The Venus Table

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The Venus Table
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Venus Table
Ernst W. Förstemann (1822-1906)
page 24 46 47
48 49 50
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Förstemanns Facsimile (1880)
personal notes from Förstemann
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Corrections by Villacorta (1930)
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Structure of the Venus Table
Venus cycle 584 days!
1 x 584 2 x 584 3 x 584 4
x 584 5 x 584
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Venus Cycles
Sidereal Period of Venus 224.700 days
Synodic Period of Venus 580 to 588 days, in
mean 583.92 days.
modern(heliocentric)
modern Maya
(geocentric)
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Venus Stations

• HRM Heliacal Rise as Morning Star (2)
• HSM Heliacal Set as Morning Star (4)
• HRE Heliacal Rise as Evening Star (6)
• HSE Heliacal Set as Evening Star (8)

236902508584 days
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Venus Stations

• HSM Heliacal Set as Morning Star after 236 days
  (11.16)
• HRE Heliacal Rise as Evening Star after 90 days
  (4.10)
• HSE Heliacal Set as Evening Star after 250 days
  (12.10)
• HRM Heliacal Rise as Morning Star after 8 days
  (0.8)

HSM HRE HSE HRM
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5 Venus Cycles
5 Venus cycles 8 Haab 2920 days
middle Haab row
1 x 584 2 x 584 3 x 584 4
x 584 5 x 584
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5 Venus Loops

• Calculated for 830 838 A.D.

East
West
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The 65 Venus Cycles
13 Tolkin lines of 5 Venus cycles each are 13 x
5 x 584 65 x 584 104 x 365 146 x 260 days
Tzolkin dates
Haab top
1 Ahaw 18 Kayab
middle
bottom
1 x 584 2 x 584 3 x 584 4
x 584 5 x 584
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65 Venus Loops

• Calculated for 830 934 A.D.

East
West
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Venus Table Introductory Page 24
Multiples of 1, 2, 3 and 4 x (65 x
584) Correction periods n x 260 ! 9, 10, 11
and 12 x (5 x 584) 5, 6, 7 and 8 x (5 x
584) 1, 2, 3 and 4 x (5 x 584)
WF Correlation 19 December 830 AD Venus HRM
-4 Winter solstice 2 Moon Age 0
13.0.0.0.0 4 Ahaw 8 Kumku -
6.2.0 12.19.13.16.0 1 Ahaw 18 Kayab
9.9.16.0.0 9.9.9.16.0 1 Ahaw 18 Kayab
GMT Correlation 6 February 623 AD Julian Venus
HRM -20 Winter solstice -50 Moon Age 1
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Correction Periods
Error after 65 Venus cycles 5.2 days. Correction
necessary!

• 1.5.5.0 5 x 1820
• 4.12.8.0 57 x 584 8
• 9.11.7.0 118 x 584 12
• (57x584-8)(61x584-4)
• 1.5.14.4.0 317 x 584 8
• (57 x 584 8) 4 x 65 x 584

Section from the Venus Introductory Page 24
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Corrections in the Venus Table
top Haab row
top Haab row
9.11.7.0 118 x 584 12
4.18.17.0 61 x 584 4

• middle Haab row

bottom Haab row
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Uncorrected Venus Calculations
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Corrected Venus Calculations (WF)
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Venus Base Date 3 Xul (WF)
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Uncorrected Venus Calculations (GMT)
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Calculation of the Ring number 6.2.0

• Distance number 9.9.16.0.0
• 11680 x 117
• 5256 x 260
• 1752 x 780
• 2340 x 584
• 3744 x 365
• 46277 x 29.53 0.19
• 365 354 584 780
  117 2200

13.0.0.0.0 4 Ahaw 8 Kumku -
6.2.0 12.19.13.16.0 1 Ahaw 18 Kayab
9.9.16.0.0 9.9.9.16.0 1 Ahaw 18 Kayab
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Venus Regents
Gods associated with Mars Mercury?
Sun Moon Venus 780
117 365 354 584
Glyphs of 5 Venus regents
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Workshop Topics
A B C D E F G H

• Text about the four Venus stations (col. A-D on
  each page 46-50).
• Text about Venus as Morning star (col. E-H on
  each page 46-50).
• Introductory text on page 24
• Venus text passage of Copan, Temple 11

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Thank you ...
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Venus in Copán, Temple 11and Dresden Codex, p.48B
... 2 Ix 10 Ix 5 Ix 7 Muwan
kala-j(a) chikin(i) WAK CHAN CHAK EK
9.15.15.12.16 5 Kib 9 / 10 Pop WF Rise as
Evening Star 2 GMT
-13
kal-w(a)-ni-yi
9.15.15.12.14 3 Ix 7 Pop WF Rise as Evening
Star -1 GMT -16
7 Pop
seyaan(i) KIN AHAW-(wa) nah
AHAW-(wa) CHAK EK
17 Yaxkin
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Venus in Copán
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Venus Base Date 18 Kayab (WF)
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Venus Base Date 13 Mak (WF)
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Corrected Venus Calculations (GMT)
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Observatory in Chichén Itzá

• Two windows facing west in El Caracol to observe
  the northern and southern most set of Venus.

• Alignment of the stela to northern most Venus set.

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Calculation of the Ring number 6.2.0

• Distance number 9.9.16.0.0
• 2340 x 584
• 2340 x 583,92 187,20
• 3744 x 365
• 3744 x 365,2422 906,80
• 907 187 2920 2200 , or 6.2.0
• corrections minus cycle ring number