02:19 · The ideogram is most commonly known as the sign of Aries, the zodiac sign represented by the ram. As an astrological and astronomical sign denotes both the part of the space against which the sun is seen moving during the period from around March 21 to around April  19 each year, and this particular period of time. It is related to the fiery element in the astrological symbolism of the elements, and as such refers to persons whose feelings are easily aroused: temperamental personality types. A person born during this period in all probability has a temperament characterized by dynamic creativity and a tendency to perceive the environment in terms of intuitions of the opportunities it may mean.
    See in Group 28 for further facts about the astrological elements.
     belongs to , the cardinal signs. This is the quadruplicity of the sun signs beginning at the solstices and equinoxes: , and . If one happens to be born in one of the cardinal signs, i.e. has one's sun in it, or has the moon and many planets in such a sign, astrologers believe that one is more aggressive and pioneering than others. Look up "quadruplicities" in the Word Index to get information about this concept of astrology.
    The planet Mars (see in Group 42) is the so-called ruler of Aries. The planets , the sun, and , Jupiter, are considered well placed in , whereas , Venus, and , Saturn, as psychological functions, do not work smoothly when placed in Aries.
    , the ram with its horns, is very prominent and important in the mythology of antiquity and in the architecture of that epoch. The Greek hero Jason tried to bring home the golden fleece of the ram, and some very old temples in Egypt are approached by walks surrounded by statues of rams. There are also sfinxes with rams' heads.
    See the section "The symbolism of the astrological ages," in the Appendices, for more data in this respect.
    The symbol has been used in mythological contexts since at least 5,000 years in the Euphrate-Tigris and the Nile areas, where it often had the form . In ancient China the similar sign is found carved in a rockface about 3,600-3,100 years ago. As an Egyptian hieroglyph was a pictorial glyph for the uterus of a heifer, and was first used to signify cow and vulva. Semiotically the ideogram illustrates the idea one becoming two in the same way as its "graphical opposite", , illustrates the idea two becoming one.