Silver Foil Decorates Graceful Zodiac Signs

From County Stamp Center's strange and unusual category comes a beautiful set of 4 mini sheetlets from Russia. Raised pictures and silver foil decorate these lovely portrayals of the signs of the zodiac. Click the post title to view and order from County Stamp Center.

Zodiac, aptly meaning "circle of little animals" in Greek, refers to 12 signs associated with Earth's yearly cycle and with constellations of stars that lie along the path of the Sun as it crosses the heavens. In the first millennium BC, Babylonian astronomers divided the Sun's path into 12 equal zones, the first known celestial coordinate system. Indo-European astrologers used the movement of the plants and the Sun through the 12 signs of the zodiac to explain and predict events on Earth. Our modern western astrological signs are simplifications of the ancient Greek characters used to represent each sign.

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