Re: Vitruvian Man - parts 7-11a

On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 22:54:11 +0000, D wrote:

[continued from parts 1 - 6] . . .
 
 * the three pyramids of gizeh are the most famous, everlasting and
 iconic land-
   marks in the world; hermians, altars, sundials, carefully placed as
   tones on the scale, descending and ascending in the balance; the
   first pyramid is car- dinal, the second is fixed, and the third is
   mutable; the third decan of tau-
   rus is cardinal earth, the synodic return of kappa/kronos, hence
   "capricorn";
   the pyramids' dimensions and relative positions have been measured to
   common agreement within geometric tolerance(Petrie's 1880-82 survey,
   "web mercator" WGS84 ellipsoid/EPSG:4326, etc.); for star mapping,
   JPL's DE431 ephemeris is ideal for use with astronomy software; the
   2.59 gigabyte binary is available here:
   ftp://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/eph/planets/Linux/de431/

lnxm13000p17000.431

   (covers epoch of date -13200-08-15 to 17191-03-15); this file works
   with the popular freeware Cartes du Ciel:
   https://ap-i.net/skychart/en/download ; the following chart lists the
   approximate center of each pyramid base in decimal degrees of
   latitude and longitude:
 
                       1st Pyramid: ~29.979182, ~31.134206 2nd Pyramid:
                       ~29.975980, ~31.130789 3rd Pyramid: ~29.972513,
                       ~31.128241
 
 * for this example, the Cartes du Ciel/Sky Chart program is set to
 approximate
   the geocentric sky using ecliptic coordinates for julian day -2073524
   (10390 years BC) to see if the famous Edgar Cayce reading 5748-6
   which says "10,490 to 10,390 before the Prince entered into Egypt" .
   . ."date BC of that period" might show that the calculated epoch of
   date positions of the "Belt of Orion" stars Alnitak, Alnilam, and
   Mintaka could closely align with the present-day positions of the
   pyramids:
 
      Alnitak: L +274*30'18"/+274.505000 B -26*44'18"/-26.738333
      29tau41:48 Alnilam: L +273*17'43"/+273.295278 B
      -25*55'25"/-25.923611  28tau29:13 Mintaka: L
      +272*12'10"/+272.202778 B -24*57'12"/-24.953333  27tau23:40
      Aldebar: L +259*48'30"/+259.808333 B -05*56'23"/- 5.939722
      15tau00:00
 
   comparative studies of this subject (particularly by Bauval, Hancock,
   et al)
   have consistently showed that the first two pyramids are clearly an
   "x marks the spot" match with the first two stars, while the third
   pyramid is clearly not centered on the third star, and yet it is
   tangent to it about two-thirds of the way down the western edge of
   the pyramid's slightly-concave tetragram base (this subtle star-shape
   most apparent in the first pyramid, least so in the second); the
   coincidence of the third star so exactly touching the third pyramid
   at its west edge provides further compelling evidence of correlation
   by design;

I have heard of this correlation of the Orion belt stars and the
pyramids, but (if memory serves) it was in a bit of a woo-woo context.

Certainly, though, ancient cultures saw the stars in a different
way than we do; but then, there are also similarities.  (For example,
our units of degrees, minutes, and seconds came from Babylonian
astrologers.)

the "mighty hunter in the field" theme of the unforgiving
   mutable quartette fits neatly with the classic mythology of life,
   death, and rebirth;

Getting from pyramid placement to a particular ancient mythology
is a bit of a leap, don't you think?

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-c