Re: Vitruvian Man - parts 7-11a

On 24.03.2024 20.45, D wrote:
> [continued from parts 1 - 6] . . .
> 
>  * the three pyramids of gizeh are the most famous, everlasting and iconic land-
>    marks in the world; hermians, altars, sundials, carefully placed as tones on
>    the scale, descending and ascending in the balance; the first pyramid is car-
>    dinal, the second is fixed, and the third is mutable; the third decan of tau-
>    rus is cardinal earth, the synodic return of kappa/kronos, hence "capricorn";
>    the pyramids' dimensions and relative positions have been measured to common
>    agreement within geometric tolerance(Petrie's 1880-82 survey, "web mercator"
>    WGS84 ellipsoid/EPSG:4326, etc.); for star mapping, JPL's DE431 ephemeris is
>    ideal for use with astronomy software; the 2.59 gigabyte binary is available
>    here: ftp://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/eph/planets/Linux/de431/lnxm13000p17000.431
>    (covers epoch of date -13200-08-15 to 17191-03-15); this file works with the
>    popular freeware Cartes du Ciel: https://ap-i.net/skychart/en/download ; the
>    following chart lists the approximate center of each pyramid base in decimal
>    degrees of latitude and longitude:
> 
>                        1st Pyramid: ~29.979182, ~31.134206
>                        2nd Pyramid: ~29.975980, ~31.130789
>                        3rd Pyramid: ~29.972513, ~31.128241
> 
>  * for this example, the Cartes du Ciel/Sky Chart program is set to approximate
>    the geocentric sky using ecliptic coordinates for julian day -2073524 (10390
>    years BC) to see if the famous Edgar Cayce reading 5748-6 which says "10,490
>    to 10,390 before the Prince entered into Egypt" . . ."date BC of that period"
>    might show that the calculated epoch of date positions of the "Belt of Orion"
>    stars Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka could closely align with the present-day
>    positions of the pyramids:
> 
>       Alnitak: L +274*30'18"/+274.505000 B -26*44'18"/-26.738333  29tau41:48
>       Alnilam: L +273*17'43"/+273.295278 B -25*55'25"/-25.923611  28tau29:13
>       Mintaka: L +272*12'10"/+272.202778 B -24*57'12"/-24.953333  27tau23:40
>       Aldebar: L +259*48'30"/+259.808333 B -05*56'23"/- 5.939722  15tau00:00
> 
>    comparative studies of this subject (particularly by Bauval, Hancock, et al)
>    have consistently showed that the first two pyramids are clearly an "x marks
>    the spot" match with the first two stars, while the third pyramid is clearly
>    not centered on the third star, and yet it is tangent to it about two-thirds
>    of the way down the western edge of the pyramid's slightly-concave tetragram
>    base (this subtle star-shape most apparent in the first pyramid, least so in
>    the second); the coincidence of the third star so exactly touching the third
>    pyramid at its west edge provides further compelling evidence of correlation
>    by design; the "mighty hunter in the field" theme of the unforgiving mutable
>    quartette fits neatly with the classic mythology of life, death, and rebirth;
> 
>                  Le proporzioni del corpo umano secondo Vitruvio
> 
> "The length of the outspread arms is equal to the height of the man. From the hair-
>  line to the bottom of the chin is one-tenth of the height of the man. From below
>  the chin to the top of the head is one-eighth of the height of the man. From above
>  the chest to the top of the head is one-sixth of the height of the man. From above
>  the chest to the hairline is one-seventh of the height of a man. From the chest to
>  the head is a quarter of the height of the man. The maximum width of the shoulders
>  contains a quarter of the man. From the elbow to the tip of the hand is a quarter
>  of the height of a man; the distance from the elbow to the armpit is one-eighth of
>  the height of the man; the length of the hand is one-tenth of the man. The virile
>  member is at the half height of the man. The foot is one-seventh of the man. From
>  below the foot to below the knee is a quarter of the man. From below the knee to
>  the root of the member is a quarter of the man. The distances from the chin to the
>  nose and the hairline and the eyebrows are equal to the ears and one-third of the
>  face"
> 
>  * man's height is 4 cubits; from hairline to base of chin is 4/10 = 0.4 cubits;
>    from base of chin to top of square is 4/8 = 0.5 cubits; from top of chest to
>    top of square is 4/6 = ~0.666667 cubits; from top of chest to hairline is 4/7
>    = ~0.571429 cubits; from chest level with center of nipples to top of square
>    is 4/4 = 1 cubit; width of shoulders is 4/4 = 1 cubit; elbow to tip of hand is
>    4/4 = 1 cubit; elbow to armpit is 4/8 = 0.5 cubits; length of hand is 4/10 = 0.4
>    cubits; groin is 4/2 = 2 cubits above floor; foot is 4/7 = ~0.571429 cubits (cf.
