"Dog Days are approaching; you must, therefore, make both hay and haste while the Sun shines, for when old Sirius takes command of the weather, he is such an unsteady, crazy dog, there is no ...

As the Earth swings along in its orbit about the sun, the sun appears from Earth to move through the heavens, projecting itself onto the backdrop of stars and constellations that compose the zodiac.

Every story needs a star, and this one starts with Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. Sirius is part of the constellation Canis Major, or the Great Dog. Since Sirius is so prominent in Canis ...