Did you Know…

The myth of the Phoenix might actually be real.

As you all know, the Phoenix arises from the ashes, and is reborn, but I bet none of you know when this happens.

From Wiki we get this wee snippet of information:

"According to Pliny the Elder, a senator Manilius (Marcus Manilius?) had written that the phoenix appeared at the end of each Great Year, which he wrote of "in the consulship of Gnaeus Cornelius and Publius Licinius" "

Interesting, no?

The Phoenix arises from the ashes, at the end of the Great Year.

What is the great year?

"The term Great Year has more than one major meaning. It is defined by scientific astronomy as "The period of one complete cycle of the equinoxes around the ecliptic, or about 25,800 years". Ptolemy reported that his teacher Hipparchus, by comparing the position of the vernal equinox against the fixed stars in his time and in earlier observations, discovered that it shifts westward approximately one degree every 72 years. Thus the time it would take the equinox to make a complete revolution through all the zodiac constellations and return to its original position would be approximately 25,920 years. "

So, according to the ancients, every 26000 years, the phoenix arises from the ashes…….

Well Anon's, we are in luck, we are going to witness the Phoenix Arise, and we won't have to wait long.