Re: Vitruvian Man - parts 7-11a

On 31.03.2024 22.39, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]: 
> 
>> 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.
>>
> 
> You read all that?

No way. But it's still fascinating that someone would go through the
trouble of typing all that crap for nobody to read... in acme.

-- 
BeH

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