Once it gets dark enough in the evening the Milky Way will dominate the sky. This milky stream spans the sky from north to south. In and around it are some of the most famous constellations of the heavens.
Lets start in the south.
The constellations of the summer zodiac are low in the south. Sagittarius at that time is due south. Freely translated Sagittarius means the archer. However in Greek mythology, it wasn't just any archer, but a centaur named Chiron, who was master of the bow. A centaur was a creature, half man and half horse.