![]() Babylonians called this constellation “The Great One” and it represents the god Enki himself, who was also associated with the destructive floods that they experienced. Its name is Latin for “water-carrier” or “cup-carrier”, and its symbol depicts the waves of water. Amalthea’s broken horn was transformed into the Cornucopia or “horn of plenty”. In Greek mythology, this goat fed the infant Zeus becoming a sort of foster-mother to him. The symbol shows the hoof of a mountain goat and the tail of a fish. Babylonians called it the “Goat-Fish” as a symbol of their god Ea. Its name is Latin for “horned goat” and it dates back to the year 1000 BCE. In Greek mythology, Sagittarius is usually identified as a centaur: half human, half horse. The Babylonians saw it as the god Nergal, a centaur-like creature firing an arrow from a bow. Its name is Latin for “archer”, and its symbol is an arrow pointing upwards. Artemis and Leto sent a scorpion to kill Orion to stop him from killing every animal on Earth. It is similar to the Virgo symbol, except this one has its tail pointing out, not curled in on itself like the maiden. The Scorpio symbol is meant to represent the Scorpion and its stinger. Babylonians knew it as ‘the (creature with) a burning sting’. ![]() The symbol represents balance, when the sun enters this part of the ecliptic at the fall equinox (in September), the days and nights are equal. In Babylonian mythology, the scales were sacred to the sun god Shamash, who was also the patron of truth and justice. The Virgo symbol is designed to depict the Maiden carrying a shaft of wheat as a symbol of fertility. The Greek associated it with their fertility goddesses Demeter, and the spring goddess Persephone. It’s the largest constellation in the zodiac and it was originally known as “ The Furrow” by ancient Babylonians, representing the goddess Shala and her ear of grain. Its name is Latin for virgin, also known as the Maiden. The Greeks identified it with the Nemean Lion, a mythological monster who eventually was killed by Heracles. Leo was one of the earliest recognized constellations, the Mesopotamians had a similar constellation called the Lion as early as 4000 BCE. Its name is Latin for lion and its symbol looks a lot like the constellation of Leo, which also resembles a sickle or a question mark. In Greek mythology, the crab was sent by the goddess Hera to obstruct Heracles (also known as Hercules) as he battled the water serpent Hydra, but he killed it with his club. But it has been represented as many types of creatures, such as a turtle. The sideways “69” is an abstraction that is supposed to be the crab claws. Its name is Latin for crab and it is commonly represented as one. ![]() Also titles of Nergal, a Babylonian god, king of the Underworld. They were minor gods and were called Meshlamtaea and Lugalirra, meaning ‘ The One who has arisen from the Underworld’ and the ‘ Mighty King’. In Babylonian astronomy, the two main stars (Castor and Pollux) were known as the Great Twins. Babylonians called it the Bull of Heaven, and Egyptians saw it as a sacred bull that was associated with the renewal of life in spring. This symbolism is very old, dating back about 5000 years. The constellation gets this name from a group of stars that form the profile of a Bull’s face in a V shape. Taurus is Latin for Bull, the symbol represents a bull’s head. In ancient Greece, the constellation of Aries was associated with the golden ram of Greek mythology that Taurus The Bull Originally, the Babylonians named it the the Farm Worker but it was changed probably because of Dumuzid, an ancient god associated with shepherds. The name Aries is Latin for ram, and its symbol representing a ram’s horns. Origin of the Zodiac Symbols or Glyphs Aries The Ram ![]() The word Zodiac comes from the Ancient Greek word zōidiakòs kýklos (ζῳδιακός κύκλος), meaning “circle of little animals”. Babylonian astronomers divided the sky into 12 equal parts matching the 12 months of the year.Īlmost all of the 12 zodiac signs are depicted by an animal, with the exception of Gemini, Virgo, Libra and Aquarius. They were used to represent the ancient gods and their symbols, and also as a farming calendar. Where Do Astrology Symbols Come From 600×600 78.8 KB
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