to which kings and other powerful figures are attached.

Origins

The origin of the word is from the "wheel of fortune"--the zodiac, referring to the Celestial spheres of which the 8th holds the stars, and the 9th is where the signs of the zodiac are placed. The concept was first invented in Babylon and later developed by the ancient Greeks, with early references from Cicero's In Pisonem.

Cicero wrote:

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