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Though did as many of these people understand it‘s true significance, and particularly to that of the year
2012?
Though it must be said between the geeks and freaks into this Pentagram cycle debate, some seem to
love coming across that little bit pedantic, and have formed a camp who says it doesn‘t occur whatsoever.
Okay, fair enough they might be right in regards to the actual transit path of Venus, but let‘s look closer as
to what really does happen.
The Pentagram [pentacle or pent-alpha], has five points that defines its unique shape. So like as in dot
to dot drawing, if you erased the actual lines of the pentagram shape, but left its points in their positions,
then with a rule and pencil, you would obviously be able to retrace the lines from point to point, and
without having to remove the pencil, reform the shape of the pentagram. And this is what we‘re looking
at, ‗the points‘ of the pentagram, so with that in mind, the following is what‘s happening.
A superior conjunction occurs when Venus is behind the Sun and the inferior conjunction is when
Venus is between Earth and the Sun; in both cases Venus is not visible. But it is true that plotting the [4]
reappearance of Venus‘s westward angle from the Sun, over five consecutive synodic periods, [when the
same astronomical objects are aligned], it will create ―the points of a pentagram‖. This period is
approximately 584 days long, each period determining a different point of the observed pentagram, -
taking approximately eight years, five days to complete the figure. One would get a pentagram by picking
‗any‘ sunrise date on which the morning star is prominent and then repeating the observation at 584 day
intervals following that date. I‘ve simplified that explanation of Trevor W. McKeown‘s calculations, and
text reviewed by Dr. Leigh Hunt Palmer. [2][3]
I still find it remarkable that considering it‘s known Venus does in fact form the points of the
Pentagram every 8 years of its orbit, that this observation surely at least deserves a mention in books such
as the Encyclopaedia Britannica, with perhaps the fuller mathematical equation as to what‘s really taking
place here. But then again, perhaps the ―Freemasons‖ think they ought to own the ‗copyright‘ to such
information, as after all it‘s part of their program of teaching to the initiate as he ascends Jacob‘s Ladder to
find the ―hidden‖ mysteries with their own closeted world.
So I contacted the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and asked them why hadn‘t they mentioned this fact
about Venus forming the points of the Pentagram every 8 years of its orbit, when on the 4th March 2011,
they responded stating: ―The editors reviewed your comments, and they believe our current article is
sufficient for the ‗general reader‘‖. And there you go, straight from the horse‘s mouth, this information is
not privy for the ‗general reader‘, they‘d prefer to keep the fact to their own rituals and ceremonies etc.,
because after all, how can you fail to mention such a fascinating fact?
The Encyclopaedia Britannica, has long been in the hands of the Freemasons, its founder printer Colin
Macfarquhar, was a member of the Masonic linked; Society of Gentlemen in Scotland. The company was
founded in Edinburgh, Scotland in the 18th century, in the environment of the Scottish Enlightenment.
Macfarquhar, and engraver Andrew Bell, formed a partnership to create a new book that would embody
this new spirit enlightenment and scholarship. [5] Though what‘s not mentioned, though it‘s certainly
enlightening, is that within its pages, - there are many stories, detail‘s, and information, - that is, or was,
either incorrect, bias, racist and sexist, - among many other negative contributions that have been included
within their editions both past and present.
William Smellie was engaged to edit the original first edition, a three-volume work at the beginning in
1768. Smellie was a Freemason, and member of the Royal Society, in which the Invisible College was a
precursor to the Royal Society of the United Kingdom, whom Sir Christopher Wren was a founder
member. The idea of an ‗invisible college‘ became influential in seventeenth century Europe, in particular,
in the form of a network of academics or intellectuals exchanging ideas. The invisible college idea is
exemplified by the network of astronomers, professors, mathematicians, and natural philosophers in 16th
century Europe, [6] and in earlier times included certain Hegelian aspects of secret societies and occultism,
as there was a large overlap between membership of the Royal Society, Freemasons and even more
secretive esoteric groups such as the ‗Cabala Club‘. [7] - The world‘s oldest continuously-published
encyclopaedia, is now owned by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., which is an American company.
In 1920, the trademark and publication rights were sold to Sears Roebuck, which held them until 1943,
when ownership passed to Freemason William Benton, who attended Yale University, where he was
admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity. English writer and former priest Joseph McCabe claimed in: Lies and
Fallacies of the Encyclopaedia Britannica [1947] that after the 11th edition, the Britannica was censored
under pressure from the Roman Catholic Church. American physicist Harvey Einbinder detailed failings
of the 14th edition in his 1964 book: The Myth of the Britannica. [5]