A large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism the Big Dipper and the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid
My father compounded with my mother under the dragon's tail, and my nativity was under ursa major.
A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism the Little Dipper and, as part of it, the northern pole star Polaris
a large constellation (=group of stars) near the North Pole, which can easily be seen from Earth. The seven brightest stars in Ursa Major are called the Plough (in the UK) or the Big Dipper (in the US)
A constellation having the shape of a ladle with Polaris at the tip of its handle. Also called Little Bear. a group of stars in the northern sky, close to Ursa Major, which can easily be seen from Earth, and which includes the Pole Star. It is also called the Little Bear or (in the US) the Little Dipper