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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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Capricorn :: Capricorn (n.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic..

Face :: Face (n.) Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac.

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..

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

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..

Zodiacal :: Zodiacal (a.) Of or pertaining to the zodiac; situated within the zodiac; as, the zodiacal planets..

Ultrazodiacal :: Ultrazodiacal (a.) Outside the zodiac; being in that part of the heavens that is more than eight degrees from the ecliptic; as, ultrazodiacal planets, that is, those planets which in part of their orbits go beyond the zodiac..

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

Horoscope :: Horoscope (n.) The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction of fortune..

Bull :: Bull (n.) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac..

Scorpio :: Scorpio (n.) A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a scorpion.

Libra :: Libra (n.) The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus / in almanacs, etc..

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..

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

Sagittarius :: Sagittarius (n.) A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow..

Fish :: Fish (n.) The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.

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

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

Taurus :: Taurus (n.) A zodiacal constellation, containing the well-known clusters called the Pleiades and the Hyades, in the latter of which is situated the remarkably bright Aldebaran..