david starling
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Since Carter used the 12 Age-divisions along with a timeline of events, he must have picked an ayanamsa. I looked him up but his choice wasn't listed as far as I could tell.
I am pretty sure, he went with 0 AD. Actually, I believe he is looking at division of the zodiac ruling each set of 180 years. I will have to check, starting with Aries for the first 180 years. Then Taurus.
I can see how some might think of his writing as a skeptic. His humour, reads through, dry straight humour, I would have enjoyed his company. I don't think that of many writers.
Since there was no year 0 in the A.D. dating system, that would be the Year 1 A.D. Robert Hand is using it, with the result being a sidereal Aquarian Age beginning in 2149.
Entirely by coincidence, the astronomically-based, tropical Aquarian Age I've been delineating begins its full-effect, Mean-setting in 2149. (Although its nutational, True-setting, which swings back and forth due to the Moon's orbit, will first ingress tropical Aquarius in the year 2047.)
Since Carter used the 12 Age-divisions along with a timeline of events, he must have picked an ayanamsa. I looked him up but his choice wasn't listed as far as I could tell.
Other Ayanamshas
From Quora:
Standardization of Lahiri ayanamsa by Lahiri commission formed by Indian government led to some uniformity over the last few decades, but still Vedic astrologers use many ayanamsas differing by a few degrees.
Tropical vs Sidereal Zodiacs
Sun's transit through tropical zodiac brings seasons and is associated with observable phenomena. For example, entry of Sun into tropical Aries is always aligned with spring equinox (when daytime and night time are of equal duration) and Sun's entry to tropical Cancer is always aligned with summer solstice (when daytime duration reaches a maximum). Tropical zodiac is tied to seasons and can be reliably fixed based on observable phenomena. Thus, some cultures started using it in astrology.
However, zodiacal signs are supposed to be aligned to nakshatras, which correspond to constellations of stars in the sky. Nakshatra stars are farther than Sign stars so they appear almost fixed while Zodiac Sign stars being nearer , drift with Earth’s wobbling motion .
Now , the sign of Aries should contain Aswini nakshatra, Bharani nakshatra and a part of Krittika nakshatra. If we use the tropical zodiac, signs will slowly shift with time and point to different nakshatras in different in thousand year. This is totally inconsistent with the teachings of Rishis and That led to the concept of Ayanamsh correction in tropical Zodiac to get sidereal Zodiac.
Chitrapaksha Ayanamsha is Most widely Used Ayanansh in Indian Astrology
Chitrapaksha ayanamsa, popularly known as Lahiri ayanamsa, takes Chitra nakshatra as the anchor of the zodiac. As per Surya Siddhanta, the yogatara of Chitra nakshatra is the brightest star in the constellation and its longitude is 180° from the start of Aries and its latitude is 2° south of the ecliptic plane.
Spica (Alpha Virgonis)is the brightest star in the constellation corresponding to Chitra nakshatra. Thus Chitrapaksha ayanamsa fixes the start of Aries such that Spica is always at 0Li0.
There is no philosophical or esoteric justification for why Chitra nakshatra, whose deity is Tvashta, should be the anchor of the zodiac. Possibly, Lahiri commission searched for a bright star near the start of Aries and went for the start of Libra when they found none near the start of Aries.
KP system developed its own Ayanamsha as they go for minute calculations for sub and sub sub lord . Astrologer B V Raman also came with his own Ayanamsha. And there is Pushya Paksha Ayanamsha based on Pushya Nakshatra ( just like Chitra ) .
Finally , it is up to the astrologer to accept one of the Ayanamsha based on accuracy in prediction . Like most astrologers , I also use Chitra Pakshiya Lahiri Ayanamsha and most astrology software have Lahiri Ayanamsha , tropical ( western astrology) system and KP for KP system calculation .
Leomoon, is it correct to say that the concept of a precessional Age of Aquarius is an entirely Western concept, that can be adapted to a Vedic setting of the 12 equal Signs, but isn't really part of Vedic astrology?
Yep! That's why I'm leaving the problem in your capable hands.
Robot ages are here. Robot generation
Robot ages are here. Robot generation
I'm so old, I remember when the Aquarian Age was going to start right away and solve ALL of our problems!