Literally, a “circle of animal figures”; a narrow band in the sky in which the movements of the major planets, Sun, and Moon take place: The zodiac is astrologically divided into twelve sections named for the major constellations which are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces.