Zodiacal Constellations

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Zodiacal Constellations
Winter Constellations

• About zodiacal constellations
• Winter constellations (Taurus, Gemini)

• Presenter
• takafumi kurita

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What is your Zodiac sign?

• There are 12 zodiacal constellations
• Ex. Leo, Libra, Capricornus, Taurus

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About constellations

• Before Mesopotamia civilization sheepherder
  zodiacal constellations
• B.C. 2 Claudius Ptolemaeus Ptolemys 48
  constellations
• 1928 The International Astronomical Union (IAU)
  Third congress 88 constellations

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Capricornus, Cap(??????)

• Symbol Horned Goat
• Birth Dates December 22 - January 19

• Myth Tyhpon attacked the Gods party. To escape
  the monster, Pan himself took to the river to
  hide in the form of a fish. Then, Pan tried to
  transform but because of the rush, he did not
  succeed in completing the transformation.

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Winter constellations

• 14 winter constellations
• Auriga, Taurus, Orion, Lepus, Columba, Eridanus,
  Gemini, Canis Major, Canis Minor, Monoceros,
  Puppis, Vela, Pyxis , Carina

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Taurus, Tau(???????)

• Symbol Bull
• Birth Dates Aril 20 - May 20

• Myth The Bull charmed the prince Europe, and he
  carried the girl off to Crete. There Zeus
  revealed himself and seduced the maiden.

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Gemini, Gem(???????)

• Symbol Twins(Castor and Polydeuces)
• Birth Dates May 21 - June 21

• Myth Castor Dies in a Fight .After his death,
  Polydeuces prayed to Zeus that he might share his
  immortality with his brother. Zeus took mercy
  upon the twins and set them together eternally
  among the stars as the constellation of the
  Gemini.

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Question

• Who made the 48 constellations?
• What animals did Pan try to transform? Then, what
  figure could he get and why?
• How many constellations are there in winter.

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Thank You!

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