From: TTrotsky@aol.com
Date: Mon 22 Sep 1997 - 21:46:51 EEST
Steve Martin:
<< For non-healing reasons, I have been wondering about this for quite some
It takes around 25,000 years for the equinoxes to precess around a full
Beyond simple sun-signs, the important features in RW astrology are the
time. Because the constellations in Glorantha do not precess in the same
way that terrestrial ones do, it is harder to determine. That is, they do
precess over the course of a year, but not over the course of centuries.
How long does it take for them to precess on earth -- is it enough to
make a difference?>>
circuit.
<< I suppose the place where Lightfore rises on certain days of the year
might be the basic determinant of a "zodiac", though there would be a lot
of other factors to take into account.
Anybody got any views on some of the things to consider here? I don't
know enough about terrestrial astrology to start thinking much about a
Gloranthan system. >>
angles which the planets subtend to each other and the division of the houses
(which depends on latitude as well as date and time of birth). Many of the
Gloranthan planets also subtend interesting angles with each other, although
they go through a full cycle of possibilities in a much shorter period of
time than the RW ones. This isn't necesserily a problem for devising a
system, but it's going to be pretty different from ours. As for dividing the
houses, I don't think this is possible on Glorantha, although there might be
some way to come up with a similar effect using the end-point of the
Southpath or some such. I'll look into it and see what I can come up with.
Forward the glorious Red Army!
Trotsky
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