Showing posts with label Calendars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Calendars. Show all posts

Apr 13, 2025

The Earth and Ancestral Astronomy

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Acrylic painting on canvas depicting tides, by Joana Burnay.
The Earth, our blue planet, our cradle, our home, our grave.

More than a celestial body, the Earth was a spiritual entity to ancient cultures. A sacred planet where manifestations of both a physical and spiritual nature can be recognized, under the same laws of heaven, and in accordance with the universe.

A planet in the solar system that does not travel alone, but in the company of its small Moon. Its commanding beauty can be evident to all, in space and on its surface; everything about it is stunning.

Oct 6, 2024

Astrology and Ancestral Astronomy

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Drawing titled The Celtic Cup and the Grail by Joana Burnay.
The study of astronomy based on the Maya and Aztec calendars rendered an encounter with astrological practices inevitable.
This project explores their origins, meanings, and the ways in which astrology relates to the astronomy of ancient cultures.

The astronomical calculation methods practiced by these ancestral cultures demonstrate that planetary cycles and orbits are far from random; instead, they occur in an orderly and proportional manner within their diverse dimensions and space-time relationships—a reality that is mathematically demonstrable.

Mar 22, 2024

The wise astronomers of antiquity

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Drawing of a hand, by Joana Burnay.
If a wise astronomer of antiquity returned to Earth, it would not be surprising if conversation would not flow easily with a modern astronomer, even though both are experts in Astronomy.

There is still a scientific void separating Ancestral Astronomy from Modern Astronomy, making them seem irreconcilable. However, what I have concluded over these years of studying Calendars and ancestral astronomy is that these two fields are simply two different ways of looking at the sky—both relevant and scientific.

Mar 18, 2024

Ancestral Astronomy and Modern Astronomy

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Drawing of two men with a rope, copy of a Maya illustration by Joana Burnay.
Nowadays, ancestral astronomy is associated with religious and mythological beliefs, dedicated to the prediction of astronomical events like eclipses, seasons of the year, solstices, equinoxes, etc.

The calendars and timekeeping devices of ancient societies are well recognized for their civil functions in agriculture and their roles in religious rituals and ceremonies. It is in this brief and naive way that the astronomy of ancient cultures is usually explained.

Feb 7, 2024

The Matrix and Ancestral Astronomy

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Drawing of the Earth's orbit with North Moon and Sun.
This is the first episode regarding my 20-year research into the Mayan and Aztec time cycles in the Haab and Tzolkin calendars, carried out without books or masters.

It all began with curiosity and the quest to deepen the understanding behind those seemingly perfect and rigorous calendar grids.

After a long period of researching books, libraries, various fields of study, and many experts, the answers were plenty, but none explained the mechanism that would have shaped the calendars.

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