Troublemane
Well-Known Member
Ive been messing around with an idea for a few years now, which i'd like to share with my friends here on RF. I thought you guys might find this intriguing.
I have devised a new calendrical system which would show exactly where the vernal point is, and where the sun is in relation to the actual sky. Astrologers dont like to talk about this, as their system is so far out of whack that when they say you are an aries you are really a pisces, taureans are really aries, and so forth. Its really horrible.
As an example of how my calendar would work, lets take today's date: Dec.28, 2008
In the proposed Astrological Calendar, this would be:
Age of Pisces 28th Degree, Year 64, Sol in Sagittarius, Day 10.
Or simplified to: Pisces 28.64, Sol Sag 10.
the calendar is different from all other calendars in this respect: the New Years day changes every 72 years. This is because of precession of the equinoxes, which is what throws the regular calendar and the zodiac signs out of synch. Heres where this system really tickles my cortex: the calendar itself (the position of the vernal point) is what tells you when to advance the calendar! How simple is that?
Here's how it works: We know the vernal point is in degree 28 of Pisces (if we figure on year 1 CE to be the start of the Age of Pisces, or Pisces 01.01), and every 72 years we know that the vernal point precesses 1 degree, then we know that when the calendar reaches Pisces 28.72, then next year it will roll over to Pisces 29 and start over at Year 1 again. (Pisces 29.01)
New Years day (and subsequently, the equinoxes) will precess also, since we are choosing the vernal point as our "New Years" point. This works to our advantage, as the New Years Day point is given to us BY THE VERNAL POINT ITSELF!!!! So the calendar tells us when to advance it. When the Sun is at the vernal point.
So.....New Years is the third day of Pisces, so long as the vernal point is 28* Pisces. When the Degree changes to Pisces 29.01, then New Years Day will shift back a day, and become Sol in Pisces 2. Using this calendar we'd say it's Pisces 28.72, Sol in Pisces 2 as the last day of degree 28, then the next day (Sol in Pisces 3) is the first day of Pisces 29 Year 1, Sol in Pisces 3----And when that happens, the vernal point shifts back a day, so the next New Years Day will be Pisces 29.02, Sol in Pisces 2.
Also, the calendar advances with the mundane calendar we have, regarding leap years, etc. Note that 2008 was a leap year (divisible by 4), and so is Year 64 of Pisces 28, so it will have 366 days instead of the usual 365.
The point is, the information is there in the calendar itself. My thought is that maybe, MAYBE, as people are able to see the slow progression of the earth/sun through the heavens, then this whole climate change thing thats slowly happening won't be such a surprise? People will begin to see life as not a steady progression of moments from an unknown past into an uncertain future, and realize time is a vast spiral, circling out into eternity, and YES we can see how we relate to the cosmic scheme, if we just choose to align our mundane concept of time with whats really going on overhead.
Its a thought anyways! :angel2:
OH! if you wanna see where the sun actually is in relation to the zodiac, heres a helpful link:
Your Sky
I have devised a new calendrical system which would show exactly where the vernal point is, and where the sun is in relation to the actual sky. Astrologers dont like to talk about this, as their system is so far out of whack that when they say you are an aries you are really a pisces, taureans are really aries, and so forth. Its really horrible.
As an example of how my calendar would work, lets take today's date: Dec.28, 2008
In the proposed Astrological Calendar, this would be:
Age of Pisces 28th Degree, Year 64, Sol in Sagittarius, Day 10.
Or simplified to: Pisces 28.64, Sol Sag 10.
the calendar is different from all other calendars in this respect: the New Years day changes every 72 years. This is because of precession of the equinoxes, which is what throws the regular calendar and the zodiac signs out of synch. Heres where this system really tickles my cortex: the calendar itself (the position of the vernal point) is what tells you when to advance the calendar! How simple is that?
Here's how it works: We know the vernal point is in degree 28 of Pisces (if we figure on year 1 CE to be the start of the Age of Pisces, or Pisces 01.01), and every 72 years we know that the vernal point precesses 1 degree, then we know that when the calendar reaches Pisces 28.72, then next year it will roll over to Pisces 29 and start over at Year 1 again. (Pisces 29.01)
New Years day (and subsequently, the equinoxes) will precess also, since we are choosing the vernal point as our "New Years" point. This works to our advantage, as the New Years Day point is given to us BY THE VERNAL POINT ITSELF!!!! So the calendar tells us when to advance it. When the Sun is at the vernal point.
So.....New Years is the third day of Pisces, so long as the vernal point is 28* Pisces. When the Degree changes to Pisces 29.01, then New Years Day will shift back a day, and become Sol in Pisces 2. Using this calendar we'd say it's Pisces 28.72, Sol in Pisces 2 as the last day of degree 28, then the next day (Sol in Pisces 3) is the first day of Pisces 29 Year 1, Sol in Pisces 3----And when that happens, the vernal point shifts back a day, so the next New Years Day will be Pisces 29.02, Sol in Pisces 2.
Also, the calendar advances with the mundane calendar we have, regarding leap years, etc. Note that 2008 was a leap year (divisible by 4), and so is Year 64 of Pisces 28, so it will have 366 days instead of the usual 365.
The point is, the information is there in the calendar itself. My thought is that maybe, MAYBE, as people are able to see the slow progression of the earth/sun through the heavens, then this whole climate change thing thats slowly happening won't be such a surprise? People will begin to see life as not a steady progression of moments from an unknown past into an uncertain future, and realize time is a vast spiral, circling out into eternity, and YES we can see how we relate to the cosmic scheme, if we just choose to align our mundane concept of time with whats really going on overhead.
Its a thought anyways! :angel2:
OH! if you wanna see where the sun actually is in relation to the zodiac, heres a helpful link:
Your Sky