ABC Wednesday, Z for Zodiac

On our trip to the north of Israel we saw this mosaic floor of an ancient synagogue, which existed already in the third or fourth century. It was destroyed at the beginning of the fifth century probably by an earthquake. In the zodiak we can see elements which are not typically  Jewish, like the figure in the middle of the circle. Our guide was not quite sure who this was.

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According to Wikipedia does the  division of the ecliptic into the zodiacal signs originate in Babylonian  astronomy during the first half of the 1st millennium BC, likely during Median/"Neo-Babylonian" times (7th century BC).
In both astrology and historical astronomy, the zodiac  is a circle of twelve 30° divisions of celestial longitude that are centered upon the ecliptic: the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year .

Now we know the zodiak mainly for the use of creating horoscopes. Who among us doesn't have been looking for his or her horoscope for that particular week? Once in a while I did! But it was always amusing. Sometimes it said something like:"Don't wear red this week. It might be dangerous". I still don't know why ...Red becomes me and there were no bulls around...Oh, and my sign is Sagitarius.

Here are a few questions:
1 What are the typical characteristics of people of your sign?
2 Do you believe your life is influenced  in any way by your star sign ?
3 Do you regularly read your horoscope? If not, why not?

With thanks to Denise Nesbitt, who created ABC. For more interesting ABC posts click on the logo in the sidebar . This week we are looking for words beginning with Z.