Americas Stonehenge

The spin-orbital rates of the Earth-Moon, Earth-Sun, present Earthlings with an ever-changing pageant. Each day passes into night, and night passes back into day. The Moon's synodic orbit passes through phases of waxing and waning. The annual seasons cycle between summertime and wintertime. As a result of the ever-revolving, spin-orbital cycles, a resident of the Earth enjoys a day of 24 hours, perceives a lunar orbit of 29.53059 days, and experiences a solar circle of 365.24219 days. 

At Parowan Gap this pageant is viewed through the pillars of the Gap.  The screen so to say is the space of sky between the pillars. Through a system of Cairns prime solar dates are marked, and astronomical events such as the prime solar dates, and the northern most Venus traverse is chronicled. 

It appears ancient people felt the need to measure time and kept calendars. The moon is a good timepiece for days, weeks,  and months, the sun measures a year’s time.  Venus measures eight-year segments of time.

Every eight years Venus sets at its most northern spot. On top of a small hill is a cairn, if one stands behind this cairn Venus sets in the middle of the gap.  

 In the middle of the gap on a wall on the west side is a cross, the cross is a Venus symbol. With careful observation one can see that this symbol has been made into a Christian cross. Next to this glyph is what looks to me as a petroglyphs that looks like an eye. If one looks across the cross to the west Venus sets every eight years at the precise spot on the horizon that the cross member points.

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