Callanish Luna circle 18 year moon Cycle

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spiralhandshake Nov 5, 2004 16:26:10

Sirs, I have heard thart the stones of Callanish are connected to a 18 moon cycle where the moon is supoosed to rise at the feet of an image of the Goddess in the landscape opposite the stones, and then to glance along the body, to set in her forehead. Is this correct and if so when is the next occurence?. Can anyone help me with the dates.?
Thanks in Advance.

Kammer Nov 5, 2004 16:38:58

Replying to spiralhandshake

The next year this will take place is 2006 (I think).

Pete G Nov 5, 2004 17:00:50

Replying to spiralhandshake

2006
http://www.iol.ie/~geniet/eng/majorstandstills.htm
for details
PeteG

StoneLifter Nov 6, 2004 08:14:31

Replying to spiralhandshake

It isn't as though the lunar maximum occurs once and then goes away again. It's more like a coastal tide that gets higher and higher each month until it reaches a maximum (the end of September 2006) and then seeps away again for the next nine years.

Many megalithic monuments have the most southerly moonrise as a prime azimuth. It's quite likely that strange things happen with them at the lunar max. Moons fitting horizon notches and skipping along a sacred hill on the skyline type of thing. The moon is getting close enough to the southern max. now to start making observations already.

There's about a dozen sites worldwide where these observations are taking place. These include Callanish (and Smithills, on the outskirts of Manc.) but not - yet - Avebury which, some might argue, has this lunar azimuth (from the back of the Z-feature looking out of the southern entrance) as a key element of the original plan.