Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: zodiac lengths
Hi Hendrik,
Paul de Kort is a good artist and he makes exceptional artworks and design.
When he involves the sciences astronomy and astrology in his work he hits the
wrong ball, however.
A sundial is primarily a scientific
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From: Willy Leenders
To: i...@analemma.nl
Cc: Bill Gottesman ; sundial@uni-koeln.de ; Paul de Kort
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: zodiac lengths
Hi Hendrik,
Paul de Kort is a good artist and he makes exceptional
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From: Bill Gottesman billgottes...@comcast.net
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: zodiac lengths
Well done, Frank!
-Bill Gottesman
Frank King wrote:
Dear Thomas,
You ask interesting
Actually, Paul de Kort may not be wrong at all, depending somewhat on your point-of-view. There are actually three definitions of the zodiac:1. The zodiac definition that is most familiar to us is the "tropical zodiac", which ties Aries 0 deg to the vernal equinox and divides the tropical year
Hi,
a lot of sundials show the tweleve zodiac signs. Eg Gemini (♊) and
Cancer (♋) do share the same region on the sundial. My question is:
do they share *exactly* the same region or not? Is the starting date
May 20 of one in line with the end-date July 22 of the other or not?
The angles of the
Dear Thomas,
You ask interesting questions and the
answers depend slightly on just how
precisely you want the model the way
the sun goes round the ecliptic.
QUESTION 1
... do [Gemini and Cancer] share
*exactly* the same region [on a
sundial] or not?
I think it is reasonable to DEFINE
the
Well done, Frank!
-Bill Gottesman
Frank King wrote:
Dear Thomas,
You ask interesting questions and the
answers depend slightly on just how
precisely you want the model the way
the sun goes round the ecliptic.
QUESTION 1
... do [Gemini and Cancer] share
*exactly* the same region [on
Message -
From: Bill Gottesman billgottes...@comcast.net
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: zodiac lengths
Well done, Frank!
-Bill Gottesman
Frank King wrote:
Dear Thomas,
You ask interesting questions and the
answers depend slightly on just how
