Is the Spring Equinox considered astronomical? (Persian New Year)
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The two equinoxes & two solstices of each year are entirely astronomical.
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Why is the Vernal equinox always March 20th? The summer solstice and autumnal equinox always fluctuate a day or so. It feels like there should be the same amount of time between them. I did not think a leap year really changes it very much.
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The date of both equinoxes vary slightly and have a precise time. Vernal/Spring equinox is usually March 20th or 21st.
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Also, Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Litha, Lammas, Mabon, and Samhain. Don’t leave out the pagans that most of Christianity stole traditions and dates from
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Good point. And since Yule is celebrated for 12 days, that means that January 1 is the last day of Yule, so perhaps January 1 can be considered to have a secondary celestial relationship after all.
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Jan 6th is 12 days after Christmas
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Yes, but Yule isn't the same thing as Christmas. Yule is celebrated on the Winter Solstice.
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Yes, but Yule not see so many celebrating it these days, though. (Sorry. Couldn't resist...)
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That's irrelevant. A number of people (including me) celebrate Yule and the other pagan holidays. So Jan 1st can be considered to have a secondary celestial relationship l, as B.L. Purdom said.
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The number of people that celebrate the holiday doesn't give the holiday more or less of a secondary celestial relationship. The number doesn't matter, what matters is that people do celebrate it
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You'll - Yule. It was a pun - light & airie, Faerie Grrl. I agree, I'm a quality over quantity gal myself. & I dig all things celestial....
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Not now Neil the Rose Bowl is on
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And, of course, Matariki, the Maori new year
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Ngā mihi o te tau hou. You beat me to it. The Māori New Year starts with the rising of the Pleiades cluster (the seven sisters)
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The restart of the elliptical orbit every 365.26 says isn't an astrological event? Even if the chosen initial date is arbitrary, the recurrence of that date is an astronomical event...
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A date doesn't make an astronomical event - the relative position of two or more astronomical objects does. The positioning defines events/dates, not vice versa. Otherwise, there's an infinite number of events for a given orbit and then term "event" is meaningless.
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