Which civilization first proposed the zodiac?

The word zodiac comes from the Greek zodiakos, which means zoo. In the eyes of the Greeks, constellations are made up of various animals, which is the origin of the names of the twelve constellations.

Zodiac, an Arabic astrological term, originated in Babylon. Arab astrology can be divided into "southern Arab astrology" and "northern Arab astrology". The former is also called "Yemeni astrology", which is a traditional astrology. The latter is also called "western astrology", which is modern astrology.

Babylonians observed these constellations for a long time, determined the ecliptic through observation, and divided the ecliptic into 12 equal parts, each equal part was 30 degrees, which was called 1 segment. The sun orbits the ecliptic in 12 months 1 cycle, so it runs on the ecliptic once a month. In the eyes of the ancients, the sun was Apollo, and its resting place must be a magnificent palace. Therefore, they call a section of the ecliptic a palace. In this way, the section 12 on the ecliptic becomes the "zodiac". The names of the zodiac signs are similar to the 12 constellation near the zodiac signs, namely Aries, Taurus, Twin Uterus, Cancer, Lion, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.