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Aries Aries Chart displaying zodiac signs with symbols, names, and date ranges for Aries through Pisces on colorful backgrounds. Constellation Finder tool displaying labeled constellations in the Northern Hemisphere, with a circular star map and search options on the left. The constellation Aries (the Ram) and others, from Johann E. Bode's Uranographia, 1801. The constellation Musca (the Fly) shown here is obsolete: the modern constellation Musca is in the southern skies. Signs of the zodiac Circular zodiac wheel showing the twelve astrological signs with symbols, illustrations, and date ranges. The chart includes elemental groups—fire, earth, air, and water—and gender symbols for masculine and feminine signs on a dark purple background.
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Aries: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Added media. May 11, 2026
Invalidated site: Encyclopedia Romana - Aries, the Ram. Sep 22, 2025
Add new Web site: NSF NOIRLab - Aries. Jun 16, 2025
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Romana - Aries, the Ram. Apr 19, 2024
Media removed. Feb 22, 2024
Added interactive. Feb 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Space.com - Aries constellation: Facts, location and myth. Sep 04, 2023
Media added. Apr 20, 2023
Add new Web site: The Planets - Aries Constellation � All Things Related to the Celestial Ram. Apr 02, 2023
Corrected display issue. Jun 15, 2021
Media added. Jan 16, 2019
Add new Web site: Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand - Aries. Mar 31, 2017
Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Aries Zodiac Sign. Sep 27, 2013
Add new Web site: ILoveIndia.com - Aries. Sep 27, 2013
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Aries. Sep 27, 2013
Added mention of Hamal. Aug 23, 2010
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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