Aries meaning

ârēz, ârē-ēz
The definition of Aries is a constellation located between the constellations of Pisces to the west and Taurus to the east.
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You can locate the constellation Aries in the northern hemisphere between latitudes +90 degrees and -60 degrees. To locate Aries: First look to the west and find the Seven Sisters, or the Pleiades cluster. Then, find Pegasus and look between them.
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Aries consists of a number of stars including: Botein, Hamal, Sheratan and Mesasthim.
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The brightest stars of Aries are in the ram’s head.
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The jumping or running ram is the animal sign for Aries; in fact, Aries is Latin for "ram."
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The Greeks attribute the naming of the constellation after a ram to celebrate the golden fleece of a ram that was highly sought after by Jason and the Argonauts for the magical powers that could give life to the dead.The Unicode symbol for Aries represents the horns and stands for renewal and fertility.

An example of Aries is the bright star of the ram's head in the constellation.

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A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Taurus and Pisces.
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A N constellation between Pisces and Taurus; the Ram.
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The first sign of the zodiac, entered by the sun about March 21
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A person born under this sign.
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A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Taurus and Pisces. Aries (the Ram) is the first sign of the zodiac.
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Translation software from HP that runs on Itanium computers. It allows PA-RISC applications originally written for HP 9000 computers to run natively on Itanium computers running HP's Unix (HP-UX) operating system. Aries provides a way to run legacy applications "as is" before they can be recompiled into native Itanium programs.Aries interprets PA-RISC instructions one at a time until it finds a code block that is executed a certain number of times. It then converts that code block into native IA-64 instructions and executes the native block the next time it is required. When the program is closed, the IA-64 code is discarded. See Itanium.
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(astronomy) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a ram.
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(astrology) The zodiac sign for the ram, ruled by Mars and covering March 21 - April 20 (tropical astrology) or April 15 - May 15 (sidereal astrology).
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Someone with an Aries star sign.
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The best viewing times are during the autumn and the winter.
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Origin of aries

  • Middle English zodiacal sign Aries from Latin ariēs ram, zodiacal sign Aries

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin aries (“ram”).

    From Wiktionary

Aries Sentence Examples

  • It is composed of the stars in the head of Aries, and is figured by a horse's head.

  • A ram frequently stamped on coins of Antiochus, with head reverted towards the moon and a star (the planet Mars), signified Aries to be the lunar house of Mars.

  • Her southern and eastern bound- boundaries were further defined by a series of minor aries.

  • The institution is now called the Escola Nacional de Bellas Aries.

  • Cities and kingdoms were allotted to their several patronage on a system fully expounded by Manilius: Hos erit in fines orbis pontusque notandus, Quem Deus in partes per singula dividit astra, Ac sua cuique dedit tutelae regna per orbem, Et proprias gentes atque urbes addidit altas, In quibus exercent praestantia sidera vires.s Syria was assigned to Aries, and Syrian coins frequently bear the effigy of a ram; Scythia and Arabia fell to Taurus, India to Gemini.

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