The Signs Of Zodiac Constellations

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You see the star sparkling in the night and then you spot multiple stars that look like they are meant to form a shape, you connect the stars together and then you slowly get the picture. The pattern or shape in the night sky is called a constellation. There are many constellations, all different shapes and sizes. For example, there are horoscope constellations, or zodiac constellations, Big Dipper, Small Dipper, Pegasus, and etc. These constellations are all different shapes and sizes. But in this paper, there’s a certain type of constellation that will be discussed in this paper and those “certain type” are zodiac constellations. Not all 12 but only six: Taurus, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius. After you’re done with this paper, your knowledge of horoscope constellations will be expanded.
Taurus is the 2nd sign of the Zodiac constellations. Taurus stands for a bull, Taurus the bull. Taurus is a northern winter constellation and can be best seen in December (“The Signs of the Zodiac and the 12 Zodiacal Constellations”). Taurus is the most famous and visible out of the zodiac constellations. Taurus was first classified by Ptolemy, the Greek astronomer. Taurus dates all the way back to the Bronze Age. The brightest stars are Aldebaran and Alpha Tauri. Alsebaran is the 13th brightest star The constellation is famous for Pleiades/ Messier 45, or also called the Seven Sisters and the Hyades. Taurus is the 17th largest constellation in the sky, it is 797 square degrees. The constellations that are the closest to Taurus are Aries, Perseus, Auriga, Orion, and Eridanus (“Taurus Constellation”). Taurus is the 2nd sign of the zodiac constellations.
Gemini is the 3rd Zodiac constellations. Its name means “twins” in Lati...

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...bout size, Sagittarius comes in as 15th biggest constellation (Kim Ann Zimmerman). Sagittarius is the 9th sign in the Zodiac constellations.
Aquarius is the 11th zodiac sign of the zodiac constellations. The name Aquarius means the water bearer. Aquarius is a summer constellation and is best seen in the month of September (“The Signs of the Zodiac and the 12 Zodiacal Constellations”). Aquarius is a southern spring constellation (“Southern Hemisphere Constellations”). It was recorded by the Greek astronomer, Ptolemy. It is also one of the oldest constellations to be documented of the Zodiac. Aquarius may be hard to find in the night sky because the name does not fit its shape. Aquarius also does not have a particularly bright star. It is the 10th largest constellation, covering 980 square degrees (Kim Ann Zimmerman). Aquarius is one of the zodiac constellations.

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