The

zodiac The zodiac is a belt-shaped region of the sky that extends approximately 8° north and south celestial latitude of the ecliptic – the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year. Within this zodiac ...

is a coordinate system of twelve "signs", based on twelve constellations used in astronomy and astrology. Zodiac may also refer to:

Amusement park rides

* Zodiac (ride), a ride at Thorpe Park, United Kingdom * Zodiac, a double Ferris wheel

Film

* ''

Zodiac-films The ''Zodiac''-films is a series of six feature films from 1973–78, which forms part of the wave of erotic films from Denmark. The Six films are connected by a zodiac-starsign in the title of each film. They were produced by the film company Hap ...

'', a 1970s series of Danish erotic films * ''The Zodiac Killer'' (film), 1971 film about the Zodiac Killer, released while the serial murderer was still actively sending letters * '' Zodiac Rapist'' (1971), a pornographic horror film loosely based on the crimes of the Zodiac Killer * ''The Zodiac'' (film), a 2005 film by Alexander Buckley about the Zodiac Killer * ''

Curse of the Zodiac ''Curse of the Zodiac'' is a 2007 American horror film from Lionsgate, written and directed by Ulli Lommel, inspired by the true story of the hunt for a notorious serial killer known as "Zodiac" who claimed responsibility for the still unsolved mu ...

'' (2007) horror film, a loose retelling of the original murders * ''Zodiac'' (film), a 2007 film by David Fincher based on a book about the Zodiac Killer * '' Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse'', a 2014 Canadian science fiction disaster television film *''

Awakening the Zodiac ''Awakening the Zodiac'' is a 2017 Canadian mystery crime drama film directed by Jonathan Wright and starring Shane West and Leslie Bibb. Premise A couple buy a storage unit, finding evidence of the Zodiac Killer and try to solve the case. Cast ...

'' (2017), a mystery drama about the Zodiac Killer

Literature

* ''Zodiac'' (true crime book), a 1986 book by Robert Graysmith about the Zodiac Killer * ''Zodiac'' (novel), a 1988 novel by Neal Stephenson about environmentalism * '' Short Trips: Zodiac'' (2002), an anthology about ''Doctor Who'' *

Zodiac (comics) Zodiac is the name of different groups of fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The first version of the Zodiac made up of humans appears in '' The Avengers'' #72 (Jan. 1970) and wa ...

, several groups of supervillains in the Marvel Universe * Zodiacs (''Hunter × Hunter''), a group of characters in the manga series ''Hunter × Hunter''

Music

Artists

* Zodiac (German band), a German hard/blues rock band *

Zodiac (Latvian band) Zodiac (, ) was a Latvian space disco band active in the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic between 1980 and 1992. The band was extremely popular in the Soviet Union and has been credited by critics as the Soviet answer to the French band Space wh ...

, a Soviet, then Latvian musical group *

Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs were an American doo-wop/ R&B vocal group in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Originally the (Royal) Charms, the band changed its name to the Gladiolas in 1957 and the Excellos in 1958, before finally settling o ...

, an American vocal group

Albums

* ''Zodiac'' (Cecil Payne album) * ''Zodiac'' (Electric Six album) (2010) * ''Zodiac'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack from the 2007 film * '' The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds'', a 1967 psychedelic concept album

Songs

* "Zodiac", a song by Yaron Chadad representing

Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 Israel was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "", composed by Kobi Oshrat, with lyrics by Ehud Manor, and performed by Dafna Dekel. The Israeli participating broadcaster, the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), select ...

* "Zodiac", a 1999 song by

Richie Havens Richard Pierce Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music encompassed elements of folk music, folk, soul music, soul (both of which he frequently cover song, covered), and rhythm and b ...

from ''Time'' * "Zodiac", a song by

Ryan Leslie Anthony Ryan Leslie (born September 25, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. Working predominantly in contemporary R&B and hip hop, he has released six studio albums and written songs for artists ...

* "The Zodiac", a song by

Kamelot Kamelot is an American power metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed by Thomas Youngblood in 1987. The Norwegian vocalist Roy Khan joined for the album '' Siége Perilous'', and shared songwriting credit with Youngblood until his departure in A ...

* "Zodiacs", a song by

Roberta Kelly Roberta Kelly (born November 23, 1942) is an American disco and urban contemporary gospel singer who scored three hits on the US ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Songs, Hot Dance Music/Club Play record chart, chart between 1976 ...

* "Zodiac", a song by

Melvins Melvins (sometimes the Melvins) are an American rock band formed in 1983 in Montesano, Washington. Their early work was key to the development of both grunge and sludge metal. Primarily a trio, they have also performed as a quartet, with eith ...

* "Zodiac", a song by God Is an Astronaut from their self-titled album * "Zodiac", a song by

Macabre In works of art, the adjective macabre ( or ; ) means "having the quality of having a grim or ghastly atmosphere". The macabre works to emphasize the details and symbols of death. The term also refers to works particularly gruesome in natu ...

from their album

Sinister Slaughter ''Sinister Slaughter'' is the second full-length album by American death metal band Macabre (band), Macabre and was released in 1993 by Nuclear Blast Records. The cover artwork is a parody on the Beatles album ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club ...

Music venues and labels

* The Zodiac, a former name of the

O2 Academy Oxford The O2 Academy Oxford is a night club and live music venue in Oxford, England, operated by Academy Music Group. Its previous names include the Coop Hall, the Oxford Venue, the Zodiac and the Carling Academy Oxford. History Oxford Co-operative ...

