What are the Zodiacal constellations?
The Zodiacal constellations refer to twelve specified constellations.
What are the Zodiacal signs or the signs of the Zodiac?
The Zodiacal signs are the symbols that are used to represent the zodiacal constellations.
What are the twelve Zodiacal constellations traditionally considered important by astrologers from ancient times?
The twelve Zodiacal constellations are:
- Aries (Mesha) or Ram.
- Taurus (Vrishabha) or Bull.
- Gemini (Mithuna) or Twins.
- Cancer (Karka) or Crab.
- Leo (Simha) or Lion.
- Virgo (Kanya) or sea Goddes.
- Libra or Weighing Scales.
- Scorpio (Varischika) or Scorpion.
- Sagittarius (Dhanu) or Archer.
- Capricorn (Makara) or Mythical Creature.
- Aquarius (Kumbha) or Water Carrier.
- Pisces (Meena) or Fish.
What is the Zodiac?
The Zodiac is an imaginary belt of the heavens along which the Sun, Moon and the planets appear to move, sequentially through twelve equal areas called signs of the Zodiac.
What is the significance of the Zodiacal constellations?
If the zodiac is divided into twelve zones of 300, each zone will contain one Zodiacal. As the Earth moves around the Sun, the projection of the Sun on the celestial sphere appears to trace out a complete circle, passing turn through these twelve zones.
Why are the Zodiacal constellations called by that name?
All the twelve Zodiacal constellations except one are named after living creatures. Hence they are called the Zodiacal constellations since the word Zodiac means “circle of animals” in Greek and the Zodiacal constellations are distributed in the sky in a circular manner.