western civilization sees all time as a linear progression from beginning to end. To us time seems to pass. But in reality, there is no linear time. Shit, there's no time. The universe exists in an "eternal present" that is circular like the spokes of a wheel.
Our calender is nothing but repeating the cycles of the seasons over and over again as the earth rotates around the sun in a CIRLCE. Ancient cultures all believed time was circular and all creation goes through a changing cycle of birth and death. Change is the one constant in the universe. It signifies motion. The universe is eternally active and in motion. I guess ancient man was aware of this motion and change of the universe and how it affected all life. So they gave this natural phenomenom father time. "time" has a cylic motion and changes constantly.
Stars are born, stars die, stars are born
planets are born, planets die
Universes are born, die, and are reborn.
People are born, people die.
Life, creation. the natural order,
Thats why I think a billion, gazillion years from know, our sun will die and our galaxy will disappear to give life to another one.