A conjunction of Venus with the Moon (as shown in Germany) was used to date lunar cycle I from East Field

A new crop picture appeared in Germany on July 1, 2007, that was apparently intended to help us interpret a somewhat more complex crop picture from East Field on July 7. That German crop picture showed in its lower part a "five pointed star", which is the traditional symbol for planet Venus, and in its upper part a series of "lunar phase symbols" similar to those shown at Stonehenge in July 1996:

 

 

The close proximity of those two different symbols suggests that the crop artists might trying to tell us about a recent conjunction (i.e. close approach in Earth's sky) between Venus and the Moon.

 

A Venus-Moon conjunction on May 19, 2007

 

With that idea in mind, I quickly found that Venus and the Moon had come into conjunction on May 19, 2007, as an event that was photographed by astronomers across the world:

 

 

Knowing the date of that Venus-Moon conjunction, we can now interpret everything else.

 

Symbols representing Venus

 

Venus has been represented as a five-pointed star since ancient times. That is because it repeats in phase once every 584 days as seen from Earth, while advancing in the sky relative to background stars by 216 degrees (i.e. three points of a five-pointed star). Hence after any five cycles totalling (5 x 584) = 2920 days or eight years, Venus will advance in the sky by fifteen points of a five-pointed star, which is equivalent to (5 x 216) = 1080 degrees or three circular turns, 

 

The Mayans and Aztecs used a slightly longer Venus cycle of (32.5 x 584) = 18,980 days or 52 years.

 

Now if we look more closely at the lower (or left-hand) part of that new German crop picture, we can see not only our current 584-day cycle of Venus, but also the precise days within that cycle when Venus came into conjunction with our Moon (May 19, 2007), or when it reached maximal elongation from the Sun (June 8, 2007):

 

 

In order to represent conjunction, those crop artists attached a series of lunar phase symbols to one particular part of our current 584-day Venus cycle. In order to represent elongation, they drew a cusp in the outer circle which surrounds that five-pointed star.

 

Symbols representing the Moon

 

Having interpreted symbols for Venus, let us turn next to symbols for our Moon. The upper (or right-hand) part of that German crop picture contains a series of ball-like symbols that are known to represent monthly phases of our Moon, and which were also drawn at Stonehenge in July 1996.

 

Here those crop artists drew eight central balls, in order to symbolize a new Moon on the right which proceeds slowly to a full Moon on the left. Each ball accounts for two days of phase, since the change from new to full requires 15 days.

 

A series of six tiny balls were also drawn above and below some of the large central balls in this diagram. The crop artists typically use a change of direction within such tiny balls to signify a full Moon. If you look carefully at three tiny balls to the left of a label "full" in the diagram above, you will see that those tiny balls do indeed switch direction from right to left on a full Moon.

 

Which lunar cycle might be indicated here?

 

Which lunar cycle from the summer of 2007 might be indicated here? The new German crop picture appeared on July 1, which could have suggested a lunar cycle close to that date. Yet close attachment of those lunar phase symbols to a precise location along our current 584-day cycle of Venus would seem to indicate that they are trying to tell us about some other lunar phase cycle, during the period from May 19 to June 8.

 

Only one lunar phase cycle lies within that period, called "lunar cycle I" in an analysis just days ago. It began with a new Moon on May 17, proceeded to full on June 1, then ended with another new Moon on June 15 (not shown). Why would those crop artists be trying to tell us about lunar cycle I, as the first of the 2007 summer season? The answer is simple: because they wanted to tell us how to interpret another, more complex crop picture that appeared at East Field on July 7.

 

Four lunar cycles at East Field: now we can assign their dates with certainty

 

That crop picture at East Field showed four lunar cycles called I, II, III, IV. Previously we had only guessed their dates as May 17-June1-June 15 for cycle I (new to full to new), June 15-July 1-July 14 for cycle II, July 14-July 30-August 13 for cycle III, or August 13-August 28-September 11 for cycle IV.

 

But in light of this new crop picture from Germany, which uses a Venus-Moon conjunction to date lunar cycle I as May 17 to June 1 for new to full, we can be far more certain. Only cycle I at East Field showed an isolated new Moon proceeding to full, and hence it may be dated securely as May 17 to June 1 (then June 15). The other three would follow once every 29.5 days

 

Masters of time and space

 

Those crop artists are definitely trying to tell us something by drawing two separate calendar-type pictures in different countries over the space of a week: neither of which stands alone in its intellectual content, but requires the other to complete the puzzle.

 

True masters of time and space! What are they trying to tell us? Well, it cannot lie far away in time now. I would like to suggest that all readers pay close attention to further crop pictures over the next month or so.    

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