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New Theories / Re: The 12 Aspects of 1 Dimensional Time
« on: 05/12/2016 13:19:38 »
'Coincidentally', there are 12 lunar months in a lunar year, 12 adjusted months of the Roman Calendar in a solar year, the Sun passes through 12 constellations in a solar year, 12 hours on a clock. The 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac is an approximation to the 11.86-year cycle of Jupiter, the largest planet of the solar system.
There is good reason consider a lunar year as having 13 28 day months (364 days) and 4 13 week seasons. This to me is a far more elegant and natural calendar, and it agrees with the original zodiac which actually has 13 signs in (Ophiuchus is often dropped to force it to 12). Beyond that, our clock has 24 hours in a day, but the day does not always have the same amount of time as a function of its location along the orbital path which is why one needs to check the "Equation of Time" to see how long any given day TRULY is. . .
from Wikipedia: The equation of time describes the discrepancy between two kinds of solar time... The two times that differ are the apparent solar time, which directly tracks the motion of the sun, and mean solar time, which tracks a theoretical "mean" sun with noons 24 hours apart. Apparent solar time can be obtained by measurement of the current position (hour angle) of the Sun, as indicated (with limited accuracy) by a sundial. Mean solar time, for the same place, would be the time indicated by a steady clock set so that over the year its differences from apparent solar time would resolve to zero.
There is good reason consider a lunar year as having 13 28 day months (364 days) and 4 13 week seasons. This to me is a far more elegant and natural calendar, and it agrees with the original zodiac which actually has 13 signs in (Ophiuchus is often dropped to force it to 12). Beyond that, our clock has 24 hours in a day, but the day does not always have the same amount of time as a function of its location along the orbital path which is why one needs to check the "Equation of Time" to see how long any given day TRULY is. . .
from Wikipedia: The equation of time describes the discrepancy between two kinds of solar time... The two times that differ are the apparent solar time, which directly tracks the motion of the sun, and mean solar time, which tracks a theoretical "mean" sun with noons 24 hours apart. Apparent solar time can be obtained by measurement of the current position (hour angle) of the Sun, as indicated (with limited accuracy) by a sundial. Mean solar time, for the same place, would be the time indicated by a steady clock set so that over the year its differences from apparent solar time would resolve to zero.