[Aztlan] Fw: Maya Astronomy question

[villas]

That is the question. The fact is that no one knows. The Sun Stone at 
the Museum of Anthropology has at its center a depiction of the 4 days 
on which the five suns end. But we do not know the duration of the 
suns, diferente post-conquest accounts tell us different time periods.

The fifth sun according to Mexika legend starts in Teotiwakan.

If believe thatf the possibility of the Teotiwakan fifth sun starting 
on the day of the first zenithal passage of the sun at the 20º latitude 
in Tula, the ancient geographic site of Tolan the Teotiwakan capital 
(as well as Chichen Itza), on the same date as there was a transit of 
venus, is the strongest candidate to determine the begibning of the 5th 
sun.. This would place the begining of  the fifth sun on 22 May of  
311CE, at the height of the Teotiwakan culture. Just around the time 
the piramid of the Sun as well as the Temple of Ketsalkoatl were 
finished.

I discount the eclipse date of 1991 because eclipses are a fairly 
common phenomena and they are not the rythm setter for the mesoamerican 
calendar, Transits of Venus are, and to be more precise, periods of 
transits of venus of 243 years are the heart of the calendar.


And correct me if I am wrong but the Maya do not have a story of five 
suns, it is only the Nawa.

http://homepage.mac.com/villas1/Calendar/index.html


Marcos


On Sep 26, 2006, at 2:41 PM, Stan Freer wrote:

>  Can any of the "astronomy specialists" out there answer my friends
> question?
>
> Stan Freer
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: neilfreer
> Date: 09/19/06 22:07:41
> To: Stan Freer
> Subject: help?
>
>
> I need to know the true and accurate meaning and dates for the various
> "suns"  as predicted in the Mayan astronomy.   Some say the sixth "sun"
> was the precise day of the 1991  full eclipse of the sun over central
> Mexico.   Some apparently don't associate the term with eclipse, some 
> say
> we are supposed to be in the general time frame of the 5th "sun".   So
> far,  and digging for accurate information is slower than in any field
> that I have entered,  I tend to accept the eclipse explanation because
> the dates seem to be amazingly accurate and the association
> unmistakable.  But a professional opinion and maybe a good reference
> source would be very much appreciated.
> best
> n
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