BS: Y2K/2K+1 new year checkoff: lunar 2000

Subject: Y2K/2K+1 new year checkoff: lunar 2000
From: T in Oklahoma (Okiemockbird)
Date: 06 Dec 99 - 10:20 AM

Another new year coming up: Tuesday night, December 7 at sunset begins the first lunar month of the lunar year 2000 by the Gregorian Easter cycle, beginning the lunar calendar millenium of the 2000s (not to be confused with the 3rd millenium AD which doesn't start for another year) and the lunar calendar century of the 2000s (not to be confused with the 21st century AD which doesn't start for another year.)

Party on!

T.

Subject: RE: BS: Y2K/2K+1 new year checkoff: lunar 2000
From: sophocleese
Date: 06 Dec 99 - 12:28 PM

I'm confused....when were the dinosaurs?

Subject: RE: BS: Y2K/2K+1 new year checkoff: lunar 2000
From: Blackcat2
Date: 06 Dec 99 - 04:01 PM

This is all becoming far too confusing. What is scary is that you actually seem to understand what you're saying!

By the way, I learned (in Paganism) that the lunations are full moon to full moon, not new to new. An interesting difference!

pax & happy whatever to you!

Subject: RE: BS: Y2K/2K+1 new year checkoff: lunar 2000
From: T in Oklahoma (Okiemockbird)
Date: 07 Dec 99 - 11:32 AM

Blackcat2, thanks for the good wishes. Happy whatever to you, too.

So far as I'm aware, the new-moon style of lunation is, or was, used among the heathen at least as much as the full-moon style. The ancient Babylonians, Egyptians, Greeks, and probably Romans all used a new-moon lunation. (The Egyptians reckoned from the disappearance of the waning moon, the Babylonains from the appearance of the new crescent.) Some of the Chinese also seem to use the new-moon style. I'm not sure about the lunar calendars of India, but I wouldn't be surprised, in such a large diverse area, to find both styles of lunation, if not also some systems that use the sidereal instead of or in addition to the synodic month (i.e., a system which paid attention to the moon's position in the zodiac, rather than its phase.)

So, there's all kinds of ways. T.

Subject: RE: BS: Y2K/2K+1 new year checkoff: lunar 2000
From: catspaw49
Date: 07 Dec 99 - 12:02 PM

After a rather heated disagreement over a ruling by the sponsoring yacht club, my sailing partner and I spent the rest of the year displaying full moons to the committee boat prior to race thereafter as well as mooning the club's building during pleasure sailing. I think that year went full to full...in either case, it was quite a year.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Y2K/2K+1 new year checkoff: lunar 2000
From: T in Oklahoma (Okiemockbird)
Date: 07 Dec 99 - 12:14 PM

T.

Subject: RE: BS: Y2K/2K+1 new year checkoff: lunar 2000
From: T in Oklahoma (Okiemockbird)
Date: 07 Dec 99 - 12:15 PM

//laughter//

T.

Subject: RE: BS: Y2K/2K+1 new year checkoff: lunar 2000
From: Blackcat2
Date: 07 Dec 99 - 02:33 PM

Well, I gotta admit when were talking THOSE kinds of moons - full is definately better. Though new moons (my interpretation being babie's bottoms) are cute and AWWWWWWWWWW inspiring, but I rather see the full . . .

Blackcat2

Subject: RE: BS: Y2K/2K+1 new year checkoff: lunar 2000
From: MudGuard
Date: 08 Dec 99 - 01:56 AM

It seems we are all lunatics here ;-)
MudGuard