Greetings Archaeonauts!!!
Just 3 days left to culminate the great galactic alignment of Summer Solstice, what are your plans? do you live near an area where there is an ancient monument that served its purpose to align with this precise date?
I think most people around the world live near an ancient site but they are just too busy or they are not well informed that many of our ancient ancestors left us blue prints decoded in sacred architecture for us to understand the true vision of the cosmos, just until recently with technology we have been able to fully decode the encrypted messages of our ancestors and we are beginning to understand the greater relationship with the universe..
I live in the Yucatan home of the Mayab, i am lucky to be near many Mayan Temples that were specifically design to commemorate, the solstice and the equinox and many other celestial events.
I made you a list of Ancient sites around MEXICO that were designed to track this enigmatic celestial event, this are just one of the most important sites known, but many many are aligning not just in Mexico but all around the world! So exciting!!
Before we start lets get technical WHAT'S A SOLSTICE?
A solstice is when the Earth's tilt Axis is inclined towards the sun, the time when the sun reaches the highest altitude in the sky, making it the longest day of the year, during the summer solstice the zenith aligns in the center of the sky with the Tropic of Capricorn, and this happens twice during June 21st and 21st of December of each year..
Ancient cultures knew of this special alignment and therefore engineered architecture used as a calendar to mark the seasons for agriculture and divine rituals.. For now lets just concentrate in the cultures of Mesoamerica like the Maya, Mexica, Teotihuacan, Olmec and Mixtec..
1.- CHICHEN ITZA, YUCATAN MEXICO
Ill start my list with Chichen Itza, since its one of the most popular and impressive and is the closes to my area.
The Maya had a profound knowledge of the cosmos and knew exactly what they were doing.
The Kukulkan Pyramid or El Castillo is one of the most impressive achievements of Architecture in the ancient world, the Maya knew the position of the sun changed throughout the whole year, so they built the pyramid exactly conscious of the exact location along other celestial bodies, the northern facade of the pyramid is orientated 20 degrees to the Geographic North, a humble observation over the years they were able to mastered this technology, or they acquired this technology from other advanced perhaps Extraterrestrial species, but lets just concentrate on the celestial alignment for now..
During the sunset of the solstices, clearly you see on the staircase NNE of the pyramid of Kukulkan a projection of the shadow of a snake, coming down from heaven to Earth, marking the welcome of the God on Earth, during this holy moment seven inverted triangles appear as shadows on the 9 level platform, as the sun starts illuminating and casting the shadows the body of the snakes starts to descend and culminates on a flash of light on the top of the head of the snake located at the botton of the pyramid, the alignment happens around 3 hours before sunset, the entire alignment lasts around 10 minutes.
The Mayas prepared 4 days before making ceremonies and rituals and on the 5th day the alignment culminates, so around this time the Maya were performing sacred ceremonies non stop getting ready for the big big show..
2.- MAYAPAN, YUCATAN MEXICO
Mayapan is considered to be the last biggest maya city before the conquest, it was the home of the great Maya empire home of the MAYAB people, its a smaller replica of Chichen Itza both having a Caracol Observatory, a pyramid of Kukulkan dedicated to the cult worship of the feather snake and a large Ball court area, whats interesting is during the summer solstice the pyramid with the same name as Chichen Itza Kukulkan marks an exact alignment of the summer solstice sun casting a shadow over the pyramid, not much is known about this pyramid actually just until 2007 it was known that Chichen Itza and Mayapan served as a calendar marking the solstice and equinox and numerous others celestial events.
Unfortunately over the years the pyramid of Kukulkan has lots the ability to fully show the exact purpose of the celestial alignment but we can still clearly see this incredible blue prints decoded in stone for us to decipher..
Not just the pyramid of Kukulkan in Mayapan marks the alignment of the solstice, also a set of murals located in the platform of the central plaza, were laid there exactly aligning with true north, the Azimuth perfectly aligns with one of the solar discs one of the mayan figures is holding, illuminating the golden discs,
The Alignment happens around 3:00PM so be there early in time!!
3.- DZIBILCHALTUN, YUCATAN MEXICO
Dzibilchaltun is one of the most profound sites to experience the solstice, in 1982 it was discovered by Mexican Archaeologist Huchim Herrera, during the rising sun with the eastern gateway of the temple of the seven dolls as it was named becuase they were seven small figurines found as offerings, during this holy event, the sun perfectly rises and interlocks for a few minutes almost giving you the feeling of a solar eclipse, you can also see this celestial event on September 21st and December 21st, and June 21st.
