Located or occurring outside the zodiac; not within the band of constellations that crosses Earth's ecliptic plane.
From extra- (outside) + zodiacal (relating to zodiac, from Greek zodiakos meaning 'relating to animals'). The zodiac traces the path of the sun and planets through specific constellations.
Extrazodiacal stars like Polaris (the North Star) don't lie in the zodiac band, so astrology completely ignores them—but they're incredibly important for navigation and were more reliable for finding north than any zodiacal constellation!
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