At what year did the Zodiac started?

Answer 1

The zodiac is the first known celestial coordinate system. There are two apparently independently created zodiacs. Babylonian astrology, inherited by Hellenistic and Indian astrology, developed the zodiac of twelve signs familiar in the West. In Chinese astrology, months and years pass through a cycle of twelve animals that imply certain fortunes or misfortunes related to events occurring within those signs. The Chinese zodiac is not linked to constellations, however


By 2,000 BC, the Egyptians and Mesopotamians marked the seasons by the constellations we now call Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius. However, the marking of seasons by constellations may go back to 5,000 BC.[1] The division of the ecliptic into the zodiacal signs originates perhaps in Babylonian ("Chaldean") astronomy as early as the 1st millennium BC (likely during Median/"Neo-Babylonian" times) (Powell 2004).

Answer 2

Babylonians have a record of the zodiac which isn't exactly like the one we have now. at those days not all the constellations were visible or notice. Aquarius was discovered in the 18th century i think. but as far as we know even the Sumerians knew about the horoscopes. its an ancient religion where the constellations were seen as gods. the god which worshipped today by Christians and Muslims isn't the god which the ancients believed in, this god came from the Indo_Europeans who believed in one single creator. the Zoroastrians were in between today's religious peoples and the ancients, they believed in many gods in the sky but at the same time they believed in one single creator which was the sun god, that's why they worship fire, even today.

Answer 3

If I'd known that, I wouldn't have been here.



I would have been seen defying space and time in a little blue telephone box...

Answer 4

2nd millennium BC

Answer 5

the stars have always been there...someone figured out that it affects our personalities..