Again hats off to the Maya for building incredible astronomical observatories that have lasted thousands of years and just until 3 decades we have been able to fully understand their profound knowledge and understanding of the cosmos..
Just recently they discovered another temple behind structure 45 that supposedly served as an astronomical observatory with similar purpose to that of the seven dolls temple..
4.- UXMAL, YUCATAN MEXICO
The pyramid of the Adivino in Uxmal is one of the most impressive structures ever made in the Maya world, featuring an impressive 35 meter high pyramid, legend says it was made by a dwarf over one night, the Pyramid is used as a religious holy temple for the veneration of the rain cult god Chaac,
it was one of the most important Maya cities during the classic period, and served as one of the most important holy temples to the maya people.
The type of architecture is referred to as Puuc Architecture, and has its own style completely unique to other types of Maya Architecture such as Rio Bec, Peten, Itza, and others..
The Mayas understood sacred geometry and saw the universe as a mechanism that had an order like a watch, they silently observed the sky and learned how this incredible machine works, they completely decoded the function of celestial events and even created the number cero ( o ) they were masters of Mathematics and had a profound lineage to the cosmos, they framed the earth as a divine mirror to the universe, every pyramid every temple, every offering every rock and pottery they created had a meaning and a purpose even rocks had a life of their own and even they buried stones as part of ceremonial rituals..
They positioned the temple of the dwarf exactly facing the orient for which they knew the rising sun over the summer solstice would perfectly align and illuminate the entire temple casting a shadow over the rest of the pyramid..
5.- XOCHICALCO, MORELOS MEXICO
Moving away from the Yucatan towards the central valley of Mexico is Xochicalco one of my favorite ancient sites in Mexico, located just few hours away from Mexico City, Xochicalco is actually one of the most important Archaeaoastronomical sites in the world.
The entire site has a mixture of numerous cultures, Maya, Mixtec and Toltec, according to modern research this place was like a type of consul of calendrical committee, the three cultures gather and discuss calendrical events and influenced eachother, it was like astrology school, we can clearly see all three or more cultures represented by their own deites kukulkan, quetzalcoatl and huitzilopotzli.
The most impressive achievement is a cave with a carved tunnel, facing east, marking the passage of the zenith over this hole, casting the sun's shape into one of the subterranean caves, marking the passage of the solstice and other astronomical alignments..
6.-TEOTIHUACAN, MEXICO CITY
Teotihuacan needs no introduction! The largest metropolis in the Ancient Americas, and the most mysterious culture that we know nothing about! lets get straight to the facts!
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For ancient people being in the exact alignment of the suns rays was a mystical bath, and until this day we follow this tradition with honor and respect, we seek to synch ourselves with the divine mechanism of the universe, the pyramid of the sun and moon served as a gateway to channel the solstices and receive the first divine blessings from the gods heavenly realm.
Another almost unknown alignment is located inside the Teotihuacan site in the temple of Quetzalpapalotl, ( thats where the nahuatl word Papalote ) in spanish comes from kite, exactly during the solstice, the direct sun rays casts a series of shadows over the columns marking sacred geometrical symbols, marking a new age!!
7.- TEMPLO MAYOR, MEXICO CITY
Templo mayor was once home to the large mexica ( aztec ) civilization, that completely conquered as far as central america and parts of the united states, the Mexica empire is a mixture of numerous cultures over thousands of years of traditions, the Aztecs their empire Tenochtitlan in what is known today as EL Zocalo in exactly downtown Mexico City.
The priest Tenoch was able to see the divine signal the Eagle over the catctus eating a snake, when the story goes the aztecs walked for over 600 years looking for this sign until they found it thats where they built the holy temple island city of Tenochtitlan! home to the Templo Mayor..
Exactly around 12 o clock durring the passage of the zenith, the god Huitzilopochtli, gives man the most powerful energy encoded in the rays of the sun!
During the early morning, the sun rises over the east, projecting the sun rays between the temples of Tlaloc ( god of rain ) and Huitzilopochtli ( god of War ) marking the beginning of a new age, this event was only witnessed by the highest priest!
So there you go guys this is my list of the 7th more impressive sites to experience this upcoming solstice, i was planing more but its almost 1:00AM and i have a very long day tomorrow!
I hope you plan ahead and experience the magic of this incredible ancient sacred geometry encoded in stone for us to decipher!!
Thank You and until next!
