Like a map: Constellations projected directly from a real celestial map next to an actual map of Europe and on the other aside
With this publication the author will reveal a fascinating prehistoric system of orientation that has existed over thousands of years, a system that has constantly been visible but could no longer be identified or decoded.
Sir Issac Newton himself was the first scientist who attempted to solve this mystery. However, it wasn’t until the beginning of the 21st century that the German geographer and artscientist, Kai-Helge Wirth finally fullfilled Sir Isaac’s quest. Wirth assembled all available sources about the origins of the star constellations in his work „Chronologia“ and examined texts by Appolonius, Exodus and others in great detail.
Newton reached the following conclusion: the star constellations were not a natural phenomenon, visible to anyone, who gazes at the sky – but, rather designs, created by seafarers, as an aid in orientation.
Chiron, the teacher of the Argonauts drew up a map of the 48 constellations as we know them today. After that it was Musaios, helmsman (navigator) of the seagoing ship ARGO, who transferred Chiron’s constellations to a 3-D globe. But for what purpose? When studying the Epic of Gilgamesh, a source of Sumerian origin, Dr. Wirth discovered, that at least a large part of the constellations represent the seacurrents.
This is identical with Isaac Newton’s discoveries. Wirth takes this point further by using his art background. He says that theories of aesthetics and perception make it seem impossible that these shapes could have been created accidentally.
This can be supported by two of Wirth’s discoveries. The images of the star maps add up to a concrete map of the world and, the constellations are shaped and arranged to represent the world’s currents in minute detail. Neighboring images show neighboring currents. It is not necessary to to exchange their positions or orientation.
1 Sir Isaac Newton
2 PhD. Kai Helge Wirth
This opens surprising insight into the wide range of prehistoric knowledge and the communication horizon of ancient mankind.
It demonstrates their immense experience and knowledge about the shape and the course of frontier zones, coast lines of continents, seas and routes for sea faring. Simultaneously, it unveils a navigation system providing a unified network both as a whole and in detail. It is based along a common axis of orientation on two fixed points, one being the northward direction in the Northern sky and the other being the geographic North Pole.
This could be illustrated and integrated in an abstract type of «punched card system» over the countless lights of the nocturnal sky. The origin of so-called star constellations whose enigmatic, mythological meaning has fascinated us until this day, could be proven in a surprising yet plausible manner by uncovering the technique used by prehistoric mankind and shedding light on their pragmatic purpose.
The accuracy and meticulous methodology of the projection in a prehistoric «light-point-system» is astonishing; it is exposed as a major orientation and communication system. We are overwhelmed by the early accomplishment, which obliges us to reconsider the entire chapter of the early history of mankind.
Historical research to date has been very fragmentary with regards to projections of early star constellations. The names of star constellations were construed from their origins in mythology, religious beliefs or reconstructed conditions of a certain era.1) Certain questions, however, such as the interconnected structure of these constellations in relation to each other have been totally disregarded. Attempts to interpret the star signs for Leo, Aries or Snake as simplified outlines of each animal have proven unsatisfactory and unconvincing. The assumption that constellations exist naturally has to be considered naive, simply because there are not any lines in the sky that connect the stars. When looking at the sky, without any prior knowledge of the constellations, only a few constellations, like the Big Dipper (Wagon) may possibly be found. However, in order to recognize constellations in the sky, it is generally necessary to know what they look like first. On the basis of the rationale previously used, the interconnected stellar network is inexplicable On the basis of the rationale previously used, the interconnected stellar network is inexplicable. The British astronomer Herschel once said: The constellations were only put into the sky to spread the greatest chaos possible.
With regards to this aspect, it ought to be considered that the identification of a certain star constellation is based on a selection process. The stars belonging to each constellation need to be abstracted from the multitude of lights of the firmament. In this process, a star configuration is observed that consists of brighter and dimmer stars, in which stars are configured in a complex that is not optically consistent. The transgression from one light point to the next has to be performed in a certain manner to be able to visualise the shape of the intended starconstellation.
In the multitude of stars in the sky only very bright stars 2) or dense light points are useful as principal coordinates. However, these are not identical with the constellations of stars in question. In order to identify a complex star configuration, it is often necessary to include dimmer stars that are not conspicuous as such.
That means that a distinct conceptional image (similar to a «mental map») has to be identified from the sky, and one has to construe the image in question and apply the right key for identification. It is apparent that the spectator is confronted with apparently arbitrary emphases and interconnections.