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Need help deciding if I should sell my horse. I realize that this is extremely long, but I could really use some help/advice please
I have a beautiful paint mare, Snickers, who is about 7 years old. I've had her since I was 13 and she was 3, my first horse. When we first got her, she was the sweetest horse I'd ever been around, and had consistent good behavior. She rode better and had better ground manners than my uncles 24 year old mare that he had been working with for over 20 years. My uncle was the one helping me train her, as I was one of those people who wanted to train their very first horse (as I realize now was a very stupid idea). After about 4 months, she started biting and occasionally cow kicking when I was working with her. My uncle and I were trying to be consistent with getting her to stop, although sometimes she would surprise me and I would forget what I was supposed to do when she did those things. Her ground manners went down the drain, but in the saddle she was still a perfect little angel at the time. A little wile after that, she stopped responding when I was lunging her. What went from a 5 time a week start to training suddenly turned into her threatening me in any way she could and would not listen to my commands. She would work with my uncle, but never me. After 8 months of riding her, my uncle could no longer take me riding with him and help me with training her. When we got a second horse, DJ, for my mother to ride (which I admit was very stupid when I already had a horse that I couldn't handle. Especially since the new horse was only 2 years old.) things got progressively worse. Over the next few years, I didn't have much time to work with them because of family issues. The new horse was well behaved, and for two years he as also very good under the saddle. Over the course of March to Mid-June of 2012, I had more time to spend with the horses and would often spend hours on end with them, until these behaviors began, and even less after they became dangerous for me to be around them. After that DJ has become an unpredictable horse. When tied he used to be able to sit there for hours, but now he would rear back, and break his halter then continue to run up and down the roads, and wouldn't stop to think about barreling over anybody in his way. When riding, he would randomly buck and rear out of control, with no provocation. Not knowing how to deal with that, we let a good friend of ours work with him. This guy kept him for an extra month than planned, trying to get him to stop these things, but he couldn't do anything. We sold him in July. (Yes this may seem off topic, but I think it ties in later hopefully) (One note about DJ, I will admit that I did not spend much time with him. He was my mothers horse, and we always fought over him when he was well behaved. In the end, spending time with him got me in a fight with my mother, so I stopped. Of course, she never spent time with him unless it was feeding him.) Snickers in the last year, started being very well behaved when on the ground, when I was working with her in late spring. She would let me handle her, and being careful when working in a few areas kept her from biting or kicking, and she was respecting my space. Of course I could not ride her that often as I had when I first got her. In mid-June, when I was able to start my yearly riding lessons, she suddenly became that terrible horse again. She would bite and kick and the worst habits showed up. She would rear up whenever I asked her to something she didn't want to, and when on the ground, she would rush at me head on whenever she wasn't tied. I was most scared of the rearing, we were all scared she might fall back on me, and being 105 pounds, I probably would not survive a fill like that.At this point my riding instructor told me that she two should probably be sold also. Snickers and DJ were incredibly buddy bound, and when being worked with they would not go more than ten feet from each other. Although after a week of DJ being away from her, Snickers always turned around went back to acting like that well behaved horse I had before we got DJ, still with some biting problems however. After DJ had been gone for a week when we sold him, Snickers stopped biting and kicking when tied. It took a few weeks until I could bring myself to work with her on the ground, out of not only my own fear but my mothers also. Snickers was working very well for a month or two until I started having family issues and again couldnt work with her as much, and as of now shes been, for lack of better words, put up for the winter until either spring or we sell her. I never could bring myself to ride her after the last few incidents we had. Even with all of the trouble I've had with her, she was my first horse, I love her, and I dont want to sell her. Her being better this last week or so has just made me think that there may be hope for her, if I could get help with someone and work with her more once spring comes. I dont know if its worth the trouble to keep her and pay for her feed when its just a gamble of whether or not she will get better or worse. I dont know exactly why I want to keep her so much, most likely because of all of the things she helped me get through since I last got her, and how important a role in my life shes played. We have bought a new horse in July. We did our research before we got him, unlike when we got the other two. He had already been trained to be a mounted shooting horse, and has behaved amazingly under anything we have thrown at him. We originally bought him for my mother, but after being told to sell Snickers, he has become mine (Partially because I was the only one who ever spent time with him.) Its probably obvious that I should sell her. Going to the trouble of writing this is probably just going to bring people making fun of me not being good with horses, telling me not to work with them, or to just sell her anyways. Although, I do thank anybody who read this entire thing, however, and I am extremely grateful to anybody who has something to say on this. I would love to keep her, because even though me and my mom fought over DJ, horses are the only thing weve ever bonded over, and it would be nice to start having riding lessons with my mom until shes comfortable enough to take me on trail rides. Im also not allowed to go on trail rides without her anymore. |
Firstly, any horse you are afraid of must go. They will become nothing but more dangerous, IMO. Just make sure you are honest with whomever they go to. Secondly please fix yourself. It is apparent to me that you are NOT consistent, no matter what you think, and have not established respect from these horses. If you do not fix yourself, I will guarantee you are headed down the same road with any horse you have, some more quickly than others. I hate to say this, but I am of the opinion that this is a rather common teenage girl issue. Many of them baby their horses, and want this wonderful "friendship". You need respect. Period. THese are dangerous animals. I had a horse once who had been raised from a 2 yr old by a 14-16 yr old. i could not fix him, thought he would kill me, and I ended up getting rid of him also. Noone does any service to any horse letting them get away with bad behavior. I am sory to those who think it is bad to "punish" a horse, but bad behavior MUST be corrected immediately, particularly in younger horses. Certain behaviors, at least in my world are, what I call-deal breakers. I will be as nice as I can be with every horse. But if they take ANY opportunity to even turn their butt towards me-they are corrected. IMO, many girls-all ages, frankly, make excuses for their horses. My current horses previous owner still does, and he double barrelled her! But when he turns his butt she tells me he is looking at a bird! Get rid of the young ones, go to an older horse for a while and fine tune your own ability to establish and maintain respect. There is a reason your horse behaved for your (I think it was) uncle......he was respected. |
You should never, ever keep a horse you are afraid of. It seems to me like he doesn't respect you and he KNOWS you are afraid of him, and he knows that by doing these things he gets what he wants. I know he's your baby and you love him, but realistically he could kill you. You seem to know this. It's like being in an abusive relationship - making excuses for the abuse while any day you could get seriously hurt. Sure the horse might like you just fine, but there could come a day where he decided he doesn't want to do something and with one well aimed kick... Well, you know. Sell the horse. But a new one that you can have mutual respect with that isn't so dangerous. You love the horse and he may love you too but the kind of relationship you two have is not the kind you want at all. |
@franknbeans Thank you for replying to this. I know that I messed up with the two horses, and I've been trying to admit that I caused these problems. I just hate admitting that I messed up. I'm actually quite scared that I might manage to mess up the new one. I mean it, thank you for answering. It's been hard for me to get someone to tell me what they really think about the situation. For example, most of my family tell me that I "should have bought a cow, at least then I could eat it". |
Shiningstar-sell and move forward with a horse you can learn with. Get a mentor/trainer who will help you improve your skills and gain more "tools" to use when a horse misbehaves or shows disrespect. We are all still learning, and there is nothing wrong with cutting your losses, staying safe, admitting you made a mistake and moving on. I sure have, as I say "kissed a lot of frogs" over the years when it comes to horses.......we always do before we find one that is truly a match. Good luck and stay safe. |
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Ringnes Imperial Polaris
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For years now everyone's been wondering when Ringnes was going to wake up and realize that the old days of selling cheap industrial beers were over. Overall beer sales have been down consistently year after year for many years, while craft beer sales have boomed. Surely the biggest brewery in Norway had to sit up and notice at some point? Particularly when their owners, Danish Carlsberg, have already started two craft beer brands in Denmark (Kongens Bryghus and Jacobsen).
