Astronomy and Cosmology
Cosmology within O'l Andem is a complicated and contecious subject. Researchers and arcanists are continously trying to sort out what lies beyond the material. Many astronomers believe that the far away sky is a mirror to the Astral plane and that the celestial bodies that are visible to the naked eye are that of homeworlds beyond in the infinite of the Astral Sea. Some astronomers reject this idea and claims that the astral sea is a different plane all together not tied to the material at all and that the material plane is infinite. Some thelogians go a different route and claim that what we are seeing is the remnants of the godswar in the first and second age.
Astrology within O'l Andem is just as complicated as Cosmology, however when it comes to the celestial bodies most agree on the visibilty and paterns of the sky. There are three moons visible from O'l Andem. Astra (Beyond), Fhestra (Flame), Celestia (Celestial). Astra has a blue tint to it and orbits the visible sky the fastest on a 28 hour span. Phestra has a red tint to it and was named by the dragonborn, it has a slower path only making a full orbit in three years. Celestia has a golden tint to it and orbits every 16 years. Every 272 years all the moons align in the sky for three hours which has the recorded effect of boosting magical essence. It is believed that on this day the weave is the closest to the material plane and access to its power is increased. Why this is, is unkown.
It is believed that the reason the sky has a blue tint is because of the weave. Weavic Resin has a blue tint to it and so it is beleived that the sky is a mere reflection of the weave.
Other clestial bodies in the sky is the starscape, which contains millions of celestial bodies. Humanoids have made theories, myths and stories about the different phenomena. The Dragonborns believe that there are starscapes that align to create dragonforms in the sky and that these signal the souls of ancient dragons. The same counts for humans seing symbols of their gods in the sky or concepts like time in the form of an hourglass. One of the most known astrological signs is a sign which include the specific position of Fhestra which align with stars to create what can be construed as a large red headed dragon. This is called Tiamats soul.
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