There are 12 signs in the modern zodiac.
Cancer
In the Chinese Zodiac legend, the cat was too busy sleeping to make his way to the big meeting. So it is not a zodiac animal.
It isn't part of a sign. The signs are the constellations of the Zodiac. The Big Dipper is part of the constellation, Ursa Major, the Great Bear, which isn't part of the zodiac.
There is an American zodiac and Chinese zodiac
There is both the Western Zodiac and the Chinese Zodiac. According to the Western Zodiac, she is a Virgo. According to the Chinese Zodiac, she is a Sheep.
Western Zodiac consists of different days, whilst Chinese Zodiac is about years.
12 Signs of the Zodiac
there is no such thing as the "Zodiac"!
The original Zodiac* was never caught. *Zodiac had at least three copycat killers using the Zodiac name.
Cygnus is not a constellation of the zodiac.
There is no denying that post WWII America was innundated with serial killers, the Zodiac was just one of many in a growing problem of stranger murder. The Zodiac got his share of press coverage, mostly due to his ciphers sent to police and press. He was unlike any other serial killer to date. The fact that he was not caught just added to the mystery of Zodiac. Almost half of a century since his crimes began, Zodiac is still one of the most recognized serial killers in history.
Sagittarius, which is latin for 'The Archer', is the ninth sign of the zodiac. It is named after the Sagittarius constellation.