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insisting feed As the debate between astrologers and astronomers in the constellation of Ophiuchus appears in the sky every night entering a horoscope thirteenth among the signs of Scorpio and Sagittarius.
Those born in these dates may enter into an identity crisis by not quite knowing which of these signs belong. The topic does not please advocates of the number 12, takes over when and millennia since that was identified through thirteen with bad luck, was left out of society centered on the year of 13 moons to move to the 12 solar months. Astrologers are reluctant to modify the thick boards books ephemeris divided into 13 segments and their complicated astrological charts. No wonder. Rita repeat the job!
But Ophiuchus is there in the sky, appearing each night, and the precession of the Earth game in their favor over the last centuries.
Ophiuchus name comes from the Greek "who handled the snakes", so it is associated with the healer Asclepius and the emblem of intertwined snakes identifies the pharmacy. And is that by observing the recorded medieval star charts, is seen as the constellation Ophiuchus our assumption Asclepius appears heroically clutching the constellation of the Serpent and stepping on the head of Scorpio.
Asclepius stepping This Scorpio is not because it "fell" the stars in the sky. No. It has its logical explanation in Greek mythology. Of course. When Orion boasted of being able to kill all the wild beasts, the earth goddess Gaia sent a scorpion to punish him for his arrogance and it stung Orion on the heel. This is reflected in the constellations visible in the Mediterranean throughout the year. When Scorpio rises in the eastern horizon, Orion dies and sets in the western horizon.
Asclepius But then, our hero snake charmer, using his skills as a healer: Orion heals and gets back out on the east, with his forces recovered, and crushes with his foot Scorpion sinking into the ground by western horizon.
This is Ophiuchus. A healer heroic character in Greek mythology, a zodiac sign that has not yet found its place in the constellation ephemeris and ... a quiet, close to the ecliptic, where of all the brightest stars is Alhague Ras, an Arabic word which means "head of the snake charmer."
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