Windmill
Hill of July 25, 2012 may represent a “lunar crescent” over a
“trident”, to symbolize a conjunction of our Moon with planet
Neptune on August 3-4, 2012
A new
crop picture at Windmill Hill on July 25, 2012 has astonished many
people with its elegance and beauty. Yet what could the many symbols
shown there be trying to tell us? On an overall level, it seems to
show an artistic metaphor relating a “crescent” symbol for our Moon
to a “trident” symbol for planet Neptune:
Our Moon
will come very close in Earth’s sky (or conjunct) Neptune on August
3, 2012 at 2200 UT. Essentially then, this new crop picture shows a
“trident” in which its “three spears” have been replaced with a
“lunar crescent”!
A slight
curvature down the long axis of Windmill Hill, from one end to the
other, may match a similar curvature in the sky path of our Moon
along the solar ecliptic, for one month during late July or
mid-August of 2012 (as seen from latitudes 15 to 20o N on
Earth):
Looking
more closely, if we begin counting from its small circles on one
end, we can assign dates of July 26-27-28-29-30 to five small
circles outside of a thin circular ring. Next we can assign dates of
July 31-August 1-August 2 until we reach the largest circle inside
of its “lunar crescent”. That large circle matches correctly the
next full Moon on August 2 at 0327 UT:
Then we
may continue with two slightly smaller circles inside of its “lunar
crescent” for August 3-August 4, followed by a brief space of time
where everything “stops”.
Two thin
crescent shapes, which have been drawn outside of a circular full
Moon for August 2, may mean “two days past a full Moon” on August 3
or 4. Our Moon will conjunct Neptune late on August 3 at 2200 UT, as
43 hours or almost two days past a full Moon on August 2 at 0300 UT.
On the
other side of “stop”, we can count 16 overlapping circles for “16
additional days”. Then if we add (10 + 16) we find 26 days, which is
just short of one lunar month of 29.5 days. By this interpretation,
three small circles for August 5-6-7 (in a white flattened region)
would be “not shown“:
Why
would those crop artists go to so much effort, to show us a
relatively insignificant sky conjunction between our Moon and
Neptune late on August 3, 2012? It makes no sense, unless the date
itself happens to be significant in some way we cannot yet imagine.
For whatever reason, this seems to be the fourth crop
picture of 2012 to tell us a date of “August 4”.
First
Manton Drove of June 2 showed us a “polar clock” which could be read
as August 4 or 5. Next Santena of June 17 (in Italy) showed us the
Sun and Mercury in Cancer on August 4, leading into another date of
December 21, 2012 for end to the Mayan Long Count calendar. Then The
Wrekin of July 21 showed us a triangular arrangement of Saturn,
Spica and Mars on August 4. Finally Windmill Hill of July 25 seems
to have shown us the Moon in conjunction with Neptune on August 3-4.
None of
these astronomical groupings would be significant by themselves. In
order to gain more information about this puzzling subject, we
should see at least one more crop picture around July 29 (by the
time series of July 21, 25, 29, ….) before August 4 is reached.
According to the Mayan Long Count calendar, July 26 would 12.19.19.10.10,
while August 1 would be 12.19.19.10.16
and August 4 would be 12.19.19.10.19.
A previous crop picture in July 2011 at Windmill Hill used Mayan
numbers, as did Fabbrico in Italy in June 2012. Now at Windmill Hill
in July of 2012, we have seen two separate series of circles as 10
or 16 matching August 1 in the Mayan calendar (or August 4 as 10 and
19, if three small circles have been “not shown”).
Appendix 1. Further convincing evidence for a paranormal crop
picture at Windmill Hill on July 25, 2012: the dating and
imagery of a bright full Moon on August 2, 2012
As
the fields of Wiltshire dry out in late July or early August, it
has become possible for local humans with rope and boards to
construct a variety of field diagrams, without covering the
fallen plants in mud (as was the case in a wet June or July).
Thus it becomes of some interest: how we can logically tell
paranormal crop pictures from good human-made efforts?
One
of the best ways to assess whether a crop picture is truly
“paranormal” is to look for convincing details, which could not
easily (or plausibly) have been made by skilled humans with rope
and boards. One such clever detail is noted in the slide below,
which shows how the unknown crop artist added a single standing
tuft to the large circle labelled “August 1”, to help identify
its assigned date as “first day of the month”:
Until we counted carefully all of the circles in the entire crop
diagram, starting with a small circle for July 26 on the right,
and ending with 16 large circles on the left (to complete one
lunar month), this detail made no sense.
Another clever detail was drawn throughout the white, flattened
region which denotes a “lunar crescent” around the centre. There
we can see a series of thin, striated lines, which presumably
were meant to represent a bright, shining full Moon on August 2,
2012, or perhaps two days later on August 4, 2012:
It
would have been almost impossible for local humans with rope and
board to make all of those thin, striated lines by hand, as
close-up ground photographs of Windmill Hill can attest.
A
“Day Out of Time” from the 13-month, 28-day calendar proposed in
1992 by Jose Arguelles?
By
another interpretation, suggested by Miguel Etchepare, the
largest circle in the diagram shown above might represent a
bright crescent Moon on July 25, 2012, or one day later on July
26. By that view, Windmill Hill would have been made to mark a
“Day Out of Time” from the 13-month, 28-days-per-month calendar
proposed in 1992 by Jose Arguelles (see
www.13moon.com ).
His calendar only contains 13 x 28 = 364 days per year, and
hence has to add one more day every year on July 25 (an
arbitrary date) to reach 365 (see
newconnexion.net ).
It
should be emphasized that his novel calendar is not
part of traditional Mayan culture (see
www.pauahtun.org/Calendar/tools.html). If we were to start
counting with the smallest circle at Windmill Hill as a new Moon
of July 19, then we would reach its largest circle as a bright
first-quarter Moon on July 26. Why then should its next two
circles for July 27 or 28 get smaller, if the Moon is still
getting brighter?
Appendix 2. Windmill Hill on July 25, 2012 shows a direct
continuation of lunar motion as shown at The Wrekin on July 21,
2012, and so both crop pictures were probably made by the same
(or collaborating) artists
A
crop picture at The Wrekin in Shropshire on July 21, 2012 showed
a “moving crescent Moon” for a date two days later on July 23.
It also showed a distinctive triangular arrangement of Saturn,
Spica and Mars for a date close to August 4.
A
subsequent crop picture at Windmill Hill in Wiltshire on July
25, 2012 showed “trident” plus “crescent” symbols, to mark a
conjunction between our Moon and Neptune on August 3-4. It
apparently began its day-count from a lunar date of July 26 (but
see above).
When
we plot both sky arrangements together, we find that Windmill
Hill (from July 26 to August 3-4) shows a direct continuation of
lunar motion as shown at The Wrekin (for July 23):
Furthermore, a triangular arrangement of Saturn, Spica and Mars
as shown at The Wrekin actually matches a date of August 3-4,
when our Moon will conjunct Neptune, rather than a nearby lunar
diagram at The Wrekin for July 23.
Given
the astronomical similarities between these two crop pictures,
it seems likely that both were made by the same (or
collaborating) artists.
Red
Collie
(Dr. Horace R. Drew)
