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Ancient Babylonians 'first to use geometry'






Sophisticated geometry - the branch of mathematics that deals with shapes - was being used at least 1,400 years earlier than previously thought, a study suggests. Research shows that the Ancient Babylonians were using geometrical calculations to track Jupiter across the night sky. Previously, the origins of this technique had been traced to the 14th Century. The new study is published in Science. Its author, Prof Mathieu Ossendrijver, from the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, said: "I wasn't expecting this. It is completely fundamental to physics, and all branches of science use this method." The Ancient Babylonians once lived in what is now Iraq and Syria. The civilisation emerged in about 1,800 BC. Clay tablets engraved with their Cuneiform writing system have already shown these people were advanced in astronomy. Jan. 29 http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35431974






All planetary stations are loaded with potential and power and Mercury station is no exception. As Mercury begins to move forward after its station on Jan.25 it conjoins Pluto and squares Uranus. A chart for the Mercury station at Berlin where the author of the study is located is shown here. Notice that Mercury is part of a powerful T-square on the angles. Interpretation for the T-square is as under:

Uncovering of unknown or hidden (Pluto) radical ideas (Mercury-Uranus) from the past (Hades) that were far ahead of their times (Uranus).

On the descendant of the chart is the star kappa Eridanus [8ar]. Eridanus was an ancient celestial river. As a symbol, a river relates to the creative power of nature and time and everything transitory: the flux of the world and the irreversible passage of time.  Unlike earthly rivers, Eridanus is depicted flowing upstream symbolizing a return to the past.
Also on the descendant are the stars Erakis, mu Cephei [10ar] in the King’s head and chi Pegasi [11ar]. About this area, Diana Rosenberg [1] writes:

This is a place of fires! Fires of illumination. Large tasks delight them; capable of bringing order and regulation to previously chaotic areas of knowledge. With a potential for genius, wide ranging minds and a breadth of talents, many become mathematicians, astronomers, artists, engineers and inventors of great inspiration. Here brilliant King Cepheus and high flying Pegasus inspire extraordinary achievements that carry humankind into new knowledge and realizations.



[1] Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.1, p.74-75)

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