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The Native Americans have fabulous stories on the astrological signs. Vance, our Wrestling Editor, has a collection of them he posted on my site. My favorite is the one Vance posted in 'The Hello Place', a thread in my forum:

Native American Starlore - The Native American Guide to the Constellations and their origins.

Title: Canoe Race
Tribe: Chinook
Region: Southwest Washington
Object: Orion
A big canoe (Orion's belt) and a small canoe (Orion's dagger) are in a race to see who can be the first to catch a salmon in the Big River (Milky Way). The little canoe is winning the race. Can you tell which star is the fish? It is the very bright star in the middle of the river (Sirius).

It is only in the last 80 years or so that man has come to any real understanding of his place in the cosmos.

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And where do you think the ancient peoples of the world got their info and drawings on the sun, moon and stars? They did not just make it up. Once you get back beyond 80 years in your 'studies' maybe you will see that man has known much about the cosmos and "his place in the cosmos" for centuries.