Dave Bell wrote:
>"And the yonge Sonne hath in the Ram his halve cours yronne,"
obviously he's deeply involved with his chores Sir!
Ouch!
Tony M.
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Nice point, Frank. The virtue of using astrological symbols to signify
dates
on curves on a dial is that they are much easier to carve than a seriies of
numbers/letters, and take up less space. They're also pictorial, which adds
to the fun of a dial. David Brown 2.05W 52.75WN
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On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, Frank Evans wrote:
> Greetings fellow dialist,
> Point appreciated, David Brown. For the honour of nautical astronomy may
> we be clear that the first point of Aries is totally detached from any
> historical or fictional astrological houses and is a scientifically
> defined as
Greetings fellow dialist,
Point appreciated, David Brown. For the honour of nautical astronomy may
we be clear that the first point of Aries is totally detached from any
historical or fictional astrological houses and is a scientifically
defined astronomical point. Some dial makers may wish to avo
Astrology (and religion) not only affected the development of calendars,
but they stimulated the advance of horology generally. Egyptian and Chinese
water clocks are examples. Chinese water clocks were used determining
astrologically optimal times for conception. Babylonian astronomy and
tim
Hello Anselmo,
I agree with your argument "superstition of astrology", but remember that
the zodiacal calendar was very important in the past and not only by
astrologers but in all kind of science.
In historical vieuw this calendar, and also astrological houses and
planetary hours, may not be ig
