Milky Way in Luxor (Thebes), Egypt: 6,500 BCE to 19,300 CE

Regular Years (in reverse order) and the Precessional Cycle

The annual cycle is seen in each horizontal series, progressing backwards through each year.
The precessional cycle is seen in each vertical series, which takes ca. 25,800 years, or ca. 2,150 years per zodiac sign.
The years given are approximate dates of the beginning of each zodiac "age", i.e. when the vernal equinox begins to appear in the constellation given.
The images represent the entire sky at midnight with north at the bottom.

Year

Jan 1
following year

Dec 1

Nov 1

Oct 1

Sep 1

Aug 1

Jul 1

Jun 1

May 1

Apr 1

Mar 1