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n. Astronomy A band of the celestial sphere extending about 8° to either side of the ecliptic that represents the path of the principal planets, the moon, and the sun.

n. In astrology, this band divided into 12 equal parts called signs, each 30° wide, bearing the name of a constellation for which it was originally named but with which it no longer coincides owing to the precession of the equinoxes.

n. A diagram or figure representing the zodiac.

n. A complete circuit; a circle.

n. The belt-like region of the celestial sphere approximately eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, which thousands of years ago included the apparent path of the sun, moon, and planets.

n. The twelve equal divisions of the astrological zodiacal region into signs, or houses, of the zodiac, each sign named after a constellation in this region.

n. The belt-like region of the celestial sphere corresponding to the apparent path of the sun over the course of a year, the ecliptic.

n. A circle decorated with the signs of the zodiac.

n. Any of various astrological systems considered similar to the above.

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n. An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16° or 18° broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the twelve signs of the zodiac.

n. A figure representing the signs, symbols, and constellations of the zodiac.

n. A girdle; a belt.

n. Of the moon or of a planet, the belt of the heavens within which the moon or a planet moves.

n. A belt of twelve constellations, extending about 8° on each side of the ecliptic.

n. Figuratively, a round or circuit; a zone; a complete course.

n. In heraldry, a bearing representing a part of the imaginary zodiacal circle, forming an arched bend or bend sinister, and with several of the signs upon it, the number being specified in the blazon.

n. (astrology) a circular diagram representing the 12 zodiacal constellations and showing their signs

n. a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes

"The zodiac is a useful Jungian shorthand, if not a divine predictor of behavior; and courtesy of arbitrary coincidence or heavenly mandate, I'm a sterling example of a Leo personality - for all the good and bad that comes with it."

diagram    region    part   

zodiac ring    lunar zodiac    ecliptic   

girdle    belt   

Kodiak    kodiak   

ecliptic    harmonise    war-lord    stemware    orography