ERRORS IN COMPUTATION OF FENG SHUI AND ASTROLOGICAL YEARS

ISSUE OF PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES
Prof. Dr. Ong Hean-Tatt 10th January 2008


Introduction
Most are using the wrong Year Sign for both Feng Shui and astrology purposes.
As each Chinese New Year approaches, there would be a spate of forecasts about the coming year by both astrologers and Feng Shui masters. The forecasts can be conflicting or do not fit what eventually happened in the said year. There can be good reasons why this is so, which are generally that the current masters failed to take into account the "precession of the Equinoxes" in their dating methods!

Shift of Full Cycle through 12 Zodiac Signs Every 25,800 Years

The rotational axis of Earth wobbles, making a full circle through the 12 Zodiac signs once every 25,800 years. This is known as the "precession of the Equinoxes". The Vernal Equinox point is where the ecliptic intersects with the Celestial Equator. It is the point when the Sun stands on the first day of Spring.

Some 2,000 years ago this intersection point was seen against the background of the stars of Aries the Ram. Since that time, this point has always been referred to as "The first point of Aries"... nowadays the intersection point is seen against the background stars of Pisces, the Fishes. This is due to a movement called the precession of the Equinoxes, caused by a top-like wobble of the Earth. In another 2,000 years the first point of Aries will be in Aquarius, the Water Carrier, another 20 centuries will bring it to Capricornus, the Seagoat, and so on around the Zodiac until after 25,800 years it will be back again in Aries. (Staal 1961p.39-40).

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