When I heard that Ringnes had brewed a 10% doppelbock with beer rock star Garrett Oliver (brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery, and editor of the Oxford Companion to Beer), I knew something was up. And at the same time one couldn't help but wonder: why a doppelbock? Are they afraid of yeast problems in the brewery? These problems can take years to sort out; not a trivial concern when you brew tens of millions of liters of beer a year. Or do they remain half-stuck in the lager-brewing mentality? Or did Garrett Oliver suggest the style? Who knows? I don't.
My immediate impression of the beer was that it reminded me of Ringnes's Julebokk, a Christmas doppelbock that I for many years described as "the best Norwegian industrial beer". Now that I think about it, it probably still is. I'm told Garrett Oliver also liked the Julebokk, and that it therefore was chosen as the starting point for the collaboration.
As we're talking craft beer, the beer itself ought to be the real test. It pours a clear deep red, topped with a very photogenic offwhite head. The aroma is all fruity orange peel with syrupy spicy notes. It promises good things to follow, without blowing me away. The taste is most of all spicy: perfumy lavender orange peel and cardamom, with traces of roasty coffee and flowers. The perfumy quality detracts a bit from the flavour, making it seem if not artificial, then slightly overdone. In the mouth it's slightly hot (from the alcohol), and full-bodied.
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So is the beer a failure? Definitely not. I find the way the coffee slips in and out in the background to be perhaps the best feature of the beer. I'm told the flavour derives from cold steeping coffee, to draw aroma without bitterness. At the same time, the perfuminess does not appeal to me, though others might well feel differently. Overall it's a quite good beer, but I probably won't buy it again. A beer this strong (10%) needs to be very good to justify all that alcohol.
The brewery says it can be cellared for many years, and given the strength and the flavour profile that seems right to me. It's impossible to say now how it will develop, but it's possible that it could develop new depths after some years in the cellar. I have to say I'm tempted to give it a try. Next year a bourbon barrel-aged version is going to be released, which could also be interesting, though I fear it may make the perfuminess even stronger.
Is it a craft beer? Does this mean Ringnes have gone really craft? Again, how would I know? Certainly this is a departure from the days of gimmick pseudo-Asian beers and the like. It's a well-made beer with interesting flavours that deserves to be taken seriously. Frankly, I think that's all anybody could ask. As far as I can tell, this beer is meant to compete on the strength of its taste, and it does that quite well. That alone makes it craft beer, if you ask me.
Whether you like it or not is up to you, but to me it seems to ring the funeral bells over the Norway that was a boring pale lager desert. Those days are gone, and won't return for many decades. Meanwhile, our biggest brewery wants to play with the little craft brewers, and as far as I'm concerned, that's great news.
(Full disclosure: the brewery sent me a free sample. It probably did make me biased. I've tried to compensate for that as best I could. The beer should be released on the market )
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Nice label! How do they make the paper stick to the cans?
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@The Beer Nut: I don't think it's really coarse paper, although it looks that way. I think it's an image of coarse paper printed on an ordinary label.
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Cautiously, I trudged through tall weedy grass in my flip flops to capture a few Black Eyed Susans. Whenever I see them I think of my mother. As I peered at them through the lens, I noticed that their edges were rough and some petals had holes. No bother...that imperfection equates beauty. Not everything is bundled in a nice neat tiny package. As a photographer (I have never called myself that out loud) may I NEVER overlook that imperfect image which is the truth contributing to the nature and ways of the world as a whole. In short, I want my lens to contribute to the unity of my little world capturing the TRUE essence of a time and place. I don't want to be stuck in my perspective but be open to all. Honoring all.
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Chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride has been studied extensively in many species of animals and these studies are suggestive of action on the limbic system of the brain, which recent evidence indicates is involved in emotional responses. Hostile monkeys were made tame by oral drug doses which did not cause sedation. Chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride revealed a "taming-action with the elimination of fear and aggression". The taming effect of chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride was further demonstrated in rats made vicious by lesions in the septal area of the brain. The drug dosage which effectively blocked the vicious reaction was well below the dose which caused sedation in these animals.
The oral LD50 of single doses of chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride, calculated according to the method of Miller and Tainter, is 720 ± 51 mg/kg as determined in mice observed over a period of 5 days following dosage.
Clidinium bromide is an effective anticholinergic agent with activity approximating that of atropine sulfate against acetylcholine-induced spasms in isolated intestinal strips. On oral administration in mice it proved an effective antisialagogue in preventing pilocarpine-induced salivation. Spontaneous intestinal motility in both rats and dogs is reduced following oral dosing with 0.1 to 0.25 mg/kg. Potent cholinergic ganglionic blocking effects (vagal) are produced with intravenous usage in anesthetized dogs.
