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It’s possible that once upon a time there were two man-lions on the Giza plateau. The Sphinx we know today could be the only remaining one, the other somehow lost, destroyed or buried. My reasoning for this is that the ancient Egyptian god Aker was the god of ‘gateways’ and like the two-faced Roman god Janus whose two faces look in opposite directions, this god was depicted as two lions back-to-back – one facing east and one facing west.

    Author Barbara Hand Clow, says that the depiction of two lions back-to-back or flanking a central doorway or seat, is symbolic of the line of the Ecliptic or the Ecliptic Plane. [1] 

    At Giza, the equinoctial line which joins together the two equinoctial points on the eastern and western horizons where the sun rises and sets during the two days of the Equinoxes, runs straight through the Sphinx. Only one lion now remains watching the eastern point where the sun rises on the equinoxes.

    It is on the equinoctial point in the east that the sun will rise each year on the days of the Spring and Autumn Equinoxes; the sun will then be seen to move along the ecliptic and cross the Giza Meridian in the south – the centre of the sky and the point that divides east and west – and will then set on the equinoctial point in the west. 

    The ancients believed that the ecliptic plane in external reality, represented this 'psychic gateway' and was their channel to the gods that were believed to still exist in the eternal Springtime of the Golden Age – the ‘timeless’ Eden, when it was believed the axis was upright and aligned with the pole of the ecliptic and when the earth and human consciousness was in balance and aligned with the ecliptic center - the source-center of creation. 

    This becomes more significant when we realise that the two days of the Equinoxes are the only days in the year when the earth makes a return to the same conditions if the earth were upright - the temperate climate of the Golden Age in which the earth enjoyed a continual equinox - a continual springtime. (See article 23.5 Degrees).

    The three pyramids stand at the centre of the equinoctial line and on the centre of the Giza plateau. 

The monuments that were constructed at Giza and the whole layout of the place, is an extremely clever device – in both symbolic and practical terms. What we have is an ancient Precessional Clock to record time. It was constructed as a means to mark these two points – not only in the daily cycle, the yearly cycle and the precessional cycle – but in every cycle. 

    My theory is that it was utilised as a means to finally escape these cycles of time and ascend to the gods – hence the name given to the pyramid – mer – meaning “place of ascension”.

    As we know, one uses the day of the Spring Equinox to keep track of the slow forward movement of the Zodiac behind the rising sun – one degree every 72 years – an approximate figure based on the Platonic number of 25,920 for the number of years in the precessional cycle. For an explanation of Precession see article The Poussin Code Part 2. 

    The Sphinx is aligned with the equinoctial points and gazes at the equinoctial point to watch the sun rise on the two days of the Equinox. It’s only logical then, that any date which is significant in terms of this ‘precessional clock’, would be read on the day of the Spring Equinox. In other words, if we find a certain year to be significant astrologically, then we would pick the day of the Spring Equinox to read the positions of the stars and their alignment to this precessional clock at Giza.

    Now its possible that the reason why the Lion is a symbol for the Ecliptic is because the precessional cycle may have began during the Age of Leo “the Lion”. But not only this, it appears to have begun at the beginning of the Age of Leo – i.e., on the cusp point between the Age of Virgo and the Age of Leo.

    When looking at a certain date, we especially use the equinoctial point in the East, and the Giza Meridian in the South - both of which form a cross - to chart the transiting movement of the sun and the stars. The constellation of Orion is the perfect 'precessional marker' as I will explain in a moment, and its more than likely that the star Al-Nitak - the first of the three belt stars of Orion - is important, as this is the star that seems to have a special relationship with the Great Pyramid. The Great Pyramid marks the Giza Meridian - possibly the Zero or Prime Meridian of the ancient World. It has been theorised that the Great Pyramid is also aligned with the Giza Meridian via its chamber shafts. There is no doubt in my mind that the southern shaft from the King’s Chamber was trained on Al-Nitak in Orion as it crossed the Giza Meridian. Indeed Al-Nitak is located in the right side of Orion. We also find that because the three Giza pyramids are a reflection on the ground of the three belt stars of Orion, that the Great Pyramid actually represents the star Al-Nitak 

    The reason why I am attracted to this theory, is because the information related to this, has actually been encoded in John’s Gospel – the last of the four Gospels. This shaft is represented by the spear that pierced the right side of Jesus the Christ while he hung from the cross of crucifixion. The cross symbolises the Giza Meridian (vertical) and the Celestial Equator (horizontal). Jesus was based on Osiris and his son and reincarnation Horus – the archetypal ‘resurrection god’ who was represented by the constellation of Orion - a human figure. We would note that Jesus was crucified close to the time of the Spring Equinox and that a solar eclipse took place. This is added symbolic information, because again the eclipse of the sun and moon symbolise the fusion of male (solar) and female (lunar) opposites.

    The shaft trained on Al-Nitak brings attention to the idea that these ancient sages and astronomers, the Shemsu Hor, (Shining Ones) used Al-Nitak to keep precise track of ‘where’ and ‘when’ we are in the precessional cycle.

As it moves across the south sky every day, the constellation of Orion will slowly move up and down on the Giza Meridan – its precessional elevator – taking roughly 13,000 years to move up to its highest position and 13,000 years to move down to its lowest. It appears that Al-Nitak was used a gauge marker for this movement.

Figure 1: The Sun rising in the East on the morning of the Spring Equinox, 5:53:36 AM, June 7, 10,704 BC

and on the cusp point between the Ages of Virgo and Leo.

