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Definition of zodiac

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Zodiac (n.) An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16? or 18? broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the twelve signs of the zodiac..

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Pisces :: Pisces (n. pl.) A zodiacal constellation, including the first point of Aries, which is the vernal equinoctial point; the Fish..

Zodiac :: Zodiac (n.) A girdle; a belt.

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The zodiac; also, the equator..

Aquarius :: Aquarius (n.) The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East..

Pisces :: Pisces (n. pl.) The twelfth sign of the zodiac, marked / in almanacs..

Virgo :: Virgo (n.) A sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of August, marked thus [/] in almanacs..

Tortuous :: Tortuous (a.) Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.

Balance :: Balance (n.) The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September..

Twin :: Twin (n.) A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini.

Zodiac :: Zodiac (n.) A figure representing the signs, symbols, and constellations of the zodiac..

Crab :: Crab (n.) The zodiacal constellation Cancer.

Bull :: Bull (n.) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.

Gemini :: Gemini (n. pl.) A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux; also, the third sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about May 20th..

Ram :: Ram (n.) Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March..

Aries :: Aries (n.) The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March..

Sign :: Sign (n.) The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac.

Cancer :: Cancer (n.) The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of the summer solstice. See Tropic..

Leo :: Leo (n.) The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac, marked thus [/] in almanacs..

Trine :: Trine (n.) The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon..

Conjunction :: Conjunction (n.) The meeting of two or more stars or planets in the same degree of the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and Saturn. See the Note under Aspect, n., 6..