The Star of David
In an addendum to Peter Tompkin's "Secrets of the Pyramids" , we see Z. Stechinni suggest that the "Star of David" symbol represents, not only the (sexual) union of opposites, but also, the earth, featuring the poles and the tropics. (p. 301) [While I am not supporting his thesis, it became a fruitful place to start a meditation.] Looking at the "traditional" Star of David, we see a hexagram inscribed inside a circle; the hexagram being made of two equilateral triangles, with equal sides and equal (60 degree) angles, which touch the circle at the poles and at 30 degrees above and below the "equator". 23.5 Degrees However, if the star is to represent the earth and the tropics, then the two triangles that make up the star cannot be equilateral triangles [as it is usually depicted, above]; but would need to touch the circle at 23.5 degrees above and below the "equator"; ie., where the tropics fall on the globe. Leaving two points of the star at the poles and moving the others to 23.5 degrees yields an image like this. Note that when the star is redrawn to represent the tropics, the base angles of the triangles change from sixty to 56.75 degrees The Stonehenge Looking at the image of the Stonehenge, we see this exact same figure depicted, with the circle of Aubrey stones representing the circumference of the globe, and the rectangle formed by the Station Stones marking the position of the tropics. This means of course, that the Station Stones were laid out to demark 23.5 and 47 degree angles on the ground. The image below illustrates the significance of the rectangle formed by the Station Stones at the Stonehenge. The quarter days referred to, lie at the mid-points between solstices and equinoxes; and like these, the quarter days are 91 days apart. Lockyer Norman Lockyer determined, from the study of ancient monuments like the Stonehenge, that, while in modern times the calendar/meteorological year is divided via the solstices and equinoxes, in the distant past the emphasis was shifted about 45 days. Instead of focusing on the winter solstice, when the sun was at it's lowest declination (northern hemisphere bias here), the ealier civilizations focused on the first week in February, when it was the coldest. And rather than the summer solstice when the sun was at it's highest, they dramatized the first week in August, when it is the hottest. The May and November dates coincide with times when the weather moderates, in general. Lockyer called this system, the May/November year. The May date is reflected in Mayday celebrations even today, and All Hallow's Day, November first, is still remembered as Halloween, All Hallow's Eve'n. The February date is celebrated a little late on Valentines Feb 14, and the August quarter date remains in name only, as the beginning of the Dog Days. August Sunset The next image shows the Stonehenge plan oriented to the North, showing the actual bearing (from 91 to 93) of the May and August sunsets there. Note that the point of David Ovason's book"Secret Architecture" is that the sun sets over the White House as seen from the Capitol (analagous to 93 and 91), at the end of the first week of August. Here we see the alignment of Penn Avenue, in DC. As you can see, the Pyramid of the Sun (in Mexico City) is oriented to the sunset on August 13. The Street of the Dead is oriented at 90 degrees to that line; while the meridian connects the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon. Continue

The Star of David

In an addendum to Peter Tompkin's "Secrets of the Pyramids" , we see Z. Stechinni suggest that the "Star of David" symbol represents, not only the (sexual) union of opposites, but also, the earth, featuring the poles and the tropics. (p. 301) [While I am not supporting his thesis, it became a fruitful place to start a meditation.]

Looking at the "traditional" Star of David, we see a hexagram inscribed inside a circle; the hexagram being made of two equilateral triangles, with equal sides and equal (60 degree) angles, which touch the circle at the poles and at 30 degrees above and below the "equator".

23.5 Degrees
However, if the star is to represent the earth and the tropics, then the two triangles that make up the star cannot be equilateral triangles [as it is usually depicted, above]; but would need to touch the circle at 23.5 degrees above and below the "equator"; ie., where the tropics fall on the globe. Leaving two points of the star at the poles and moving the others to 23.5 degrees yields an image like this.

Note that when the star is redrawn to represent the tropics, the base angles of the triangles change from sixty to 56.75 degrees

The Stonehenge
Looking at the image of the Stonehenge, we see this exact same figure depicted, with the circle of Aubrey stones representing the circumference of the globe, and the rectangle formed by the Station Stones marking the position of the tropics. This means of course, that the Station Stones were laid out to demark 23.5 and 47 degree angles on the ground.

The image below illustrates the significance of the rectangle formed by the Station Stones at the Stonehenge.

The quarter days referred to, lie at the mid-points between solstices and equinoxes; and like these, the quarter days are 91 days apart.

Lockyer
Norman Lockyer determined, from the study of ancient monuments like the Stonehenge, that, while in modern times the calendar/meteorological year is divided via the solstices and equinoxes, in the distant past the emphasis was shifted about 45 days. Instead of focusing on the winter solstice, when the sun was at it's lowest declination (northern hemisphere bias here), the ealier civilizations focused on the first week in February, when it was the coldest.
And rather than the summer solstice when the sun was at it's highest, they dramatized the first week in August, when it is the hottest. The May and November dates coincide with times when the weather moderates, in general. Lockyer called this system, the May/November year.
The May date is reflected in Mayday celebrations even today, and All Hallow's Day, November first, is still remembered as Halloween, All Hallow's Eve'n. The February date is celebrated a little late on Valentines Feb 14, and the August quarter date remains in name only, as the beginning of the Dog Days.

August Sunset
The next image shows the Stonehenge plan oriented to the North, showing the actual bearing (from 91 to 93) of the May and August sunsets there.

Note that the point of David Ovason's book"Secret Architecture" is that the sun sets over the White House as seen from the Capitol (analagous to 93 and 91), at the end of the first week of August. Here we see the alignment of Penn Avenue, in DC.

As you can see, the Pyramid of the Sun (in Mexico City) is oriented to the sunset on August 13. The Street of the Dead is oriented at 90 degrees to that line; while the meridian connects the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon.

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