English names of the twelve constellations.

Aquarius: 65438+1October 21-February 19

Pisces: February 20-March 20

Aries: March 21-April 20

Taurus: April 2 1-May 21.

Gemini: May 22nd-June 2nd1

Cancer: June 22-July 22

Leo: July 23rd-August 23rd.

Virgo: August 24-September 23

Libra: September 24th-65438+1October 23rd.

Scorpio:101October 24th-? 165438+1October 22nd

Sagittarius:165438+1October 23rd-65438+February 2nd1.

Capricorn: 65438+February 22nd-65438+1October 20th.

The origin of the constellation:

In ancient times, in order to identify the direction and facilitate the observation of the sky, the stars scattered in the sky were connected by imagination, and half of them were named in ancient times, and their naming methods were attached according to the myths and shapes of ancient civilizations.

The other half was named only in modern times, often named after navigation instruments. In ancient times, because of different regions, the way of "Lianliankan" was different! 2 1 century, the world unified the constellation map and divided the sky into 88 regions and 88 constellations.

Extended data:

Constellation date:

CONSTELLATION is English "Constellation", which means "Constellation" and "Constellation"; The constellation in astrology is "constellation", which means "sign", "sign" and "symbol". There is such a translation in the English-Chinese dictionary:

The Chinese Zodiac has the same free translation in English and Chinese astronomical vocabulary. In Ying Ying's dictionary, it is explained in more detail: "one twentieth of the zodiac", which means "twelve ecliptic divisions".

Therefore, the twelve constellations in astronomical calendar and astrology are different in practical sense. If you are not an astrologer, you should compare your date of birth with the actual dates of the twelve constellations in the astronomical calendar to see which constellation you belong to.

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