The Great Year Clock
We play, with time.
Nineteen cycles nested from the second to the turning of the ages. Each ring fills clockwise from the top, so you can see where this moment sits in all of them at once.
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The nineteen cyclesWhat each ring is, and where it stands now
Anchors: mean lunation from the new moon of 6 Jan 2000; seasons from the March equinox of 2026; Saros from the eclipse of 21 Aug 2017 (series 145); Egyptian civil year and Sothic cycle from Censorinus, who records 1 Thoth meeting the rising of Sirius in 139 CE. Dates before 1582 are shown on the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
The ages of precession have no agreed boundaries. This clock uses equal ages of 2,148 years with Pisces opening at 1 CE, which puts the Age of Taurus at roughly 4300 to 2150 BCE. Solar cycle, lunar node and obliquity rings are approximations of irregular or slowly varying rhythms.
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