Astronomy, Calendars, and Planetary Events
Evidence can be found within the environment, architectural structures, and many other cultural manifestations of ancient civilizations across Planet Earth.
However, in this Ancestral Astronomy research, the focus on ancient civilizations is dedicated, in particular, to celestial mechanics established within the space-time of our planet Earth, alongside the Moon and the Sun.
These archaeological findings confirm the prominent role of astronomy in ancient civilizations.
In general, the astronomical knowledge of these civilizations was highly advanced and scientific in nature, while also being applied to and integrated into their spiritual and philosophical practices.
A wide range of topics can be explored regarding the vast knowledge revealed by these enigmatic civilizations, reflecting their profound relationship with the astronomical and spiritual sky.
Celestial mechanics within Earth's space-time is the central theme of Ancestral Astronomy, capturing the dynamic uncovered through this research into Mayan and Aztec calendars.
This study has provided a deeper understanding of the sequence of astronomical events tracked by ancestral cultures, resulting from observations of the sky from Earth, which gave rise to the different divisions of time found in calendars.
Initially, the objective of this calendar research was enigmatic, with a highly uncertain path, leaving it unclear whether it would lead anywhere at all.
This study has provided a deeper understanding of the sequence of astronomical events tracked by ancestral cultures, resulting from observations of the sky from Earth, which gave rise to the different divisions of time found in calendars.
Initially, the objective of this calendar research was enigmatic, with a highly uncertain path, leaving it unclear whether it would lead anywhere at all.
As this work progressed, I was led down a path of no return, far exceeding any initial expectations I could have plausibly imagined.
I was deeply surprised by the immense wisdom encompassed by Ancestral Astronomy, which weaves together scientific and spiritual knowledge—touching upon what is universally known, as well as those very topics we consider to be the greatest secrets and enigmas of the Universe.
An immense amount of information can be found in the study of calendars, within cycles, orbits, events, and alignments across the fields of astronomy, mathematics, geometry, and spirituality.
The goal of this Ancestral Astronomy project is to organize and effectively share the knowledge behind the cycles of time found in the Haab and Tzolkin calendars, regarding the astronomy practiced by ancient cultures.
This research has proven how these calendars, which served as the sole and primary research tool, are true astronomy manuals, containing precise and rigorous references to the cycles of time that lie at the very origin of their construction.
The Haab Calendar represents the Solar Year, used in the daily life of these cultures.
It is a 365-day time cycle divided into 18.25 months of 20 days each, with the final month lasting only 5 days.
These 20-day months could optionally be broken down into sequences of 4 or 5 days, giving rise to months composed of 4 or 5 weeks.
In contrast, the Tzolkin is considered a sacred calendar, used for spiritual and evolutionary purposes within these cultures, featuring a system for dividing time cycles that is vastly different from more conventional calendars.
Its complete cycle spans 260 days, which can be divided into 13 months of 20 days each. Grouped into weeks of 4 or 5 days, this structure allows it to align with the Solar Year's Haab Calendar.
The Tzolkin could also be divided into 20 months of 13 days each.
This research confirms that the time cycles represented in both the Haab and Tzolkin calendars result from rigorous astronomical configurations.
Through the alignments found within these calendars, it became possible to piece together the puzzle and understand the astronomical system practiced by these cultures.
The webs of time found within these calendars have provided enough information for 20 years of research, with still no end in sight, yielding scientific results that can be mathematically verified.
This study also reveals the true scale of ancestral knowledge concerning the sky.
The calendars confirm how the planetary cycles and orbits represented within them rigorously reflect patterns of order and proportionality found within Earth's space-time.
This repeating pattern reproduces itself across various scales and dimensions in our sky, mirroring the patterns of order and proportionality found here on Earth.
Described mathematically and geometrically by Ancestral Astronomy, these patterns are found within the primary alignments of Earth's orbit alongside the Sun and the Moon.
The primary reference event in Ancestral Astronomy is the Solar Day; all cycles and alignments across space and time are considered truly complete only when they realign with midnight, or zero hours, of Earth's Solar Day.
Within Earth's space-time, the Solar Day is determined by the alignment of the Sun with our planet during its rotational movement.
It takes 1440 minutes in space and time to complete this single rotation.
The division of the Solar Day into 24 hours was also recognized in Ancestral Astronomy, matching the exact number of hours displayed on our modern clocks.
While the 24-hour division on our modern clocks lacks a direct astronomical justification, the same cannot be said for ancient astronomy.
The time cycles established by these cultures always correspond to astronomical alignments found within the mechanics of Earth's orbit.
The Solar Year is the cycle within Earth's space-time that describes its orbital revolution, or translation, around the Sun.
Within this orbital revolution, we find alignments such as the seasons, equinoxes, solstices, months, weeks, and many others tightly observed by Ancestral Astronomy.
In Mayan and Aztec cultures, the Solar Year was tracked by the 365-day Haab Calendar. This calendar bears a striking resemblance to our Gregorian calendar, as both revolve around the 365-day Solar Year.
However, the Haab calendar features a system that divides the Solar Year into 18 months of 20 days each, concluding with a final 5-day month, alongside 4 or 5-day weeks.
In contrast, the Gregorian calendar consists of 12 months of roughly 30 to 31 days and 7-day weeks, which ultimately makes the two calendars vastly different regarding the specific astronomical alignments upon which they were built.
By studying alignments through the 20-day cycles outlined in the Haab calendar, this research uncovered the geometric structure of the spiral tracking Earth's orbital revolution.
This spiral is mapped out by key space-time coordinates, which are determined by the intersection of cycles and alignments within Earth's orbit, across both its orbital revolution and rotational movements.
