Zodiac of the tribes around the Tabernacle (reported in the Book of Numbers) corresponded to the order of the Zodiac, with Judah, Reuben, Ephraim, and Dan representing the middle signs of Leo, Aquarius, Taurus, and Scorpio, respectively. Such connections were taken up by Thomas Mann, who in his novel "Joseph and His Brothers" attributes characteristics of a sign of the zodiac to each tribe in his rendition of the Blessing of Jacob. The Babylonian star catalogs entered Greek astronomy in the 4th century BC, via Eudoxus of Cnidus. Babylonia or Chaldea in the Hellenistic world came to be so identified with
Sign of the Times (Slade song) key changes." Sign of the Times (Slade song) "Sign of the Times" is a song by the British rock band Slade, released in 1979 as the second single from the band's eighth studio album "Return to Base". It was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Slade. Having returned to the UK from the United States in 1976, Slade found themselves out-of-favour at the time of the UK's Punk rock explosion. The band's 1977 album "Whatever Happened to Slade" proved a commercial failure while their tour that spring had shown that they could no