Re: Back!

Sylvia Sotomayor wrote:
> There is a nebula that is maybe
> about the size of the constellation of Orion that they can see for about
> half a year. That is known as The Mother of Stars or The Home of the Star
> Goddess. It dictates their calendar. The year is actually divided into two
> half-years, each dedicated to a different goddess.
Cool.  Since there are two suns for my people, their sacred calendar is
also divided into two halves, the period when the suns grow further
apart, and the period when they grow closer.  The highest religious
festival is the Day of the Suns, when the planet is right between the
two, so that Paul (the lesser sun) rises when Peter (the greater sun)
sets, and vice versa.  After that, Paul rises a few minutes earlier
every day, so that the period when no sun is up grows longer, and the
suns get closer to each other, until the Day of One Sun, when the planet
is on the exact opposite side of Peter from Paul, so that they rise and
set at the same time.  This begins the period when they grow apart,
night shrinking, until the Day of the Suns again.

The secular calendar, on the other hand, ignores Paul, since most of the
heat and light come from Peter, the weather, and hence, the seasons, are
determined by Peter, and Terra Nova's tilt, just as with Earth.
Therefore, the two calendars are usually out of synch, the Sacred
Calendar being slightly longer (since, while Terra Nova orbits Peter,
Paul also orbits).  Every 72 years, or 80 Earth years, the Festival of
Paul is held, replacing the Day of the Suns.  This is the year when the
two suns are closest.  Because Paul is orbiting faster, the Sacred
Calendar is longest on this year.  At the other end of the Great Cycle,
another Festival of Paul is held, this time, it's the year when the two
suns are *furthest* from each other, and the Sacred Calendar is
shortest.

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