2. What are the origins of the 13 Moon calendar in Mayan culture?

The Thirteen Moon calendar was originally known by the Maya as the Tun Uc, the "moon count" or "count of seven" (7 x 4 = 28). The correlation date on the Gregorian calendar, July 26, is also derived from the prophetic tradition of the Chilam Balam or Jaguar Priests. This date on the Julian calendar was July 16, and was first correlated with the heliacal rising of Sirius at 19.5 latitude north in the Mayan temple site of Edzna in AD 692. This also corresponds to the dedication date of the tomb of Pacal Votan in Palenque , Chiapas , Mexico , whose prophecy, Telektonon, espouses the return to natural time through following the Thirteen Moon calendar.

On the ship Argo were 50 'Argonauts' and the leader of whom was 'Jason'.  Here we have our first breakthrough.  The name 'Jason', according to Robert Temple ('Sirius Mystery') means 'appeaser'.  In '1999: Final Solution', if you recall, it was mentioned that even though it is almost always translated as "King of terror", the original French words of X-72's second line may well have been "Roy deffraieur", instead of "Roy d'effrayeur", in which case the meaning changes to something like 'appeasing King'!  Whichever the original French words may be, both are so similar that I'd say both "appeasing King" and "King of terror" were meant.  (As we will see, punning is a serious method of communicating esoteric knowledge.)

Next, let us examine the etymology of the word, 'ark'.  According to Temple, the words 'ark', 'Argo', etc. are likely derived from the Egyptian words, 'arq' and 'arqi'.  It is, then, intriguing that the Great Sphinx which the Arabs call the 'Father of Terror' (thus relating to the 'King of Terrors' of X-72 as discussed in '1999: FS'),  is also called 'arq ur' (7/1 Update: this may not be accurate information) - making another link with X-72.  Furthermore, 'arki' and some other 'arq'-related words refer to Saturn, the most significant interpretive element applied to X-72 in '1999: FS'.

The next development, which will add a whole new dimension to the issues being discussed, is the connection between Argo/ark and Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky and the celestial counterpart of Isis (the relevance of Isis was brought up in '1999: FS').  Temple does a very extensive exposition on how the myth of Argo/ark relates to Sirius, mainly through the number '50' and the notion of 'weight'.  For example, as mentioned earlier, the Argo held '50' Argonauts.  It also carried '50' daughters of Danaos.  The reason '50' is important is because the orbital period of Sirius B around Sirius is 50 years.  Sirius B is a dark, small, and "heavy" 'white dwarf' that is a great contrast to its very bright companion, Sirius.  As Temple shows in his book, this 'invisible' Sirius B somehow seems to be as important as Sirius, if not more important, to some unclear 'source' that gave us mythological stories which apparently are a secret information passed down through history in 'coded' forms.  Sirius B should not have been known to ancient people, yet there appear to be many coded references to Sirius B in myths.  But in the case of the Dogon people in southwest Africa, their tradition preserved information about our solar system and the Sirius system not metaphorically but literally - which prompted Temple to investigate the matter originally.  And the Dogon literally claimed that Sirius B, which they called 'Digitaria', had a 50-year orbit around Sirius when they shouldn't have even known that there is a dark companion to Sirius.

We are also told that the Anunnaki, the Sumerian 'gods' who were discussed in '1999: FS', were also 50 in number and called 'the fifty great gods' thus also associated with Sirius also.  Moses' Ark of the Covenant, too, comes to be involved with 50, thus Sirius also, as it was to Moses that "God" commanded to establish the 50-year cycle of 'year of jubilee - strengthening the link between Noah's ark and the Ark of the Covenant.  Temple further points out that the "foot race" which was the origin of the Olympic Games was held at the end of the 50 months or 49 months in alternate years.  The switching between 50 and 49 is intriguing since Sirius B's orbital period is somewhat less than 50 years and the alternate counting can be seen as a way of adjusting to match Sirius B's orbit.  At any rate, again there is a connection with X-72 as the Olympics was a key theme in '1999: FS'.

The incorporation of Sirius behaves likes a big piece of the puzzle and yields more and more connections.  For example, Sirius B was in some ways compared to Mercury - and Mercury/Gemini is of course one of the big themes in '1999: FS'.  Also, Anubis, a mythological character Temple associates with the orbit of Sirius B, happened to be identified with Saturn - again a major element derived from X-72, etc.  'Seven', also a major theme derived in '1999: FS', is not left out as Sirius was known to Egyptians as 'Sept' which in French (and probably in other languages too) means 'seven', the 'lucky' number.  So, the first line of X-72, "1999 and seven months ('sept mois')", could be seen as '1999 and the month of Sirius'... but it would point to July anyway as July was the month of Sirius' important 'heliacal rising'.  It's all coming together.

It is carefully and convincingly illustrated by Temple that Sirius is related to the idea of 'weight/heavy'.  Interestingly, the Egyptian word, 'tchens', also meaning 'weight/heavy', resembles 'chance' which is almost synonymous with 'luck'.  I feel it's possible that there is a connection there.  But more significantly, the notion of 'weight' connects Sirius and Argo as the main/brightest star in the Argo constellation, Canopus, is also known as 'Wazn', 'Weight'.  And it is said that Enki, the Sumerian Saturn, ruled Canopus.