Guillermo Alarcon
June, 19 2013
Valladolid Mexico
Just 3 days left to culminate the great galactic alignment of Summer Solstice, what are your plans? do you live near an area where there is an ancient monument that served its purpose to align with this precise date?
I think most people around the world live near an ancient site but they are just too busy or they are not well informed that many of our ancient ancestors left us blue prints decoded in sacred architecture for us to understand the true vision of the cosmos, just until recently with technology we have been able to fully decode the encrypted messages of our ancestors and we are beginning to understand the greater relationship with the universe..
I live in the Yucatan home of the Mayab, i am lucky to be near many Mayan Temples that were specifically design to commemorate, the solstice and the equinox and many other celestial events.
I made you a list of Ancient sites around MEXICO that were designed to track this enigmatic celestial event, this are just one of the most important sites known, but many many are aligning not just in Mexico but all around the world! So exciting!!
Before we start lets get technical WHAT'S A SOLSTICE?
A solstice is when the Earth's tilt Axis is inclined towards the sun, the time when the sun reaches the highest altitude in the sky, making it the longest day of the year, during the summer solstice the zenith aligns in the center of the sky with the Tropic of Capricorn, and this happens twice during June 21st and 21st of December of each year..
Ancient cultures knew of this special alignment and therefore engineered architecture used as a calendar to mark the seasons for agriculture and divine rituals.. For now lets just concentrate in the cultures of Mesoamerica like the Maya, Mexica, Teotihuacan, Olmec and Mixtec..
1.- CHICHEN ITZA, YUCATAN MEXICO
Ill start my list with Chichen Itza, since its one of the most popular and impressive and is the closes to my area.
The Maya had a profound knowledge of the cosmos and knew exactly what they were doing.
The Kukulkan Pyramid or El Castillo is one of the most impressive achievements of Architecture in the ancient world, the Maya knew the position of the sun changed throughout the whole year, so they built the pyramid exactly conscious of the exact location along other celestial bodies, the northern facade of the pyramid is orientated 20 degrees to the Geographic North, a humble observation over the years they were able to mastered this technology, or they acquired this technology from other advanced perhaps Extraterrestrial species, but lets just concentrate on the celestial alignment for now..
During the sunset of the solstices, clearly you see on the staircase NNE of the pyramid of Kukulkan a projection of the shadow of a snake, coming down from heaven to Earth, marking the welcome of the God on Earth, during this holy moment seven inverted triangles appear as shadows on the 9 level platform, as the sun starts illuminating and casting the shadows the body of the snakes starts to descend and culminates on a flash of light on the top of the head of the snake located at the botton of the pyramid, the alignment happens around 3 hours before sunset, the entire alignment lasts around 10 minutes.
The Mayas prepared 4 days before making ceremonies and rituals and on the 5th day the alignment culminates, so around this time the Maya were performing sacred ceremonies non stop getting ready for the big big show..
2.- MAYAPAN, YUCATAN MEXICO
Mayapan is considered to be the last biggest maya city before the conquest, it was the home of the great Maya empire home of the MAYAB people, its a smaller replica of Chichen Itza both having a Caracol Observatory, a pyramid of Kukulkan dedicated to the cult worship of the feather snake and a large Ball court area, whats interesting is during the summer solstice the pyramid with the same name as Chichen Itza Kukulkan marks an exact alignment of the summer solstice sun casting a shadow over the pyramid, not much is known about this pyramid actually just until 2007 it was known that Chichen Itza and Mayapan served as a calendar marking the solstice and equinox and numerous others celestial events.
Unfortunately over the years the pyramid of Kukulkan has lots the ability to fully show the exact purpose of the celestial alignment but we can still clearly see this incredible blue prints decoded in stone for us to decipher..
Not just the pyramid of Kukulkan in Mayapan marks the alignment of the solstice, also a set of murals located in the platform of the central plaza, were laid there exactly aligning with true north, the Azimuth perfectly aligns with one of the solar discs one of the mayan figures is holding, illuminating the golden discs,
The Alignment happens around 3:00PM so be there early in time!!
3.- DZIBILCHALTUN, YUCATAN MEXICO
Dzibilchaltun is one of the most profound sites to experience the solstice, in 1982 it was discovered by Mexican Archaeologist Huchim Herrera, during the rising sun with the eastern gateway of the temple of the seven dolls as it was named becuase they were seven small figurines found as offerings, during this holy event, the sun perfectly rises and interlocks for a few minutes almost giving you the feeling of a solar eclipse, you can also see this celestial event on September 21st and December 21st, and June 21st.
