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Nowruz (aka New Day, New Light, Navroz, Navreh, Newroz, Novruz, Navroj, Naw-Ruz, and Nauruz) marks the Spring Equinox time when the sun moves from the zodiacal sign of Pisces into that of Aires.
K. E. Eduljee, in Introduction.
Zoroastrianism & Astrology, explains that “astrology plays a prominent role in Middle Persian (8th to 10th century CE) non-scriptural Zoroastrian religious texts…” - and that the cultural role of astrology in Zoroastrianism is “deep-seated.” Eduljee goes on to explain that a Zoroastrian approach might utilize astrology “to indicate potential rather than absolute fated destiny, or perhaps favourable and unfavourable timing to undertake a venture.”
In February 2010, the U.N. General Assembly “recognized the International Day of Nowruz, a spring festival of Persian origin…” and further explained that it “has been celebrated for over 3,000 years…”
Wikipedia reports that Nowruz was originally “a Zoroastrian festival, and the holiest of them all.”
It is the first day of the unique Iranian solar calendar – a day in which “the sun is observed to be directly over the
equator…” and “sunlight is evenly divided between the north and south hemispheres.”
Few astrological transitions are as dramatic as this one from Pisces to Aires. iVillage.co.uk explains that “Pisces is the 12th and final Sign of the Zodiac; Aires is the first.” Pisces can be “indirect and unfocused,” whereas Aires often “rams” its way to a goal. Pisces is the “Sign of Dreams and Secrets,” whereas Aires
is the “Sign of new beginnings.”
Resources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norouz#The_Haft_S.C3.AEn
http://www.ivillage.co.uk/born-a-cusp-pisces-aries/75449?field_pages=0
http://zoroastrianastrology.blogspot.com/
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2010/ga10916.doc.htm
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