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Precession Moves the Starting Point

The slow wobble of the Earth's axis, and the consequence that splits the zodiac: the equinox slides westward along the ecliptic by a degree every seventy-two years.

The Vernal Equinox

The crossing point that serves as a zero needing no landmark, why that makes it the strongest possible reference, and the catch — it will not stay still.