Furthermore, the 20-day cycle contains alignments that harmoniously interconnect with the chain of events in the Moon's orbit around Earth.
Studying the time cycles outlined within the Tzolkin structure reveals every detail of the lunar cycles, including eclipses, which were deeply understood and explained by ancient cultures.
Eclipses, alongside the overarching structure shaping the sacred Tzolkin calendar, are rooted precisely within this chain of events and alignments established by the Moon’s orbit with Earth and the Sun.
The shared 20-day months between the Haab and Tzolkin calendars illustrate the alignment and harmony found between the orbital paths of both the Moon and Earth.
The 260 days of the Tzolkin calendar represent a structure within lunar-earth space-time that can be viewed from two distinct perspectives.
The first is a pattern of 13 months of 20 days each, which aligns perfectly with the previously mentioned Earth-Moon orbital alignments. The second is a pattern defined by 20 months of 13 days each, known as trecenas.
Through this 13-day lens, one can observe the structural framework generated by the relationship between Earth's rotation and the Moon's rotation in space-time.
This dynamic harmonizes with a strict 12/13 proportionality found across their orbits, as well as within every cycle, event, and alignment established between the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun.
Describing lunar cycles fully and in total integration with Earth is essential to truly appreciate the exquisite proportionality and harmony found within their interconnected orbits.
The Moon's presence in orbit around Earth can be observed with the naked eye from our planet’s surface in two distinct ways, through the cycle of lunations and the cycle of tides.
The lunation cycle is the most direct way to track the Moon’s orbit from Earth, manifested as a continuous sequence of alignments with Earth and the Sun that bring about New Moons, Full Moons, and waxing and waning quarter moons.
The tidal cycle is the other way the Moon signals its presence around Earth, manifesting through the cyclical shifting of sea levels.
The daily fluctuations of sea levels experienced on Earth reveal the exact position of the Moon in the sky relative to our planet.
The rising and falling of ocean waters mark the changing proximity of the Moon relative to any given point on Earth's surface.
As Earth rotates, the shifting sea levels continuously signal the Moon's precise location in space from any standpoint on the surface.
The lunation and tidal cycles operate simultaneously and complement each other. During New and Full Moons, these tidal cycles become significantly more pronounced.
Intriguingly, the tidal cycle observed alongside Earth's rotation is the very lunar cycle that maps the Moon's 28-day orbital revolution around our planet.
In the context of Ancestral Astronomy, the tidal cycle is precisely what bridges the Solar Year of both the Earth and the Moon as they progress through their respective orbital revolutions.
Lunations, on the other hand, represent the lunar cycle as observed from the Sun's perspective, unlocking the complex mechanics generated by both the Earth and the Moon across their rotational movements.
This inverse nature of lunar cycles in astronomy may have also influenced the reputation of being a liar sometimes attributed to the Moon—or perhaps the deception lies elsewhere, given the many inconsistencies in the modern description of lunar cycles. Surely, once Ancestral Astronomy is understood, new and different ways of looking at the Moon will be reclaimed.
The third lunar cycle present and described in the Tzolkin calendar is the nodal cycle, which bridges the other known cycles within the dynamics of the Moon and Earth and in the prediction of eclipses.
Lunar node cycles are found in the relationship between the Moon's orbit and Earth's orbital plane, unlike lunations and the tidal cycle, which are only related to Earth's orbit across its rotation and translation.
The cycles of the Moon's nodes are not felt in Earth's daily life.
It is common practice in modern astronomy manuals and astrology to represent lunar nodes within Earth's solar year orbit as the eclipse points. However, lunar nodes are not just the points where eclipses occur.
Lunar nodes exist because the Moon and Earth do not orbit on the same plane, and for this reason, the orbiting Moon must cross Earth's orbital plane. It dives from North to South (South Node) and emerges from South to North of Earth's orbital plane (North Node) with each revolution around our planet.
This lunar cycle identifies the points where the Moon "pierces" Earth's orbital plane, and these points are variable and cyclical within the Moon's orbit as well as Earth's orbit.
It is within this cyclical variable in space-time, where the orbits of the Moon and Earth intersect, that eclipses occur when these points also align with the Sun.
The nodal cycle is always considered by Ancestral Astronomy whether an eclipse occurs or not—it is a fundamental alignment to be considered within lunar cycles and the structure of Earth's space-time web, and essential in the construction of the sacred Tzolkin calendar.
And as the parable goes, the last shall be first!
In this brief description of some of the primary alignments present within the calendars, we arrive for now at the final event to consider—yet the most important for ancient civilizations—the eclipse cycle.
The study and observation of the eclipse cycle allowed astronomers of ancestral cultures to identify other cyclical events and movements aligned with eclipses.
However, the new movements captured within the eclipse cycles went far beyond those described in the dynamics of Earth's space-time, a web constructed solely by our planet, the Moon, and the Sun.
New and more distant cycles and alignments beyond Earth's own space-time also enabled new and different astronomical calculations.
These more distant cosmic movements and alignments, aligned with the eclipse cycle, helped describe the undulating and rotating nature of the structure of Earth's web as it travels through the Universe... possibly the Feathered Serpent... who knows...
Thus, it is not surprising that eclipses held such a profound relevance in the cultural life of ancient civilizations, making them a time of important celebrations.
An exceptional manifestation in the sky, with a reach far greater than the solar or lunar eclipses themselves, built upon a chain of synchronized alignments in a space-time far removed from Earth... possibly of a Galactic Order.
A periodic event known for having important implications for the physical and spiritual life of our planet, a perfect configuration aligned with Earth and... Divine will... an opportunity for a cyclical, renewed, direct, and objective communication with God... with the North... in the sky, in the form of an eclipse.
