(Transit of Venus on 6/5/2012 depicted above - Click to enlarge)
Wikipedia on Transit of Venus
A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth, obscuring a small portion of the solar disk. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun. The duration of such transits is usually measured in hours (the transit of 2004 lasted six hours).
These Transits of Venus across the face of the Sun, from our vantage point on planet Earth occur in a regular repeating pattern...
The Pattern in reverse from the year 2012 is:
-8 - 121.5 - 8 - 105.5 - 8 - 121.5 - 8 - 105.5 ... (so on)
In the MAYA and AZTEC culture in meso-america, the planet Venus was identified with the god QUETZALCOATL and was very important in the development of the Maya Calendar - the cycles of which are thought to end on Friday 21 December 2012 (12/21/12).
Since the number 17 plays a role in the semiotics and synchromysticism of this blog, here's:
A List of all 17 pairs of the Transits of Venus since year 60 AD/CE to the year 2012 CE:
YEAR DATE Constellation in which Transit occurs
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(#17)
2012 June 5 - in Horns of TAURUS (Near ALDEBARAN - Archangel Michael)
2004 June 8 - in Horns of TAURUS (Near ALDEBARAN - Archangel Michael)
-121.5
(#16)
1882 December 6 in Ophiuchus (Near Antares - SCORPIO - Archangel URIEL)
1874 December 8 in Ophiuchus (Near Antares - SCORPIO - Archangel URIEL)
-105.5
(#15)
1769 JUNE 3 in Horns of TAURUS (Near ALDEBARAN - Archangel Michael)
1761 JUNE 6 in Horns of TAURUS (Near ALDEBARAN - Archangel Michael)
-121.5
(#14)
1639 December 4 in Ophiuchus (Near Antares - SCORPIO - Archangel URIEL)
1631 December 6 in Ophiuchus (Near Antares - SCORPIO - Archangel URIEL)
-105.5
JULIAN CALENDAR (ended October 4, 1582, 10/5 became 10/15/1582)
(#13)
1526 MAY 23 in Horns of TAURUS (Near ALDEBARAN - Archangel Michael)
1518 MAY 26 in Horns of TAURUS (Near ALDEBARAN - Archangel Michael)
-121.5
(#12)
1396 November 23 in Ophiuchus (Near Antares - SCORPIO - Archangel URIEL)
1388 November 26 in Ophiuchus (Near Antares - SCORPIO - Archangel URIEL)
-105.5
(#11)
1283 MAY 23 in Horns of TAURUS (Near ALDEBARAN - Archangel Michael)
1275 MAY 26 in Horns of TAURUS (Near ALDEBARAN - Archangel Michael)
-121.5
(#10)
1153 November 23 in Ophiuchus (Near Antares - SCORPIO - Archangel URIEL)
1145 November 26 in Ophiuchus (Near Antares - SCORPIO - Archangel URIEL)
-105.5
(#9)
1040 MAY 22 in Horns of TAURUS (Near ALDEBARAN - Archangel Michael)
1032 MAY 24 in Horns of TAURUS (Near ALDEBARAN - Archangel Michael)
-121.5
(#8)
910 November 23 in Ophiuchus (Near Antares - SCORPIO - Archangel URIEL)
902 November 26 in Ophiuchus (Near Antares - SCORPIO - Archangel URIEL)
-105.5
(#7)
797 MAY 22 in Horns of TAURUS (Near ALDEBARAN - Archangel Michael)
789 MAY 24 in Horns of TAURUS (Near ALDEBARAN - Archangel Michael)
-121.5
(#6)
667 November 23 in Ophiuchus (Near Antares - SCORPIO - Archangel URIEL)
659 November 26 in Ophiuchus (Near Antares - SCORPIO - Archangel URIEL)
-105.5
(#5)
554 MAY 22 in Horns of TAURUS (Near ALDEBARAN - Archangel Michael)
546 MAY 24 in Horns of TAURUS (Near ALDEBARAN - Archangel Michael)
-121.5
(#4)
424 November 22 in Ophiuchus (Near Antares - SCORPIO - Archangel URIEL)
416 November 25 in Ophiuchus (Near Antares - SCORPIO - Archangel URIEL)
-105.5
(#3)
311 MAY 22 in Horns of TAURUS (Near ALDEBARAN - Archangel Michael)
303 MAY 24 in Horns of TAURUS (Near ALDEBARAN - Archangel Michael)
-121.5
(#2)
181 November 22 in Ophiuchus
173 November 25 in Sagittarius
-105.5
(#1)
68 MAY 20 in Horns of TAURUS (Near ALDEBARAN - Archangel Michael)
60 MAY 23 in Horns of TAURUS (Near ALDEBARAN - Archangel Michael)
-121.5
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(Transit of Venus in TAURUS, 6/5/2012 - from STELLARIUM)
(Transit of Venus in Ophiuchus/SCORPIO, 12/5/1882 - from STELLARIUM)
It is interesting to note that the Constellation of TAURUS is associated with the religious notion of "HEAVEN" and the Constellation of SCORPIO is associated with HADES and the notion of HELL or the Underworld.
The Planet VENUS is also known as VESPER (the Evening Star) and LUCIFER (The Morning Star).
From the list above we can see "Lucifer" moving back and forth between HEAVEN and HELL during the Transits of Venus - in a cycle of (8 + 105.5 + 8 + 121.5) = 243 years
The Cyclical Nature of the Transits of Venus
The sidereal period of Venus is 224.701 days and that of the Earth is 365.256 days. The synodic period for Venus, or the period between successive appearances of Venus at the same point relative to the Sun as seen from the Earth, is 583.924 days. It can be shown that 5 synodic periods of Venus (2919.62 days) corresponds very closely to 8 Earth orbital periods (2922.05 days) or indeed 13 orbital periods of Venus (2921.11 days). This underpins the 8 year periodicity in the transits of Venus.
Thus the myth of the Pentagram and LUCIFER is born...
Amazing what a little knowledge of ASTRONOMY can do to mythology!
So, the next time you hear someone talk about "LUCIFER" and "THE DEVIL", you can explain to them from whence that myth actually originates!
(SIDE NOTE:)
Some scholars and archaeo-astronomers, such as Immanuel Velikovsky believe, due to current orbital and rotational anomalies, that planet VENUS / LUCIFER once wreaked havoc on Earth - through an unstable orbit and a close approach to (and perhaps even impact with) our planet...
... Bumping our Earth and moving it approximately 5.256 days out of orbit - forever disconnecting the origin of the circle of 360 degrees from a now altered Earth orbit of 365.256 days.
... but I'll leave you to explore the validity of those ideas and how they might fit into mythology on your own!
(UPDATE: 10/26/10 @ 17:11 GMT)
A couple of Orbit diagrams to illustrate the Superior and Inferior conjunctions that we observe between the Sun and Venus from planet Earth. (see response to Steve_M in the Post Comments)
(Venus passing BEHIND the SUN from our EARTH vantage point)
(Venus passing IN FRONT OF the SUN from our EARTH vantage point)
(Example of Pentagram creation observed at 584 day intervals starting on 10/31/2010 with Venus as the MORNING STAR aka LUCIFER)
Each point of the pentagram is created 144ยบ around the orbital circle from the previous!! (See 10/31/2010 and then the next point at 6/1/2012 for example)
(UPDATE: 10/27/10 @ 10:44 GMT)
(from spaceweather.com)
