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On Fickleness (Again)
How is it that Venus became associated with fickleness? Venus' orbit is, by some margin, the most circular, regular, and predictable of them all, even Terra's (which is quite circular as well).
Luna's orbit, by contrast, is so complex that we couldn't accurately predict Her until a few centuries ago; to read the terms of Lunar theory, ordered by magnitude, is to read the history of mathematics and astronomy. Similarly, her speed and shape are the most variable; should we not consider Her the fickle one?