03-12-2025, 07:27 PM
The Babylonian Zodiac weakly rules out the Sinosphere. Chinese astronomy divides the ecliptic by 28 mansions, which are linked to the moon. (There may be a crib here for You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. for the adventurous, but again, the wrong Zodiac looms large here.) Vedic astrology uses the Babylonian Zodiac, which means some of the tonal and monosyllabic languages in the historically Theravada areas could conceivably narrow the search.
Checking some details for this post reminded me of something else: Pisces first is not so surprising. Well before 1400 CE, specifically around 100 BCE, the equinox precessed from Aires to Pisces. Placing Pisces first points to an interest in either or both direct stellar observation or Christianity; to the latter, The Age of Pisces is associated with Christ because of the approximate 0 CE changeover. Unfortunately for an Eastern link, Aires-first was maintained most places, albeit including Europe.
Checking some details for this post reminded me of something else: Pisces first is not so surprising. Well before 1400 CE, specifically around 100 BCE, the equinox precessed from Aires to Pisces. Placing Pisces first points to an interest in either or both direct stellar observation or Christianity; to the latter, The Age of Pisces is associated with Christ because of the approximate 0 CE changeover. Unfortunately for an Eastern link, Aires-first was maintained most places, albeit including Europe.