Zoidiakos: The Original Signs Of The Zodiac Decoded

By Elias Syed

In 1922, the IAU (International Astronomical Union) instituted the modern astronomical table by codifying 88 constellations at their inaugural General Assembly in Rome, Italy. 48 of those constellations (which included the 12 zodiac constellations) were adopted from 2nd Century astronomer Claudius Ptolemy's star catalogue. The other 40 constellations were devised by 16th & 17th Century European astronomers. In 1928, the IAU then presented the 88-constellation sky chart of modern astronomy. Since the discovery of precession of the equinoxes in antiquity, the zodiac separated into 2 general disciplines (sidereal astrology excluded): The stationary tropical ( or astrological) zodiac followed by astrologers and the mutable sidereal (or astronomical) zodiac studied by astronomers. The astrological zodiac remains fixed in its designation and does not concur with the mutable sidereal zodiac. And yet Aries is placed as the 1st sign of the astrological zodiac when Taurus has unequivocally been the 1st sign of the astrological zodiac from its conception and inception to its initial cultural transition from the Orient (Near East) to the Occident. This exposition covers the origin and mutation of the 12 Signs of the Zodiac. From the zodiac's very appellation in Greek, Zoidiakos (Of Diminutive Animals), to its original Sumerian appellation of Ul He (Shining Herd), the ORIGINAL 12 Signs of the Zodiac are decoded in this treatise.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1980725225
• ISBN13: 9781980725220
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"