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An equinox occurs twice each year when our sun, in its orbit around the earth in a fashion unique to these times of the year, passes directly over the Earth's equator and the length of the daylight and evening hours is equal. Hence the word equinox is derived from the Latin for "equal" aequus, and nox meaning "night". The spring equinox occurs on March 21. Six months later, on Sept 22, we have the Fall Equinox. The summer solstice occurs on June 21st. On this day earth sees the longest duration of daylight. Six months later is the winter solstice on December 22, when we see the shortest daylight and the longest night of the year. On these days the sun almost seems to pause in its orbit before resuming its course, and it is why the word solstice is based on the Latin sol, for "sun", and sistere or "to cause to stand". This cycle then repeats itself as the Earth continues to rotate around the sun. It is interesting to note that there are exactly 91 days between each of these events, and 92 days between the June 21 summer solstice and the September 21 equinox. This adds up to a 365 day solar year with the 91 days between each event matching the 91 steps to each side of the pyramid (described here).
Each of these solar events, the two solstices and the two equinoxes, can be measured and predicted using the patterns of light and shadow that fall on EL Castillo at various times of the year. It is believed that the Mayans used the various shadows and designs formed by the Pyramid to signal the beginning of a harvest or of a planting, to predict the best dates to be married or to be buried, and for other various ceremonial reasons. The cycles of the sun also play out to another Mayan tradition of the number 52. To us, it is a coincidence that this is the number of weeks in our standard year. But to the Maya it represented, in years, the time of one "cycle".
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That swastika symbol was used by ancient Buddhist way before Hitler adopted it....could be wrong about the religion but it was def adopted by him but created way before he was around.
Lil Drummerboy
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didnt know the Mayans liked Hitleredit on 1-1-2014 by Lil Drummerboy because: (no reason given)
Lil Drummerboy
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didnt know the Mayans liked Hitleredit on 1-1-2014 by Lil Drummerboy because: (no reason given)
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Is the Oruboros also one of the 3 oldest symbols because I notice it is also in the north American swastika image. Or does the serpent need to be in the act of eating it's own tail for it to be Considered Oruboros? (Sp?)
i did not know 7 day week came from Babylonian tradition. That makes it ancient. It seems the more ancient something is, the better chance it was scattered across the globe...