The zodiacPalace a query, the zodiac constellation query, constellation and house

The sun on the ecliptic runs from west to east, ring "day" every year for a week.In the on a strip on both sides of the distribution of the 12 signs of the zodiac, they areAries、Taurus、Gemini、cancer、Leo, virgo,libra、Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, and AquariusPisces.The people on the earth in a year to see them one by one.

The sun on the ecliptic runs from west to east, ring "day" every year for a week.In the on a strip on both sides of the distribution of the 12 signs of the zodiac, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, cancer, Leo, virgo, libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.The people on the earth in a year to see them one by one.

Ancient babylonians long-term observations were made of these constellations, designate the ecliptic, through the observation and the ecliptic is divided into 12 equal parts, each 30 degrees equal, known as 1 piece.The sun revolves around the ecliptic 1 week within 12 months, so it is on the ecliptic run 1 per month.In the ancient view, is the sun god Apollo, it rest place would be resplendent and magnificent palace, therefore, they put on the ecliptic called 1 palace.In this way, the ecliptic 12 paragraph became "signs of the zodiac.Signs of the zodiac and the name of the ecliptic 12 constellations of the same, namely, ram palace, Taurus, Gemini, cancer palace, the palace, virgo palace, libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius palace, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.

The first palace and constellation

The 2nd house with signs

The 3rd house and sign

The 4th house with signs

The 5th house with signs

The sixth and constellation

The 7th house with signs

The eighth house and constellation

The first 9 palace and constellation

Tenth house with signs

The eleventh house with signs

The 12th house with signs

Although the name of the signs of the zodiac, and near the ecliptic 12 constellations of the same name, but they have the essential difference.The zodiac is the location of the sun on the ecliptic, the size of the palace and the palace is fixed.Is 30 degrees, the sun is basically a fixed period of time in the each palace, now a year after March 21 days before the sun came to the vernal equinox, enter Pisces;On June 22, or so came to the summer solstice, into double uterus;On September 21st later to the autumnal equinox, into virgo palace;On December 22, or so came to the winter solstice, into the palace.

But 2000 years ago, the picture is not the case, because in under the attraction of the sun and the moon, the earth's spin axis point is not fixed to the same position in the sky, but the circles in the sky.This phenomenon is called precession.Due to the precession, 2000 years ago in the above four time the sun respectively in ram palace, cancerians, libra and Capricorn.Unlike the signs of the zodiac, near the ecliptic 12 constellation size is not the same, such as the width of 49 degrees Pisces, and the width of the cancer only 21 degrees;12 constellation does not necessarily on the ecliptic, but the distribution area of 8 degrees to each side of the ecliptic.