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Astronomer: zodiac signs 'may be wrong' due to Earth's orbit shift - (Article)From: Nnonnth
Subject: General
Date/Time 2011-01-21 07:16:46
Remote IP: 92.12.25.213
MessageThis is not only not news to astronomers, it's also not news to astrologers in the West, nor in India. (China I don't know about.)
In the West most astrology is Tropical astrology which does indeed not factor precession. But there are many arguments by Tropical astrologers why that still works. There is also however a movement towards so-called 'Sidereal astrology' which gives you a different sign as noted, and also works somewhat differently. In the west the most important sidereal astrologer is probably Kenneth Bowser. He claims the Babylonians thought sidereally and it's only during the Ptolemaic era that the sun signs became fixed in date.
Don't miss the Dawkinsian undertone in the reporting -- culturally speaking that is the real story.
Debate between sidereal and western schools
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