ANNOUNCEMENTS

HOMEWORK DUE TODAY. NO HW NEXT WEEK. ONE MORE HW FOR GRADE.

TWO MORE OBSERVING PROJECTS DUE THURSDAY DECEMBER 4th, first Thursday following Fall Break.

• All forms of astrology; Babylonian/Greek, Vedic (Indian), Maya Venus Astrology, Polynesian Rising Star, Incan stellar brightness, etc etc.

• Lakota Celestial “Mirroring” of Earth and Sky• Celestial Alignments in Buildings, Monuments,

Temples, City planning, etc.• Others ??• Modern Science

Principle of Hermes = “As Above, so Below”. ..and was the ancient attempt at unifying the Heavens and the Earth. Various Expressions

PRINCIPLE OF HERMES: “AS ABOVE, SO BELOW” REVERSE PRINCIPLE OF HERMES: “AS BELOW, SO ABOVE”

... AS THE INTERNAL PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY & SPIRITUALITY OF THE CULTURE goes, so goes the EXTERNAL PROJECTIONS OF MEANING ONTO THE WORLD.

IN THIS CASE THE PATTERN OF THE CONSTELLATIONS… AND THE “INSPIRATION OF ASTRONOMICAL PHEMOMENA” IN GENERAL.

Not just the individual stories that are told about specific groupings of stars, but the overall configurations of the constellations.

For example, Greeks & Chinese placed all stars in constellations. Greeks had heroes, heroines, monsters, transformational creaturesChinese placed stars “socially” with the emperor at the north pole, his court in circum-polar stars, and lower and lower social status figures farther to the south.

Perseus and Medusa, part of important Greek myth and a portion of the series of constellations depicting this story.

MEDUSA: said that to gaze upon her would cause the person or creature to “turn to stone”.

Octopus: creature who looks like it has snakes. Fish freeze when octopus emerges from hiding because the fish know that the octopus can only see movement.

ALGOL: The only star visible to the naked eye that can be seen to vary in brightness.Marks the eye of Medusa…the “evil eye”

Orion’s Sword

Nape Constellation• The Chief’s Hand Constellation

is part of an important call to action and empowerment myth of the Lakota.

• When Nape Constellation disappears in the Spring, it foretells the land becoming barren, so that sacrifices must be made to restore balance.

• These stars represent the

sacrifice that the people must make in order to survive

• Nape…the celestial hand itself, restored the Sun Dance and the sacrifice that comes with it

The selfish Chief loses arm/hand for not being willing to making sacrifices

Rigel

Eridanus B

Orion’s Belt

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Cosmic Africa then The city dark

MYTHOLOGY: NOT WHAT YOU MAY THINK

Usually in the modern world, a “myth” is taken to be a story or description that we know is no longer, or was never, true.

BUT THE GREAT MYTHS, ARE DIFFERENT….these are stories so true that they are true on various levels of reality: physical, psychological, sociological, and especially spiritual.

GREAT MYTHS ARE WHAT CULTURES AND INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE CULTURES LIVE BY.

CONSTELLATIONS OFTEN DEPICT GREAT MYTHS !!

CULTURES WE SHALL CONSIDER IN THIS REGARD: NAVAJO, INCA, CHINESE & ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN… AND START WITH LAKOTA SIOUX.

MYTHIC TIME: THE GREAT WORLD AGESAGE APPROX. SUN IN ? “RULING POLE DATES @ MAR 21st PLANET” STARGOLDEN 6000-4000BCE GEMINI SATURNGOLDEN 6000-4000BCE GEMINI SATURN (CHRONOS)(CHRONOS)

SILVER 4000-2000 BCE TAURUS JUPITER THUBAN SILVER 4000-2000 BCE TAURUS JUPITER THUBAN (ZEUS)(ZEUS)

COPPER 2000-0 BCE ARIES MARS COPPER 2000-0 BCE ARIES MARS ββ U Maj U Maj (ARIES)(ARIES)

IRON 0-2000 CE PISCES VENUS POLARISIRON 0-2000 CE PISCES VENUS POLARIS (APHRODITE)(APHRODITE)

NEW 2000-4000 CE AQUARIUS MERCURY NEW 2000-4000 CE AQUARIUS MERCURY (HERMES)(HERMES)

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HAMLET’S MILL by Giorgio de Santallina and Hertha von Dechend Authors find veiled reference to the precession of the equinoxes in mythologies from India to Iceland, including the story of Hamlet adopted by Shakespeare.

For example, in the national epic of Iran, The Shahnama, the hero Kai Khusrau, contends: “The whole world is my kingdom, From Pisces downward to the Bull’s Head”…clearly a kingdom in time

Most prevalent these involve a “GOLDEN AGE” of perfection of unknown antiquity after which our historical civilization was created by a “FALL FROM GRACE” in which perfection was lost.

Cataclysm at end of Golden Age (flood, earthquake etc.) brings on a new Age of lesser achievement and perfection than the previous age (e.g. Silver, Bronze, Iron etc).

PERSEUS AS MITHRAS…. KILLING THE BULL.

METAPHOR FOR THE END OF THE AGE OF TAURUS DUE TO THE PRECESSION.

MITHRAS IS THE GOD SO POWERFUL THAT HE MOVES THE WORLD !!

MITHRAIC MYSTERIES WAS POPULAR IN ROMAN ARMY. CHALLENGED CHRISTIANITY FOR ADOPTION AS STATE RELIGION IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE

THE NAVAJOCONSTELLATIONS