An Animation of the Aztec Calendar Illustrates Its Internal Movements and Design



An animation of the Aztec Calendar has been produced by Charles William Johnson and Jorge Luna Martinez of Earth/matriX, Science in Ancient Artwork (www.earthmatrix.com). The Aztec Calendar is one example of paleoanimation designs that Johnson and Luna have identified in ancient artwork. The animation is based upon the idea that the ancients actually designed the calendar with the purpose of animating it.

The animation of the calendar reflects the studies of math and geometry that reveal the ancient reckoning system of time-cycles. The animation is the product of over a decade of research and illustrates the different movements of the concentric rings in the design of the Aztec Calendar. Although Johnson and Luna animate the calendar, it is apparent that the calendar was originally designed with the concept of movement.

The book by Johnson, "The Aztec Calendar: Math and Design", complements the analysis of movement in the animation of the calendar. The Aztec Calendar is fixed in a still-motion design, but the animation proves that the original design was conceived with the idea of its being animated. One may visualize the movement of the concentric rings of the calendar, in order to compute time cycles, such as reckoning the years and days. The reckoning may effected by moving the rings, as in the animation, or mentally, without actually moving the rings.

A partial view of the animation of the Aztec Calendar and its explanation may be viewed at www.paleoanimation.us of Earth/matriX. The animation of the Aztec Calendar is the first in a series of animated pieces of ancient artwork by Earth/matriX. Other animations of ancient artwork are forthcoming from China, and the Maya of Mesoamerica. An upcoming animation is that of Pakal, the Ancient Astronaut.

The day-ring of twenty days is also shonw to be reflective of the twenty representative elements. In a sense, the Aztec Calendar is analyzed as a possible periodic table of the elements. Relationships of the Maya long-count, the ancient reckoning systems and the study of the elements, may be viewed at Earth/matriX, Science Today, www.theschemata.com.

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An Animation of the Aztec Calendar Illustrates Its Internal Movements and Design