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The Ever-Unfolding Saga of Earth: Next Chapter

Morgan’s Hill, August2, 2009

In this beautifully squared formation, we are once again reminded to focus on Earth. This suits the general drift of formations this year, which seem to tell the story of evolution on Earth and its relation to the celestial activity of sun, moon, stars, planets and the galaxy. The most recent ‘animal formation’, the trilobite, posits both the ideas of the proliferation of diversity in species and of the complete extinction of species. In the evolutionary story on Earth these two realities have high profile roles.

http://www.trilobites.info/

So, are we at a crucial point in Earth’s evolution? Are these times a matter of dramatic change causing leaps in evolution? And what of the species we call human? Do we have a role to play in adapting to, bringing about or participating in the changes?

The formation at Morgan’s Hill, reported August 2 gives us a hint about how to become part of the great changes going on around and within us.

To begin with, the square in itself is a worldwide symbol for Earth. It therefore represents the elements and the four directions. It is also a symbol for stability, order, and truth. It is the representation of manifest creation. When juxtaposed with the circle, it represents the union of Heaven and Earth.

The actual formation is made of 4 squares: the outer, made of circular arcs; the middle, made of smaller squares divided into 16 (4X4) sections; and the inner, made up of what seems to look like a flower of life formation except that the patterns are based on 4 rather than 6 which defines the flower of life geometry; there also appears to be a finer linear square formed of ‘woven’ stalks running immediately around the square of squares. The number 4 figures greatly in this formation, emphasizing the Earthly aspect of this crop circle.

This formation is reminiscent of the Morris Square, “a sacred figure in Celtic paganism, … called the Triple Enclosure, delineating the center of the world with the four quarters, four cardinal directions, four elements, four winds, four rivers of paradise, and so on emanating from the holy Mill or Cauldron at the center” (Walker 57).

“According to Plutarch (Isis 106), the Pythagoreans stated that the square concentrated the powers of Rhea, Aphrodite, Demeter, Hestia and Hera. In his commentary on this passage Mario Meunier explains that: ‘The square signified that Rhea, the mother of the gods, the source of time, made herself manifest through changes in the four elements represented by Aphrodite (Water, source of life), Hestia (Fire), Demeter (Earth) and Hera (Air).’ The square symbolized the synthesis of the elements” (Chevalier 915).

Not only is this formation placed squarely in a landscaped square in the field, but the sides are curved rather than straight as well. The circle has been integrated within the design rather than having to be imposed on or contained by the square. The circle and square relationship has shifted fundamentally to become symbiotic and integral to the whole. The statement, “Where one square sits inside another, the outer square symbolizes awareness of the physical world, the inner square the unconscious” (Bruce-Mitford 104), gives us an insight to a possible reason for placement of the crop formation inside an existing landscaped square.

The very centre of the formation gives us the beautiful Lamat symbol which appeared as a whole crop circle in 2006 at Etchilhampton Hill, nr Devizes, Wiltshire, August 15th. In the Mayan tradition, Lamat is associated with Venus.

Lamat from the Mayan Oracle & the traditional glyph

“Lamat lives by reason and operates out of the mental world. Lamat is the "we", community consciousness. Lamat in essence remembers. It receives through the solar plexus. Lamat is energetic, busy, nervous, clever, and playful. It shows a strong intellect, but can become somewhat paranoid. Lamat … is always reaching to operate out of love. This reflects in the planet it represents which is Venus. Lamat's issues are based in keeping themselves under control in order to finish things. Lamat needs to learn to express feelings and avoid extremes and excesses” (kachina).

Are the circle makers telling us that the focus during all this celestial activity is on the Earth? And that perhaps the celestial activity is actually initiating responses within the Earth’s core that will result in a changed earthly situation? Are we about to witness the next chapter in the Great Story of Gaia? Will the vast unknown of the material world begin to reveal itself to our consciousness? And is our most useful response an attitude of love and confidence centered on the wondrous, steadfast and loving power of our Mother Earth?

–        Michelle Jennings

Sources:

Bruce-Mitford, M. The Illustrated Book of signs & Symbols. Reader’s Digest.      Montreal. 1996.

Chevalier, J. &Alain Gheerbrant. The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols. Penguin BooksLtd. London. 1994.

Cooper, J.C. An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols. Thames & Hudson.       London. 1978.

