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The search for perfection
I recently had a chance to read the paper “The Mathematics of the Chinese Calendar” by Helmer Aslaksen[1]. This paper takes a deep dive into the details of how the Chinese calendar is calculated, and also draws some comparisons with the Gregorian calendar, the Islamic calendar and the Jewish calendar. The effort and thoughtfulness that… Continue reading
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Zodiac Signs – Why 12, and not 13?
This was one of the big questions that I had when I started learning astrology. Why 12 zodiac signs, but not 11 or 13? There are information on the internet saying that there is a “new” zodiac sign, making it a total of 13 signs instead of 12, which was rather puzzling. And some took… Continue reading
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