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Zodiac

Cosmos · Numbers & forms

A belt of signs used to place the Sun’s path. Babylonian, Greek, and later zodiacs are local schemes, not one sky.

Astrology

  • Zodiac is used in Astrology.

    Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos uses the zodiac as the belt of signs against which planets are placed. A Hellenistic scheme, not one world sky.

    from Claudius Ptolemy · Tetrabiblos, c. 150 CE

    used in · sourced · documented

  • Zodiac is used in Calendar.

    Zodiac used in Calendar. A belt of signs used to place the Sun’s path. A scheme for naming days. The Atlas keeps their meeting local, without dissolving either into a single meaning.

    from SHOE.BLUE · SHOE.BLUE, 2026

    used in · interpretive · modern interpretation

  • Taurus is associated with Zodiac.

    In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, the cow is exalted to represent Taurus, one of the twelve signs of the zodiac — Taurus seats that zodiac sign.

    from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861

    associated with · sourced · documented

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