In Astrology the lunar mansions are a division of the Ecliptic similar to the Zodiac. The mansion associated with a given date corresponds to the constellation the Moon is passing through at that time. An astrological chart (or horoscope) - Y2K Chart — This particular chart is calculated for January 1, 2000 at 12:01:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time in New York City, New York, USA. (Longitude: 074W0023 - Latitude: 40N4251) Astrology (from Greek: αστρολογία = άστρον, astron, star + λόγος, logos, word) is any... The plane of the Ecliptic is well seen in this picture from the 1994 lunar prospecting Clementine spacecraft. ... This article is about the astrological concept. ... Crust composition Oxygen 43% Silicon 21% Aluminium 10% Calcium 9% Iron 9% Magnesium 5% Titanium 2% Nickel 0. ...
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Most lunar maps are plotted as a telescopic view, inverted and reversed, so it is difficult to correlate them with a normal view.
Usually, 28 such references were established, and they were called the LunarMansions, or resting-places.
LunarMansions were prominent in the astrology of the East, in China, India, Arabia, Egypt, Persia, central Asia, and, above all, in the Euphrates valley among the Chaldeans, where they may have originated.
Definition: [Zodiacs] The Lunar or Draconic Zodiac is a band of the heavens approximately 10° wide, centered on the ecliptic, against which the Moon is seen to move, as seen from the Earth.
I have been unable to discover how the obvious problem of the movement of the marking stars of the mansions against the Tropical Zodiac, because of the Movement of the Ages, is solved for the Arabian LunarMansions.
It is likely that the first mansion of the Arabian system began at a "fixed star" [perhaps Alcyone] and that the mansions were not of fixed length, accurately reflecting real asterisms seen in the heavens.
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