Again hats off to the Maya for building incredible astronomical observatories that have lasted thousands of years and just until 3 decades we have been able to fully understand their profound knowledge and understanding of the cosmos..
Just recently they discovered another temple behind structure 45 that supposedly served as an astronomical observatory with similar purpose to that of the seven dolls temple..
4.- UXMAL, YUCATAN MEXICO
The pyramid of the Adivino in Uxmal is one of the most impressive structures ever made in the Maya world, featuring an impressive 35 meter high pyramid, legend says it was made by a dwarf over one night, the Pyramid is used as a religious holy temple for the veneration of the rain cult god Chaac,
it was one of the most important Maya cities during the classic period, and served as one of the most important holy temples to the maya people.
The type of architecture is referred to as Puuc Architecture, and has its own style completely unique to other types of Maya Architecture such as Rio Bec, Peten, Itza, and others..
The Mayas understood sacred geometry and saw the universe as a mechanism that had an order like a watch, they silently observed the sky and learned how this incredible machine works, they completely decoded the function of celestial events and even created the number cero ( o ) they were masters of Mathematics and had a profound lineage to the cosmos, they framed the earth as a divine mirror to the universe, every pyramid every temple, every offering every rock and pottery they created had a meaning and a purpose even rocks had a life of their own and even they buried stones as part of ceremonial rituals..
They positioned the temple of the dwarf exactly facing the orient for which they knew the rising sun over the summer solstice would perfectly align and illuminate the entire temple casting a shadow over the rest of the pyramid..
5.- XOCHICALCO, MORELOS MEXICO
Moving away from the Yucatan towards the central valley of Mexico is Xochicalco one of my favorite ancient sites in Mexico, located just few hours away from Mexico City, Xochicalco is actually one of the most important Archaeaoastronomical sites in the world.
The entire site has a mixture of numerous cultures, Maya, Mixtec and Toltec, according to modern research this place was like a type of consul of calendrical committee, the three cultures gather and discuss calendrical events and influenced eachother, it was like astrology school, we can clearly see all three or more cultures represented by their own deites kukulkan, quetzalcoatl and huitzilopotzli.
The most impressive achievement is a cave with a carved tunnel, facing east, marking the passage of the zenith over this hole, casting the sun's shape into one of the subterranean caves, marking the passage of the solstice and other astronomical alignments..
6.-TEOTIHUACAN, MEXICO CITY
Teotihuacan needs no introduction! The largest metropolis in the Ancient Americas, and the most mysterious culture that we know nothing about! lets get straight to the facts!
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For ancient people being in the exact alignment of the suns rays was a mystical bath, and until this day we follow this tradition with honor and respect, we seek to synch ourselves with the divine mechanism of the universe, the pyramid of the sun and moon served as a gateway to channel the solstices and receive the first divine blessings from the gods heavenly realm.
Another almost unknown alignment is located inside the Teotihuacan site in the temple of Quetzalpapalotl, ( thats where the nahuatl word Papalote ) in spanish comes from kite, exactly during the solstice, the direct sun rays casts a series of shadows over the columns marking sacred geometrical symbols, marking a new age!!
7.- TEMPLO MAYOR, MEXICO CITY
Templo mayor was once home to the large mexica ( aztec ) civilization, that completely conquered as far as central america and parts of the united states, the Mexica empire is a mixture of numerous cultures over thousands of years of traditions, the Aztecs their empire Tenochtitlan in what is known today as EL Zocalo in exactly downtown Mexico City.
The priest Tenoch was able to see the divine signal the Eagle over the catctus eating a snake, when the story goes the aztecs walked for over 600 years looking for this sign until they found it thats where they built the holy temple island city of Tenochtitlan! home to the Templo Mayor..
Exactly around 12 o clock durring the passage of the zenith, the god Huitzilopochtli, gives man the most powerful energy encoded in the rays of the sun!
During the early morning, the sun rises over the east, projecting the sun rays between the temples of Tlaloc ( god of rain ) and Huitzilopochtli ( god of War ) marking the beginning of a new age, this event was only witnessed by the highest priest!
So there you go guys this is my list of the 7th more impressive sites to experience this upcoming solstice, i was planing more but its almost 1:00AM and i have a very long day tomorrow!
I hope you plan ahead and experience the magic of this incredible ancient sacred geometry encoded in stone for us to decipher!!
Thank You and until next!
Guillermo Alarcon
June, 19 2013
Valladolid Mexico
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