Sagittarius (astrology)

Sagittarius
Zodiac symbol	Archer
Duration (tropical, western)	November 22 – December 21 (2017, UT1)
Constellation	Sagittarius
Zodiac element	Fire
Zodiac quality	Mutable
Sign ruler	Jupiter
Detriment	Mercury
Exaltation	Neptune, South Node
Fall	Ceres, North Node

Sagittarius (♐) (Greek: Τοξότης Toxotes, Latin: Sagittarius) is the ninth astrological sign, which is associated with the constellation Sagittarius and spans 240–270th degrees of the zodiac. Under the tropical zodiac, the sun transits this sign between approximately November 23 and December 21. The symbol of the archer is based on the centaur Chiron, who mentored Achilles, a Greek hero of the Trojan War, in archery.

Sagittarius, half human and half horse, is the centaur of mythology, the learned healer whose higher intelligence forms a bridge between Earth and Heaven. Also known as the Archer, Sagittarius is represented by the symbol of a bow and arrow.

Along with Aries and Leo, Sagittarius is a part of the Fire Trigon. The symbol of the zodiac sign is a Centaur armed with arrows following an old tradition coming from the Ancient Greece and from other cultures of the past. The image of the sign says a lot about his features, he's able to be incredibly violent or wise, brave or mild.

Sagittarius as depicted in the 14th/15th century Arabic astrology text Book of Wonders

Sagittarius - The Centaur, detail from the Horoscope from 'The book of birth of Iskandar"

Sagittarius from a 1512 German woodcut

A symbolic representation of Sagittarius published in Uranographia by Johann Elert Bode. In tropical astrology there is no correspondence between the constellation and the astrological signs

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