, a nightclub and music venue in Oxford, England *

Zodiac Records (New Zealand) Zodiac Records was a New Zealand based label founded in 1950. It was originally owned by Stebbing Recording and Sound, Ltd.(until 1965) then Zodiac Records Ltd., headquartered in Auckland; the company also released both 78s and 45s. Artists that ...

, a record label *

Zodiac Records Zodiac Records has been the name of at least six different record label "Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of Sound recording and reproduction, music recordings and music videos, or the ...

, a list of record labels *

Zodiak Free Arts Lab The Zodiak Free Arts Lab, sometimes known as the "Zodiak Club" or "Zodiac Club", was a short-lived but highly influential experimental live music venue, founded in the then West Berlin in spring 1968 by German artists/musicians Conrad Schnitzler ( ...

, an experimental music venue in West Berlin

Organizations

Orange County Zodiac Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower ** Orange juice *Orange (colour), the color of an orange fruit, occurs between red and yellow in the vi ...

, a former American soccer team *

Zodiac Aerospace Zodiac Aerospace was a French aerospace group, active from 1896 to 2018, that supplied systems and equipment for aircraft. In October 2018, it was acquired by French aerospace and defense company Safran. History Aeronautic foundations (1896 ...

, a former corporation specializing in the production of aerosafety systems, part of

Safran Safran S.A. () is a French Multinational corporation, multinational aerospace, defence industry, defence and computer security, security corporation headquartered in Paris. It designs, develops and manufactures both commercial and military airc ...

Zodiac Entertainment Zodiac Entertainment was an American entertainment company that specialized in the production and distribution of animated cartoons. The company was founded in 1989 by Central Independent Television, a British media company that was aiming to esta ...

, an American television production/distribution company *

Zodiac Nautic Zodiac Nautic, formerly Zodiac Marine & Pool, then Zodiac Marine, is a French company known for their inflatable boats. Originating as an airship company, the boating division was split off from the aerospace-focused Zodiac Group in 2007. In Fr ...

, a corporation specializing in the production of ''Zodiac'' rigid inflatable boats *

Zodiac Milpro Zodiac Milpro Group, formerly Zodiac Military and Professional, headquartered in Paris, France, is a company that manufactures inflatable boats and rigid hull inflatable boats for the emergency services, military and professional users, including ...

, a company producing rigid inflatable boats for military and professional clients *

Zodiac Watches Zodiac Watches, or simply Zodiac, is an American brand of Swiss-made watches founded in 1882 by Ariste Calame in Le Locle, Switzerland. The company mostly focuses on its dive watches through its Sea Wolf line, one of the first modern dive watc ...

, a brand of watches

Places

* Zodiac, a climbing route on the

El Capitan El Capitan (; ) is a vertical Rock formations in the United States, rock formation in Yosemite National Park, on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end. The El Capitan Granite, granite monolith is about from base to summit alo ...

rock formation in Yosemite Valley * Zodiac, Missouri * Zodiac Springs, a spring in Missouri *

Zodiac, Texas Zodiac is a vanished Mormon settlement established in 1847 on the Pedernales River, located southeast of Fredericksburg, in Gillespie County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The area it was located on eventually converted to private acreage, and n ...

Transport

AMD Zodiac The Zodiac is a family of Canadian all-metal, two-seat, fixed landing gear airplanes that first flew in 1984. The aircraft have been produced as kits and completed aircraft by Zenair in Canada and Zenith Aircraft Company in the US.Vanderme ...

, a light sport aircraft * Zephyr Zodiac, the luxury variant of the

Ford Zephyr The Ford Zephyr is an executive car manufactured by Ford of Britain from 1950 until 1972. The Zephyr and its luxury variants, the Ford Zodiac and Ford Executive, were the largest passenger cars in the British Ford range from 1950 until their r ...

line of cars *

Zodiac inflatable boat Zodiac Nautic, formerly Zodiac Marine & Pool, then Zodiac Marine, is a French company known for their inflatable boats. Originating as an airship company, the boating division was split off from the aerospace-focused Zodiac Group in 2007. In F ...

Zodiac (schooner) ''Zodiac'' is a two-masted schooner designed by William Hand (yacht designer), William H. Hand, Jr. for Robert Wood Johnson II, Robert Wood Johnson and John Seward Johnson I, J. Seward Johnson, heirs to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceuticals fortu ...

, a historic schooner homeported in Seattle, Washington, USA

Other uses

* The

Zodiac Killer The Zodiac Killer is the pseudonym of an unidentified serial killer who murdered five known victims in the San Francisco Bay Area between December 1968 and October 1969. The case has been described as "arguably the most famous unsolved murder ...

, an unidentified serial killer in the San Francisco area, California *

Heriberto Seda Heriberto "Eddie" Seda (born July 31, 1967), often referred to as The New York Zodiac or The Brooklyn Sniper, is an American serial killer who was active in New York City from 1990 through 1993. He fatally shot three people and wounded six others ...

, a serial killer known as the "New York Zodiac Killer" *

Brutus Beefcake Edward Harrison Leslie (born April 21, 1957) is an American retired professional wrestler, best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) under the ring name Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake. He later worked for World Champ ...

or "the Zodiac", American retired professional wrestler *

Tapwave Zodiac The Tapwave Zodiac is a mobile entertainment console and personal digital assistant. Tapwave announced the system in May 2003 and began shipping in October of that same year. The Zodiac was designed to be a high-performance mobile entertainment s ...

, a palmtop computer *

Zodiac (cipher) In cryptography, Zodiac is a block cipher designed in 2000 by Chang-Hyi Lee for the Korean firm SoftForum. Zodiac uses a 16-round Feistel network structure with key whitening. The round function uses only XORs and S-box lookups. There are two 8 ...

, a Korean encryption algorithm * '' Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey'', a video game