This graph is viewed from the extension of the Earth's axis of rotation and rotated until the solstices are aligned horizontally.
The constellations of the zodiac appear as a reminder of the Geocentric theory that claimed that the Earth was the center of the Universe. In fact, we still commonly use that theory to refer to cosmic phenomena.
☚ This is the approximate shape of the real earth's orbit more like a circle than an ellipse.
The eccentricity of our model causes certain impressions such as:
╸At the equinoxes the centers of the earth and the sun do not coincide in the profile view and should coincide.
╸The active zodiac constellation is sometimes not aligned with the centers of the Sun and Earth in the corresponding place and should be.