Aries (astrology)

The zodiac sign Aries (Greek κριός Krios, latin Aries ) corresponding to the first section of the zodiac from 0 ° to 30 ° ecliptic longitude from the vernal equinox.

Astronomy

The sun is in the middle in the period 21 March to 20 April in this sign. Due to the migration of the vernal equinox the zodiac sign Aries no longer meets today the constellation Aries. In the constellation Aries, the Sun is approximately in the period 19 April to 14 May

The zodiac was already part of the Babylonian- Assyrian MUL.APIN series path of the moon, which includes 18 astronomical constellations, there named as " Mietarbeiter " ( LUHUN.GA ). The ram has been introduced only by the Greeks in the zodiac.

Astrology

After Tetrabiblos of Claudius Ptolemy

• Is the Aries male ( I.12 )
• It is the house of Mars ( I.17 )
• The sun is in Aries increases ( I.19 )

As melothesische match the ram was in the ancient Iatroastrologie assigned as a human body part of the head, so was the associated deity Minerva.

With Leo and Sagittarius Aries is the trine of the element Fire, and with Cancer, Libra and Capricorn the square of the tropical or cardinal signs.

Representation

Shown is the sign since ancient times as (often opposing ) Aries. The astrological symbol is the stylization of a ( viewed from the front ) rams head with the two curved horns.

The Unicode representation of U 2648 = ♈.