http://www.ukskeptics.com/cms UK-Skeptics articles and commentary Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:32:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ukskeptics.com/cms/astrology-and-precession/comment-page-1/#comment-29 I’m Sagittarian. Unless I’m not… | A Cursory Glance... Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:32:25 +0000 http://www.ukskeptics.com/cms/?p=657#comment-29 [...] Even if we believe all of that, there is still one major hurdle to overcome. When the Babylonians first drafted the Zodiac around 2,500 years ago, the sun was in the constellation of Sagittarius between November 23 and December 22. However, thanks to the efforts of Greek fellows like Aristarchus of Samos, Hipparchus of Rhodes and Ptolemy we now know of the phenomenon known as “axial precession”. [...] [...] Even if we believe all of that, there is still one major hurdle to overcome. When the Babylonians first drafted the Zodiac around 2,500 years ago, the sun was in the constellation of Sagittarius between November 23 and December 22. However, thanks to the efforts of Greek fellows like Aristarchus of Samos, Hipparchus of Rhodes and Ptolemy we now know of the phenomenon known as “axial precession”. [...]

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