SUPPLEMENT 2. ESTIMATING THE EPOCHS OF THE GCC AND GA
S2.1. SOLAR SYSTEM AND GALACTIC PARAMETERS
The Cross, in all its forms, presents the most ancient symbol, and a series of meanings stands behind each of them. Some of these meanings are not widely known until our days; some other ones are still veiling the ancient esoteric concepts. The meaning of the majority of these corresponds to astronomical facts and evolution of the Earth and mankind that was kept secret for millennia.
In 1996, the concept of the Solar System Zodiac (SZ) was developed as a natural affiliate to the Tropical Zodiac (TZ). By comparing these Zodiacs we see that at present days the Tropical Vernal Point comes to the sign of Capricorn in the SZ, and vice versa.
By its structure, the sphere of influence of the Tropical Zodiac (TZ) is initially limited to the Earth: it is associated with the aura envelope of the Earth, through which, as via an inhomogeneous filter, different space objects exert their influence on its internal elements – from separate human beings to social structures and natural processes. The accuracy of parameters defining the mathematical model of the TZ is very high and bounded just by the exactness of astronomical measurements that specify the Earth’s orientation and orbit by the Equator and Ecliptic planes, respectively.
The ecliptic longitude λ is measured from the vernal equinox Aries and runs (along the Ecliptic) from 0° to 360° in the same eastward sense as Right Ascension α. As the Equatorial longitude, R.A. can take values between 0 and 360 deg., though more often it is given in time units: hours (h), minutes (m), and seconds (s), where 24 hours correspond to 360 degrees (so that R.A. takes values between 0 and 24 h). Note that the ecliptic longitude of Sun coincides with its Equatorial longitude just at these four cardinal points.
In its absolute form, the Zodiac is the unity that determines the universal cycle of transformation of energy (along the Ecliptic). This is present in two forms: (1) in static form, when considering separate zones of equal length, and (2) in dynamic form, when the origin and the end merge together, thus generating the fulcrum called the First Point of Aries. But the Entity being contained in it could be divided with the use of different numerological keys – 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, and even 360. Each key defines the concept of dividing the entire cycle into phases and their esoteric meanings. Thus it is commonly accepted (and certified esoterically) that the Zodiac comprising 12 signs most properly reflects the evolutionary stages of the Earth, as shown in the production of trinity and quaternary.
Due to the precession of the Equinoxes the Earth's axis makes a complete revolution around the Ecliptic over a period of Platonic year (approximately 26 000 Tropical years). However, it does not describe a circle, but one inward turn along a spiral; during this period, the Ecliptic's axis travels several degrees over the celestial sphere.
The Sidereal Zodiac also presents the circle of Ecliptic, but with a fixed origin. For this reason its cardinal axes have nothing in common with the Solstices and Equinoxes.
When considering or postulating a correlation between the Sidereal Zodiac’s origin and some star, rarely does an author take account of the proper motion of the stars.
Over a Platonic year, the total motion that the majority of stars make is up to 1°(in average), and 7° to 70° for several hundreds of the most rapid ones. Much more significant variations in the firmament would take place even after two precession cycles.
As we may see this from a series of sound examples, Space matter and objects exert their influence anisotropically, first of all - from definite directions and within definite planes. Within the Solar System, these are basically the plane of Ecliptic , and its axis that passes through the North Pole of Ecliptic. For the Earth, the similar objects are: the plane of Equator and the Earth’s axis of rotation, , that passes through the geographical North Pole (NP) being also the NP for the Equatorial coordinate system.
The axis and the plane define the basic elements of symmetry both for the Globe and for its Space shield - electromagnetic envelope and radiation layers. In particular, the Geomagnetic field directs the charged Space matter to the Poles.
Within the Solar System, the Earth and the other planets interact between themselves and the Sun in the plane of Ecliptic. At the same time, all these Heavenly objects experience the same influence, the Galactic Centre and other Galactic objects exert on them, e.g. from the Southern Pole of Ecliptic. From this point of view, the Solar System (SS) as a whole is called the Heliosphere. Hence, the plane of Ecliptic and its axis also present the basic elements of symmetry for the Solar System through which the outer Space exerts its influence on the interior of the Heliosphere.
Though the basic interactions within the Solar System realized in the plane of Ecliptic, the actuality of the Southern direction for the Solar System is also emphasized. As to the Earth, we need to pay attention to its electromagnetic and gas/plasma envelopes and their foci - the Polar regions through which the radiation material (plasma) inflows and discharges, and the electrical nature of the basic interaction mechanism which is a topic for subsequent considerations. Researchers are now insisting more, and more, that the Earth's temperature increases are dependent upon, and directly linked to, space-terrestrial interactions; be it Earth-Sun, Earth-Solar System, and/or Earth-Interstellar.