Oral doses of 2.5 mg/kg to dogs produced signs of nasal dryness and slight pupillary dilation. In two other species, monkeys and rabbits, doses of 5 mg/kg, po, given three times daily for 5 days did not produce apparent secretory or visual changes.
The oral LD50 of single doses of clidinium bromide is 860 ± 57 mg/kg as determined in mice observed over a period of 5 days following dosage; the calculations were made according to the method of Miller and Tainter.
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Reproduction studies in rats fed chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride, 10, 20 and 80 mg/kg daily, and bred through one or two matings showed no congenital anomalies, nor were there adverse effects on lactation of the dams or growth of the newborn. However, in another study at 100 mg/kg daily there was noted a significant decrease in the fertilization rate and a marked decrease in the viability and body weight of offspring which may be attributable to sedative activity, thus resulting in lack of interest in mating and lessened maternal nursing and care of the young. One neonate in each of the first and second matings in the rat reproduction study at the 100 mg/kg dose exhibited major skeletal defects. Further studies are in progress to determine the significance of these findings.
Two series of reproduction experiments with clidinium bromide were carried out in rats, employing dosages of 2.5 and 10 mg/kg daily in each experiment. In the first experiment clidinium bromide was administered for a 9-week interval prior to mating; no untoward effect on fertilization or gestation was noted. The offspring were taken by caesarean section and did not show a significant incidence of congenital anomalies when compared to control animals. In the second experiment adult animals were given clidinium bromide for 10 days prior to and through two mating cycles. No significant effects were observed on fertility, gestation, viability of offspring or lactation, as compared to control animals, nor was there a significant incidence of congenital anomalies in the offspring derived from these experiments.
A reproduction study of Librax was carried out in rats through two successive matings. Oral daily doses were administered in two concentrations: 2.5 mg/kg chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride with 1.25 mg/kg clidinium bromide or 25 mg/kg chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride with 12.5 mg/kg clidinium bromide. In the first mating no significant differences were noted between the control or the treated groups, with the exception of a slight decrease in the number of animals surviving during lactation among those receiving the highest dosage. As with all anticholinergic drugs, an inhibiting effect on lactation may occur. In the second mating similar results were obtained except for a slight decrease in the number of pregnant females and in the percentage of offspring surviving until weaning. No congenital anomalies were observed in both matings in either the control or treated groups. Additional animal reproduction studies are in progress.
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In an adaptation certainly not endorsed by PBS, this game puts the player in the shoes of a sociopathic Beavis and Butthead-style radical stoner anarchist (of the ~1992 variety), hepped up on H/P/A t-files and prepared to vent his disgust at all the problems of the world on one moronic purple dinosaur and the other participants on his show, through doping with narcotics to sabotage and booby-traps to, most of all, cartoonishly stylized (more Bakshi than WB) and couldn't-care typo-ridden ultraviolence.The game plays almost as a multiple-choice test on the Jolly Roger's Cookbook, with player input restricted to selecting from a psychedelically-coloured text list how he or she intends to ruin various innocuous activities associated with the show, such as snack time (by injecting the orange with vodka, perhaps?), singing a song together (while substituting in obscene new lines) or visiting the zoo (and selling kids into slavery or feeding Baby Bop to an alligator while there.) (While taking the kids to a GWAR concert is undeniably subversive, it does strain the suspension of disbelief.)
The player is given regular status reports on the current state (of health and sobriety) of all the kids on the show; the ultimate goal is to render the entire cast unfit to perform further by the end of a week's worth of infiltrated episodes, following which the player may get to gather huge bonus points in an endgame sequence where Barney is fought to the death in a shopping mall.
Though the gameplay is single-player, as a BBS door game callers would compete with each other for showings on the high-score table; in later versions of the software, dedicated fans were also granted the opportunity to submit scripted modules consisting of new, further deranged anti-social activities to run the kids through.
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BarneySplat's author ran a BBS himself, Dataline Rave!(610-544-8001 -- but don't call, defunct since '97) out of Swarthmore, PA, which garnered enormous amounts of caller activity driven by people eager to lay the smack down on the sinister purple dinosaur even at the cost of long distance fees (or, given the general bent of the userbase, more likely scammed LD calling cards).Related Web Sites
- BarneySplat homepage (The dial-up BBS scene having collapsed wholly, the author has released the final version of the software for local play, legally downloadable here for free, complete with compatibility tips for modern systems.)
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Salma Hayek left Fashion Week and Francois-Henri Pinault, her ex-fiancé she's so friendly with, back in Paris as she traveled to Geneva for a press conference yesterday. She spoke at the UN building about her long-standing involvement with Pampers and UNICEF, who have partnered in their efforts to eliminate tetanus in newborns. Salma opened up about how deeply she's been affected by her work with the program, which will someday make her baby girl Valentina very proud.
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I have a new late 2012 27" iMac 3.2/680mx/Fusion. Absolutely the best mac I've ever owned or used(6 since 1995). One reason I bought the iMac was for convenient & fast PC gaming(the 680mx has easily taken everything I've thrown at it), and using Win8 and a 100GB partition, I've run out of room on the bootcamp partition. Without wanting to reconfigure Bootcamp setup and reinstall Win8 and all games etc., is it possible to just get a USB drive and install additional games on a PC formatted thumb drive(or external hdd) for access while running Win8? Will Windows allow me to install games on a partition different from the system disk? Or is this a question for forums.pcrumors.com ?
I don't see why you couldn't make an executable .iso file copied from the game and just run it through the usb port. Seems like that would be pretty straightforward.
I'll give it a shot. Mainly using Steam to download games, so I will have to designate an alternate installation disk...I will download a demo and post my results...
Using a external drive will work fine, just make sure its USB 3 or ThunderBolt. Steam even has a option for this; Settings > Downloads+Cloud > Steam Library Folders > Add Library Folder. If you can find a ThunderBolt drive for a decent price, I would go with that because it has less CPU overhead (i.e. none). By overhead I mean it uses a percentage of your processer while transferring files. That's important when you already have a game that's using 100% of your CPU.


