Whose idea was it to have 12 signs in the zodiac, 12 months of 30 days each. 360 degrees in the circle?

Question

This is from the afraican- american experience.
I am asking not from others gruops specific focus from african americans. thank you

Answer 1

calender was roman. zodiac was astrologers from Nostradamus times 360 degrees I have no idea

Answer 2

I think the 360 degree thing was Babylonian. The other stuff was Egyptian.

Egypt is in Africa, but I can't think of any other link to African-Americans besides that. I mean, the zodiac is an ancient idea and nobody came up with it over here--it's an old-world concept and people would have known about it in ancient Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe, Africa...I'm not aware that groups here had the same idea.

For instance, the Mayan calendar has 20 signs in the zodiac (I think--I know it's more than 12.) They were American, but they didn't follow the 12-pattern. Zodiac is a Greek term. Month is an Anglo-Saxon term. I'm not sure what you're getting at, but other than the Egyptian link (and I don't think the Egyptians came up with the zodiac themselves--I think they got it from the Middle East), I don't know how it's African-American.

Answer 3

African-Americans had nothing to do with it.

All of those were created before there even was a part of the world known as "America". Therefor it is impossible for an "American" of any type (African-, European-, or any other hyphenated group) to have played a role in the devlopment of any of those concepts.

As for the 12 signs of the zodiac that we all know today (Taurus, Libra, etc.) that's a Greek invention, not Egypitan. Greece is in Europe, not Africa.

A lunar month (moonth) is slightly over 28 days... not 29-30 as the other person said. There are 13 full moons in a year, not 12.

Most cultures (before Christianity) had 13 months but a few had 12, most of which had 30 days. The current calendar is a Christian creation. Judeo-Christianity comes from the Middle East which is in Asia, not Africa.

360 degrees in a circle is Babylonian in origin. Babylon is located in current-day Iraq, which is in Asia, not Africa.

Answer 4

The 12 months and 30 days to a month are based on the phase of the moon. It is 29-30 days from new moon to new moon. And there are twelve of them in a year. The calendar was based on those phases. The Zodiac came about that has the earth revolved around the sun, each new moon passed through a different part of the sky (in fact, 12 different parts). Those areas are of the sky are the 12 constellations of the zodiac.

As the phases of the moon are the same for an race, country, etc., I would have not way to relate them to african american people as opposed to everyone else.

Answer 5

The Sumerians picked it up from the Annunaki, whose number system was a weird base 12/ 5 (12 was their 10, 12x5=60 was their 100, 360 was their 1000).

Answer 6

There are 12 vortexes at work on our world that keep
everything in existence. One is in the Bermuda Triangle.
That is why 12 is used symbolically so much. It relates
to physical/spiritual realities.

Answer 7

Actually, look into Julius Cesar. He changed the months to suit himself for reasons I don't quite remember atm.

It's not based on the Lunar callender any more. If it were, we'd have 13 months, not twelve. (There's 13 full moons in a year.)

Odd note: July is actually named after Julius. ^^

Answer 8

I believe it was the fabled nerd called Barnaby von Poindexter, renound for his shenanigans

Answer 9

im pretty sure that it was the myans and aztecs who helped with the calender... but i think the egyptians told how many days in a year..

Answer 10

Actually it was mine.