It is known that electromagnetic interactions play a great part in the interaction of the heavenly bodies. At this, the Sun and comets exert their influence to the Earth through its magnetosphere, and the TZ, by its structure, reflects the mechanism of this interaction.
For example, an analysis of the growing discrepancy between the Earth's rotation and magnetic axes shows that the TZ may work now in other ways than it did a few centuries ago, and the increasing discrepancy can cause instability effects in the Earth processes.
Therefore, the Equator and Ecliptic planes, as well as their axes, define the conjugate geometric elements that specify the channels through which the Space exerts its physical influence on the Earth, whereas the Ecliptic defines the plane where the physical interaction between the planets and Sun takes place. As far as these elements define the geometrical structure of the TZ, the line of Equinoxes being specified by the crossing of these planes becomes the focus of this structure, whereas the TZ’s Solstice line presents the projection of the Solar System axis.
Hence, the cardinal points of the Tropical Zodiac and the TZ itself are adjusted to the current orientation of the Globe (that makes them the natural reference points for the Earth) and present the objective “channels”, or most sensitive foci of perception, through which the Space and Solar System’s objects exert their physical influence on the Earth. Therefore, we may conclude that the analogous structure being adjusted to the Solar System peculiarities may describe the foci for the Solar System, which carry out the same function from both the physical and esoterical points of view.
The whole of the Universe is saturated with the principle of Hierarchy, both esoterically and physically: each system level presents a hierarchical system of being, and retains an element of the whole.
On the one hand, the Solar System presents a vital-mechanical organic entity where the Sun acts as the heart and brain of the Solar World, or Solar sphere. Within our hierarchical Solar sphere chain, which includes the Earth, the Heavenly bodies influence the terrestrial objects through the TZ (viz. the Earth’s Aura, or Earth's electromagnetic envelope), but in different ways: if the Solar sphere's objects act directly through the TZ, the energies from outside the Solar sphere are filtered or transformed through the Solar System envelopes, or Aura. The Aural Egg of the Solar System rotates around the axis of the Ecliptic like the Aural Egg of the Globe rotates around the Earth’s axis, whereas both of them revolve around their Hierarchs – the Galactic Centre and Sun, respectively.
On the other hand, the series of Examples show that the geometry of physical interactions between the Galaxy and the Solar System, and between the latter one and the Earth follow the same structural model the elements of which present the foci of physical influence, where the same plane of Ecliptic presents the governing element for the system of the lower level (viz. Earth) and the internal element for the system of the upper level (viz. Galaxy).
Therefore, with respect to the Hermetic axiom, "as above, so below; as below, so above", we cannot exclude the existence of a Solar System Zodiac which carries out the "same" function from the perspective of the Sun, as the TZ does from the perspective of the Earth.
The general structure of the Galaxy presents a flattened system which is symmetrical relative to the basic plane called the Galactic Plane. Intersection of the latter one with the Celestial sphere gives the Galactic equator, which actually coincides with the mean line of the Milky Way.
The Galaxy rotates around its axis passing through the Galactic Center (GC), the Galactic North Pole ( ) of which is projected to the constellation Coma Berenices.
The Galactic Centre is the rotational center of the Milky Way galaxy. When observed from the Solar System, it is projected to the constellation Sagittarius.
In their average planes of revolution, being perpendicular to the axis of the Galaxy, the Sun and stars move around the GC so that at any moment the course of each object is perpendicular to the direction of the GC; this revolution is clockwise from the side of the . As to the Solar System, it completes its revolution around the GC in a Galactic Year which makes approximately 200 – 230 million Earth’s years.
It is known that electromagnetic interactions play a great part in the interaction of the heavenly bodies. At this, the Sun and comets exert their influence to the Earth through its magnetosphere, and the TZ, by its structure, reflects the mechanism of this interaction.
For example, an analysis of the growing discrepancy between the Earth's rotation and magnetic axes shows that the TZ may work now in other ways than it did a few centuries ago, and the increasing discrepancy can cause instability effects in the Earth processes.
Meanwhile, in its local galactic vicinity, the Sun moves (Fig. 5.b) towards the point on the Celestial sphere which is called the Solar apex; at present, it is projected to the constellation Hercules.
