JANE CLIFTON: Blame the Babylonians

JANE CLIFTON: Blame the Babylonians
Jane Clifton
It’s all the Babylonians’ fault. According to NASA, when they codified the zodiac 3,000 years ago to chart the order of the constellations through which the sun moved each year, they opted to omit a thirteenth constellation, Ophiucus (the Serpent), because twelve seemed a tidier number.So when supporters of the Green School in Taranaki planned their Lion’s Gate Abundance and Manifestation ceremony for the time the sun enters Leo’s auspicious portal (August), they were quite a few weeks out, and this obviously displeased...

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