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This article explores Earth's ~25,000-year precessional cycle; the ever changing relationship between the tropical and sidereal zodiacs; the astrological ages, the intercession of the Earth's Precessional Cross; measurement of the precessional rate, and the "Galactic Equatorial Ayanamsa"—reckoning of the sidereal zodiak based on the spherical geometry of Earth's precessional Cross.
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Earth's polar axis precesses very slowly over a period of about 23,000 to 26,000 years. The term precession simply refers to a change in the direction of the axis of a rotating object. As this occurs, the pole of the Earth inscribes an arc in the heavens called the precessional arc. Earth's pole aligns with different pole stars throughout its precessional period. Polaris is Earth's current north-pole star. Earth's ~25,000-year precessional cycle is also referred to as "Earth's Great Year."
Because Earth's axis is tilted 23° 27' with respect the plane created by Earth's orbit around the Sun (the ecliptic plane), Earth's equatorial plane (green) is also tilted at this same angle with respect to the ecliptic plane (blue). These two intersecting planes (Earth's equatorial plane and the ecliptic plane) create an intersecting line in the ecliptic called the vernal axis. Looking from Earth, we see one point along this axis lying in one direction in the ecliptic, and the other lying in the opposite direction. One point is the location in the ecliptic where we see the sun on the March equinox. This location is the vernal point (VP). The other point is the location where the sun resides on the September equinox. This is the anti-vernal point.
As Earth's pole precesses, so to does Earth's equatorial plane and subsequently the vernal axis (moving in a counter-clockwise motion). Thus, the vernal axis (the vernal equinox points) move around the ecliptic at a rate of precession, which is currently measured to be about 1° in 72 years, making one complete cycle in about 23,000-26,000 years. The precessional movement of the vernal points is called the "Precession of the Equinoxes."
Although this article is not about the "cause" of Earth's precession, it is appropriate to mention that Earth's precession is not fully understood and there is more than one hypothesis as to its cause. The simplest reason for Earth's precession, although an assumption, is the reason that is most commonly known. This model explains that the Earth's pole wobbles over a very long period of time, much like a rapidly spinning top's axis wobbles at a much slow rate than its spin. Another model is the "Binary Star Model" hypothesized by astrophysics researcher Walter Cruttenden; et. al. Although the reason for our Sun to move in a curved path may not be fully understood, and there may be unknown causes for it, he and his team hypothesize that the solar path's curvature is caused by a binary star model, where our sun and another sun orbit each other. Astronomer Glen W. Deen proposes a Ternary Star System (our sun with two other suns). Independent of the cause, the precession of Earth's pole and that of the vernal axis with respect to the stars still occurs.
Walter Cruttenden's binary star hypothesis: binaryresearchinstitute.org
Glen W. Deen's ternary star system hypothesis: "The Time of Perihelion Passage and the Longitude of the Perihelion of Nemesis" Full article PDF
This article is not intended to favor or debate the cause of Earth's precession; it is about the precessional cycle itself; the relationship between the tropical and sidereal zodiaks; and the role of Earth's precession cycle in the evolution of human consciousness.
The vernal point is also the fiducial (reference point) for the tropical zodiak, defining 0° tropical Aries. Because the vernal point moves in the ecliptic, the entire set of signs comprising the tropical zodiak also moves with respect to the stars (and the sidereal zodiak), which remain fixed in their location in the heavens.
The location of the vernal point in the sidereal zodiak defines the current zodiakal age. The sidereal zodiak is a set of signs, much like the tropical signs, except they do not move in the ecliptic. The sidereal signs are aligned with their corresponding constellations. The tropical zodiak aligned with the fixed sidereal zodiak around 200 CE. but has since drifted 25°; i.e. this was when zero degrees tropical Aries aligned with 0° sidereal Aries. The vernal point currently resides at about 5° sidereal Pisces as it slowly moves toward the sidereal sign of Aquarius—thus we are completing the age of Pisces. We will formally enter the age of Aquarius when the vernal point precesses to 0° Aquarius—in about 360 years (5° x 72 yrs) from now (2000 C.E.). The vernal point is also called the Birthplace, or the Office of the Christos (point of the sun/son/soul)—governing the timing of the re-birth of soul consciousness into the world.
The vernal point's arrival to 5° sidereal Pisces at this time in Earth's precessional cycle (circa 2000 CE.) creates a primary event that supersedes the importance of changing zodiakal ages: this event is the formation of a perfect cross in the cycle of Earth's Precession of the equinoxes. The formation of this precessional cross is explained below.
The center (blue) ring in the above illustration is the sidereal zodiak. The signs of the sidereal zodiak align with their corresponding constellations and their stars. The sidereal zodiak does not move. It is referenced to the fixed stars in the heavens, or to the fixed and primary galactic equatorial axis in the ecliptic (the horizontal line). This axis is created by the intersection of the ecliptic plane and the galactic plane, which are tilted with respect to each other by 60°. The two nodes of this axis in the ecliptic are the "Galactic Equatorial Node" (GEN) at 5° sidereal Sagittarius, and the anti-GEN at 5° sidereal Gemini. They are also called the "Gate of God" and the "Gate of Man."
The outer (violet) ring reveals the thirteen ecliptical constellations (not signs). This ring shows where the boundaries of the actual constellations cross the ecliptic. The constellation Virgo encompasses the largest length of the ecliptic (about 44°). The constellation Scorpio dips south of the ecliptic plane with only the Scorpion's head lying upon the ecliptic—encompassing only about 6° of the ecliptic. Ophiuchus, the serpent holder, stands upon the Scorpion and crosses the ecliptic—thus creating the thirteenth ecliptical constellation (not sign).
The inner (green ring) is the tropical zodiak (at 2000 CE.) The tropical zodiak moves around the ecliptic with respect to the fixed stars—with respect to the sidereal zodiak and to the constellations. It moves because 0° tropical Aries is referenced to the moving Vernal Point. The Vernal Point moves around the ecliptic at a rate of about 1° every 72 years (once around the ecliptic in Earth's ~25,000-year precessional cycle) due to Earth's precession. The tropical zodiak and its signs are not reference to the stars or actual constellations, the tropical signs are referenced to Earth's seasons (the Vernal Point is where the Sun resides in the ecliptic on the spring equinox, as experienced in the northern hemisphere). The signs of the tropical zodiak are currently miss-aligned with the true sidereal signs (and the energies of the actual stars and constellations) by ~25°, and they are drifting further and further apart due to Earth's precession.
