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The Orbital Calendar’s Intro to Orbital Calendrics:
The Orbital Calendar’s Mayan Cosmology & References:

The Orbital Calendar’s
Intro to Orbital Calendrics:

Galactic Family Tree ( a sweet little graphic)

How to view this time-space map:

   The background image shows the center portion of Milky Way Galaxy, a near-infrared composite made by NASA/DIRBE-COBE Project. It is a view looking toward the constellation of Sagittarius - currently the direction in which the center of the galaxy lies.  Overlaying the Milky Way image is an image of Sun made by John Gregory Hanses. 
   Just to confirm - we do not yet have any craft that has gone out as far as the two images combined might imply to create this angle of view. The image of Sun would be much too large relatively in any case. What this combined images and design does do for us however is allow us the understanding that as the Milky Way Galaxy, seen here on a horizontal plane from a side view, slowly revolves around itself, our solar system revolves in a comparatively perpendicular plane(actual degrees off of galactic plane is approx.   ).

   The orbital paths of the other planets are shown in this map of our Solar System . Each planet is located monthly or quarterly at its heliocentric longitude (location in relation to Sun). To get a real feel about where each is at the beginning of each month, you could use some circular labels placed on the poster to mark each one and then move them next month to the next spot. 

   You will also notice that in the time of one “earth year” that it takes Earth to go once around Sun, the two planets closest to Sun revolve around Sun more often; Mercury about 4.5 times and Venus about 1.75 times. Now you can see why these planets have what is called a retrograde motion and look like to us from on Earth that they are going “backwards”.... well of course they are not, but we are moving at different rates.

 Beginning with the Millennium 2001 Orbital Calendar poster I include the Mayan glyphs marking their system of 18 months and 5 weeks of 4 days each, color coded as they had done.  The Mayan Indians of Central America had developed the most accurate time keeping system ever recorded by history, so we thought we would honor that and include them here. Please check the Mayan section for research data. 

 The Constellation star chart:

    When you take notice of the constellations on the outermost band, you will see that the dates given are not the same as directly across from them on the earth-based calendar portion. The constellations of stars are shown in correct heliocentric (sun, centered) longitude of time-space; the dates however refer to the time on Earth at which Sun appears to go in front of each. 
    To clarify: dates are given in astronomical terms as set forth by the International Astronomical Union in 1928 ( and therefore do not correspond to the conceptual dating system known in astrology).

 

Each day's location and the phases of the moon are shown relative to the 13 ecliptic constellations in this heliocentric model of the location of each of the solar system’s planets, including Chiron and Ceres.

Pattern becomes apparent - we can see the almost 13 complete moon cycles repeating itself, in a 365-day solar year; and the standard 12 months are apparent side-by-side, color-coded for easy readability.

The Mayan traditional glyphs representing each day are displayed in their 13-day cyclic stair-step pattern, never quite repeating itself (GMS correlation).

     All astronomic data have been reviewed by Guy Ottewell, Author of The ;  the Mayan calendrics have been researched using GMT (Goodman -Martinez-Thompson) Correlation confirmed by John Major Jenkins, an independent archeologist and highly original decoder of the remarkable work of the Mayans on the Nature of TIME. Further tested by Richard Crutchfield, PhD, geomancer-dowser for sacred accuracy - it dowses out 5 miles!

Richard Crutchfield, Phd., researcher of the geomantic nature of sacred sites says of the poster,
   "The Orbital Calendar Time-Space Poster is associated with a kind of subtle but powerful energy field that...displays a certain energy configuration that appears to be characteristic of places, objects and activities long considered to be sacred and powerful. The origin of this sacred energy seems to be beyond our galaxy (Hunab Ku) and the Orbital Calendar serves as a channel for this energy."


Orbital Calendar Guidebook:
   A Brief Road Map Of Our Place in Time-Space

A Note on Vocabulary and Color:

Throughout this guidebook we use some of the terminology illuminated by Buckminster Fuller, that consummate, prolific genius of the 20th century.  Bucky recognized and validated Earth as a living, sentient being, no less an individual than our ships and dogs to which we accord the honor of recognition as individuals.  We concur.

In this text Earth, Moon, Sun and Universe are spoken of as proper nouns ( i.e. without the article "the" prefacing them, which is otherwise used to label inanimate objects.)