The North Pole of Ecliptic is projected to the constellation Draco; this point also moves along the Celestial sphere, but very slowly. Though the plane of Ecliptic is defined by the Earth’s orbital plane, the orbital planes of the massive planets are inclined to the Ecliptic at a relatively small angle: approximately by 0 ° for Uranus and Neptune, 1.3 ° for Jupiter and only for Saturn it makes 2.5 °. By analogy with the Galactic Equator this allows us to consider the Ecliptic as the Solar System’s Equator which defines the average plane of the Solar System.
Thus since the planets revolve around the Sun in approximately the plane of Sun-Earth Ecliptic , we take it for the plane of the Solar System’s Equator and call its axis that of the Solar System. Since our Solar System moves in a circular movement around the Galactic Center, we regard the latter the direct Hierarch for the Solar System and take the plane of the Galactic Equator, in which our Solar System revolves around the Galactic Center, for the “Galactic Ecliptic” .
As in the case with the TZ, the intersection of the planes and gives the straight line on the Ecliptic plane which defines the axis of Equinoxes Z and Z’ for the SZ. Since the direction to the Galactic North Pole is normal to the plane of the Galactic Ecliptic , its projection FF' (Galactic Solstice axis) to the plane of the Solar System Equator (viz. conventional Ecliptic) is perpendicular to the line of intersection ZZ' (Galactic Equinox axis) of these planes and defines the Solstices F and F' for the SZ. It is clear that for the SZ the physical meaning of Equinoxes and Solstices is the same as for the TZ.
As in the case with the TZ, the cardinal axes of the Solar Zodiac form a perfect cross, both on the plane of the Galactic Equator, and on the plane of Ecliptic; call it the Galactic Cross. These are those planes and directions through which the Galaxy actually exerts its influence and through which this influence is redistributed.
As far as the velocity of the TZ’s precession is by several orders of magnitude greater than that for the SZ (over a Platonic year, the Earth’s axis makes a complete circle of 360°, whereas the shifts by several degrees only), for the current age the cardinal points of the SZ may be considered immobile.
Since the cardinal points of the SZ are mutually orthogonal and precess synchronously along the Ecliptic with an average speed of 50'' a year, we may unite the Galactic and Terrestrial Crosses into a single concept – XX-correlation. At some moment these two crosses coincide synchronously because each cardinal point of SZ is as distant from the nearest cardinal point of TZ (Fig. 6.a) as the point Z from 0 ° Capricorn.
Therefore, four times a Platonic year, viz. each 6500 years in average, the rotating Galactic Cross coincides with the Terrestrial Cross. Call this event the Great Celestial Conjunction (GCC); one of these events takes place at present; the point and interval estimates for its epoch.
Meanwhile, although the GCC takes place four times a Platonic year, the importance of the current event may probably be the largest since both the Galactic Centre (the "Sun" for our Solar System) and the Solar Apex longitudes, apart from a series of nebulae are allocated in the close vicinity of the cardinal point 0° Capricorn = 270° whereas the latter point of the TZ presents the "Birth of the Sun", or the origin of the Tropical year. For this reason it may be considered as the Origin of the Platonic year.
Now, the principal question arises, whether it is the point Z or Z' that have to be taken for the Origin of the SZ. It is the northern hemisphere that provides dominant influence over the Earth. But the Sun's toroidal field and the Solar System as a whole might be likened to a flat circular aerial, which is tuned to both Northern and Southern Hemispheres. However, with respect to the Principle of Hierarchy, the Sun, as the heart and brain of the Solar System must first be oriented to its Hierarch, to the Galactic Centre. Since the Sun is located above the Galactic Equator, the Solar System is observed to be North from the GC, relative to the Galaxy's North Pole. Besides, physical observations show definite dominance of the Southern direction in the Space influence.
This fact, as well as the concentration of the principally important objects (GC, Solar Apex. etc.) in the close vicinity of the SZ's Equinox point Z allows us to suppose that namely this Equinox point should be taken for the "Vernal" point, that is for the Origin of the SZ.
As the universal cycle, any Zodiac allows division by the different key numbers – 4 (elements), 12 (presenting the Signs as 30°-arcs), etc. However, as far as the number 12 presents a universal importance, we can divide (e.g. for convenience of comparison of these two Zodiacs) the SZ into a 12 signs as well. But whatever number of signs we use, or do not use, the SZ’s cardinal points remain orthogonal and retain their principal significance. For this reasons the correspondence between the cardinal points of the TZ and SZ remains correct, whatever SZ's division is used.
