Draconis

"The fool on the hill sees the sun going down while the eyes in his head watch the world spinning round" Beatles

Using the Classical Greek Zodiac we will speed up the spinning face of the ancient sky clock revealing Time

The monthly midnight position of Draconis 300BC from vernal equinox Aries or Amen

Many people in our modern society are unable to see the stars in all their glory as our ancient ancestors once did.

This is because they are cocooned in great cities where the light and pollution obscures the night skies from view.

This was not always the case and in ancient times the stars were so bright that they could be identified easily and were formed into groups named after animals for recognition, these groups are known to us today as constellations and many of them still bear the ancient names given to them by our long dead ancestors.

Every one knows that it is the spinning of the world that causes the sun to go down in the west and rise in the east and that the same applies to the stars at night.

But there are one set of stars in the northern hemisphere that do not rise and set on the horizons.

They were known as the "Imperishable Ones" by the Egyptians because those ancient people associated the setting of any heavenly body as synonymous with death and the rising of the body as rebirth.

These constellations rotate at the same rate as the earth spins and therefore represent a cosmic 24 hour clock When you know this you can measure the changes with the accurate instrument of the working cross in the same way that you can tell the time from the angle of the hands on a watch on your wrist.

One such constellation is perfect for the job and it is called Draconis (the Serpent)

The Celtic cross is a protractor, but first lets see how the clock works:

If you think this work which is given freely and not for profit may be of interest to others, please recommend this website

The Northern Star Clock

The Celtic cross is a protractor, but first lets see how the clock works: