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As far back as four Sun-Ages ago, the Maya world was based on the activity in the sky. ...
Two thousand years ago, ending by the culmination of the classic times, Maya had 13 celestial animal-gods in their zodiac of the sky. ... Maya religion "relied on the duality: celestial versus terrestrial, heaven versus underworld, yet, everything formed a unity or was part of the whole. ...
Maya zodiac, celestial, god-animals were at the position of the vernal equinox in 3113 BC, according to the Paris codex. ... The Maya believed the zodiac to have power over the vernal equinox. The Maya Turtle stars are in sections of our Gemini and Orion constellations. ... The Maya "fire-drill" star is the same as Hamal in Aries. Jaguar-god has many manifestations: as night sun, and as the 5th world -age-sun for the Jaguar age of 1129 BC. ...
The Maya were quite accomplished astronomers. Their primary interests, in contrast to “western” astronomers, were Zenial Passages when the Sun crossed over the Maya latitudes. Most of the Maya cities were located south of this latitude, meaning that they could observe the sun directly overhead during the time that the sun was passing over their latitude. ... The Maya could easily determine these dates, because at local noon, they cast no shadow.
Approximate Word count = 1040
Approximate Pages = 4.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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