Capricornus Astrology
1. The constellation I have chosen is the capricornus, which is a dim (only one star over 3 in magnitude) constellation on the zodiac, i.e. on the south hemisphere near the celestial equator. It can be seen from latitudes of about +60 to -90 degrees. It has a v-shape as can be seen in the figure below. I have chosen this constellation as I, in astrology terms, was "born in the constellation" and thus I was a bit curious about it.
Capricornus
2. The myth about the capricornus, or the capricorn which means "horned goat" in latin, is that it was placed on the sky by Zeus as to show gratitude for him helping saving the greeks on several occations, e.g. from the titans. He had suggested that the gods should hide from …show more content…
The capricornus is often depcited as a goat with a fish hind-side. I'm gonna tell you the story of how this became. You see there was once a goat who lived peacefully in the woods, minding his own business when suddenly he came up to a large river. He had the urge to pass the river but he didn't fully understand why, and there were no visible ways to cross it other than to swim. The goat stood there, thinking if he should try to swim across it even though he wasn't a good swimmer, when a fish cracked the surface and asked what the goat was thinking about and if maybe he could help him somehow. The goat, who really wanted to cross the river asked if the fish could help him swim across the river. But the fish said that it might be difficult to swim across without a fish tail, but the goat could borrow his until he came to the other side and then they could switch back again. The goat did as the fish wanted and took his tail to swim across. When he sat on the other side the fish laughed and said that finally he could walk on Earth again and continue his quest on beating the Gods, after a horrible spell had been made upon him so that he would never be able to walk on Earth again. The goat became terribly sad and mad at being so easily tricked and so he swam back to the former fish. And before the fish had any time to prepare himself the goat butt him so that he flew all the way over the edge of the Earth. When the gods heard about this deed they became so grateful that they
Capricornus
2. The myth about the capricornus, or the capricorn which means "horned goat" in latin, is that it was placed on the sky by Zeus as to show gratitude for him helping saving the greeks on several occations, e.g. from the titans. He had suggested that the gods should hide from …show more content…
The capricornus is often depcited as a goat with a fish hind-side. I'm gonna tell you the story of how this became. You see there was once a goat who lived peacefully in the woods, minding his own business when suddenly he came up to a large river. He had the urge to pass the river but he didn't fully understand why, and there were no visible ways to cross it other than to swim. The goat stood there, thinking if he should try to swim across it even though he wasn't a good swimmer, when a fish cracked the surface and asked what the goat was thinking about and if maybe he could help him somehow. The goat, who really wanted to cross the river asked if the fish could help him swim across the river. But the fish said that it might be difficult to swim across without a fish tail, but the goat could borrow his until he came to the other side and then they could switch back again. The goat did as the fish wanted and took his tail to swim across. When he sat on the other side the fish laughed and said that finally he could walk on Earth again and continue his quest on beating the Gods, after a horrible spell had been made upon him so that he would never be able to walk on Earth again. The goat became terribly sad and mad at being so easily tricked and so he swam back to the former fish. And before the fish had any time to prepare himself the goat butt him so that he flew all the way over the edge of the Earth. When the gods heard about this deed they became so grateful that they