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> the fact that the lunation cycle divides the year into 12? Assuming you mean "The lunar cycle" - I was not aware that it divided the year into 12 at all (the
by Ntrails 8y ago
> the fact that the lunation cycle divides the year into 12?
Assuming you mean "The lunar cycle" - I was not aware that it divided the year into 12 at all (there are more than 12 in a year). If you ascribe significance to the nearest round number, that feels like stretching
> 12 is no ordinary number. 11 would not have been significant, nor would 13.
in what sense? 11 and 13 are at least prime, 12 is incredibly ordinary.
- cutler 8y ago12 is divisible by 3 and 4 which added equal 7 - the number of visible planets. 11 and 13 aren't divisible. Lunation cycle != lunar return. A lunation is a synodic period. There are 12.3 lunations per year so the nearest whole number is 12. The tropical year has 4 turning points - 2 solstices and 2 equinoxes. That the number of lunations in a year is divisible by the number of solstices/equinoxes is very significant and non-random.
- Ntrails 8y ago12.3 != 12 12.3 is not divisible by 3 or 4, is not special or whole or interesting. Manipulating things in an attempt to make them significant is ludicrous. Should there be higher powers and deeper meanings driving things, they would be exact.