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- to be associated with calendar months, zodiac signs, and days of the week ... == Birthstones, zodiac stones, and birthday stones == ===Birthstones=== ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 06:40, 18 April 2024
- The ecliptic serves as the center of a region called the zodiac which ... * Zodiac == Notes == ==References== * Bradt, Hale. Astronomy Methods: ...13 KB (1,905 words) - 18:02, 12 February 2024
- ===The Zodiac=== There are several stories as to how the 12 animals of the Chinese ...18 KB (2,861 words) - 08:35, 18 March 2024
- The band of the Zodiac (zōdiakos kuklos, "zodiacal circle" ... on mythical themes. Other authors use Zodiac to mean ecliptic, which first ...25 KB (3,968 words) - 19:48, 28 August 2023
- The dragon also plays an important part in the Chinese zodiac which is used to designate years in the Chinese calendar. The dragon is the fourth ...21 KB (3,271 words) - 17:03, 10 December 2023
- followed by the visible planets, is called the zodiac. The majority of Western astrologers base their work on the tropical ...33 KB (4,705 words) - 18:24, 19 August 2023
- is, remained within the same sign of the zodiac throughout). Because the ... where the sun enters two signs of the zodiac, interspersed with two or ...53 KB (8,207 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- with the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac, to produce a 60 year cycle ... *[http://www.char4u.com/chinese-zodiac-sign.php Chinese Zodiac Chart ...19 KB (2,730 words) - 14:06, 20 May 2023
- honored by being one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac. The ram Aries, is also one of the signs of the Western zodiac. The three Abrahamic religions ...15 KB (2,449 words) - 21:23, 6 October 2022
- cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. Each animal is associated with certain personality traits; those ...18 KB (2,764 words) - 18:43, 30 August 2021
- and the sun and symbols for the signs of the Zodiac. Cumont hypothesized ... of Mithras emerging from an egg-shaped zodiac ring was found associated ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
- * Tamil and Bengali New Years follow the Hindu zodiac and are celebrated according to the sidereal vernal equinox (14 April). The former is celebrated ...25 KB (4,132 words) - 19:17, 13 February 2024
- Arachnids make their appearance in the Western zodiac, in the constellation of Scorpius. They are also present in the Egyptian hieroglyphs and ...11 KB (1,536 words) - 02:13, 9 January 2023
- The astronomical clock and clockface representing the signs of the Zodiac, painted by Jean d'Orleans, have been restored. The original mechanism ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 19:58, 20 November 2023
- they also regarded him as the discoverer of the zodiac and of astronomy in general. Enoch also appeared in tales describing heroes being permanently ...11 KB (1,772 words) - 11:37, 5 February 2022
- The zodiac sign associated with the month of Tishrei is a set of scales, thought to indicate the scales of judgment. The taking of an annual ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 19:18, 16 December 2022
- The Ages go backwards through the signs of the Zodiac. Prior to the birth of Christ, there was the Age of Aries and before that Taurus. Each Age ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 21:21, 7 September 2023
- Each year in the Chinese calendar has a presiding animal zodiac: rat ... in Taipei, Taiwan, before the [[Rat (zodiac)|Year of the Rat]]]] ...42 KB (6,591 words) - 16:45, 10 December 2023
- positive characteristics of people born under the zodiac sign of Cancer. Black opal is recommended for those born under the sign of Scorpio, and Boulder ...11 KB (1,686 words) - 00:45, 18 November 2022
- the background constellations of the zodiac. An optical aid, such as ... are arranged in a line parallel to the zodiac, and the middle one (Saturn ...26 KB (3,935 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- 1996) in his 1974 cantata "Signs of the Zodiac." ==References== * nasledstvo Literaturnoe nasledstvo 97: Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev. ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 07:26, 15 April 2024
- Image:Orionid, Milky Way, Zodiac light, Venus.jpg|A green and red Orionid meteor striking the sky below [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_way ...13 KB (2,001 words) - 16:25, 9 November 2022
- as pig), is one of the twelve animals of the zodiac. The wild boar and a boar's head are common charges in heraldry. It represents what are ...25 KB (3,804 words) - 23:54, 11 January 2023
- confined their motion to the circle of the zodiac, but comets could appear ... other planets do not appear outside the zodiac, he saw no reason why a planet ...28 KB (4,322 words) - 00:05, 8 January 2024
- An amulet (from Latin amuletum; earliest extant use in Natural History Pliny) is "an object that protects a person from trouble." Amulets ...13 KB (2,101 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- Category:Public [[image:Moon.crater.arp.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|275px|Lunar astronomy: the large crater is [[Daedalus (crater)|Daedalus]], photographed ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 18:26, 19 August 2023
