Sun, Moon and Earth

How many days are there between full moons think you know Is there an ancient key to the calendar hidden in stone circles What is the magical secret of the SunMoonEarth system If you have ever wondered about eclipses, tides or the seasons, this amazing little book by acknowledged timelord Robin Heath will quickly introduce you to the astonishing beauty of the primary cycles around this planet. Advanced wizarding at its best

• The three types of Solar Eclipse Partial, Annular and Total
• written and illustrated by Robin Heath sun, mooN earth First published 1999 AD This revised edition
• CONTENTS Introduction 1 Searching for Patterns 2 Some Early Solutions 4 The Sun
• 1 IntroductIon In an uncoordinated attempt to better understand and control the material universe, o
• 3 2 SearchIng For PatternS finding order in the cosmos The first systematic observations of the Sun
• 5 4 Some early SolutIonS from megaliths to the Maya Skywatching is an ancient art. Stone circles da
• 7 6 Each day, the Sun appears to rise from an easterly direction, traces a clockwise arc across the
• 9 8 In between the two solstices, the longest and shortest days in the year normally 21st June and 2
• Folk who havent ever thought the matter through will often tell you there are 365 and a quarter days
• 13 13 12 Although apparently lifeless, the Moon greatly affects life on the Earth. The fluctuating
• Observe the Moon and you will soon discover one of her rhythms she moves past the fixed stars quite
• 16 the tock oF the moon the lunation cycle or lunar month The Moon begins her monthly phases acting
• 19 The Moons gravitational pull M lifts the oceans on the side of the Earth facing the Moon. On the
• 20 the earth geometry, metrology and ancient geodesy The Earth is a giant flywheel in space, a stabl
• 23 eq ui no x f ul l mo o n se t mi ds u m me r f ul l mi d wi nt er f ul l m o o n se t mo o n se
• 25 24 the moonS nodeS the path of the moon crosses that of the sun The orbit of the Moon is tilted w
• 27 26 the Breath oF the moon major and minor standstills The monthly extreme northerly and southerly
• 29 29 28 eclIPSeS cosmic attention seeking By what almighty coincidence do the discs of Sun and Moon
• 31 31 30 lunar eclIPSeS studies in light and darkness A lunar eclipse is a striking phenomenon. Th
• 33 32 Solar eclIPSeS the SaroS the 18 year cycle of eclipses There are three types of solar eclipse
• 35 35 Eclipses repeat after 18 years, a third of the way west round the globe, and displaced slightl
• 37 37 Every time the Moon is closest to the Earth, at her perigees marked P above she is an eighth o
• 39 38 the 19 year metonIc cycle the marriage of Sun and Moon After 19 years, and within two hours of
• 41 40 thIrtythree the number of the solar hero Thirtythree is a significant calendar number see page
• 43 43 the circle of notherly pole stars caused by precession 42 the PreceSSIonal cycle throwing a 26
• 45 44 deSIgnIng a calendar 13 months of 28 days Accurate timekeeping begins with a calendar, which i
• 47 47 46 Stonehenge the oldest known calendar The basic 28hole model shown on the previous page may
• 49 49 48 the SIlver FractIon twixt 12 and 13 full moons The secret of the calendar is the 11 day mis
• 51 50 the lunatIon trIangle Solomon meets Pythagoras A 512 rectangle has a diagonal length of 13. T
• 53 53 52 Sun, moon earth the revealed structure of the system The diagram opposite frames a curious
• 55 the exact same triangle as defined the marriage calendar of the Sun and the Moon on the previous
• 57 56
• 2 1.414214 ... 3 1.732051 ... One foot one degree of arc along the equator 365,242 Megalithic ya