Commentary Regarding "The Radish"

Finally got around to reading the infamous article The Radish. What a pile of junk. Kudos to one of the proofers for noticing it!! Not only the astronomy is laughable: "stars sending out meteorites"?... a huge gas giant like Jupiter being "shifted" (any # of degrees in any direction) by a meteorite impact?...come on...but even other ridiculous things like suggesting the Madrid Codex is really Peruvian...At the beginning I tried to see if it was editable by just omitting silly remarks but I agree at the end... it is unsalvageable."
(The Jupiter "shift" was presented at the UH Honolulu presentation in 2003. It is part of my upcoming book on Archaeoastronomy. For reference see the Hubble shots of Jupiter from July 21 to July 22. The major impact of 21 fragments as large as 2 kilometers [1 sq mile = 2.5900 sq km] in diameter was on July 21. See Hubble shots at: http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/)

The "Radish" Part I

(Nasca/Maya Astronomy)
Presented at the Chacmool Conferenece
at the University of Calgary, Canada
November 14-19,2001

It is believed that the New World was an isolated and independent area of the world, inhabited by primitive, uneducated people. Because of this erroneous belief, most research is done without a key element with which to work. This result can be compared to an attempt to solve a jigsaw puzzle by fitting together the gray background instead of using the picture on the other side. The picture, in this instance, is astronomical origin of a major god-event and later cooperation between North and South American star-gazers, before the Conquest.

Astronomy is a good key to begin with since the same stars can be seen around the world within twenty four hours. Some stars can only be seen in certain latitudes. Nevertheless, as the monuments up and down the two American continents are deciphered, new astronomical data becomes available on a daily basis. Because of this data, it has been acknowledged that Mathematics had been used by Meso-Americans in tracking the stars, the sun and the moon, but no one has ever considered the finer points of geometry and trigonometry. Comparisons with the rest of the world's astronomy records and, a UNIVERSAL story or thread that is found in many myths, make it possible to translate the seemingly non-comprehensible glyphs into a well documented star event that was seen world-wide.

The sky is much like a blackboard in a classroom. Every day, the teacher writes his lessons upon it. Yet, at the end of the class, the board is erased and no one can read what was written upon it. For a constellation such as Ophiuchus to be considered a god all around the world, a major disturbance had to have occurred, not once but several times or was it just an event over a period of years. Ernst Grube, the author of the book, The World of Islam, expressed his bewilderment at the need for the builders to express, what he called, "the dissolution of matter" in the creation of such ceilings as in "The Chamber of the Women" in the Alhambra, a building found in Spain of extraordinary workmanship.

I believe that the "dissolution of matter" was the disintegration of the blue star. Illustrated here superimposed upon a golden mask from Peru with the two serpents (comets)

The Aztec tale of The Birth of the Fifth Sun tells us that two comets entered the "oven of the gods" within the constellation known as the Summer Triangle. Here, I believe, are the three hearthstones of the Maya cosmos. It was a long time before the comets left the area of the burning star. This serpent mask shows two serpents at the end of the chin area. These two golden serpents might be illustrations of the two comets that left the environs of the "oven of the Gods" just as described in the Aztec tale.

Maria Rieche, before her death in 1998, was sure that the figures on the Nasca plains in Peru related to the stars and thought the spider was the constellation Orion. In order for the Spider to be Orion, however, it would have to be realigned by 90°. Anthony Aveni, on the other hand, is almost convinced that the Lines have nothing to do with Astronomy.

The 360° Zodiac at 10°, 15° South, 76° West.

Above are the constellations which can be seen in Peru. The problem for most northern astronomers, is that they automatically consider the constellations of their homeland. The star forms seen north of the equator in December are not the constellations seen in Peru during that period of time. So in order to match any myth or story, one must consider on which side of the equator the myth is found.

A decorative XVII century set of Astronomy/Astrology Lines that appear to be laid out in the same manner as the Nasca Lines was compiled in Europe from older manuscripts when the Church attempted to change the Zodiac to known Biblical persons and angelic beings. The lines are of a triangulation method to/from each constellation of the zodiac.

Two Vedic versions of triangulation of the constellations on the left side) vs the Vedic/Ptolemy version (on the right side) is similar and just as ancient. Nevertheless, the Modern vs. Ptolemy version below is almost an exact duplicate of the Nasca Lines layout.

