Constellations

Page
4

Its name is Cancer in Latin, which is the same name as the disease, cancer. This disease was named after the shell of the crab, which is similar to the shape of breast cancer.

In the middle: The Scorpion - Scorpio

The Scorpion has existed since the oldest of times. After sunset, around the 7th of July, you can see it in the shape of a large S above the southern horizon where the milky way is streaming down. The figure of this constellation was originally the figure of a scorpion with scissors. Later the scissors were separated to become the Balance.

On the right: The Archer - Sagittarius

The Archer has been recognized since the Babylonian era. At that time it was the figure of a man with a bow in his hand, not the present figure of the half man half horse which is recognized in Greek mythology.

Summer

Slide 29

On the left and in the middle: Andromeda

The Andromeda constellation is famous for containing the Andromeda Nebula, the closest galaxy to our Milky Way. Andromeda was chained up for a sea monster to devour her.

Andromeda is also the daughter of Cassiopeia & Cepheus

On the right: The Fishes, Pisces

In ancient Babylon, this constellation was viewed as the figure of a mermaid tied together with a swallow with a fish tail. The present figure appeared in a 3rd or 4th century B.C. Greek poem.

Slide 30

Signs

Of The

Zodiac

From our perspective on earth, the sun takes a path through the sky (known as the ecliptic). It passes through these constellations.

Slide 31

Ecliptic Constellations & Zodiac Signs

A band of 12 constellations around the sky entered on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun on the earth as the earth revolves around it).

Aries, Leo, Sagittarius, Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn, Gemini, Libra, Aquarius, Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces.

Slide 32

Ecliptic Constellations

Slide 33