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- The Zodiac
is a circle of space surrounding the
Earth. It may be imagined as a belt in
the heavens about 15 degrees wide in
which the planet travel. It is the Sun's
apparent path that is called the ecliptic.
The zodiacal circle is divided into
twelve parts, each part containing 30
degrees of space called the Signs
of Zodiac. Thus a sign is one twelfth
division of the zodiacal circle and is
defined as containing 30 degrees of
celestial longitude: 12 signs each
measuring 30 degrees constitute the
circle of the Zodiac or 360 degrees. In
this circle the planets travels each in
its orbit, one outlying beyond the other.
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- The twelve signs of
the Zodiac are :
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- It is these twelve
signs to which the planets travel or
transit from west to east, going through
one sign after another in their order
from Aries to Pisces. Each sign possesses
a specific influence. The planets also as
they travel around the Zodiac exerts an
influence according to their separate
nature and position in the Zodiac.
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