>    Vitruvius' description "4 palms make a foot" = ~0.666667 cubits); from floor to
>    base of knee is 4/4 = 1 cubit; from base of knee to groin is 4/4 = 1 cubit; from
>    base of chin to base of nose is 4/30 = ~0.133333 cubits; from hairline to base
>    of eyebrows is 4/30 = ~0.133333 cubits; from base of eyebrows to base of nose
>    (top to bottom of ears) is 4/30 = ~0.133333 cubits; face is 12/30 = 0.4 cubits;
>    from the eyes level with center of pupils to top of square is 4/16 = 0.25 cubits;
>    left pupil is dilated in the decreasing sunlight (seasonal from summer to winter
>    solstice, diurnal from postmeridian to antemeridian), right pupil is constricted
>    in the increasing sunlight (from winter to summer solstice, from antemeridian to
>    postmeridian); space between the pupils is about 1 palm-width = ~0.166667 cubits
>    (drawing measurement closer to ~0.164164 cubits);
> 
>  * raised left hand extended middle finger tip is tangent to circle at (caelestial)
>    sagittarius second decan 0 aries; raised right hand extended middle finger tip
>    is tangent to circle at pisces third decan 0 scorpio; lowered left hand extended
>    middle finger tip is tangent to square in scorpio third decan cancer first pentad;
>    lowered right hand extended middle finger tip is tangent to square in aries first
>    decan second pentad; armspan is parallel above taurus-scorpio centerline, 0 taurus
>    ~23.7 degrees below right fingertip, 0 scorpio ~23.3 degrees below left fingertip;
> 
>  * raised left hand extended middle finger tip is tangent to square in (terrestrial)
>    scorpio second decan pisces second pentad; raised right hand extended middle fin-
>    ger tip is tangent to square in aquarius second decan gemini first pentad; lowered
>    left hand extended middle finger tip is tangent to square in scorpio first decan
>    first pentad; lowered right hand extended middle finger tip is tangent to square
>    in aquarius third decan libra second pentad; 
> 
>  * raised left foot is turned halfway to the man's left and is tangent to circle in
>    (caelestial) leo third decan aries, toe in virgo first decan first pentad; raised
>    right foot is facing forward and is centered tangent to circle at 0 cancer first
>    decan; lowered left foot is fully turned to the left and is tangent to square in
>    leo first decan, with back of the heel at 0 leo and toe first pentad sagittarius;
>    lowered right foot is facing forward and is tangent to square with toes slightly
>    impressing floor in cancer third decan pisces with toe tangent to heel at 0 leo;
>    both lowered feet conceal the circle behind them, and the ball of the lowered left
>    foot and toe are outside the circle and drawn as only barely impressing the floor;
> 
>  * raised left foot is tangent to circle in (terrestrial) leo first decan with heel
>    in cancer third decan pisces second pentad; raised right foot is in taurus third
>    decan capricorn; lowered left foot is in cancer first decan, with toe centered in
>    cancer second decan scorpio; lowered right foot is in gemini third decan aquarius;
> 
>  * both lowered left and right hand extended fourth finger tips are centered 3/4 =
>    ~0.75 cubits below top of square (notably, obliquity of the terrestrial equator
>    to the caelestial equator transited 23*30'00.0000" 10:41:09 UT Mon 21 Oct 1532/
>    julian day 2280914.9452[jpl-de431]= 23.5, the arithmetic mean of 23.7 and 23.3;
>    rounding to ~23.4 [i.e. <23.45] did not begin until 12:52:49 UT Mon 6 Aug 1917,