Last, but not least is the following. Relative to the point of observation in the Galaxy’s North Pole, the visible traffic direction of the Galactic Centre around the Sun along the Galactic Ecliptic ES is clockwise, while the visible traffic direction of our Sun around any planet (in the same plane = ) is anticlockwise. Therefore, in the TZ and SZ the longitudes are incremented in the opposite directions.
In compliance with the conventional astrological approach, coming of the point of Aries (TZ) to the cusp of a Zodiacal sign means starting of the Age named by this sign. Since the cardinal points of the SZ and TZ have coincided in May 1998 with respect to the current Era of GCC, within the Age of Transformations , we may conclude that transfer to a New Age is under way, but for what Age? The bringing of the SZ into correlation with the TZ (Fig. 7) shows, that the situation is much more surprising than coming to the Age of Aquarius; it rather forced us to submit the following three hypotheses.
Hypothesis SZ-1: The vernal points Aries (SZ) and Aries (TZ) are symmetrically completing their way through the Sagittarius signs (viz. Aries (SZ) through the TZ Sagittarius, and Aries (TZ) through the SZ Sagittarius). This brings us to the end of the Age of Sagittarius, not the Age of Pisces.
Hypothesis SZ-2: The forthcoming age is the Age of Capricorn, since the vernal points Aries (SZ) and Aries (TZ) are symmetrically approaching both the TZ and SZ Capricorn signs, and so, the transfer to the New Age is taking place now – with the coming of the new millennium!
Hypothesis SZ-3: The sign of Aquarius takes on special significance for the Earth, since both the Tropical and the SZ’s signs of Aquarius overlap. This situation might be interpreted as the undistorted (and, hence, magnified) passing of Aquarian energies to Earth, enhanced by the present influence of Uranus.
The arguments in support of these Hypotheses are presented in [1, Part 8]. In general, they demonstrate a synchronism of the Change-of-Ages Concepts and include both astrophysical and historical analysis, as well as esoterical and astrological considerations. In particular, it is shown how the comets arrive in unison with the Solar cycles, and the latter ones – with the oscillation of the hypernova Eta Carinae
The orthogonality of the SZ and TZ axes at the GCC has evidently caused a change in both the flux and polarities of the energies radiated from the Galaxy to the Earth. This is also why we align a solar panel perpendicular to the solar rays to get the maximum flux and the highest efficiency. This is what’s been happening on a Galactic scale with the Earth, the ‘solar panel’ has been aligned such that we’re experiencing a different Galactic energy flux radiated from the GC.
The Holy Cross (HC)
These three intersecting astrophysical planes, the galactic plane, the ecliptic plane, and the Earth's equatorial plane, all tilted at unique angles to one another, create the geometric orientation of the two intersecting lines or cross members of the Holy Cross. Due to Earth's precessional wobble, and the subsequent wobble of Earth's Celestial Equatorial Plane, one cross member rotates around the ecliptic ring while the other remains stationary--creating the ~25,000 year "Cycle of the Holy Cross." The timing of this cyclic movement determines when the moving cross member is perpendicular to the stationary one, thus creating the perfect or erect cross. There are two erect crosses occurring in the cycle, both create primary transition points in the cycle and in our evolutionary unfoldment. One cross occurred about 12,000 years ago, the other is the astrophysical event occurring NOW."
"The Holy Cross is often depicted in ancient esoteric societies, as well as in sacred religious orders of today, quite simply, as a cross in a circle--or in some minor variance of this cardinal form
1. The concept of the Solar Zodiac extends the well-known model of the Tropical Zodiac (being inherent to the Earth) to the Solar System with respect to the Hermetic axiom, "as above, so below; as below, so above". In this sense the SZ carries out the "same" function from the perspective of the Sun, as the TZ does from the perspective of the Earth.
The principal elements of the SZ's image are the axes of "Solstices" and "Equinoxes" (or the cardinal points with the same names). By resemblance with the TZ, these cardinal axes are defined by the planes of Ecliptic (analogue of Equator in TZ) and Galactic Equator (analogue of Ecliptic in TZ).
As these TZ's cardinal axes define the most important "channels" through which the outer influence is transferred to the Earth, so we can presume that the SZ axes act, but relative to the Solar System objects.
2. Due to the known physical and esoterical importance of the TZ's cardinal axes for the Terrestrial life, and in compliance with the analogy between the TZ and SZ we come to the conclusion that the precession-caused coinciding of these axes named the Great Celestial Conjunction (GCC) presents great importance to the Earth as such that opens the "Gate" for the Galactic influence.
