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Topic: Precession of Equinox Question --- Where are the stars?
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karenkellybella
Knowflake Posts: 113
From: Atlanta, GA, USA
Registered: Mar 2015
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posted February 12, 2016 11:01 AM
  
I read something today that confounds me. According to wikipedia (which is flawed, at best) due to the precession of the equinox, the sun is in the constellation Aries during 'LATE APRIL TO MID MAY".....
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The First Point of Aries, the location of the vernal equinox, is named for the constellation. This is because the Sun crossed the celestial equator from south to north in Aries more than two millennia ago. Hipparchus defined it in 130 BC. as a point south of Gamma Arietis. Because of the precession of the equinoxes, the First Point of Aries has since moved into Pisces and will move into Aquarius by around 2600 AD. The Sun now appears in Aries from late April through mid May, though the constellation is still associated with the beginning of spring.
That is not what I've seen in the transit charts I've done on astro.com. Why? We always talk about how aspects must be within so many orbs and whatnot and what "planet X in sign Y" means....but are we using faulty data to begin with?? Please give me your thoughts and how to work with this knowledge that the stars have indeed shifted since the constellations and dates were laid out. For whatever reason, it makes me think of the line about finding the water bearer who will lead you into a new age... IP: Logged |
karenkellybella
Knowflake Posts: 113
From: Atlanta, GA, USA
Registered: Mar 2015
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posted February 16, 2016 12:30 AM
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