The Nasca Lines with numbered locations for the figures in the desert Astrology and astronomy uses mathematics. The mathematical triangle on its side has a similar appearance to the robes of the Inca rulers. Since all records of the Inca were destroyed during the Conquest, is it possible that the robes are a clue to the number system used by the Inca?

It should be noted that Deneb of Cygnus, part of the constellation called the Northern Cross, connects to the Summer Triangle together with Vega of Lyra. (The Peruvian Llama and its young) and Altair of Aquila. The center area of this group contained many red and orange star clusters, was once called the Red Region of Cygnus. In the Aztec poem, The Birth of the Fifth Sun,the Red Region was referred to as the "Oven of the Gods." The same Summer constellation of the Northern climes, lying on its side, is seen in the Winter time in Peru.

The Hawaiian version of the North Cross/Cygnus combined constellations, with URI, a blue star as a bird with a rainbow tail, became the Goddess/Genetrix of the islands and its people. This myth is one of the Southern Seas, close to the equator, both celestial and global.

The Hopi version of the Blue Star. His face is a blue star, no eyes, no mouth, just a star form. It was said that the natives were not sure if it was a meteorite, or just a star form. Please note the bell in one hand. A badly made bell creates a cacophony of sound that hurts the ears--a small version of a sonic boom.

A Brazilian cave version of a flaming star near the Milky Way. Although this cave is dated many millions of years ago, the blazing star appears to be a new item. If the caves were a refuge when the star, blazed, sent a cemet near to the earth and dropped meteorites as the Hawaiian myth indicates, then a blazing nova near the many stars of the Milky Way is a great possibility. The blue color here is an assumed color. Another cave on the island Punta del Este, near Cuba, also shows the appearance of a great burning entity which made heat waves so severe that they could be seen, just as heat waves on the tarmack of roads on a hot summer day.

A Peruvian tale about a "bad" star punished by vultures and removed from the area. One of the stars in this group is identified as the Lyra constellation. The Big Bird (which I assume to be in the #16 position) appears to be that of Cygnus and should have the blazing blue star in its beak as part of the trajectory of the comet that left URI in the upper part of the Northern Cross/Cygnus Constellation.

Maya and Aztec iconography may be the only glyphic representations of bird forms with a bright area in their beaks. The Madrid Codex may have the complete story with dates of this jewel in the beak of the bird [Cygnus]. However, due to deterioration of text and dates, one must depend solely upon the Maya Stelae for the series of events that created the disaster.

Here are the most interesting two figures at Nasca. Two distinct but similar forms (I believe to be #6 and #7), just below the Big Bird figure. Strangely, enough, they fit very well, one in each side of the constellation Ophiuchus.On page 37, bottom section (C), in the Maya Madrid Codex is the same three-lobed radish-type glyph/figure in the ear of a face without eyes, similar to the blind Kachina of the Hopi. It is located within the mouth of the Maya night sky symbol: a Jaguar. The earring position of this "radish" figure indicates that there should be two of them, one on each side of the head, and its position within the mouth of the Jaguar indicates that it is a constellation of the Maya. It is thought to be God L.

By placing the "radishes" along the sides of the constellation Ophiuchus, (also known as "the serpent holder") located directly below the blazing blue star URI of the Hawaiian myths, it appears to be the correct location for them. If Ophiuchus, is the constellation implied, then this may indicate that it is a world-wide "god" of the heavens and could also be the famous Maya "door to the sak bei"or white road (Milky Way) of the Dead.

At this point, one can postulate that the Maya and the Inca were learning astronomy together in the same place, at the same time. There is no other way that the imagery could be so exact. And indeed, Ophiuchus, is more a doorway than a face, so it should be without eyes as in the Madrid version. Also, the "radish" image in Maya is right side up, but the image in Peru is correctly upside-down as it would be below the Equator, and in this latter position, it would not be part of a face, or a head.

There is still another point which should be considered. It is in the Maya Puuc area, that a bee god becomes very important, more important than God L. In the Mississippi area, also, there are references to a "bee" god, but the Inca have no such designation for this "god." Ophiuchus has a square frame with a pointed roof-like top and two side flanges (where the radish images seem to reside). On the left side, the wider flange (as the North of the Equator view) connects at the top with the Milky Way, where there is a break in the star trail. With this version, or artistic representation, the constellation has the appearance of bees coming into or leaving a hive. What makes the difference? See Nasca/Maya Astronomers for a possible reason.

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