10-03-2025, 08:37 AM
@SherriMM
Calculating the seasons is not that simple.
Extract from the University of Zurich. Pictured here. I translated it into English.
‘The beginning of the year in the medieval calendar does not always coincide with 1 January. In total, there are six different beginnings of the year (25 Dec, 1 Jan, 1 March, 25 March, Easter, 1 Sept).
In German-speaking Switzerland and southern Germany, the so-called nativity style prevailed until the 15th century, in which the turn of the year falls on 25 December (in line with the counting of the years of incarnation). In the period between Christmas and New Year (octave), the year given in the original dating must therefore be reduced by one. Thus the coronation of Charlemagne (Christmas 800) is often consistently recorded in contemporary annals at the beginning of the year 801.
Since the 16th century, the so-called circumcision or calendar style has prevailed, which corresponds to the modern beginning of the year on 1 January.
Due to the variety of year beginnings, these should always be checked carefully.’
Alignment around 1511 (but I'm not quite sure off the top of my head)
It seems that 1 March is the same date as the VM.
However, since we are at 1400, it must be taken into account that the leap years were not taken into account. Compared to today there is a difference of 14 days.
This means that the date does not correspond to today's zodiac signs by 2 weeks.
Due to the shift, Pisces is quite plausible as the beginning of the year in March.