ARIES (The Ram)



The King of Thebes had two children with his queen but his heart was captivated by the beautiful Ino, so he decreed a divorce and took Ino as his new queen. The step-mother Ino attempted to remove the prince Phrixus and the princess Helle by starting a false prophecy that they should be killed. "The poor harvest is a sign that Zeus is angry. These two must be put to the sword as a sacrifice to appease Zeus." The people were taken in by the false prophecy and tried to sacrifice the two children. Zeus took pity on the two children and saved them by sending a golden ram that had the power of flight. The golden fleece of this ram later became one of the treasures of the Kingdom of Colchis. It was this golden fleece that the Greek hero Jason sought when he set out on his epic journey, recounted in the tale of the Argo expedition.

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TAURUS (The Bull)

PISCES (The Fishes)