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We are arriving at a very important nexus date of the on-going Maya Calendar Venus Cycle. The Venus Cycle is a significant series of astronomical events which manifest themselves in asociation with the repetitive movements of the planet Venus, one of the brightest objects of the night sky. The series in question includes a significant, regularly predictable number of days that the planet appears as a morningstar hovering above the eastern horizon just before sunrise. This "Morningstar" phenonmenon is followed by another one which features the dissappearance of the planet from view due to the fact that it begins to rise at the same time as the sun and the glare of the sun blots it out of sight. This particular series also lasts a specific relatively predictable number of days, and is called "Superior Conjunction". This second phenomenon is followed by another series of days in which the planet Venus appears above the western horizon in the evening just after sunset. This is called "Eveninstar". Finally the eveningstar phenomenon is followed by a brief period of eight days during which the planet sets at the same time in the west as the sun and therefore is again blotted out of sight by the sun's bright light. This is called "Inferior Conjunction".
This recurrence of four separate phenomena is called the "VENUS CYCLE". One Venus Cycle includes the full gamut of days that it takes for the planet to go through all four of the aforementioned phenomena. It takes about 584 days for this whole cycle to run its course. The days on which each of the four phenomena of the cycle approximately begins were considered sacred by the ancient Maya and comprised a system that they held in extremely high esteem. The ancient Mayas understood that the various series of this cycle indicated important dates in the Mayan Calendar that reflected forces which influencing the lives of humans. I have found that following the patterns of these cycles has made it easier for me to understand the many strange twists that life takes for me personally and for our Taino people as a whole, since the Maya shared this wisdom with our ancestors and they surely comprehended its intricacies.
In the ancient Maya tradition the most important day of a first Morningstar rising was early morning before dawn on the Mayan date "Ahau". The last time a Venus first morningstar phenomenon coincided with the Mayan date Ahau was April 3 2001, about eight years ago. On that day the Maya day-name Ahau happened to coincide with the Mayan Day-number 1. This is a remarkable coincidence because in Maya tradition a first day of morningstar phenomenon does not coincide with the Mayan Date 1-Ahau but once every 104 years. This enormous period of time is called a Mayan Venus Round and it always begins and ends with the Mayan date 1-Ahau.
I felt fortunate to have known when this powerful date was due to arrive and I made sure to celebrate it in an appropriate manner back in 2001. The portents borne by this 2001 date, of a significant new sequence filled with peril and hope which would eventually lead to the Mayan Calendar transition date of 2012 was borne out by the 9-11 tragedy later that same year.
The Mayan Venus cycle system works in the form of consecutive repetitions. Each repetition has its own meaning and is read as an oracle. The fundamental repetitions are the 584-day cycles that I mentioned earlier. These repeat 5 times, each one beginning with a new Venus morningstar first day appearance which coincides with one of five different day-signs of the Mayan calendar starting with the day-sign "Ahau" as I said before. After going through five separate cycles, each one lasting 584 days and each one begining with a different one of the five dedicated day signs, the whole thing begins again and Venus again rises approximately on an Ahau date, this time on a different day number, but definitely on the day-sign "Ahau". It takes about eight years for Venus to again rise as a morningstar on the Mayan day Ahau. After this 8-year sequence the Mayan day-name Ahau now rises accompanied by a different number, as I already mentioned. This eight-year period is called a "Venus Sequence" and includes five Venus Cycles. It takes 13 of these eight-year sequences to complete a 104-year Venus Round.
Each Venus sequence begins on the Mayan day-name "Ahau" accompanied by a different day-number, for example 3-Ahau, or 12-Ahau, or 10-Ahau. As I mentioned earlier, it takes approximately 104 years/ 13 Venus Sequences for the extraordinary phenomenon of a Venus morningstar rising coinciding with the Mayan date 1-Ahau. That happened on April 3, 2001 and will not happen again for another 104 years since that day, but this coming April will mark the eighth year since that remarkable 2001 date. Venus will rise as a morningstar on April 1, 2009 on the Maya date 9-Ahau. The conclusion of an eight-year/five-cycle sequence is not considered as earth-shaking as the completion of a 104-year Venus Round but it is still important. This important event will be preceded by the begining of the eight-day Inferior conjunction on March 24 (Mayan Date 1-Eb) and conclude on April 1 (9-Ahau). After that we enter a whole new eight-year sequence.
I invite you, my brothers and sisters to join with me from your own homes, from your own personal sacred spaces, to pray and meditate along with me in harmony with the powerful spiritual forces that guide us all on those two important Mayan calendar dates, March 24, 2009(1-EB) the first day of Inferior Conjunction, and April 1, 2009 (9-Ahau) the first day of Venus Morningstar apperances, which is also the first day of the new Venus sequence. This is Venus sequence number 2. Venus sequence number 1 began back in April of 2001. Venus sequence number 3 is another eight years away in April of 2017.
I will keep you appraised as these important dates get closer and I will share with you what the oracle reveals in the day-signs and day numbers of the Mayan calendar during those dates.
Taino Ti
Miguel Sobaoko Koromo Sague