Branwen wrote: Yeah, it's his alternative star group which could serve the same purpose of letting you know when to align the solar and lunar calendars. Basically, when the pleiades and the moon align in it's crescent phase, it's time to add call that moon by an added-in extra name so the usual names align back up where they should be in the year, ie: wolf(?) moon in january or whatever they were called. This astrologer says other star groups would perform the same funtion, but other groups didn't have the same emphasis on them that pleiades and taurus had in those times, so why postulate a different set if they aren't any better?
Branwen , am i right in thinking that Alun didn't suggest this but an astrologer did ?
Whoever , as you say it's frying pan and fire stuff .What gets me is ,if it's a fake then I imagine the fakers would have made a better job of the shape but the shape does have parallels in rock art rosettes .
I doubt if the shape would have changed since the suggested date of the disc
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