Le Lion, Leo, constellation traversée aujourd’hui par le soleil du 10 Août au 16 Septembre. La position relative du soleil ayant changé au cours des millénaires, ceci par la précession des Equinoxes, phénomène déjà reconnu par Hipparque et sûrement, selon les dernières recherches par des astronomes antérieurs à l’apogée de la culture égyptienne. Ce déplacement rétrograde sur le cercle écliptique est occasionné par la rotation conique de l'axe de la Terre, au cours de sa révolution annuelle, rotation qui est due principalement aux attractions combinées du Soleil et de la Lune sur le globe terrestre. Globalement on situera le Soleil 2000 ans Avant J.C. dans la constellation du soleil entre la fin du mois de Juin et Juillet. Celui-ci traversant alors la constellation de la Vierge entre Juillet et Août.
La constellation du Lion était donc il y a près de quatre mille ans, traversée par le soleil au moment du solstice d’été. Le solstice d’été correspond au début de l’été et le début de la nouvelle année dans l'Égypte antique.
Dans l’ordre des constellations zodiacales, traversant le plan de l’équateur, le lion se situe à l’est de la Vierge et à l’Ouest de la constellation du Cancer. Le Lion désigne également le signe du zodiaque correspondant au secteur de 30° de l’écliptique traversé par le soleil du 24 Juillet au 23 Août.
Around 240 B.C., Leo was robbed of his splendid tail. The astronomer-priest under Ptolemy III chopped of the tail of Leo when they invented the new constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair).
The Egyptians worshipped lion-gods which is evidence of the importance this beast held in Egyptian life. The Egyptians believed that the world was created at a time when the Sun rose in Leo near the star Denebola.
The Sumerians also saw this group of stars as a lion. The form of the Lion was probably passed along to the Babylonians, Greeks, Roman and others.
Hercules' first labor was to kill the Nemean lion, a fierce beast who descended to Earth from the Moon in the form of a meteor and ravaged the countryside of Corinth. The lion had hide so tough that neither spear nor arrow nor any other weapon could pierce it. So well known was the beast that Hercules had no trouble finding its lair, a cave with two entrances. As Hercules approached, the lion showed itself and Hercules sped an arrow toward its heart. The arrow merely bounced off and fell to the ground. Hercules now knew that arrows or spears were useless against the beast. He then sealed off one of the entrances to the cave and pursued the lion inside through the other entrance. So great was his strength that Hercules seized the lion and strangled it to death by ramming his fist down its throat. He then flung it over his shoulder and returned to show King Eurystheus that he had fulfilled his first labor. The cowardly king was terrified at the sight of the beast and fled. Hercules then skinned the lion and used its tough hide as a protective shield. So angry was Hera at Hercules' success that she raised the soul of the lion high into the sky, where today he can be seen as the constellation Leo, the Lion.
The Persians knew Leo as Ser, to the Turk, Artan, to the Syrians, Aryo, to the Jews, Arye, and to the Babylonians, Aru, all meaning "Lion."
La constellation du Lion était donc il y a près de quatre mille ans, traversée par le soleil au moment du solstice d’été. Le solstice d’été correspond au début de l’été et le début de la nouvelle année dans l'Égypte antique.
Dans l’ordre des constellations zodiacales, traversant le plan de l’équateur, le lion se situe à l’est de la Vierge et à l’Ouest de la constellation du Cancer. Le Lion désigne également le signe du zodiaque correspondant au secteur de 30° de l’écliptique traversé par le soleil du 24 Juillet au 23 Août.
Around 240 B.C., Leo was robbed of his splendid tail. The astronomer-priest under Ptolemy III chopped of the tail of Leo when they invented the new constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair).
The Egyptians worshipped lion-gods which is evidence of the importance this beast held in Egyptian life. The Egyptians believed that the world was created at a time when the Sun rose in Leo near the star Denebola.
The Sumerians also saw this group of stars as a lion. The form of the Lion was probably passed along to the Babylonians, Greeks, Roman and others.
Hercules' first labor was to kill the Nemean lion, a fierce beast who descended to Earth from the Moon in the form of a meteor and ravaged the countryside of Corinth. The lion had hide so tough that neither spear nor arrow nor any other weapon could pierce it. So well known was the beast that Hercules had no trouble finding its lair, a cave with two entrances. As Hercules approached, the lion showed itself and Hercules sped an arrow toward its heart. The arrow merely bounced off and fell to the ground. Hercules now knew that arrows or spears were useless against the beast. He then sealed off one of the entrances to the cave and pursued the lion inside through the other entrance. So great was his strength that Hercules seized the lion and strangled it to death by ramming his fist down its throat. He then flung it over his shoulder and returned to show King Eurystheus that he had fulfilled his first labor. The cowardly king was terrified at the sight of the beast and fled. Hercules then skinned the lion and used its tough hide as a protective shield. So angry was Hera at Hercules' success that she raised the soul of the lion high into the sky, where today he can be seen as the constellation Leo, the Lion.
The Persians knew Leo as Ser, to the Turk, Artan, to the Syrians, Aryo, to the Jews, Arye, and to the Babylonians, Aru, all meaning "Lion."
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