How are zodiac signs and astrology related?

Answer 1

they are markers in the heavens for each sign The zodiac means animal circle cause the ancients discovered that people who were born under a sign acted like a particular animal In cosmological thinking the star patterns look like animals especially to prophets and psycics

Answer 2

They are related only because Astrophysics is the study of the stars and the universe and the Zodiac give us the name of the various groups of stars or constellations in the visible universe.

Astrophysics (Greek: Astro- meaning "star", and Greek: physis -- φύσις - meaning "nature") is the branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of the universe, including the physical properties of celestial objects, as well as their interactions and behavior.

Zodiac is derived from Latin zōdiacus, which in its turn comes from the Greek ζῳδιακὸς κύκλος (zōdiakos kuklos), meaning "circle of animals", derived from ζώδιον (zōdion), the diminutive of ζῶον (zōon) "animal". The name is motivated by the fact that half of the signs of the classical Greek zodiac are represented as animals

So the signs of the Zodiac have NO direct relation to Astrophysics.

Answer 3

A zodiacal constellation is a constellation that the ecliptic travels through.

Answer 4

they are stars