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
Cancer (astrology) mythical creature. Cancer exists in the Red (Vermillion) Bird of the south. It is associated with summer. In Dante's "Paradiso", he makes reference to Cancer, writing: Cancer is figured in Giovanni Maria Falconetto's 1517 painting, "Cancer", as the guardian of the city of Verona. The Cancer symbol is also depicted in Agostino di Duccio's sculpture "View of Rimini Under the Sign of Cancer" (1450). Cancer (astrology) Cancer (♋️) is the fourth astrological sign in the Zodiac, originating from the constellation of Cancer. It spans 90° and 120° celestial longitude. Under the tropical zodiac, the Sun transits this area between approximately