Aldebaran, Eye of the Bull, and Antares, Heart of the Scorpion, mark the center of their respective sidereal signs: 15° sidereal Taurus and 15° sidereal Scorpio. The Babylonians referenced the sidereal zodiak by these stars. Aldebaran, Antares, Regulus (Heart of the Lion), and Fomalhaut are called the Four Royal Architects, giving structure and order to the Heavens. Regulus is Chief or King of the Four Royals. It is the only one of the four lying exactly on the ecliptic plane. Residing at 5° sidereal Leo, Regulus is also the only one aspecting the Galactic Equatorial axis. Regulus, or "the Rex" means the Law Giver—a clue to its astrological influence as the Heart of the Lion.
Just as Earth is tilted with repspect to its orbit around the sun, so too is our solar system tilled with repspect to the the plane of our galaxy. The ecliptic plane is tilted about 60° to our galaxy's equatorial plane. This creates another intersecting line, one which remains stationary (relative to Earth's precessional period). This axis is called the galactic equatorial axis and it is the fixed axis of Earth's Precessional Cross. The primary reference point of this axis is the galactic equatorial node (GEN), which resides at 5° sidereal Sagittarius. This node is called the "Gate of God." Its opposite point, the anti-GEN, resides at 5° sidereal Gemini and it is called the "Gate of Man."
The changing relationship between these two axes ( the moving vernal axis and the fixed galactic axis) creates the "Cycle of Earth's Precessional Cross." As the vernal point (VP) moves around the ecliptic, it changes its geometric relationship to the fixed galactic equatorial node (GEN). The vernal point currently resides at the 3/4 point (270°) in its cycle, making the vernal axis exactly perpendicular to the galactic axis, thus creating a perfect cross in the ecliptic—the Erect Precessional Cross. This exact precessional cross occurred in July of 1998. I generally round this date to 2000 CE. to simplify discussion. See Timing of Earth's Precessional Cross for more details.
I suggest the Cycle of Earth's Precessional Cross is the timepiece that drives the "Evolutionary Cycle of the Soul" collective on Earth—revealing the unfoldment of human consciousness. We are just emerging from the last 12,000 years of temporal darkness, which began at the last (90°) erect cross (about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago), the time of separation from unified awareness—the time of the "Biblical Flood." The erect precessional cross occurring now (~2,000 CE.) marks the time in our Great World Cycle where a re-unification in consciousness begins.
The erect cross occurring now creates a primary transition in the Cycle of Earth's Precessional Cross, in the "Evolutionary Cycle of the Soul." This event is far more significant than the changing of an astrological age; i.e., the four primary divisions of a circle referenced to the galactic equatorial axis supercede the 12-fold division of tropical zodiak reference to the 12-fold divisions of the sidereal zodiak.
See the "Earth's Precessional Cross" section of this web site to learn more about the Cycle Earth's Precessional Cross and the evolution of human consciousness.
Just as the tropical signs are referenced to the moving axis of Earth's Precessional Cross, the fixed sidereal signs are referenced to the fixed, galactic axis of Earth's Precessional Cross. Because of the precession of the equinoxes, the tropical signs continue to drift from the sidereal signs and further from the true star positions that characterize the signs to start with. Although the twelve divisions of both zodiakal systems are created by natural harmonics occurring in the ecliptic, they are harmonics referenced to different realms of consciousness. The RELATIONSHIP of the moving tropical zodiak with respect to the fixed sidereal zodiak reveals the nature of the relationship of incarnate personality consciousness with respect to the true soul level awareness—that is, where we are in the evolutionary unfoldment of human consciousness, in the Evolutionary Cycle of the Soul.
First, we must realize that the wisdom of the true astrology of the ancients, as with other esoteric (Gnostic) wisdom, was transferred (taken) from Babylon, Caldia, and Egypt, and then it was eventually bastardized into a confused menagerie. This seems to have started with the dominating influence of Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia (336 to 323 BCE), who catalyzed an amalgamation of Egyptian, Babylonian, and Greco-Roman thought into a new cultural expression in the 4th century BCE; and later by Ptolemy.
Subduing Egypt during his conquerings and explorations, Alexander proclaimed himself Pharaoh in 332 BCE while placating native priests at Memphis. He founded Alexandria, which was to become a primary intellectual center, and which was primarily Greek and Jewish. Here, miss-understood Egyptian mysteries and Greek philosophies merged into the "Mysteries of Serapis." This was the cultural emergence of esoteric teachings prominent throughout Alexandria's golden age. (Mysteries simply means esoteric teachings about life, not unfathomable or secret.) Also a center for Jewish learning, the Great Temple of Serapis is believed to be where the Old Testament was translated from Hebrew into Greek. Alexander's dominating influence in coastal Egypt and his further conquest of Babylon along with much of Asia Minor laid the foundations for the various religious factions of the Greco-Roman world. (Alexander attempted to create a master race through a genetic fusion of Macedonian men with Persian women—just one example of this megalomaniac's brutal conquests.)
Beginning with the death of Alexander in 323 BCE and continuing through around 31 BCE, the Hellenistic Period gave birth to a diversity of esoteric philosophies and occult practices, all derived from the Egyptian and Babylonian mysteries. The cultural peak of this period, from 280 BCE to 160 BCE, produced Euclid, Hipparchus, Eratosthenes, Dionysius and many other creative thinkers, who all expounded upon the cultural influence of Ancient Egypt. However, although this period carried forth some of the ancient esoteric teachings in a new intellectual language, it also produced a highly intellectualized amalgamate of confused ideas. The Hellenists bastardized Egypt's already cryptic and esoteric language into near total confusion because the majority of the Hellenistic culture did not have the perceptual awareness to comprehend matters of the soul, nor had they the capacity to intellectually comprehend Egypt's mythical picture language. Instead of grasping the language (astronomical mythical images as well as Egyptian hieroglyphics) from a soul perspective and realizing the transcendent wisdom of the evolutionary journey of the soul, the Greco-Romans attempted to translate this picture language from the perspective of the limited personality. This reduced Ancient Egypt's esoteric wisdom into a non-sensible confusion of men worshipping a pantheon of gods and stars. The dispersion of this confusion from Alexandria into Eastern Europe through the centuries ahead led to confused occult practices and perverted systems of belief that ran rampant throughout Eastern Europe at the time. The Roman Empire, Christianity and Byzantium, and their various sects—all derivations of the esoteric wisdom of Ancient Egypt—were the eventual result of this confused cultural fusion that originated in and migrated from Alexandria.
