Zodiac Spirit Animals

Each zodiac sign has a primary animal — but the reading depends entirely on which tradition you're standing in. Babylonian astrology (MUL.APIN), Greek catasterism myths (Aratus, Ovid's Fasti), Vedic jyotisha, and the modern New Age synthesis (Ted Andrews, Animal Speak, 1993) each assign different meanings to the same twelve signs. This hub gives each sign its own primary-source treatment and names the Andrews reading separately from the ancient sources.

The modern 'zodiac spirit animal' concept is largely a 20th-century composite. Each spoke page names where the assigned animal actually comes from — and distinguishes ancient source from modern synthesis so readers can choose which tradition speaks to them.