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Entire zodiac belt only exists because the major planets happen to orbit on roughly the same flat solar plane

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The mystical 'Zodiac' is honestly just a byproduct of gravitational laziness. The solar system formed from a spinning disk of dust, meaning all the planets orbit the Sun on roughly the same flat 2D plane (the ecliptic). From our perspective, they all seem to march single-file through the exact same narrow band of constellations. The magic of the zodiac is literally just basic planetary traffic lanes.

Entire zodiac belt only exists because the major planets happen to orbit on roughly the same flat solar plane
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