>    whereas rounding from ~23.6 to ~23.5 [<23.55] began 3:41:07 UT Sun 31 Mar 1146);
> 
>  * raised right hand extended index finger is flexed sharply at the proximal joint
>    just below top of square, and is turned halfway forward to the man's right with
>    fingertip and tip of thumb about 1/4 = ~0.25 cubits inside left edge of square;
>    outer edge of right index finger at 2nd proximal phalanx is tangent terrestrial
>    pisces second decan gemini, and outer edge of right pinky finger tip is tangent
>    to second decan gemini second pentad, spanning 5 terrestrial degrees (1 pentad);
>    raised left hand extended index finger is flexed slightly at the proximal joint
>    and turned outward with only tip of thumb about 1/4 = ~0.25 cubits inside right
>    edge of square; outer edge of left index finger at metacarpal (mcp) is tangent
>    terrestrial scorpio third decan cancer, and outer edge of left pinky finger tip
>    is tangent to scorpio second decan pisces second pentad, spanning 5 terrestrial
>    degrees (1 pentad); base of thumb of both raised left and right hands is 1/4 =
>    ~0.25 cubits below top of square; base of both left and right forearms is 3/4 =
>    ~0.75 cubits from sides of the square and 1/2 = ~0.5 cubits from top of square;
> 
>  * the length of vertical line segment "y" may be further simplified by expressing
>    it as a simple ratio 3/7 = ~ 0.428571 cubits; cf. y = 2sin(10)/(cos(10)-sin(10))
>    = ~0.428148, very near to 3/7 (~99.9012%); this makes a 28 x 28 square grid fit
>    neatly in the square, with 3 additional grid spaces to each side for the circle
>    diameter, allowing the whole circle to fit perfectly in the 34 x 34 square grid;
>    thus the diameter of the small circle centered at the midpoint of segment "y" is
>    3 grid spaces = 3/7 cubits, area is 9pi/196 = ~0.1442568 cubits; tangent to the
>    top of this circle is the base of another circle of equal diameter (3/7 cubits),
>    and at the center of each of these circles is a smaller, 1 grid-square diameter
>    circle; a larger circle of 6/7 = ~0.857143 cubits diameter circumscribes all of
>    these smaller circles, forming the familiar "yin-yang" geometry with yin (moon)
>    top/right and yang (sun) bottom/left, navel at the center of caelestial man and
>    geocentric circle of heaven, groin at center of terrestrial man and topocentric
>    quadrangle of earth, segment "y" the spherical radius tethering life in gravity;
> 
>  * a large circle 11 6/7 = ~11.857143 cubits diameter is centered 9 3/7 = ~ 9.428571
>    cubits from vertical centerline and 1/7 = ~0.142857 cubits below center of circle
>    i.e. 2 2/7 = ~2.285714 cubits above floor line; another circle 8 1/14 = ~8.071429
>    cubits diameter is centered 5 6/7 = ~5.857143 cubits from vertical centerline and
>    is 1 1/14 = ~1.071429 cubits above center of circle i.e. 3 1/2 = 3.5 cubits above
>    floor line; another circle 6 6/7 = ~6.857143 cubits diameter is centered 1 4/7 =
>    ~ 1.571429 cubits from vertical centerline and 1/7 = ~0.142857 cubits below center
>    of circle i.e. 2 2/7 = ~2.285714 cubits above floor line; another circle 9 23/28 =
>    ~9.821143 cubits diameter is centered 1 21/56 = 1.375 cubits from vertical center-
>    line and 53/56 = ~0.946429 cubits below center of circle i.e. 1 27/56 = ~1.482286
>    cubits above floor line;
> 
> [end parts 7 - 11a; see part 11b for continuation]

Fascinating.

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BeH

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