History
The four stars with their modern and ancient Persian names were:
- Aldebaran (Tascheter) - vernal equinox (Watcher of the East)
- Regulus (Venant) - summer solstice (Watcher of the South)
- Antares (Satevis) - autumnal equinox (Watcher of the West)
- Fomalhaut (Haftorang/Hastorang) - winter solstice (Watcher of the North)
The constellations of the Royal Stars were said to be fixed because their positions were close to the four fixed points of the sun's path.[4] The sun was then surrounded by four bright stars at the beginning of every season.[5] From this observation individuals began to denote them the Royal Stars.[5]
By 700 BCE the Nineveh and Assyrians had essentially mapped the ecliptic cycle because of the four stars and were in result able to map the constellations, distinguishing them from the planets and the fixed stars.[4] From this, in 747 BCE the Babylonian King Nabu-nasir adopted a calendar derived from information based on the four stars, one following an eight-year cycle and one a nineteen-year cycle (later adopting the nineteen-year calendar as standard).[6]
The Royal Stars were used primarily for navigation.They were also believed to govern events in the world. Major disasters, breakthroughs, and historical phenomenons were seen as caused by the stars and their alignment in the sky during the time in which the event occurred.[4] When the stars were aligned accordingly, favourable conditions followed, and when they were negatively aligned, disaster was predicted. Because Regulus was the most influential of the Royal Stars, events that took place while Regulus was in dominance were amplified and grave, foreshadowing destruction. Such alignment makes only sense in configuratons including planets and stars and not just fixed stars.
Criticism
The idea there existed four royal stars of Persia has been analysed and criticized in Popular Astronomy, where it was claimed the idea was largely a relatively modern invention or a misunderstanding of the sources.[7]
See also
References
- Davis, G. A., Jr. "The So-Called Royal Stars of Persia". Bibcode:1945PA.....53..149D.
- Stebbins, Joel (August 1943). "The Constant Stars". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 55 (325): 177. Bibcode:1943PASP...55..169S. doi:10.1086/125538. JSTOR 40670025.
- Gillentine, Julie. "The Four Royal Stars". Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- Bobrick, Benson (2006). The Fated Sky. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks.
- Stokley, James (June 29, 1940). "Summer in the Sky". The Science News-Letter. 37 (26): 407. doi:10.2307/3917059. JSTOR 3917059.
- Olmstead, A.T (1948). History of the Persian Empire. Chicago: Phoenix Books. p. 200.
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