De Vries, Ad. Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery. North-Holland Publishing Co.      Amsterdam. 1974.

Walker, Barbara. The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets. Harper & Row,       Publishers. San Francisco. 1983.

http://www.kachina.net/~alunajoy/95feb.html

8 days a week

This formation is a square within a square. However the formation hasn’t been created in the centre of the field, but in the way as depicted in the following figure:

The field is almost in the direction of North-South, while the formation arose almost precise on the intersection point of the North-East-line and South-East-line towards the corners of the field. On the other hand the formation also arose almost precise on the line that connects the North-West-corner with the South-East-corner of the field (which deviates only 5° from the true line from North-West to South-East). The figure shows that the inevitably small deviations to meet both “requirements” fall within the small circle of the central 4 segments of the formation. It’s very notable that on the day and location of the formation the moon also rose exactly in the South-East! This symbolizes a new start and gives rise to the idea that the square in a square has a connection with the succession of the lunar phases, for example from new moon to first quarter moon. This “quarter-moon-cycle” corresponds with a quarter of the lunar month or 29.5306 / 4 = 7.383 days on an average and generally spoken concerns the period within which the angle of the moon relative to the sun increases with 90° and forms a square with the angle at the beginning of this period.

Calendars have always been based upon cosmology and the way the sun and the moon influence a culture have a very close relationship with the calendar systems that are in use. As we will enter a totally different age that is characterized by harmony, this certainly influences the calendar systems that will determine the creative power that’s going along with that. Just 2 days ago the crop circle makers already referred to the end of the week. So it makes sense to believe that this formation has a connection with the “successor” of the week.

The central part of the formation consists of 16 segments. It’s notable that the central 4 segments seems to be rotated 90°, they form a square with the outer 12 segments. These 4 segments also seem to symbolize the 4 periods within which the cycle of the lunar month can be divided. The following picture clarifies the relationship with overlapping circles:

The 16 segments are actually shaped by 12 circles (yellow). However through the rotation of the inner 4 segments a thirteenth circle (depicted in black) precisely touches the edge of the inner 4 circles. This formation clearly displays the principle of 12 + 1 = 13. Apart from that we also find an 8-fold symmetry in the outer ring. This may reflect the 8 main lunar phases of the moon. The small squares actually consist of a square within a square that has been rotated by 45°. Also in this way we find the division into 8 directions:

These squares actually consist of 32 segments of which always 4 are missing (depicted in grey). It turns out that the 12 times 28 and 32 segments represent 12 times 28 or 32 days. The number of 12 x 28 = 336 days can only be explained by multiplying this with 2, which results in 672 days. This has a relationship with the quarter-moon-cycle of 7.383 days, as 672 / 7.383 = 91.02 ≈ 91 cycles. This equals 7 x 13, in which the number 13 equals the 13 tones of creation. The 13 tones of creation are known as the fundamental principle upon which creation with respect to time has been based. In other words 7 time-waves, that have been based upon the quarter-moon-cycle, last almost exactly 672 days.

What happens when we consider 12 x 32 = 384 days? This period turns out to correspond with almost exactly 384 / 29.5306 = 13.0035 ≈ 13 cycles of the lunar month, which is also a cycle of creation regarding the lunar month. This equals 4 x 13 times the quarter-moon-cycle of 7.383 days. So the 13 tones of creation regarding the quarter-moon-cycle equals 13 x 7.383 days which precisely corresponds with 384 / 4 = 96 days. This period of 96 days equals 12 x 8 days. This is interesting as we find here an exact 12 to 13 ratio (13 x 7.383 as against 12 x 8).

