So, the zodiac wheel is rich with mythology and unique characteristics for each zodiac symbol and zodiac sign. The word zodiac comes from a Greek word that means circle of little animals. Taken from Rogerson's Book of Numbers by Barnaby Rogerson (Profile). Why Use Zodiac Symbols These characters offer condensed information, so astrologers could easily convey data through the use of glyphs. ARIESBlack Zodiac Collection Glass Wall Art - ArtDesigna.
The symbols chosen by the Sumerian astrologers and their imaginative pattern making of sacred shapes from the most prominent stars passed seamlessly into Babylonian, Egyptian, Hindu and Greek thought – notably through the teachings of a pair of well-travelled Greeks, Eudoxus of Cnidus and from the Egyptian-Greek scholar Ptolemy, whose Almagest colonised the imagination of both Islam and Christendom.īut just to read the Sumerian names is to stand in witness of an impressive piece of 5,000-year-old living continuity: Luhunga (farmer) is Aries Gu Anna (bull of heaven) is Taurus Mastabba Bagal (great twins) is Gemini Al-Lul (crayfish) is Cancer Urgula (lion) is Leo Ab Sin (virgin land) is Virgo Zib Baanna (scales) is Libra Girtab (scorpion) is Scorpio Pabilsag (soldier) is Sagittarius Suhurmas (goat-fish) is Capricorn Gu La ('great one') is Aquarius, the water bearer during the winter rains and Dununu (fish cord) is Pisces. Zodiac Symbols Zodiac Signs - AriesRounded Glass Wall Art - ArtDesigna Glass Printing.
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