Venus cycle of Mayan calendar

Another calendar that was important to the Mayans was the Venus cycle. The Mayans made great achievements in astronomy. They could calculate the period of Venus very accurately. The Dresden manuscript has six pages, one of the Mayan prints, which accurately calculates the position of the golden star. The Mayans were able to achieve such accuracy through years of careful observation. The calendar of Venus cycle is particularly important to the Mayans, because the Mayans believed that Venus cycle was related to war and used it to predict the auspicious days of war and coronation ceremony. When Venus rises, Mayan rulers will plan to wage war. The Mayans may also follow the movements of other planets, such as Mars, Mercury and Jupiter. 20 12

It is speculated that the end of 13 b' AK' tun is of great significance to the Mayans, but according to their beliefs, it does not mean the end of the world, but the moment of rebirth. Popol？ PopolVuh, a book, collects the details of the creation myths spread by the Chichesmayans in the highlands during the colonial period. According to the contents in the book, it is mentioned that we live in the fourth world. Popol？ Wuzhong described the failure of the gods in the first three creations and the successful creation of the fourth world where human beings lived. The Mayans believed that the fourth world would end in disaster, and the fifth and last world would be created, which also symbolized the end of mankind.

The last time 13.0.0.0 was created in the long calendar, and another time13.0.0.0 will occur at 20 12 12 2 1. This date has caused extensive discussion in many articles and books about the new century. Does it represent the end of this creation or something completely different? However, the Mayans shortened the long calendar to only the last five decimal digits. While that precede infinitely many larger number are usually not represented. When larger units are displayed (a monument in Coba is particularly famous), The end of the last creation is expressed as13.13.13.13.13.1 3.65338+03.6538. 4338+03.65. 438 In this era, we are at most close to 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.013.0.0.0.

This is confirmed by a date in the ruins of palenque, which indicates that the later time is 1.0.0.0, which will appear on 10.03 in 4772. Obviously, the Maya in the classical period did not think that this era would end in 20 12. For the Mayans, there will be a b'ak'tun in 20 12 years, which indicates the end of the 400-year cycle of13, not the end of the world.