Prior to the early few centuries of the first millennia, planetary measurement was always referenced to the fixed stars (sidereal) as was the astrology of the ancients (Babylonia, etc). Astronomy and astrology were always one and the same until the Greco-Roman church-state astronomers began to record planetary ephemerides referenced to the moving vernal point rather than to the fixed stars, but ignoring that the vernal point moved with precession, and while maintaining that all other heavenly bodies rotated around the Earth—a statement certainly affirming true egoic consciousness. (This was due in particular to Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90 - c. 168 CE) who was employed by the Greco-Roman controlling faction. Ptolemaeus was a mathematician, not a true astronomer. Some assert he never even looked into the heavens as an astronomer would look (Allen).) To say anything other than Earth was the center was heresy, so only those willing to sell out to the manipulative ploys of the church-state, and perpetuate the asserted geocentric dogma of western Christendom, stayed on the pay-role and kept their heads (actually, heretics were burned at the stake!). Here was planted the bastardization of true soul level astronomical astrology, and here began the Hellenistic, Ptolemaic, tropical astrology during an age of suppression, and which is still in vogue today. This is not to say either way that Ptolemy was ill-intended or was deliberately trying to mislead—a topic of controversy amongst historians. However, it was merely the nature of the times and the natural course of evolution, a time of trying to re-emerge from the lost wisdom of the ancients amalgamated with manipulative powers attempting to control empires, land and people. People from the future may say the same for us now.
This manipulation and bastardization of the true astrological artscience into tropical astrology also affirmed that people had a finite life at the end of which they would either be saved or punished depending if they followed the dictums of the controlling political-religious factions, thus squelching any desire for individuals to spiritually aspire and awaken to the greater truth that they were durative, continually evolving souls; parts of, not separate from a greater unified intelligence. The true and greater art-sciences including astronomical astrology, Pythagorean sacred geometry, harmonic math, and other such art-sciences, were forced underground until the later time of Nicolaus Copernicus in the 1500's who finally triumphed in eradicating the perpetuated dogma that Earth was the center around which all other heavenly bodies rotated—the egoic head-trip of the Greco-Roman church-state. From here, others would follow: Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), Johann Bayer, and later yet, Johann Kepler (December 27, 1571 - November 15, 1630), who, in the early 1600's, brought forth the truth of the occulted astronomical and mathematical wisdom based in harmonic resonance that had been long lost. Kepler's most famous book is "Harmonia Mundi" (Harmony of the Worlds). Kepler was a mathematician, astronomer AND astrologer (responsible for revealing the affect of many astrological aspects / harmonics). Kepler is sometimes referred to as "the first theoretical astrophysicist."
It is interesting to note that many of the religions of the world, as well as the perpetuation of "tropical astrology" are based on the confused mentalities common to the early first millennia. It is also interesting to consider that the perpetual use of tropical astrology today is an energetic that perpetuates a chasm in time that continues to widen at the rate of Earth's precession, one keeping the masses drifting in time-confusion rather than living in the present and truth that the true sidereal zodiak reveals.
It is now common practice in academic and scientific publications and by secular publishers to use the neutral terms BCE (Before Common Era) and CE (Common Era) to replace B.C. (before Christ) and A.D. (after the death).
As revealed in the recent and comprehensive work, "History of the Zodiac," an in-depth exploration of the origins of the Babylonian Zodiac and its location in the ecliptic, originally a Ph.D. thesis, by Dr. Robert Powell (Sophia Academic Press, San Rafael, California 2007), the division of the ecliptic into tropical astrological signs was originally a derivation of Euctemon's tropical Calendar of Seasons (432 B.C.); "...dividing the solar year into twelve equal months commencing with the vernal equinox, in which each solar (tropical) month is named after one the twelve signs..." (Powell). The tropical calendrical system (referenced from the vernal point) was merely used as an astronomical coordinate system for measuring time in the solar year, at or just after the time of Hipparchus. Astrological qualities were later attributed to the twelve calendar months (tropical signs) through the influence of Ptolemy, and the true (sidereal) zodiak, thus faded into obscurity. Unfortunately the term "signs" had replaced "months." The tropical calendar (tropical zodiac) was based upon the sun's declination above and below the earth's equator, not upon the sun's true ecliptical location amongst the stars. From an astrological perspective, I suggest the tropical signs should be called "Houses of the Sun," more aptly describing their true historical origin, as eloquently revealed in Robert Powell's work "History of the Zodiac"—recomended reading for all astrologers and astronomers. https://sophiafoundation.org
Calculating the exact location of the sidereal cusps in the ecliptic is a topic of debate amongst scholars due to star and planetary placements being measured from the moving vernal point. The exact distance in arc degrees between 0° tropical Aries (the vernal point) and 0° sidereal Aries must therefor be calculated. This distance is called the "ayanamsa" (the Hindi spelling of the Sanskrit ayanâmsha, which means "part of a path"). There are many ayanamsas (or ayanâmshas) in vogue today, all varying slightly from one another. Most ayanamsas are reckoned to the stars. This poses a problem because today we recognize that stars are not really "fixed,: but do actually move and in many different directions. A stars movement is called its "Proper Motion." See "The Proper Motion of the Stars of Ursa Major" for an example.
One of the most common ayanamsas is the Fagan-Bradley Ayanamsa. It is reckoned to the star Spica in sidereal Virgo. The Fagan-Bradley Ayanamsa is 24° 44' 12" @ 2000 CE. This means that on Jan 1, 2000, 00:00:00: GMT, the tropical zodiak has drifted backward from the fixed sidereal zodiak by 24° 44' 12" based upon the Fagan-Bradley Ayanamsa. This places the vernal point (0° tropical Aries) at 5° 15' 48" in sidereal Pisces. Other arguments adjust the sidereal signs such that Aldebaran's ecliptical longitude is exactly in the center of sidereal Taurus; or that of Antares in the center of sidereal Scorpio (those being two of the four royal architects (meaning: revealing structure in the heavens). the Babylonian Zodiac is reference to Aldebaran at 15° 00'.
