10. 14 What constellation?

Libra? (Date of birth: September 23rd-65438+1October 23rd)

Libra is the seventh house of the zodiac in astrology, and the longitude range of the zodiac is 180 to 2 10. It was named because the original constellation corresponding to astronomy was Libra, but it has moved to Virgo due to precession. The satellite of Libra (Yemeni astrology) is Saturn, representing Saturn and its rings. In tantric astrology, the mysterious ruler of Libra is Uranus, and the hierarchical ruler is Saturn (in Yemeni astrology, it belongs to attachment).

Every year, from September 23rd of 10 to October 23rd of 10, the sun reaches this house. At this time, the solar term is the autumnal equinox, so the autumnal equinox is also called "the first point of Libra". Located between Virgo and Scorpio, this constellation has more than a dozen galaxies that can be seen with 8-inch or larger telescopes. The four brightest stars in the constellation, α, β, γ and σ form a quadrilateral, and β and the spring triangle form a big diamond. Libra beta, whose middle name is "zubeneschamali", is the only star with green visible to the naked eye all day.

Extended data:

The stars in Libra have been recognized since ancient times, but Ptolemy did not regard them as independent constellations. In Ptolemy constellation, the star of Libra belongs to Scorpio's claw, Libra α is Scorpio's claw in the south, Libra β is Scorpio's claw in the north.

People regard the stars as a steelyard, symbolizing fairness. However, it was not until Caesar's time in the 1 th century that the Romans discovered that the sun moved to this constellation just before and after the autumnal equinox, so they drew it independently.

Now, due to the precession of the earth, the autumnal equinox has moved to Virgo in the west. In the present era, the sun runs in Libra every year from 1 65438+1October to165438+1October 23rd, which means relative motion rather than real motion. Libra can be seen at latitudes outside the Arctic Circle.

Pronunciation problem

Television broadcasts of the Hong Kong Observatory read the Cantonese name "scale" as "average" and "flat", following the habit that people usually read the "scale" of the constellation Libra as "flat" instead of symmetrical "scale", which caused controversy among some people in Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan Province. ?

The astronomical term "Libra" is derived from the Japanese character "Libra" by the terminology translation committee of the Chinese Astronomical Society. Refers to the story in Greek mythology that the goddess of justice used the balance as a tool to "measure" (measure) good and evil. Therefore, the story of "Libra" is adopted instead of the Chinese translation of the weighing tool "Tianping", so the word "scale" cannot be pronounced as "ping".

Later, Japanese characters were also called "Libra", and finally it was changed to "てんびん". According to western mythology, the Buddhist classic "Mahayana, Waiting for the Day to Learn" in Sui Dynasty (AD 58 1 -6 19) translated today's Libra into weighing. It also shows that when China first translated the name of this constellation, he read the word "scale" as "scale" instead of "flat".

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Libra