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Originally Posted by A.DIM
Again, I disagree (whether or not you "know").
And actually, it is a solstice to which the 2012 date refers, not an equinox.
I misspoke.
None the less, as I said, and IMO, calculating such precise dates so far in advance is no small feat, especially when dealing with the spherical geomtery inherent in figuring precessional ages on Earth over thousands of years.... |
Actually it's a snap. The precession of the Earth's axis of rotation was well-known to early civilizations, if only through how the north celestial pole precessed through the various constellations. By 1000 CE such things had been nailed down by just unaided visual astronomy.
Too bad (but not unexpected that) the astrologers once left behind never caught up with the whole precession thing, thus resulting in their "zodiac signs" being 2000 years out of whack.
Meanwhile there's nothing extraordinary about the particular date other than it's yet another Winter Solstice. There's no "special alignment" whatsoever.
See my previous post on this.