Western Zodiac Lore

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The twelve signs carry their stories: Aries the ram of the golden fleece, Taurus the bull that Zeus became when he carried Europa across the sea, Cancer the crab sent by Hera to nip at Heracles' heel, Leo the Nemean lion he strangled, Scorpius the scorpion that Apollo placed in the sky to flee Orion. The zodiac is a story-cycle written in constellations — a carousel of myth in the sky. — Hellenistic myth