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# Zodiac

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Name given to the twelve constellations that the ecliptic crosses - actually it crosses a thirteenth, Ophiuchus?, but this is traditionally excluded from the list. Because the ecliptic lies in the general plane of the solar system, the Sun and planets? seem to move through the Zodiacal constellations.

A traditional mnemonic?:

     The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins,
     And next' the Crab, the Lion shines,
     The Virgin and the Scales.
     The Scorpion, Archer, and the Goat,
     The Man who holds the Watering Pot,
     And Fish with glittering scales.

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