1. wether-male sheep especially a castrated one. genus Ovis, Ovis-sheep. sheep-woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat. bellwether-sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell.ether. n. 1. (Animals) a male sheep, esp a castrated one.
â The notion of the zodiac is very ancient, with roots in the early cultures of Mesopotamia. The first 12-sign zodiacs were named after the gods of these cultures. The Greeks adopted astrology from the Babylonians, and the Romans, in turn, adopted astrology from the Greeks.his is usually taken to be symbolic of the 12 tribes of Israel. This notion of 12 tribes, however, is itself a symbolic reference to the 12 signs of the zodiac in Babylonian astrology, which the Jews adopted whilst in exile in Babylon.
OPHIUCHUS â History of the new astrological sign. The Ophiuchus Zodiac Sign is the only known horoscope sign which is completely based on an actual person. The sign had its origins also based on a constellation also called âOphiuchusâ (Serpent-bearer in Greek).