Maya Mystery School

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Venus Round Calendar

The Venus Round Calendar is tied to the Long Count Calendar with its Hero Twin myth, the Calendar Round, the Haab, and the Tzolkin. In the Hero Twin Myth, the twins attempt to resurrect the first father, Hunabku (or One Ahau). One Ahau is associated with the sacred day of Venus, the Tzolkin day that signifies the beginning of a Venus Round cycle of 104 Haab, (two Calendar Round periods) and the 20th day sign of the Tzolkin Calendar (the end/beginning of a Tzolkin month). 

One Ahau has historically  been  associated with one of the four seasons; winter solstice, spring equinox, summer solstice, and fall equinox until about 300 years ago.  Approximately 3000 years ago, around the start of the Long Count Calendar, the first Venus Round cycle was seemingly shared with the Star Regulus, which was the king of the four royal stars (four horsemen /archangel stars), and one of the four cardinal points that heralded the equinoxes and solstices during that time; in the case of Regulus the summer solstice and birth of the summer sun.  In  2012, One Ahau is still associated with Regulus, the Lion Heart, but due to the precession of the equinoxes, it falls on August 22. While it no longer heralds any of the seasons, it is still considered the king of the royal stars, or Raphael, the healing archangel. It seems appropriate that when the Venus Round cycle ends in 2012 and begins anew combust Regulus, that it will herald a new age of healing and love as Father Sun completes a solstice cycle and is reborn on the winter solstice, ending the Long Count calendar.

The Long Count calendar end date is Four Ahau, or December 21st, in 2012. That corresponds to the winter solstice, which ushers the return or resurrection of the sun.  The Calendar Round begins a new 52-year cycle on this date as well. In 2012, due to the precession of the equinoxes, the actual alignment of the solstice with the galactic center (birthing center) begins three days earlier on December 19th.  The Venus Round cycle, if seen from the perspective of having been the first solstice sun of the Long Count cycle  3000 year ago, is now symbolically completing a solstice cycle during this rare solstice/galactic center conjunction at the end of the Long Count calendar. This will result in the symbolic rebirth Father Sun Hunabku (One Ahau). The Venus Round Calendar, in its very first solstice cycle, points to this symbolic end-date event, when the Royal Lion (Jaguar) Heart of the galactic center will rule the new age.  So do the Long Count, Haab, Tzolkin, and Calendar Round. At this time, the Hero Twins succeed in resurrecting the father through the cosmic birth center and a new age of 26,000 years begins.

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