Cathlynne L. Wojkowskip age 13, Cleveland, 0hio
How many signs of the zodiac are there?
The zodiac is part of the sky atlas. Even early star‑gazers made their maps and charts of the heavens, They noticed hove certain groups of stars reappeared with the seasons. They invented pictures around the star groups. These are the constellations named for ancient heron, strange animals and familiar objects,
The zodiac forms a narrow belt over the sky.. It contains the principal planets and twelve beautiful constellations. The word 'zodiac means a circle of animals. Originally, the twelve signs, or constellations may well have been all animals. Now, only 7 of them are animals,
The animal constellations, or signs,, in the zodiac are Leo the lion, Cancer the crab, Taurus the bull, Aries the Ram, Pisces the fishes, Capricorn the Goat and Scorpio the scorpion. There are also a pair of scales, a pair of twins a lady, a water carrier and an archer.
There was a time when people believed that your life was affected by these signs of the zodiac