the signs as constellations
aries: andromeda; from ancient Chinese - represented 天大将军, heaven's great general and honour
taurus: pyxis; from ancient China - a celestial temple honouring the ancestors
gemini: orion; from ancient Egypt - regarded as the god whose form the dead pharaoh was said to take in the afterlife
cancer: phoenix; from the Arabs - traveling to the edges of the world and bringing knowledge
leo: draco; from ancient Rome - a Great Titan who was killed in war then thrown into the sky and froze above the north pole
virgo: cassiopeia; from the ancient Celts - Tuatha de Danann, the mother of all gods, mother earth, or goddess of fertility
libra: delphinus; from ancient Greece - matchmaker for the sea god Poseidon and his nymph lover
scorpio: hercules; from ancient Greece - a half mortal being who overcomes adversities and rises to the gods
sagittarius: pegasus; from Hinduism - the resting place of the moon
capricorn: ursa minor; from the Inuits - Nuutuittut, never moving and used for its stability in navigation
aquarius: cygnus; from Hinduism - correlating to Brahma Muhurta, the moment of the universe lasting from 4:24 AM to 5:12 AM
pisces: ursa major; from ancient Java - Lintang Wuluh, seven stars signalling the time for harvest
















