04-06-2020, 09:54 AM
JKP, are you certain about that explanation? I only looked at the first handful of results on google so I'm not certain myself, but the most common explanation appears to be that the Zodiac man has nothing to do with the constellations. Rather, it was about the location of the moon: if the moon was in the sign corresponding to the affected body part, it was unsafe for bloodletting. So bloodletting was okay most of the time, unless the moon happened to be in the relevant sign.
Either way it is important to understand that the signs have no relation whatsoever to observation of the constellations. Because of precession, the original constellations have drifted far away from the signs. Moreover the signs are 12 equal divisions, while constellations vary considerably in size.
Either way it is important to understand that the signs have no relation whatsoever to observation of the constellations. Because of precession, the original constellations have drifted far away from the signs. Moreover the signs are 12 equal divisions, while constellations vary considerably in size.