Also titles of Nergal, a Babylonian god, king of the Underworld. They were minor gods and were called Meshlamtaea and Lugalirra, meaning ‘ The One who has arisen from the Underworld’ and the ‘ Mighty King’. In Babylonian astronomy, the two main stars (Castor and Pollux) were known as the Great Twins.
Babylonians called it the Bull of Heaven, and Egyptians saw it as a sacred bull that was associated with the renewal of life in spring. This symbolism is very old, dating back about 5000 years. The constellation gets this name from a group of stars that form the profile of a Bull’s face in a V shape. Taurus is Latin for Bull, the symbol represents a bull’s head. In ancient Greece, the constellation of Aries was associated with the golden ram of Greek mythology that Taurus The Bull
Originally, the Babylonians named it the the Farm Worker but it was changed probably because of Dumuzid, an ancient god associated with shepherds. The name Aries is Latin for ram, and its symbol representing a ram’s horns. Origin of the Zodiac Symbols or Glyphs Aries The Ram The word Zodiac comes from the Ancient Greek word zōidiakòs kýklos (ζῳδιακός κύκλος), meaning “circle of little animals”. Babylonian astronomers divided the sky into 12 equal parts matching the 12 months of the year.Īlmost all of the 12 zodiac signs are depicted by an animal, with the exception of Gemini, Virgo, Libra and Aquarius.
They were used to represent the ancient gods and their symbols, and also as a farming calendar. Where Do Astrology Symbols Come From 600×600 78.8 KB
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