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Re: Uses of almanacs for astrology
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 Oct 20, 12:47 -0400
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 Oct 20, 12:47 -0400
On Oct 20, 2004, at 12:46 PM, George Huxtable wrote: >> Fred Hebard wrote: > >> "I don't know much about astrology, but the results of at least some >> of >> their computations correspond to the orientation of the heavens back >> in >> Roman times, not now. Thus, the first point of Aries is not now in >> Aries but between Pisces & Aquarius. This is due to the precession of >> the earth's orbit relative to the heavens. > > ==================== > > Now for a bit of pedantry. Yes, the Earth's orbit does move, VERY > slightly > and slowly, but the effect that Fred is referring to is precession of > the > Earth's AXIS, not its orbit. > I knew I was getting in trouble with the terminology in that post. Thanks for straightening it out and diverging into teaching a bit more about things astronomical. Fred