For every year when certain stars would arise, it would always be a certain portion of a particular number of moon cycles, from the solstice or the equinox, depending on how far you wanted to count it.
For every year when certain stars would arise, it would always be a certain portion of a particular number of moon cycles, from the solstice or the equinox, depending on how far you wanted to count it.
It emphasizes the energy of 13 for integration, with spring (March equinox) marking the true new year, guiding humanity toward ascension.
Now we are gathered in our white robes to initiate a spring equinox ritual.
We are still in the waning energies of vernal equinox and the waxing of the passage called Beltane (May Day or May 1st).
Taurus, hosting the equinox then, blazed with Aldebaran and Pleiades—meteors from this region (Taurids today) could streak twice yearly, as Bashar suggests, for a decade (~10,000–9,990 BCE), signaling doom.
One of the learned men of our day, who for fifty years labored to decipher the hieroglyphics of the ancients, found upon a mummy-case in the British Museum a delineation of the signs of the zodiac, and the position of the planets; the date to which they pointed was the autumnal equinox of the year 1722 B.C.
Professor Mitchell, to whom the fact was communicated, employed his assistants to ascertain the exact position of the heavenly bodies belonging to our solar system on the equinox of that year.
The theory also raises the possibility that the Sphinx was originally constructed during this era, facing the constellation of Leo during the vernal equinox.
The monument, facing due east, aligns with the constellation of Leo around 10,500 BCE during the vernal equinox.
The Sphinx: Its alignment with the constellation of Leo during the vernal equinox further supports the idea that these monuments were built to reflect celestial events from a much earlier epoch.
These were intended to be symbolical of the sun's yearly course, but they were also used for astronomical purposes—being placed so that, to one standing at the high altar, the sun would rise at the winter solstice behind one of these monoliths, at the vernal equinox behind another, and so on throughout the year.
The sun-disk was considered the only appropriate emblem of the godhead, and as such was used in every temple, a golden disk being generally placed so as to catch the first rays of the rising sun at the vernal equinox or at the summer solstice.
The gathering took place during an equinox, a moment when the Earth is equally aligned with the light of the Sun at both poles.
He noted that the equinox aligns with the precession of the equinoxes, a process where the Earth moves backward by one degree with each occurrence.
Any student might compete in the annual examination exercises, held at the end of the year or just preceding the vernal equinox.
The tradition of honoring the apple during the autumn equinox (Mabon) can be traced back over 2,000 years.
The constellation’s position marked the spring equinox, signifying renewal and agricultural fertility.
Season: Spring Equinox
Season: Autumn Equinox
Deity: Hapi symbolizes fertility and renewal, marking the start of the new agricultural cycle and the transition towards the spring equinox.
Mkhulu Nsingiza:"The calendar we are reintroducing is based on what our ancestors used before colonization, specifically the oldest stone calendar in the world, known as 'Umazisikazi.' It is a solar calendar marking the four cardinal points: the spring equinox, summer solstice, autumn equinox, and winter solstice.
Mkhulu Nsingiza:"The spring equinox marks the beginning of the year, governed by the principle of Asa, the Green God, symbolizing growth.
The autumn equinox in March marks the balance of energies as we prepare for winter."
Our New Year is on the 21st of September, the spring equinox, when the day and night are equal, signifying rebirth and the beginning of the solar cycle.
Aries, or Assa, is named after a constellation and represents the Spring Equinox, symbolizing leadership and innovation.
Upon this altar burnt always what was called ' sacred Moon-fire,' and this was allowed to go out only once a year, on the night before the spring equinox.
They align Nisannu with the spring equinox (around March/April).
From the documentary Chasing the Equinox: