AQUARIUS (the "

See also:

• WATER

Water-

See also:

• BEARER

bearer " or "

See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

Cup-bearer ")  , in astronomy, the eleventh sign of the zodiac (q.v.), situated between Capricornus and Pisces . Its symbol is =, representing part of a stream of water, probably in allusion to the fact that when the sun is in this part of the heavens (January, February) the weather is rainy . It is also a constellation mentioned by Eudoxus (4th century B.C.) and Aratus (3rd century s.c.); Ptolemy catalogued forty-five stars, Tycho Brahe forty-one, Hevelius forty-seven . Aquarii is a well-defined binary, having both components of the fourth magnitude; it is probably of long period .