Are all the planetary periods given in Elder Secrets really so regular?
No, Elder Secrets provides approximations in many cases, rather than exact figures. Although some of the planets may have integral periods, such as the Twinstars (6 days), the others definitely do not. Entekos/Moskalf takes slightly less than 31 days to cross the sky, and spends an equal period in the underworld. She takes 47 years to complete her entire cycle to begin at the same place in the sky. Artia is visible crossing the sky for 8 weeks at a time. However, during Theyalan Sacred Time she is invisible, so that her movement can only be discerned from her position before and after this time. Thus, she does not always rise on the same day each season, and takes a total of at least 8 years to repeat her movements. EthElsora/Mastakos does not take exactly 8 hours to cross the sky. Because its motions are based upon the rotation of the Sky Dome rather than the “orbit” of the Sun, it takes slightly longer than this, though it still repeats its movements identically each year. Shargash/T
