zodiac

1.[sing]黄道带（天球上的十二个等份区，各有其名称和符号，日、月、行星分布其中）the imaginary area in the sky in which the sun, moon and planets appear to lie, and which has been divided into twelve equal parts each with a special name and symbol

1.【天】黄道带;黄道十二宫图;〈罕〉一圈

1.a narrow band in the sky in which the movements of the major planets, Sun, and Moon take place, astrologically divided into twelve sections named for the major constellations

2.a chart linking twelve constellations to twelve divisions of the year, used as the astrologer's main tool for analyzing character and predicting the future

3.a set of things or a sequence of events that repeats itself cyclically