7/1/99 Update :
 

Canopus was also known as 'the Rudder' (of the Argo), i.e. the stern of the ship.  Interestingly, this relates to the movie 'Titanic' as the 'stern' of the Titanic plays a key role in the movie - it is where Rose and Jack first meet as Rose tries to jump into the ocean, and it is also where Rose and Jack end up being as the Titanic finally sinks into the ocean.  Note also that there are a number of references to 'weight/heaviness':  Seeing Rose's engagement ring Jack says to her (paraphrasing) 'wow, look at this, you'd have gone straight to the bottom of the ocean!' (referring to the size/heaviness of the ring).  Also both the young Rose and the 100-year old Rose felt the 'Heart of the Ocean', the blue diamond pendant, to be a "heavy, dreadful thing", and the old Rose throws the pendant into the ocean from the 'rear end' of the ship she was on, and if you're observant you'd see in the scene that at the rear of the ship there is a big 'arc'-shaped structure enclosing Rose.  By the way, Rose being 100 years old in the movie is also a 'hint' for '100' is also closely associated with Sirius B (its orbit was somehow counted 'double', i.e. 100).  This also nicely explains why I came up with '100' as one of the key numbers in 'Babylon Matrix'.

If you've seen the movie, you'd also notice that the 'prow' of the Titanic plays a big role also.  It is where Jack leans forward, spreads his arms and screams "I'm the king of the world!", and where Jack lets Rose extend her arms like a bird also and "fly".  Temple identifies Dodona, where the Greek ark is said to have descended, as the geodetic prow of the Argo.  And I noticed that Dodona happens to be at about 39.5 degrees N. latitude which happens to be the exact angle of one of the Great Pyramid's so-called 'air shafts' that specifically targeted the star Sirius.  As if to confirm the significance of the angle/latitude, ~39.5 N also happens to be the latitude of Mt. Ararat where Noah's ark is thought to have landed.  Jack and Rose extending their arms sideways forming a 'cross' with the body is also meaningful to the 'Sirius complex' as the Dogon reports that there is another star, Sirius C, in the Sirius system which supposedly has a satellite they call 'star of Women' and it is represented by the sign of a 'cross' in their tradition.  It may not be a coincidence that there is to be a astrological 'grand cross' on/around Aug. 18, '99 - the exact date of Cassini's earth-flyby.
 
Another interesting point regarding Sirius is that the hieroglyphic sign for Sirius (triangle) is identical to the sign for 'thorn' (or 'teeth').  Notice how 'thorn' is relevant to a 'rose' - Titanic's Rose, NY's state flower being a  rose, and rose as a symbol of knowledge, etc.  Congruently, not only was Isis, Sirius' counterpart, considered the goddess of 'wisdom', Sirius B was associated with the description, 'two stars of knowledge'.

Sirius could also be associated in various ways with the 'serpent', the ancient symbol of hidden wisdom and secret knowledge.  A good example is the serpent in the story of Genesis which lets Eve east the fruit from the tree of knowledge.  Interestingly, it's been suggested that the name 'Eve' relates to words meaning 'serpent' and 'life'.  Also, Eve is sometimes viewed as the ancestral mother of the Nephilim, and the Nephilim themselves were described as 'serpents'.  The Nephilim are the "fallen angels" that parallel the Anunnaki who were earlier associated with Sirius.

It should also be mentioned that Jason, the leader of the 50 Argonauts earlier associated with Sirius, is associated with the 'teeth of a dragon'.  This is interesting because 'teeth' as explained before can also refer to Sirius, and so the expression, 'teeth of a dragon', links Sirius to a 'dragon', i.e. 'serpent', as Temple points out.  Furthermore, the cobra hieroglyph, 'ara', means both 'serpent' and 'goddess', as in Isis the goddess.
  
 

The Mars Connection

 
So what about Mars to which both X-72 ('1999' quatrain) and VI-97 ('45 degrees' quatrain) have been closely linked in 'Babylon Matrix' (VI-97) and '1999: Final Solution' (X-72)?  As we will see, it appears that there is a definite Sirius-Mars-ark connection.

 



 

First, NYC/Long Island can be associated with 'knowledge' through the symbolisms of 'apple' ("Big Apple"), 'rose' (state flower),  'fire' (Statue of Liberty, its connection to Paris/'torch'), etc. and as we've seen in foregoing sections it's part of the 'ark' complex via VI-97.  Furthermore from the 'apple' connection follows the notion of the 'serpent'.  Now, all those 'knowledge'/Sirius connections of NYC can be transferred to Mars because, as illustrated in 'Babylon Matrix', NYC is also related to Mars, especially the Cydonia region with all the potentially artificial structures.  Mars being red and circular is associatable with the 'apple', the red and round 'Big Apple' (NYC).  Now, some might argue that the fruit Eve ate was not necessarily an 'apple', but we generally thought of it as an apple today and that has to count in symbolism.  But there is a much more precise connection -  the latitudes of NYC and Cydonia are exactly the same, 40.5~41N.

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