Many theories have been propounded for the birthplace and time of formation of this; but there now seems to be general agreement of opinion that it originated, mainly as we have it, in archaic Euphratean astronomy, possibly with only the six alternative signs, Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricornus, and Pisces, and later divided because of the annual occurrence of twelve full moons in successive parts of it.
An edition of Star-names and their meanings
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Star-names and their meanings.
by Richard Hinckley Allen
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Star Names and Their Meanings
March 2003, Kessinger Publishing
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