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Refers to the precession of Earth's axis of rotation with respect to inertial space. Inertial space is a coordinate system (or a frame of reference) defined with respect to the distant stars, whose relative positions do not change over reasonably long periods of time. A complete precession cycle (One Astrological Age) covers a period of approximately 25,765 years, the so called [[Great Platonic Year]], during which time the equinox regresses over a full 360°. The precessional movement also is the determining factor in the length of an Astrological Age or Aeon. (Note that there are 12 Zodiac Archetypes that are each of the 12 Astrological Ages. We are moving from the Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius.) The precession of the equinoxes is caused by the differential between the gravitational forces of the Sun and Moon on the Earth. | Refers to the precession of Earth's axis of rotation with respect to inertial space. Inertial space is a coordinate system (or a frame of reference) defined with respect to the distant stars, whose relative positions do not change over reasonably long periods of time. A complete precession cycle (One Astrological Age) covers a period of approximately 25,765 years, the so called [[Great Platonic Year]], during which time the equinox regresses over a full 360°. The precessional movement also is the determining factor in the length of an Astrological Age or Aeon. (Note that there are 12 Zodiac Archetypes that are each of the 12 Astrological Ages. We are moving from the Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius.) The precession of the equinoxes is caused by the differential between the gravitational forces of the Sun and Moon on the Earth. | ||
==Platonic Month== | |||
Exactly one-twelfth of a Great Year. The length of a Platonic month equals 2160.4 years. The term appears to have first been coined by Carl Gustav Jung in Aion where, in footnote 84, he gives us its calculated length: 2,143 years. Two centuries earlier Voltaire had proposed the concept, but not given it this name.<ref>[http://www.oocities.org/astrologyages/jungsplatonicmonth.htm]</ref> | |||
==Ascension Cycle== | ==Ascension Cycle== | ||