They are aware that the stars are not equally elongated from 0° to 13°-20' and than another from 13"-20' to 26°-40' and so on. The Zodiac does not give the appearance of a circular wheel made of a cane with 27 rings in it. But the Zodiac is an imaginary pathway in the heavens. 360° in length and l5° in width with stars scattered all over, in and outside the Zodiac, and these appear as dots and not rods. The constellations selected by our sagas are either a group of stars or any single bright star, so that they can be first identified easily.

A few of them are in the Zodiac itself but the majority of the groups are around the constellations which are named after these groups. These stars (constellations) may be very close to the 27 divisions of the Zodiac or far away, and they may be either to the North or to the South of the Zodiac A few groups are very near and in the next constellation and yet they are chosen because they can be identified easily and they will be useful for reference and calculation to locate where a particular constellation would commance and end in the Heavens. Further, there is no other constellation within or near the zone which can be uimistakably identified. Therefore, these 27 stars are to guide us, so that we can calculate and ascertain the position of the 27 zones in the Zodiac, each measuring 13°-20.

These 27 constellation are governed by the 9 planets. Hence, each planet rules over three zones at an interval of 120 (e.g.) Dragon's tail. KETHU—Aswini, Makarn, Moolam. VENUS (Sukra)- Bharani, Pooram, Pooradam and so on. These zones modify the results of the planets transitting the Zodiac and not the stars, scattered in the Heavens which are far gway. "Planets-are the immediate neighbours of our Mother Earth and these belong to one family. Probably this is the reason why they have sellcted only 27 groups of stars even though there are numberless stars in the sky which can infiuence the earth as much as these 27 groups.

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