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The zodiac is an astronomical and astrological concept that appears frequently in ACGN works.
Introduction to original meaning
The so-called "ecliptic" is the path of the sun on the celestial sphere during a year. Because of the rotation of the earth, the stars rise in the east and set in the west with the sun; because of the revolution of the earth, the sun also moves relative to the background of stars. The trajectory of this relative movement is the ecliptic.
When the ancient Babylonians observed celestial phenomena for calendaring or divination, starting from the ascending node of the ecliptic and the equator (the vernal equinox), they divided the ecliptic into twelve equal parts according to the position of the sun, which are called the twelve zodiac signs. This method of division is consistent with the way the Chinese calendar divides the twenty-four solar terms. The boundaries of the twelve houses are the twelve solar terms of the Chinese calendar.[1]
After that, when the ancient Babylonians and ancient Greeks divided the constellations, they roughly divided the twelve constellations near the ecliptic according to the zodiac, and named the twelve constellations after the constellations. Although the divisions of the twelve houses are even, the divisions of the twelve constellations are not even, with some being large and some small. In addition, due to precession[2], the vernal equinox has moved relative to the stellar background over thousands of years, so the actual date when the sun passes through the constellation[3] has deviated far from the zodiac sign of the same name, and has moved closer to the next The scope of the palace.
In modern times, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) stipulates the precise boundaries of the 88 constellations in the sky (there were no clear boundaries between ancient constellations). In fact, there are 13 constellations covering the ecliptic, including Ophiuchus more than the zodiac.[4]
Constellation culture
The zodiac is widely used in astrology and is often used to tell fortunes, predict character, spouse, etc. The most common and simple way is to associate the zodiac sign corresponding to the date of birth with personal personality and fortune. For the characters classified by zodiac signs included in Moegirlpedia, see Category:Zodiac sign index.
When the zodiac signs are used in divination, they are often simply referred to as "zodiac signs." In divination, people divide the twelve constellations into four categories, namely "fire signs", "air signs", "earth signs" and "water signs".
List of zodiac constellations/signs
| Name | Name (Japanese) | Mythical archetype | The date the sun passes | Other notes |
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| Aries | おひつじ座 | Chrysomaros, the golden sheep who rescued Phrixus and Helle | April 19 to May 14 | |
| Taurus | おうし座 | A bull that Zeus transformed into when he courted the princess Europa | May 14 to June 21 | |
| Gemini | ふたご座 | Pollux and Castor, twins born to Zeus and Leda, Princess of Sparta | June 21 to July 20 | |
| Cancer | かに座 | When Hercules killed the Hydra, Hera sent a giant crab to hinder Hercules. | July 20 to August 10 | |
| Leo | 獅子座 | The man-eating lion strangled in one of the Twelve Labors of Hercules | August 10 to September 16 | |
| Virgo | 乙女座 | ① Astraea, the goddess of justice and stars, or Nikke, the goddess of justice;
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| Libra | 天秤座 | The scale thrown by Zeus to commemorate the reconciliation after Themis, the goddess of justice, and Poseidon, the god of the sea, quarreled over mankind. | October 31 to November 29 | |
| Scorpio | さそり座 | Phaethon drove the sun chariot to prove that he was the son of the sun god Helios, and Hera released the poisonous scorpion to stop him. | November 24 to November 29 | |
| Ophiuchus | 蛇使い座 | Asclepius, son of Apollo, god of the sun and god of medicine | November 29th to December 18 | |
| Sagittarius | 射手座 | The image of Chiron, the learned sage and mentor of the Centaurs, holding a bow and arrow[5] | December 18 to January 20 | |
| Capricorn | 山羊座 | Pan, the god of fauns, was responsible for taking care of Zeus's cattle and sheep. In order to save the Harp Fairy, he stepped into the lake at the end of the sky and turned his lower body into that of a fish. | January 20 to February 16 | |
| Aquarius | 水瓶座 | Zeus went to the human world to find Ganymede, the waiter at the divine banquet, and the bottle he used to pour wine. | February 16 to March 12 | |
| Pisces | うお座 | When Typhon invaded the banquet of the gods, Aphrodite and Eros transformed into fish in the water. | March 12 to April 19 |
Related ACGN works
Works with a zodiac theme
- Main article: Works about the zodiac
Listed here are works whose zodiac signs only include the twelve signs of the zodiac. For works based on the eighty-eight constellations, see the article Eighty-eight constellations.
- Choseishin Gransazer: The first work of Toho Company's Choseishin series, the heroes (Gransazers) are based on the twelve zodiac signs.
- The works of Japanese CG artist KAGAYA often use constellation legends as the theme; among them, the Zodiac is a work with the theme of the zodiac.
Use of the zodiac in other works
- In Princess Maker 2, the player's adopted daughter Olip Or will determine the twelve constellations and constellation patron saints due to the different birthday dates set by the player. Among them, Gemini and Virgo both belong to the patron saint of Mercury; Taurus and Libras are both under the patronus of Venus.
- In Fairy Tail, the twelve keys of the zodiac can summon the corresponding zodiac stars. The protoss has great power.
- In Asteroid in Love, the cutscene of the anime is a star map of one of the zodiac signs (starred by the character), and the zodiac sign appears in the 47th chapter of the manga.
- In Juni Taisen, the Chinese zodiac animals vs. the Western zodiac signs.
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Notes and external links
- ↑ The twelve even-numbered solar terms in the twenty-four solar terms include the equinoxes and the solstices.
- ↑ Also known as the precession of the earth's axis, due to complex disturbances, the angle at which the earth's rotation axis points to the sky slowly changes, which in turn causes the intersection of the equator and the ecliptic (that is, the vernal and autumnal equinoxes) to change. Also manifested as the difference in length between the tropical year and the sidereal year
- ↑ The average length of a year in the Gregorian calendar is fitted to the tropical year. The dates of the solar terms are basically unchanged, but the stellar background corresponding to the same date will change.
- ↑ 十二星座变成十三星座？你需要知道这五个真相 - One Two的文章 - 知乎
- ↑ One theory is that the image of Chiron is Centaur, and Sagittarius is an ordinary more aggressive image of a centaur.