 Something about color:

     Color has been used symbolically, and for consistency to represent the three main celestial bodies:

- Green, for the planet Earth, and the cultural events celebrated by the human inhabitants of Earth;

- Blue, for Moon and the time of her phases as seen from Earth; and

- Orange, for the interaction of Earth and Sun:  The radiating lines separating the days, the Solstices and Equinoxes.

The specific colors used in the Mayan day symbols are taken from a watercolor reproduction of the Three room temple at Bonampak, done by Antonio Tejuda at Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology.

Galactic Family Tree 

 

The Orbital Calendar’s
Mayan Cosmology & References:

   On the Legend of the poster, I have created a graphic representation of the intricate time keeping system of the Mayans of Central America which referenced extremely large scales of time. This Proportional Harmonics of Mayan Time-Keeping Cycles graphic complements other charts and comparisons found in the Orbital Calendar Guidebook which I created simply so I could understand in my very visual nature exactly how fabulous and detailed and interwoven their understanding of the sacred geometry of living numbers and ratios related to not only solar system planets but galactic processes was. (A separate article will be forthcoming on how I developed this unique graphic to explicate the sense of time-distance.)

    The symbols, meaning and corresponding color-coding for the
20 DAY-glyphs
have been well determined by modern researchers; the corresponding color-coding for the 18 MONTH glyphs are much less well reconstructed.  I have followed Thompsons’ work as best as he was able to determine at the time and have interpolated the rest as best I thought, recognizing that variations of the color green and blue-green had very high significance in the lives of the Mayan. These 18 months (plus 5 days extra) had once been related to the agricultural year representing the cycle of growth and harvest in a semi-tropical country where the wet and dry seasons of growth in an earth based year where intertwined.

   The stair-step pattern of the glyphs shown here echo a pattern found in many examples of Mayan art. Check resources for further readings into the intricate geometry found throughout their culture.

 

Main references used to create the Mayan calendrics for this map:

John Major Jenkins (1994), The Tzolkin. 
   Jenkins work is by far and away the most groundbreaking, and established and reconfirmed the most reliable correlation between the dating system of the Mayans and our own Gregorian calendar system. The Quiche Mayans of the highlands of Guatemala have had a continuous calendar, uninterrupted by the Spanish inquisition. Many articles may be found at Jenkin’s website:
http://alignment2012.com/

Eric Thompson (1952),  Mayan Hieroglyphics
   This archeologist did original field research and interpretation of the Mayan system of writing.  The glyphs used in the Orbital Calendar are adaptations of the plates found in Thompson’s book.   The Mayans had various stylistic variations.  The glyphs from the Dresden Codex, I thought are the most visually appealing forms and the most accessible for interpretation by our own culture. 

   It is Eric Thompson whose work confirmed earlier work of Goodman and Martinez to correlate the stone stelae dates of the ancient Mayans to the current Gregorian calendar (name for Pope Gregory) used world-wide. Called the GMT correlation for Goodman-Martinez-Thompson. This GMT correlation date was further exhaustively researched using new data by John Major Jenkins and reconfirmed.

Kenneth Johnson (1997), Jaguar Wisdom: Mayan Calendar Magic
   Johnson is a mythologist and author of 5 books on various shamanic traditions. As a student of comparative religions, he is able here to give us insight into Mayan spiritual traditions alongside other western traditions for a fully rounded understanding. He also utilizes the traditional count (same as GMT) that the living Quiche Mayans of the highlands have been using unbroken since before the Spanish inquisition.

   I have used much of Johnson’s work for interpretation and meaning. He honors both the old world definitions and gives latitude for our current civilization without losing the original flavor. Where Jenkins has indicated some refinement through archaeological knowledge I have added that knowledge base for the translations I have used. Unlike Johnson however, I prefer to use the Quiche Mayan names as they stand, not only to honor the Mayan tradition, but because in translating it is impossible to fully feel the intended meaning. What does a modern 21st century person feel when they hear the word “Jaguar” for instance? wild, ripping claws, spots is what my mind sees. But the intent of the symbol had so much more depth. 

   I recommend using Johnson’s book in association with the Orbital Calendar for those who are truly interested in reviving the spirit of the Mayan calendar in their lives. And another wonderfully intuitive interpretation of the Mayan spiritual tradition that can work together to give the student of Mayan astronology a good insight into the inner world of Maya.

 

   

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