The constellations are divided up into equal parts each one being 30 degrees. Adding to 360 degrees of a circle. There are many references to 12 in history as an example: the 12 disciples the 12 tribes of Israel etc. 12 is a number of perfection. Numerology and Astrology are inseparable. There are four elements and three qualities. Notice: 3 times 4=12 There are many constellations if you look deeper and deeper in the sky-not just the ones of the zodiac. At some point we must pick and choose. The ones most visible and that divide into the significance of 12 are used. Four is for the earth and its qualities of fire, air, earth and water. Three describes the three qualities of cardinality, mutability and fixity. 3 times 4 equals 12. The 12 signs or houses in astrology.
Mathematics, Astrology and Astronomy are inseparable. One depending on the other. Astronomy can not exist without and understanding of mathematics. Astronomy is devoid of spirituality without Astrology and Mathematics are dry without Astronomy and Astrology. As a matter of fact the more we understand about one discipline the more we realize they are dependent upon one another. So Numerology plays a part in Astrology also.
Lastly, it is best to keep an open mind to others views. However when someone decides to use other constellations or to divide up for instance the great pyramids in Egypt into 13 faces or perhaps 5 faces we immediately are suspect to such views that appear to contradict all previous archetypes of Mathematics, Numerology and Astronomy.
Now let us look at the zodiac. It is evident that there are many more stars out there that could have been designated as signs of the zodiac. Ophiuchus is rather off course to some of the other stars close to the zodiac. So this results in a simple observation: Is it really the stars of the zodiac that affect events in our lives or is it rather the sections of the sky and the position of the the planets and Sun and Moon in front of them that emanate their own unique meaning to events on earth? You may notice that there are many stars in between the zodiacal constellations. With this in mind it appears that the constellations themselves are only an outward confirmation of 30 degree sections and 12 divisions in the sky as related to the Sun's yearly orbit through them and all other objects of our solar system that have the backdrop of these stars. These 12 areas and 30 degree sections remain the same no matter how much the the Sun processes in a 24000 year cycle. The Sun will still cross the equator each year at spring and fall at the equinoxes and all the planets will willingly follow the motion of the Sun having the same relationship to the sky as the Sun. We should ask ourselves which came first the chicken or the egg? In this case it is more likely that the Suns' path and the planets' path through the sky came first and then someone developed some signs along the way called the zodiac.
By the way that is my intellectual property. LOL
