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The Origin of the Zodiac

June 21, 2019February 7, 2020 Ant 5 Comments 360-day calendar, abraham, administrative calendar, agriculture, astrometeorology, Babylonian zodiac, declination, enlil, equinox, ideal calendar, length of day, manilius, minas, parapegmata, phases of the fixed stars, precession, prophetic year, schematic calendar, sidereal, sirius, solar year, solstice, triangulum, tropical, vettius valens, zodiac, zodiac history, zodiacal releasing

Introduction In a prior article, I discussed the history of the tropical zodiac. That article was centered on the research

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How Old is the Tropical Zodiac?

March 20, 2019February 1, 2020 Ant 3 Comments antikythera, callippus, equinox, euctemon, Eudoxus, Geminos, geminus, hpparchus, kallippos, Neugebauer, ptolemy, sidereal, solstice, tropical, tropical zodiac, Valens, zodiac

Introduction The original regular twelve-sign zodiac was a Babylonian invention. It was strongly shaped by both the tropical year of

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Planetary Days and Hours in Hellenistic Astrology

January 25, 2019February 1, 2020 Ant 7 Comments 360 day year, alexandrian, calendar, days of the week, egyptian, mechir 13, planetary days, planetary hours, planetary months, planetary years, Valens, valens birth chart, weekdays, zodiacal releasing

The Days of the Week Why is the day of Mercury (Wednesday) followed by the day of Jupiter (Thursday), rather

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Why Use the Tropical Zodiac?

December 21, 2018February 1, 2020 Ant 8 Comments ayanamsa, ayanamsha, Babylonian astrology, fagan-bradley, Francesca Rochberg, Geminos, Hipparchus, Mesopotamian, Neugebauer, origins of tropical zodiac, ptolemy, sidereal, signs, system A, system B, tropical, zodiac, zodiac origins

Introduction: Contentious Choices The practice of astrology is riddled with contentious choices. Which one of the dozens of house systems