- of the twelve celestial animals in the Chinese Zodiac for the Chinese calendar. It is interesting to note that the Vietnamese lunar new year replaced ...28 KB (4,391 words) - 16:17, 7 December 2022
- example, in Percy Greg's 1880 book Across the Zodiac, "astronaut" referred to a spacecraft. In Les Navigateurs de l'Infini (1925 ...15 KB (2,112 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- Next Marduk creates the Zodiac, heavenly bodies, and the god of the Sun. From the remains of Tiamat's body, "He skimmed spume from ...15 KB (2,485 words) - 18:58, 13 February 2024
- katuns (see Maya Calendar), as well as a Maya zodiac, and is thus, in both respects, akin to the Books of Chilam Balam. The codex first appears in 1832 ...17 KB (2,631 words) - 02:21, 9 November 2022
- ("precessing") through the zodiac, and that the rate of precession ... speculated that only the stars near the zodiac were affected), and concluded ...39 KB (6,174 words) - 21:25, 30 January 2024
- twelve handmaidens and associated signs of the zodiac. Category: Philosophy and religion Category: Religion 110218911 ...17 KB (2,558 words) - 07:03, 15 April 2024
- which became one of the signs of the zodiac. In Sumerian astronomy he represented the planet Mercury, known for its ability to shift rapidly ...18 KB (3,043 words) - 08:34, 5 February 2022
- to date from the age of Sargon of Akkad. The zodiac was a Babylonian invention of great antiquity; and eclipses of the sun and moon could be foretold ...19 KB (2,994 words) - 05:24, 26 August 2023
- inferior conjunctions of Venus against the Zodiac. ==See also== * Polygon * Star of David * Symbol ==Notes== ==References== * Grünbaum, B. "Polyhedra ...20 KB (3,104 words) - 07:21, 23 November 2022
- Phaenon, Phaethon, Pyroeis, Stilbon, those of the Zodiac and those three acknowledged before). From Pallas and Styx (another Okeanid) came Zelos (Zeal ...19 KB (3,043 words) - 18:20, 30 April 2023
- to the twelve astral signs of the zodiac, the symbolic Cosmic Man. One-half minute of revolution of energy around the sensitive spinal cord of ...22 KB (3,146 words) - 07:48, 18 November 2022
- Category:Public [[Image:253 Mathilde small.jpg|thumb|250px|right|253 Mathilde, a C-type asteroid. This image was taken by the NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft ...22 KB (3,261 words) - 05:10, 18 August 2023
- each planet's motion through the zodiac. Most historians of astronomy consider that this two epicycle model reflects elements of pre-Ptolemaic ...23 KB (3,364 words) - 17:44, 16 August 2023
- *In Astrology, Cancer is the 4th astrological sign of the Zodiac. *In Tetris, every shape in the game is formed of 4 blocks each. Also the game ...24 KB (3,319 words) - 06:45, 13 June 2023
- the Hour of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. === Education and family === At age 14, Bruce Lee entered La Salle College, a Hong Kong ...24 KB (3,867 words) - 16:58, 29 April 2020
- The snake is one of the 12 celestial animals of Chinese Zodiac, in the Chinese calendar. Many ancient Peruvian cultures worshipped nature (Benson ...54 KB (8,016 words) - 05:10, 13 October 2022
- including constellations and the zodiac, from the Babylonians, and by 600 B.C.E. had already begun using Babylonian concepts in their calculations. ...37 KB (5,416 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- The chicken is one of the Zodiac symbols of the Chinese calendar. Also in Chinese religion, a cooked chicken as a religious offering is usually ...29 KB (4,637 words) - 15:23, 10 December 2023
- Isshi no hen), referring to the Chinese zodiac year in which the coup took place, was led by Emperor Tenji (中大兄皇子, Naka no Ōe no ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 18:29, 19 August 2023
- The tiger is one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals. In various Chinese arts and martial arts, the tiger is depicted as an equal rival towards ...34 KB (5,273 words) - 03:13, 4 November 2022
- Bhumibol Adulyadej ( ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช ; pʰuːmipʰon adunjadeːt ; Royal Institute: Phummiphon Adunyadet) (December ...37 KB (5,123 words) - 12:44, 14 April 2024
- such as Cosmography, On the signs of the Zodiac, On the Clouds and Atmospheric Signs, On the Movement of the Sun, On the Meteorological Phenomena ...39 KB (5,646 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- revolve once a year along the ecliptic through the zodiac, and so the Sun was considered by Greek astronomers to be one of the seven planets (Greek planetes ...52 KB (7,953 words) - 22:23, 26 February 2023
- Emirates. Our earth series, vol. 3. London: Zodiac Pub. ISBN 0953303306. ==External links== All links retrieved May 3, 2023. * [http://www.everyculture ...41 KB (6,013 words) - 11:40, 3 May 2023
- The Boshin War|{{linktext|戊|辰|戦|争|Boshin Sensō|extra="War of the Year of the Dragon"}} was a civil war in Japan, fought from ...49 KB (7,292 words) - 13:40, 28 April 2020
- * Zodiac ==Notes== == References == * Aquinas, Thomas, and Richard J. Blackwell. 1963. Commentary on Aristotle's Physics. (New Haven, CT: ...58 KB (9,037 words) - 23:45, 3 December 2023
- use of patrol boats, landing craft, and Zodiac inflatable boats. They were employed especially in Guinea, but also in the Congo River (and other ...54 KB (8,315 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- and Rome, represented as the constellation and zodiac sign Leo, and described in mythology, where its skin was borne by the hero Heracles. ...86 KB (13,304 words) - 17:35, 12 May 2023
