Aquarius
the water-bearer
Today this word meansA broad, dim constellation of the autumn sky.
It is Ganymede, the boy carried off by an eagle to pour wine for the gods.
The stream from his jar is drawn flowing into the mouth of Piscis Austrinus, the Southern Fish.
Mesopotamia saw this region as a god pouring water — the season overlapped the rains, so the water imagery came first.