Showing posts with label astronomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label astronomy. Show all posts

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 wouldn't be surprising if the conversation didn't 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.

Feb 6, 2024

Welcome!

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Drawing of a pyramid, by Joana Burnay.
Hello everyone, and welcome to this journey through space-time on the Ancestral Astronomy Blog!

Here, I will share the results of the research I have conducted over the last 20 years on the Maya and Aztec calendars, from a purely mathematical perspective, without prophecies or religious beliefs.

In this study, only the numbers mattered, and they spoke louder than a thousand words, or glyphs!

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