This brings up the question if the period of 8 days can be considered as the quarter-moon-cycle, when we put this in a calendar-system. This cycle actually equals 7.383 days and this seems to be closer to 7 than 8 days. This leads to the idea of some people that our present week of 7 days is a reflection of the quarter-moon-cycle. However in reality the average period of 7.383 days can vary from about 6.5 to 8.25 days. These variations are mainly caused by the rather elliptic orbit of the moon. A period of 8.25 days doesn’t fit at all in our week of 7 days, but it does fit in a period of 8 days as from an astrological point of view the difference of 0.25 days can be neglected. When the actual quarter-moon-cycle equals 7 days or shorter, then this still fits within a period of 8 days, although we have a day or even more “out of time”, during which the creator seems to have a break. This phenomenon is not specific for this calendar. We know from Maya-research that this is an more often occurring phenomenon. The actually 32 segments of each square can be seen as 4 x 8 days, which corresponds with a bit more than one lunar month on the one hand and precise 4 quarter-moon-cycles on the other hand in which the periods out of time are left out of consideration. The 13 to 12 ratio of the 13 tones of creation regarding the actual quarter-moon-cycle as against 12 periods of 8 days (8 “weeks”) also means that during the twelfth tone of creation (the twelfth week) the lunar phase is practically the same as on the same day of the first tone of creation, which creates the opportunity to look back at the start of this cycle. Although 12 “weeks” correspond with 13 quarter-moon-cycles, these 12 weeks have to be considered as the first 12 tones of creation that are followed by a 13th tone of creation that completes the cycle. The reason is that these 12 “weeks” contain periods out of time and therefore has to be followed by a 13th “week”. This week ends (day 104) with the opposite lunar phase compared with the start of this cycle.

These findings fit with the outer part of the formation that actually consists of the following circles:

The large circle, depicted in yellow, falls on the corners of the inner squares and at the same time on the centre of the outer 4 circles. However the picture clarifies that the formation actually hides another 4 overlapping circles. The diameter of these 8 circles is exactly 3 times smaller than of the large yellow circle. This diagram suggests that the large circle (corresponding with the week) indeed consists of 8 days. The green segments have the same shape as the segments of the central part of the formation and actually are a reflection of the days out of time (the leftover). Apart from that we can distinguish a slightly larger circle (depicted in blue). This circle covers exactly half of the area of the outer 4 circles. After a calculation it turns out that the total area within this blue circle precisely equals 13 times the area of the overlapping segments of the inner 4 circles (depicted in green). This perfectly fits with the idea that the green segments correspond with the period out of time, for the average leftover (period out of time) of the period of 8 days precisely equals one 13th of this period!

Next it’s interesting to consider a period of 7 x 13 x 8 days. This corresponds with the 7 x 13 quarter-moon-cycles we found before, in which we the actual quarter-moon-cycle have substituted with the calendrical cycle of 8 days. This period equals 7 x 13 x 8 = 728 days, which practically corresponds with 2 year (about 730.5 days), with only 2 or 3 days out of time! This is interesting as this perfectly matches with the earlier formation on the 24th July this year that announced the 2 years-cycle of 24 x 30 months (see /Smeathe ). Both interact with each other. This article also clarifies that the first cycle of creation and cycle of 2 years starts on the 24th December 2012.

As I already noticed our present week has no relationship with the lunar month, but with the so called anomalistic month (see winterbourne2 ). The question is if this cycle of 8 days also has a relationship with that. This indeed is the case. The period of 7 x 8 days equals 2 anomalistic months. In practice this means that the end of tone 7 leads to an increased inspiration and cosmic consciousness, which perfectly fits with the significance of tone 7. Furthermore a period of 4 time-waves or 4 x 13 x 8 = 416 days equals almost precise 7 lunar months. This period also corresponds with the cycle of the sun relative to the black moon. Finally 40 times the cycle of 2 years (80 years) equals 9 cycles of the black moon. This number of 80 years, we also find back in the formation: at a closer look, we find out that the square of the formation has been surrounded by a special weave that consists of 80 squares.

Still the question remains if this explanation fits with the claim that this calendar starts on the 24th December 2012. In this respect it’s notable that the lunar phase on the beginning of the day that this formation has been discovered (and probably created) is fully identical to the lunar phase at the beginning of the 24th December (waxing gibbous; 135° elongation). Moreover the period in between not only precisely equals 42 lunar months, but also precisely 45 anomalistic months. This also means that the sun relative to the black moon is at an identical position on both dates. This stresses the relationship with the anomalistic month and the black moon. Furthermore on the location of the formation the direction in which the moon on the 24th December 2012 will rise and set is fully identical to the direction of sunrise and sunset on the day of the formation.

One might expect that on the 24 December it’s new moon, which is not the case. However the lunar phase is identical as on the end date of present age (the 1st June 2012, see www.33mm.eu/en/ ) precise 7 lunar months before. There is also a connection with new moon exact 40 = 5 x 8 days before, the 14th November 2012, which is going along with a solar eclipse.

Marc Smulders

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