The recent work of Robert Powell (2007) presents historical evidence that the Babylonian Zodiac was referenced to the Aldebaran / Antares axis.
Because Aldebaran and Antares are both south of the ecliptic, it is thought by some people that it makes more sense to use a star on the ecliptic plane (0° ecliptical latitude), such as Spica or Regulus. Regulus is considered the King or Chief of the four Royal Stars. Regulus is from Rex, meaning law giver; i.e., defining order in the heavens). Regulus, however, was not always close to Earth's ecliptic plane nor at the same ecliptic longitude due to Regulus' Proper Motion.
The Galactic Equatorial Ayanamsa eliminates the issue of the Proper Motion of stars. The Galactic Equatorial Ayanamsa is referenced to the Galactic Equatorial axis of Earth's Precessional Cross. This approach is based on the spherical geometry of the astrophysical spheres involved (specifically our solar system's current location and orientation (tilt) in our galaxy / the galactic equatorial axis / Gate of God), rather than on star locations as seen from Earth. The galactic equatorial axis is far more "fixed" than the stars as seen from Earth, which move over longer periods of time.
Now, before you loyal Fagan-Bradley astrologers (or any others) scoff, please understand I am placing astrological and astronomical precedence in the geometric relationship between the vernal axis and the galactic axis over the relationship of tropical and sidereal signs. The signs are merely harmonic divisions nesting within this far more embracing astrophysical geometry. The tropical signs are based upon the moving vernal axis of this underlying geometry and the sidereal signs are based upon fixed galactic axis—thus independent of constellations, which is imagery that has evolved and changed over time, and independent of stellar placement, which also changes over long-periods.
Consider that the fixed galactic equatorial axis relates more to our durative soul-level awareness, whereas the moving vernal axis reveals the current incarnational punctual moment (our daily tropical experience), precipitating from the durative soul stream (sidereal / soul experience).
Realizing the relevance of Earth's Precessional Cross geometry (the movement and geometric orientation of our Earth and Sun in our galaxy) places the signs (and our awareness) in the far greater context of our evolutionary sojourn as a stellar race of sentient souls.
Thus, the Galactic Equatorial Ayanamsa is defined by the Galactic Equatorial Node (GEN) as being the prime fiducial of the sidereal zodiak; setting the GEN (Gate of God) to exactly 5° 00' 00" sidereal Sagittarius. The Galactic Equatorial Ayanamsa is 25° 00' 00" for epoch 2000 CE. Thus, 0° Tropical Aries resides at 5° 00' sidereal Pisces @ 2000 CE; i.e., the tropical zodiak has drifted from the fixed sidereal zodiak by 25° 00' 00" based upon the Galactic Equatorial Ayanamsa.
The placement of the sidereal signs reckoned to the Galactic Equatorial Node (Galactic Equatorial Ayanamsa) is quite close to the both the Fagan-Bradley reckoning (Spica) and the Babylonian reckoning (Aldebaran). Differences this small can become an academic argument only. However, various stars may lie on different sides of the sign cusps depending on which reckoning is used. Detailed exploration of the appropriate placement of cuspal stars is something I have explored using the Galactic reckoning, although beyond the scope of this writing. Another area where the exactness of sidereal sign cusps become of significance is when using sub-divisions of the signs (dwads, etc) where each sub-division is ruled by a specific sign. Using this astrological technique, the placement of a planet in a chart may cause it to cross a sub-cusp depending on the reckoning used. This is another interesting way to experientially explore the reckoning of the sidereal zodiak, and which ayanamsa make more sense to you.
I am not arguing the validity of any ayanamsa, nor do I have any interest in debating that there is a correct ayanamsa. I am simply providing an alternative. In addition, I tend to look at stellar qualities which change throughout each sign rather than having interest in sign-based delineations of the heavens, and thus primarily use the sidereal zodiak as a measurement system for ecliptical longitudes amongst the stars.
Something else one might consider is that it may be of interest to use a different ayanamsa for different reasons as the chosen fiducial (a specific star or whatever is used as reference) provides a unique underlying context. You can get a feel for this if you research the originator's reasoning for any specific ayanamsa.
An ayanamsa (any ayanamsa) is a dynamic figure because the vernal point (0° tropical Aries) constantly moves due to Earth's precession. Therefor, an ayanamsa must be referenced to a specific time in the precessional cycle—generally this is 1950 or 2000 CE. When converting a tropical chart to a sidereal chart, this precessional drift must be taken into account, especially if making a chart in the far distant past or future. Software programs generally take into account Earth's precessional drift and nutational variances when calculating a sidereal chart, but the sidereal astrologer must choose the ayanamsa of his or her choice. Star longitudes must be adjusted to the chosen ayanamsa if adding individual stars to an astrological chart. This is important due to the tight orb of stellar influence.
"An Introduction to Astronomical Astrology" is an entirely new edition of what was formerly "The Star Catalog," with an extensive update to the section delineating the stars and constellations as they express throughout the zodiak and in an astrological chart. This excursion through the heavens will give you an excellent foothold to star-level astrological interpretation. The star catalog section is also updated, now with over 750 stars and deep space objects.
Note: When I first published this work many years ago, I simply called my ayanamsa the Galactic Ayanamsa. Since then, there as been a proposal to use Galactic Center as an ayanamsa reference, with the originator choosing the same name, apparently unaware of my work. Thus to avoid any confusion with it, I have clarified the name of this ayanamsa to be the Galactic Equatorial Ayanamsa.
Astronomers use the Right Ascension (R.A.) and Declination (Dec.) to define star locations, which are coordinates referenced from the moving vernal point, with Right Ascension being the longitude along the Celestial Equator and with Declination being the distance above or below the Celestial Equator, not from the ecliptic. Thus an epoch of measurement must always be defined along with the R.A. and Dec. of a star due to the moving vernal point—like measuring the distance between two points while moving the ruler itself. Converting Right Ascension / Declination to a tropical ecliptical longitude thus yields a longitude referenced to the same epoch as the original astronomical coordinates—this must also be kept in mind. Further converting from R.A. and Dec. to sidereal ecliptical longitudes eliminates the changing epoch dates due to the use of an ayanamsa in the calculation—although resultant sidereal longitudes are unique to the chosen ayanamsa used.
