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    Explore " equinoxes" with insightful episodes like "I Digress: Gregorian Calendar", "Spotlight Ninian Nijhuis - Western Sidereal Astrology", "Don't Wait to Celebrate!", "Lecture 10: Telling Time" and "Lecture 06: Daily and Annual Motions" from podcasts like ""Destination: History", "Rejected Religion Podcast", "Out of Mo's Mind", "Astronomy 161 - Introduction to Solar System Astronomy - Autumn 2007" and "Astronomy 161 - Introduction to Solar System Astronomy - Autumn 2007"" and more!

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    Spotlight Ninian Nijhuis - Western Sidereal Astrology

    Spotlight Ninian Nijhuis - Western Sidereal Astrology

    Ninian Nijhuis holds a Research Master in Religious Studies (University of Amsterdam); a BA in Law and an LL.M. in International Public Law (University of Utrecht). Her main focus is on Western Esotericism and her key fields of interest are Jungian psychology, sidereal astrology, mysticism, spirituality and its connections to science. Additionally, she is Head of Social Media at the Centre for History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents (HHP Centre) and the University of Amsterdam, and currently works as a sidereal astrologer and coach.  

     

    In this interview, Ninian and I discuss sidereal astrology, and how it differs from tropical astrology (the system that most people in the West are familiar with). Ninian shares the history of astrology and of these two systems; why these systems became separated (with tropical astrology the most popular form in the West, and sidereal astrology in the East); and how sidereal astrology made a 'comeback' in the West via Cyril Fagan and others.  

     

    Ninian also shares her personal journey and views with regard to astrology, her research interest on an academic level, and how she uses sidereal astrology together with Jungian psychology in her own work.


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    You can find Ninian at https://niniansiderealastrology.com/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/niniannijhuis/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ninian.nijhuis

    Academia.edu: https://uva.academia.edu/NinianNijhuis

    Ninian's article about Western sidereal astrology: https://www.academia.edu/50008714/Western_Sidereal_Astrology_From_Ancient_Babylonia_to_the_Modern_West

    From her website:https://niniansiderealastrology.com/2021/11/19/what-is-western-sidereal-astrology/

     

     

    If you are interested in the academic study of Western Esotericism, and would like to be kept up-to-date on current lectures, courses, conferences, books, podcasts, etc., please check out -

    https://www.instagram.com/amsterdamhermetica/

    or https://www.amsterdamhermetica.nl/

    or https://www.facebook.com/amsterdamhermetica

     

     

    Theme Music: Stephanie Shea

    Rejected Religion Podcast
    enMay 17, 2022
    research
    history
    astrology
    balance
    vedicastrology

    Lecture 10: Telling Time

    Lecture 10: Telling Time
    What time is it? Telling time is the oldest practical application of astronomy. Today's lecture is the first of a 2-part lecture on the astronomical origins of our methods of keeping time and making calendars. This lecture reviews the divisions of the year into the solstices, equinoxes, and cross-quarter days, the division of the year into months by moon phase cycles, months into weeks, and the division of the day into hours by marking the location of the Sun in the sky Recorded 2007 Oct 2 in 1000 McPherson Lab on the Columbus campus of The Ohio State University.
    Astronomy 161 - Introduction to Solar System Astronomy - Autumn 2007
    en-usOctober 02, 2007
    astronomy
    hours
    clocks
    weeks
    solstices

    Lecture 06: Daily and Annual Motions

    Lecture 06: Daily and Annual Motions
    Why do celestial objects appear to rise and set every day? How does this depend on where you are on the Earth, or the time of year? In today's lecture we we set the heavens into motion and review the two most basic celestial motions. Apparent Daily Motion reflects the daily rotation of the Earth about its axis. Apparent Annual Motion reflects the Earth's annual orbit around the Sun. We introduce the Ecliptic, the Sun's apparent annual path across the Celestial Sphere, and note four special locations along the Ecliptic: the Solstices and Equinoxes. This sets the stage for many of the topics of the rest of this section. Recorded 2007 Sep 26 in 1000 McPherson Lab on the Columbus campus of The Ohio State University.
    Astronomy 161 - Introduction to Solar System Astronomy - Autumn 2007
    en-usSeptember 26, 2007
    astronomy
    daily motion
    solstices
    equinoxes
    ecliptic

    Lecture 7: The Four Seasons

    Lecture 7: The Four Seasons
    Why do we have different seasons? This lecture looks at the consequences of the tilt of the Earth's rotation axis relative to its orbital plane (the Obliquity of the Ecliptic) combined with the apparent annual motions of the Sun around the Ecliptic. The important factor determining whether it is hot or cold at a given location at different times in the year is "insolation": how much sunlight is spread out on the ground. This, combined with the different length of the day when the Sun as at different declinations, determines to total amount of solar heating per day, and drives the general weather. It has nothing, however, to do with how far away we are from the Sun at different times of the year. Finally, the direction of the Earth's rotation axis slowly drifts westward, taking 26,000 years to go around the sky. This "Precession of the Equinoxes" represents a tiny change that is still measureable by pre-telescopic observations, and means that at different epochs in human history there is a different north pole star, or none at all! Recorded 2006 Sep 28 in 100 Stillman Hall on the Columbus campus of The Ohio State University.
    Astronomy 161 - Introduction to Solar System Astronomy
    en-usSeptember 28, 2006
    seasons
    astronomy
    solstices
    insolation
    equinoxes
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