Sagittarius - Tales of the Zodiac

03/01/23 • 12 min

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To the ancient Babylonians, Sagittarius was a gate keeper of the underworld as the soul travelled through the cosmos, and through the Milky Way that acted as a road for the dead. Omens around this sign paint a pretty bleak picture with predictions of destruction, carnage for the land and warfare. How does the ancient race of half man half scorpion feature in the mythology of Sagittarius? What myths did the ancients attribute to this sign? And why is it linked to centaurs?

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