Question:
About the zodiac signs, are they in the Talmud? Are the origins of the zodiac signs pagan? Is astrology followed in Judaism?
Answer:
Hello,
Yes, the zodiac signs are in the Talmud in Tractate Rosh Hashana 11, and in Maimonidies Laws of Kiddush Hachodesh. The Rabbis were world renowned astrologers, and experts in these topics. The main reason for it was that they needed to calculate when there would be a new moon. Nowadays, since we are not establishing the new moon and the new month according to these calculations, it isn’t practically relevant to us.
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