My vote would be to revive an old astronomical/astrological
distinction which has a charming poetical flavour. (vernal and
autumnal have a 'hemisipheric chauninism' which as a southerner I
emphatically reject, of course!). The terms I have in mind are
"dragon's head" --"the ascending mode of a planet" and "dragon's
tail" --"the descending mode". What do you think, Anselmo?
> Don't you think it'd be better to call the equinoxes 'ascending
equinoxe' and 'descending equinoxe' instead of 'vernal equinox'
and 'autumn equinox'? Do you know if the International Astronomy Union
> said something about this?
cheers,
Peter
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