The origin of 12 constellation

In ancient times, in order to identify the direction, observe the celestial phenomena in navigation, and connect the stars scattered in the sky through imagination, so constellations appeared.

The twelve constellations, the zodiac, are the twelve regions in astrology that describe the sun passing through the zodiac on the celestial sphere, including Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Although Ophiuchus also passes through the zodiac, it is not in the zodiac used in astrology.

Astrology's definition of the ecliptic only refers to the twelve equally divided regions of the ecliptic, which is different from astronomy. After the International Astronomical Union standardized the constellation boundary in 1928, there were 13 constellations on the ecliptic. Because of precession, the zodiac in 2 1 century is not consistent with astrology. Water symbolizes spring, fire symbolizes summer, soil symbolizes autumn and air symbolizes winter.

Constellation attribute

Everything in the universe can't escape the changing law of Yin and Yang. Everything is difficult at the beginning. From the birth of Yang, the anode turns into Yin and the cathode regenerates Yang, and so on. The earth moves according to the ecliptic, resulting in changes in cold and summer, as well as changes in Yang to Yin and Yin to Yang. According to the law of Yang Qi Yin Couple, the order is odd, such as Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius and Aquarius.

And the order is even, such as Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn and Pisces, which are all negative constellations. Positive constellations usually have positive characteristics and active characteristics; The negative constellation is just the opposite of the positive constellation, which usually has negative and passive characteristics. Ancient western philosophers believed that the substances that constitute objects in nature and derive everything are water, fire, earth and wind (the above contents are for reference only).