[Audio] . Signs of the Zodiac Common Constellations Aquarius: The Water Bearer In Greek mythology Aquarius was Ganymede, "cup- bearer to the gods". Alpha Aquarii ("Sadalmelik") and beta Aquarii ("Sadalsuud") are twin supergiants with nearly identical names. The names mean, respectively, "The Lucky One of the King" and "The Luckiest of the Lucky". Gamma Aquarii shares in the good fortune: "Sadachbia": "The Lucky Star of Hidden Things" Incidentally, if the "Age of Aquarius" was celebrated in the 1960s, the real event is still some 600 years off: at that time Aquarius will contain the vernal equinox, marking the return of the Sun into the northern celestial hemisphere.. 

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Signs of the Zodiac
Common Constellations
Aquarius: The Water Bearer
In Greek mythology Aquarius was Ganymede, "cup-
bearer to the gods". Alpha Aquarii ("Sadalmelik")
and beta Aquarii ("Sadalsuud") are twin supergiants
with nearly identical names. The names mean,
respectively, "The Lucky One of the King" and "The
Luckiest of the Lucky". Gamma Aquarii shares in the
good fortune: "Sadachbia": "The Lucky Star of
Hidden Things" Incidentally, if the "Age of Aquarius"
was celebrated in the 1960s, the real event is still
some 600 years off: at that time Aquarius will
contain the vernal equinox, marking the return of the
Sun into the northern celestial hemisphere.

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