"It is this point of intersection, this zero reference point, which is precessing slowly along the Ecliptic in the reverse direction through the Zodiac as the Earth's axis wobbles. It might be visualized as if, in Figure 1, the Zodiacal constellations (i.e., the whole sky of stars) were to be slowly moving upward and to the left along the slanted Ecliptic while the Equinox point remained stationary.
Fortunately the precessional motion is extremely slow or the Vernal Point would not be much good as a stable reference point. The movement is about 50 seconds of arc per year, less than 1/60th o…
Claim: Extremely rare natural phenomenon with extremely long periods + insane amount of obsfucation, metaphor, fiction, hyperbole and stuff records as traditions, written or other forms-> mythology
Conclusion: Science is MUCH better at comminucation of observations of natural phenomenon
My opinion on astrology: I don't think rare astronomical phenomenon causes great changes to happen. Technically yes, it does affect us to some extent (but perhaps not more than "Wow, this phenomenon is rare and very cool, mysterious", and then people is then motivated by that awe to do some action. If something big happens afterwards, it is most likely a concidence, rather than the rare astronomical event causes people to act that way)
Rather the picture is more like: There are some astronomical phenomenon with a very long period, and that is useful for some kind of timekeeping, provided it is sufficiently accurate
"Recognizing that mythology and religion may be overly interpreted as historical rather than as transcendent or spiritual truth, the safest thing to say is that these persons certainly could have existed but that the Monomyth is primary and does not require the physical existence of human avatars even though it may be written as a story about exactly that. It exists as a universal instruction or guide in its own right with or without human embodiments.
It seems that the lives of certain individuals may fall into the Monomyth pattern, however, and become associated with it. "
I am glad in the 21 st century, we don't use that many myths to encode information, otherwise it is very easily distorted. But a deeper question arise. How will our far future descendants interpret our archive of knowledge of the whole humanity, given that context changes with time and culture slowly
"There is no problem, however, in determining the exact time of the end of the Age of Pisces and the beginning of the New Age of Aquarius. It is necessary, however, to first determine, as before, the correct "window of opportunity." "
No, we scientist don't allow such imprecise error bounds
"We can assume that the World Monomyth will need another revision but will tell the same eternal story in a new updated way, somehow utilizing the symbols associated with the constellations of the Water Carrier and its opposite, Leo, the Lion. Perhaps the hero of this Age will be born of or raised by a lion and have a career in water conservation. "
I wonder how will the monomyth adapt when in the year 2400, the constellation of picasis and taurus overlap thus the vernal equinox will be located in both constellations, hence in astrological terms will probably mean two ages overlapping each other...?
Either it means this supposingly periodic phenomenon is not quite periodic enough to serve its timekeeping role, or it means a new interpretation is needed
But I guess more relevantly, 2400 years is such a long time away. Given the rapid changes in our society, it is unsure if humanlity can survive that far, or would have already wipe itself out due to some major conflicts earlier. There's also the possibility that jupiter and saturn might be knocked out into new orbits by some event, rendering the whole system of celestial sphere (as we currently understood) useless