Astrology point and therefore the zodiac with which we are familiar will provide a reference point. It is important to realise that our zodiac is composed of stars that are all within approximately 300 light years of our sun and therefore describe an apparent sphere only one hundredth of the radius of the sphere in which our sun sits with respect to the galactic centre. All these stars are moving at different speeds around the galactic centre and therefore their location in the zodiac, the apparent shapes they form (which we call the constellations) and indeed their very existence as stars, changes with each orbit of the centre. With this in mind let us take a point of reference with which we are familiar—the ‘location’ of the galactic centre at approximately 27 degrees Sagittarius or 5 degrees sidereally depending on which ayanamsa is used. If the galactic centre lies in the direction of Sagittarius from the perspective of the Earth, then the Earth will lie in Gemini from the perspective of the galactic centre, using the Earth’s zodiac as a point of reference. We can do this because the zodiac is an archetype. We do not know which ‘sign’ our solar system is in from a galactic perspective because we would need to know where galactic ‘east’ was and what stage in the precessional cycle the galaxy was. What we can do is define a galactic zodiac from the perspective of our own. The greater centre reveals the nature and purpose of the lesser. c f
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