, the mortal Castor and his sister Clytemnestra.

Castor a horseman and Pollux a boxer were inseparable and accompanied the Argonauts on their adventures. They calmed the seas when rough weather threatened. They can still be seen (or so sailors say) today when twin balls of lightening, or St. Elmos fire appear in the rigging of ships that sailors know foul weather is near.

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Cancer (The Crab)

Abbreviation: Cnc
Genitive: Cancri
Right Ascension: 8.69 hours
Declination: 20.15 degrees

Cancer, the Crab is visible in the Northern Hemisphere in the spring, and visible in the Southern Hemisphere in autumn.

There are several stories of this most inconspicious constellation. In early times, it was the crab crushed by Hercules when it pinched his toes in during a contest with Hydra.

The Other story is from the Chaldaean and Platonist philosophy, who thought that Cancer was The Gate of Man through which souls passed from heaven to earth and into human bodies.

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Aries (The Ram)

Abbreviation: Ari
Genitive: Arietis
Right Ascension: 2.66 hours
Declination: 20.09 degrees

Aries is one of the zodiacal constellations (lies along the eclipitic), and can be seen in the Northern Hemisphere during the late winter and early spring. Aries is a small constellation which is bounded by Taurus (to the East), Pisces (to the West), and Cetus (to the South).

Aries is the Ram, and is the first sign of the zodiac. Aries is usually associated with dawn, the spring or the beginning of life.

According the Greek Mythology, the story of Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the golden fleece. The fleece came from when Mercury the messenger of the gods, found that two of King Thebes children (Phrixus and Helle) were being treated badly by their stepmother Ino. Mercury sent a supernatural ram, which could speak and reason, to rescue the two children. The children escaped by clinging to the fleece on the ram as it flew (I did mention it flew didn't I?) to Colchis, unfortunately for Helle, she fell off and into the sea and drown. There is a city near Istanbul with the name of Hellespont (named for her?). When Phrixus arrived safely, at Colchis, he sacrified the ram in a sacred grove, he hung the fleece up, where it turned to gold.

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Aquarius (The Water Bearer)

Abbreviation: Aqr
Genitive: Aquarii
Right Ascension: 22.71 hours
Declination: -10.19 degrees

Aquarius is visible in the fall in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere.

Aquarius (the Water Bearer) is one the oldest known constellations and has not changed much in appearance. It is one of the astrological constellations. Not very much is known about the mythology of Aquarius other than he ruled over much of the sky known as the 'Sea' in ancient Babylon. The 'Sea' included the constellations of Capricorn the 'Goat- Fish', Eridanus, Hydra and Cetus. It is not by accident that the Sun passes through Aquarius during the rainy season. Aquarius was the forebear of floods and the spring rains.

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Capricornus (The Goat-Fish)

Abbreviation: Cap

Genitive: Capricorni
Right Ascension: 21.02 hours
Declination: -20.23 degrees

Capricornus, the Goat-Fish, is visible in early autumn from the northern hemisphere. It reaches its highest point on September 1.

Capriconus (the Goat-Fish) is one of the most mysterious and ancient of all the constellations. It was known in Pre-Babylonian times as the god Ea. Ea was of vast intellect, the lord of the sacred eye. Ea has appeared on earth four times to educate man in the art of civilization and each time he appeared in human form he wore a cloak with the tails of a fish. Ea saved mankind from a great flood, the same one descibed in the Bible as the flood of Noah. After educating man, Capricornus returns to the waters as darkness falls.

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