, ▁the ▁daily ▁positions ▁of ▁a ▁planet ▁were ▁not ▁as ▁important ▁as ▁the ▁ast ro log ically ▁significant ▁dates ▁when ▁the ▁planet ▁crossed ▁from ▁one ▁z odia cal ▁sign ▁to ▁the ▁next . ▁ ▁Heb rew ▁astronom y ▁and ▁ast ro log y ▁ ▁Know ledge ▁of ▁the ▁Bab yl onian ▁z od iac ▁is ▁also ▁reflected ▁in ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁Bible ; ▁E . ▁W . ▁Bull inger ▁interpreted ▁the ▁cre atures ▁appearing ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁of ▁E zek iel ▁as ▁the ▁middle ▁signs ▁of ▁the ▁ 4 ▁qu arters ▁of ▁the ▁Z od iac , ▁with ▁the ▁Lion ▁as ▁Leo , ▁the ▁Bull ▁is ▁T aur us , ▁the ▁Man ▁representing ▁Aqu arius ▁and ▁the ▁E agle ▁representing ▁Sc or pio . ▁Some ▁authors ▁have ▁linked ▁the ▁twelve ▁tribes ▁of ▁Israel ▁with ▁the ▁same ▁signs , ▁and / or ▁the ▁lun ar ▁Heb rew ▁calendar ▁having ▁ 1 2 ▁lun ar ▁months ▁in ▁a ▁lun ar ▁year . ▁Martin ▁and ▁others ▁have ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁arrangement ▁of ▁the ▁tribes ▁around ▁the ▁Tab ern acle ▁( report ed ▁in ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Num bers ) ▁correspond ed ▁to ▁the ▁order ▁of ▁the ▁Z od iac , ▁with ▁Jud ah , ▁Re uben , ▁E ph ra im , ▁and ▁Dan ▁representing ▁the ▁middle ▁signs ▁of ▁Leo , ▁Aqu arius , ▁T aur us , ▁and ▁Sc or pio , ▁respectively . ▁Such ▁connections ▁were ▁taken ▁up ▁by ▁Thomas ▁Mann , ▁who ▁in ▁his ▁novel ▁Joseph ▁and ▁His ▁Brothers ▁attributes ▁characteristics ▁of ▁a