3. The GCCs take place four times a Precessional cycle (Platonic year), viz. every 6500 years, but the current one is seemingly to be considered as the Origin of this cycle since the TZ's Winter Solstice point is also close to the Galactic Centre and Solar Apex (the latter object is not considered in other concepts).
4. It is shown that the considered axes, together with the circle of Ecliptic, are reflected in the basic types of Cross, including the Astronomical cross. Moreover, it is shown that the most probable meaning of the mystical eight-pointed cross (whose nature remained almost unclear) is the XX-Correlation, viz. the unity of all four cardinal axes of these two Zodiacs – the SZ and TZ, whereas the more profound meaning of the Astronomical cross presents the GCC event.
For this reason the Astronomical Cross may be considered as a graphical emblem for the GCC, whereas the Eight-pointed Cross – as the symbol for the XX-correlation.
5. With respect to Sections 2, 3, and Theosophical meaning of Crucifixion, the event of the GCC may be considered as renewal of all spheres of the Terrestrial life by the extra-Solar System influence, whatever name is used for this concept at present; as no process develops instantly, the obtained intervals (2), (3) for the "exact" moment (1) of the GCC show the most probable period of intensive transformations.
6. By allowing for the Mayan Cosmogenesis pertaining to the Death of the 4th period of the Sun and other concepts, the crosses found in America signifying the GCC provide one more piece of evidence to the Galactic equator significance before the end of the Mayan calendar in 2012.
In either case the 2012 gets more grounds of becoming a point of bifurcation within the current age (1) – (3) of intensive transformations.
7. The concepts of XX-correlation, Galactic Alignment (GA) and "Holy Cross" (HC) have much in common. Though each of these three concepts deals with the Galactic Equator and Tropical Equator intersections with the Ecliptic, they differ both in their numerical and symbolical aspects.
By definition, the Galactic Alignment is the Winter Solstice Sun intersected by the Galactic Equator. This means that the GA considers just the moments of the Winter Solstices being 1 year distant one from another within the time interval of "era-2012". For this reason it does not considerthe Solstice axis by itself; neither does it consider the Summer Solstice Alignment, nor the coincidence of the Galactic Equator with the TZ's Equinox axis: it deals with only two of the four XX-correlations over a Platonic year.
As to the actual motion of the Sun along the Ecliptic ("transiting Sun"), the GA treats it just at the discrete moments of the Winter Solstices and has nothing in common with the remaining three cardinal points of the coincided Tropical and Solar Zodiacs which the transiting Sun passes each year.
Besides, use of more exact interpolation for calculation of the GA epoch (within the definition of the GA) has allowed us to correct significantly the epoch of this event and the time interval of era-2012.
8. Astronomically, the "Holy Cross" is the orthogonal cross on the plane of Ecliptic that comprises two lines presenting the intersections of the Ecliptic plane with the Tropical Equator and Galactic Equator planes.
From this point of view the HC presents the Equinox axes of the Tropical and Solar Zodiacs and does not take into account the Solstice axes of these Zodiacs. For this reason it, as the HC, also considers only two of the four XX-correlations in a Platonic year, which are synchronous with the GA.
Numerically, the concept of the HC is quite arbitrarily attached to the period of 1999/2000.
Though we see that the Astronomical cross relates to the HC, we cannot ignore the fact that the elements of the HC belong to qualitatively different structures relative to the level of hierarchy: to the Earth and to the Galaxy.
9. In accordance with the accepted principle, the position of the Tropical Vernal Point in the outer (e.g. Sidereal) Zodiac specifies the properties of a new Age with respect to the sign where this point resides. In this sense the four Great Celestial conjunctions define four Ages of the Platonic year, one of which is starting right now.
10. One of the most important symbols of Maya which presents the supreme God and ultimate Creator, Hunab Ku, presents, both from an astronomical and mythological points of view, the essence and thus, another form of Double Cross.
11. Finally, we may resume that the basic conclusions that result from the concept of the Double-cross correlation (based on the correlation of the Solar and Tropical Zodiacs) at the age of the Great Celestial Conjunction correspond to the existing physical and social state of the Earth, as well as to the Ancient Theosophical concepts relative to the astronomical meaning of different types of Cross.
For this reason we may suggest that since the ancient times and throughout the world the Eight-pointed cross was used for presenting the concept of the XX-correlation, whereas the Astronomical cross, in its most profound sense, was used for the concept of the Great Celestial Conjunction.
I`ll have to start reading on that schumann resonance thing as soon as I have some free time.
