Clan Ewing to choose its first chief in 250 years
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Clan Ewing to choose its first chief in 250 years
www.scottishfield.co.uk/culture/clan...

Sun signs are the months of an ancient calendar, seeing a zodiac in the stars to reflect the earthly seasons.
Scorpio is when scorpions hibernate and crops are planted, so Scorpio signifies death and rebirth.
📷 Temple of Khmum, Esna.
#scorpio #zodiac #astrology #astrologysky
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It seems that what we once called "equinox" now has its very own neologism (which no one has heard of): "equilux".
But the English language is defined by usage, not by self-appointed authorities, and I suspect that in common usage the old meaning is still understood.
#Langsky

Equinox today is the moment the ecliptic crosses the equator, but was once the days that equal the nights - Latin, "dies equinoctii".
So we now mark a single moment, not a period of a night and a day, and on a slightly different date from in ancient times.
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This pre-Roman British shield, aka the Battersea shield, was fished out of the Thames in 1857. It is rightly famous. The work of a master craftsman, it is simple, yet breathtakingly beautiful with its elegant, sinuous lines. Old Father Thames, more please
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🏺 AncientBlueSky

Three signs of wisdom:
Patience;
Memory;
Foresight.

from The Triads of Ireland, a late 9th-century collection of traditional wisdom (my translation)
image: a 1st-century shield mount from Tal-y-llyn, Gwynedd

Just got here from somewhere else - thanks to @onefaithlove.bsky.social for the invite.

This view of the River Teme is from a few days ago - the water's much higher now.