zodiac

A band of the celestial sphere extending about 8° to either side of the ecliptic that represents the path of the principal planets, the moon, and the sun.

In astrology, this band divided into 12 equal parts called signs, each 30° wide, bearing the name of a constellation for which it was originally named but with which it no longer coincides owing to the precession of the equinoxes.

A diagram or figure representing the zodiac.

A complete circuit; a circle.

Of the moon or of a planet, the belt of the heavens within which the moon or a planet moves.

A belt of twelve constellations, extending about 8° on each side of the ecliptic.

Figuratively, a round or circuit; a zone; a complete course.

In heraldry, a bearing representing a part of the imaginary zodiacal circle, forming an arched bend or bend sinister, and with several of the signs upon it, the number being specified in the blazon.