The following chart is a comparison of several of the more common ayanamsas.
Ayanamsa |
Delta ** |
Spica |
Aldebaran |
Raman |
22° 24' 25" |
21° 42' 41" |
-02° 35' 35" |
01° 25' 52" Libra |
17° 23' |
07° 35' 35" |
04° 24' |
Krishnamurti |
23° 45' 43" |
23° 03' 59" |
-01° 14' 17" |
00° 04' 34" Libra |
16° 01' |
06° 14' 17" |
03° 02' |
Lahiri |
23° 51' 11" |
23° 09' 27" |
-01° 08' 49" |
29° 59' 06" |
15° 56' |
06° 08' 49" |
02° 57' |
Takra |
24° 30' 01" |
23° 48' 17" |
-00° 29' 59" |
29° 20' 16" |
15° 16' |
05° 30' 00" |
02° 18' |
Fagan-Bradley |
24° 44' 12" |
24° 02' 28" |
-00 15' 48" |
29° 06' 05" |
15° 03' |
05° 15' 48" |
02° 04' |
Babylonian |
24° 47' 12" |
24° 05' 28" |
-00 12' 48" |
29° 03' 05" |
15° 00' |
05° 12' 48" |
02° 01' |
Galactic |
25° 00' 00" |
24° 18' 16" |
00° 00' 00" |
28° 50' 17" |
14 ° 47' |
05° 00' 00" |
01° 48' |
DeLuce |
27° 48' 20" |
27° 06' 36" |
+02° 48' 20" |
26° 01' 57" |
11° 59' |
02° 11' 40" |
29° 00' Sco |
Larry Ely |
28° 00' 13" |
27° 18' 29" |
+03° 00' 13" |
25° 50' 04" |
11° 47' |
01° 59' 47" |
28° 48' Sco |
* The Ayanamsa @ 2000 CE can be used to convert tropical longitudes to sidereal longitudes. For example if your Sun resides at 0° 00' 00" Aries (exactly on the vernal point) subtract 24° 44' 12" to get your sun's sidereal location using the Fagan-Bradley ayanamsa. Or subtract 25° 00' 00" to get your sun's sidereal location using the Galactic Equatorial Ayanamsa.
A quick and simple shortcut to this is to add 5° and drop back a sign; i.e., if your tropical Ascendant is 9° 00' sidereal Pisces (add 5°, minus one sign). Your sidereal ASC is 14° 00' sidereal Aquarius. This is only true for charts cast around 2000 CE only. Remember, an ayanamsa changes over time at the rate of precession, so this shortcut does not work for dates in the distant past or distant future. The chart above lists ayanamsas for two epochs: 1950 and 2000 CE.
** The Delta figure can be used to convert sidereal longitudes calculated with one ayanamsa to those of another ayanamsa. The DELTA figure can be rounded off from "seconds of arc" to "minutes of arc" for most purposes: For example, if you have a computer program that calculates your ASC at 15° 03' sidereal Taurus (aligning with Aldebaran) using the Fagan-Bradley ayanamsa, you can subtract the delta figure of 00° 16' (- 00° 15' 48") to get the ASC at 14° 47' using the Galactic ayanamsa. Or, to convert a longitude to match Fagan-Bradley, add 00° 16'. Note that the Galactic, Babylonian and Fagan-Bradley ayanamsas vary by just a fraction of a degree, and Takra's by just 1/2°.
To Convert Raman to Galactic subtract 02° 36' from the longitudes in your chart.
To Convert Krishnamurti to Galactic subtract 01° 14' from the longitudes in your chart.
To Convert Lahiri to Galactic subtract 01° 09' from the longitudes in your chart.
To Convert Takra to Galactic subtract 00° 30' from the longitudes in your chart.
To Convert Fagan-Bradley to Galactic subtract 00 16' from the longitudes in your chart.
To Convert Babylonian to Galactic subtract 00 13' from the longitudes in your chart.
To Convert DeLuce to Galactic add 02° 48' to the longitudes in your chart.
To Convert Larry Ely to Galactic add 03° 00' to the longitudes in your chart.
To further compound the problem of zodiakal reckoning, we must recognize that the rate of Earth's precession is NOT a constant. It is accurate to say the last erect precessional cross had occurred exactly 180° degrees ago in the precessional cycle, but we can only estimate that to have been 9,000 to 13,000 years ago. The rate of precession may vary over long periods of time, or even oscillate around some harmonic ideal. There are many continuously changing astronomical factors that affect the rate of precession, not to mention the cause of the precessional of the equinoxes is not even clear. (Just as we can not pinpoint a date in the distant past is why I suggest man-made calendars made in antiquity fall short of being able to predict future evolutionary changes to a specific date.)
"The Great World Cycle," or "Earth's Great Year," as Earth's precessional cycle is sometimes called, is estimated to be between 22,000 and 26,000 solar years—most often rounded to 25,000 or 26,000 years. The 25,920 figure, sometimes seen, is a natural harmonic ideal. Another number of significance is 22,680, quite close to the 23,000 figure. These are all academic figures however: Earth's current rate of precession is calculated to be ~25,867 years, and it is slightly increasing. This is a precessional rate of 1° every ~71.85 years, or 0° 00' 50.26" per year.
Walter Cruttenden, in his binary star model, suggests our binary sun's average orbital period is 24,000 years, with it slowing to 22,000 years or less at the binary orbit's apoapsis and increasing to 26,000 years at its periapsis. This model appropriately recognizes an ever changing precessional rate.
Some Technical References on Precession & Earth Orientation:
IERS (International Earth Rotation & Reference System Service)
Earth Orientation Centre
JPL Technical Report Server
Earth's ~25000-year polar precessional circle inscribed in the heavens, also called the polar arc, is naturally divided into seven evolutionary epochs called the Heptanomis—also referred to as the seven heavens, mansions, and the seven days of creation.
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You can book your place on the NEBOSH IGC and get started with your learning today.
Astutis also offer the NEBOSH International Certificate as an own-branded, in-company training option. Get in touch today to see how you could benefit from training multiple delegates at your organisation.
If you are seeking a broad introduction health and safety course in Africa but can't attend a classroom course, get in touch to see how you could benefit from our interactive NEBOSH IGC E-learning course.
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