Word origin · etymology
Latin constellation and sign name.
Sagittarius means archer, from the Latin word family for arrows.
How we know · epistemology
Zodiac convention with traditional symbolism
Sagittarius is the ninth equal sector and is traditionally mutable fire. Its symbol and classification supply a cultural vocabulary; they do not demonstrate that people with this placement share a need to travel or a particular philosophy.
Deborah Houlding: absolute zodiac longitude ↗Ptolemy: Tetrabiblos I.4–24, Robbins translation ↗Astrodienst: The four Elements and the Signs (practitioner account) ↗
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