Diagram by Gary Osborn

Southern Sky

At this very moment as the sun is beginning to rise and take its daily journey now at the point where the celestial equator and ecliptic intersect , we look at our snapshot taken of the south sky and we see that Al-Nitak, the first of the belt stars of Orion, is on the Giza Meridian exactly.

Al-Nitak is in this position on the south Giza Meridian for only a few seconds to a minute in time, and at the same time as the sun is rising in the east. These two pictures alone, demonstrate that the precision of this moment, and only in this year, was surely significant.

    I say only this year, because again, Al-Nitak is at its lowest position and only in this year – its altitude exactly 9º 14’ 76” – and it is from this point and only after this year that the constellation of Orion will begin to rise again.

Northern Sky

And now we look at our snapshot of the North Sky, and this is where my theory about the importance of the star Eltanin in Draco (the "Dragon's Head") becomes truly significant.

    At the very same moment in time, again, 5:53:36 AM, and when the sun is rising in the east and Al-Nitak of Orion is on the Giza Meridian in the south, we find that Eltanin of Draco, like Al-Nitak of Orion in the south, is smack-bang on the Giza Meridian in the north sky.

We also note that both the North Celestial Pole and the North Ecliptic Pole are aligned with each other on the Giza Meridian at this time, which is truly astonishing, seeing as this alignment is synchronised with the rising of the sun in the east and Al-Nitak on the Giza Meridan in the south – the only era when this would happen. This is because this straight alignment again reflects the end-beginning point in the precessional cycle.   

    I had always maintained, and for more reasons than I can express here – that these two stars – Al-Nitak or Orion in the south and Eltanin of Draco in the north – were important in the layout of Giza and the construction of the Great Pyramid; and here we see this in this very year, when

1), the Age of Leo is beginning, when

2), Al-Nitak is at its lowest point in the precessional cycle, (which suggests the ‘end-beginning’ point of the precessional cycle); and

3), when the sun is rising in the east on this day and at this time . . . that these two stars are both on the Giza Meridan aligned with the Great Pyramid.   

    This year – 10,704 BC – has got to be the year that defines the Alpha-Omega point of this Giza ‘precessional clock’. Therefore this is the year that Robert Bauval and others should have really been looking at to support his theory.

    These alignments are more precise than anything we see in Bauval’s date of 10,450 BC – which is surely what we would come to expect.   

    As we can see all the major elements of the ‘Giza-Orion Code’ synchronise on this date. Such precision in astral or astrophysical ‘cosmic timing’ is mind-boggling and could only be the work of advanced astronomers and mathematicians – scientists . . . Akhu . . . Shining Ones.

Although close, the 10,450 BC date that Bauval gives does not express all these alignments as precisely as the 10,704 BC date we see in the snapshot diagrams given above.

    First of all on June 6 at 5:53:48 AM and when the first rays of the sun appears on this Spring Equinox morning, Al Nitak in Orion is still 25 minutes and 30 seconds away from striking the Giza Meridan, which it does at 7:18:18 AM.

    However, in the 10,704 BC date, both phenomena happen at exactly the same time

    When Al-Nitak does cross the Giza Meridian, its altitude is 9º 17’ 45” – still 3 minutes 31 seconds away from its lowest position – meaning that this year is not the end-beginning point of the precessional cycle, which is what this ‘precessional clock’ is all geared to surely.

    Next we also find that although the sun rises against the zodiac sign of Leo, it is now some degrees along and within the boundary of this constellation and not at the cusp point between Virgo and Leo, which is what we see in the year 10,704 BC – therefore marking the beginning of the Age of Leo and at the same time a new precessional cycle – or perhaps even the first precessional cycle – Zep Tepi, the “First Time”.

    Lastly, we look towards the north sky and find that Eltanin is some distance away from the Giza Meridian and so is the North Ecliptic Pole – that even if we look to the moment when Eltanin is resting briefly on the Giza Meridian, the North Ecliptic Pole is still some distance away.

    Again, all the major elements of the Giza-Orion Code only synchronise on the Spring Equinox of 10,704 and only at 5:53:36 AM – according to the latest up-to-date computer astronomy software.

    My conclusion is, that somehow the architects were able to pinpoint the exact beginning of the precessional cycle, which is the Spring Equinox of the year 10,705 BC – either because it marks the actual point ‘where’ and ‘when’ the axis first tilted, OR, that they simply marked this moment, being the end-beginning point in each and every precessional cycle, which as we know is when the sun rises in the east and on the cusp between Virgo and Leo in this cycle known as the ‘Great Year’.

Western Sky

We will now look at our snapshot of the West Sky, and we note that the cusp between Pisces (the “two fishes”) and Aquarius (the “Water Carrier”) is on the equinoctial point where the sun with Leo behind it, will set 12 hours later at 5:53:36 PM.    

    We should note that the head of one of the two fishes of Pisces overlaps above and into the constellation of Aquarius, which has caused some confusion as to when the Age of Pisces ends and the Age of Aquarius begins. However, the modern boundary lines show that the cusp between the signs is where the equinoctial point is on the horizon so that’s good enough for me. The boundary line of cusp point is otherwise hidden by the horizon, so I have emphasized it here.

Of course in 12,879 years time – being the midpoint or halfway point in the precessional cycle, the sun on the morning of the Spring Equinox in the year 2175 AD, will be rising against this same cusp that divides the Age of Pisces and the Age of Aquarius. In other words, the Zodiac will be reversed at this time.

    The Midpoint of the cycle is what we will look at next.

Continues in article Giza 2175 AD

Notes and References

1. Catastrophobia by Barbara Hand Clow (Bear & Co, 2001)

2. Light of the World by Gerald Massey

3. The Astronomy software I used is Starry Night Pro 5.