Zodiac Constellations and Their Brightest Stars
and distance from earth (light yrs)
Aries- Hamal (65.8 light yrs) Derived from Arabic meaning of "head of the ram".
Taurus- Aldebaran (65 light yrs) Arabic meaning "the follower".
Gemini- Pollux (33.78 light yrs) Reference to the twin sons Castor and Pollux of Leda, one of Zeus’s lovers.
Cancer- Altarf (290 light yrs) Arabic meaning “end” or “edge”.
Leo- Regulus (79 light yrs) Latin for “little king” or “prince”.
Virgo- Spica (260.9 light yrs) Derived from Latin “spīca virginis”- "the virgin's ear of [wheat] grain".
Libra- Zubeneschamali (185 light yrs) Arabic for “the northern claw”.
Scorpio- Antares (470 light yrs) Derived from Ancient Greek meaning “equal to Ares” due to its reddish hue.
Sagittarius- Kaus Australis (143 light yrs) Kaus comes from Arabic qaws meaning “bow” and Latin australis meaning “southern”.
Capricorn- Deneb Algedi (39 light yrs) Derived from the Arabic meaning for “tail of the goat”.
Aquarius- Sadalsuud (540 light yrs). From the Arabic expression “luck of lucks”.
Pisces- Kullat Nunu (294 light yrs) Babylonian reference to the cord connecting the fish.
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